UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000501 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: UN AORC AFIN SUBJECT: UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ¶1. USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated May 8, 2009 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Assessment($) -------------- -------------- UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) 2,064,122 5/1/2009 to 6/30/2009 UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) 7/1/2008 to 4/30/2009 (additional) 10,937,918 5/1/2009 to 6/30/2009 39,347,199 -------------- 50,285,117 UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) 7/1/2008 to 6/30/2009 36,262,035 UN Support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (UNSOA) 5/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 (additional) 559,291 7/1/2008 to 5/31/2009 18,001,919 -------------- 18,561,210 Total Payable: $107,172,484 ¶2. The note also states that the following amounts remain payable for prior years: MINURSO $43,132,828 UNMIS $34,502,405 MINURCAT $23,969,232 ¶3. The note states that funds are urgently required for the financing of these operations and are due within thirty days of receipt of the note. Bank accounts to which payment may be made are contained in Annex Three. ¶4. Annex two provides the legislative basis, the period covered, the gross and net amounts to be apportioned and the symbol of the document in which the details of the assessments of all member states will be reflected. ¶5. Action requested: Department is requested to facilitate payment of the peacekeeping missions noted above in paragraph. Rice