UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000733 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO 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 26 June 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 352,956 06/16/2009 to 06/30/2009 UN Support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (UNSOA) 1,636,540 06/01/2009 to 06/30/2009 Total Payable: $1,989,496 ¶2. The note also states that the following amounts remain payable for prior years: UNFICYP 12,126,347 UNSOA 18,561,210 ¶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 ¶1. RICE