UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 15

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000735 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 15 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 four related annexes from the SYG dated July 27, 2009 concerning the financing of 15 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) 07/01/2007 to 06/30/2008 (additional) 655,086 07/01/ to 12/31/2009 6,103,801 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 6,758,887 UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 07/01/2009 to 08/31/2009 26,645,017 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 26,645,017 UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) 07/01/2009 to 12/31/2009 7,253,533 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 7,253,533 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 07/01/2009 to 12/15/2009 3,834,061 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 3,834,061 UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 07/01/2009 to 12/31/2009 2,680,968 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 2,680,968 UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) 07/01/2009 to 12/31/2009 6,343,253 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 6,343,253 UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) 07/01/2009 to 12/31/2009 182,504,313 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 182,504,313 UN Mission In Liberia (UNMIL) 07/01/2009 to 09/30/2009 38,014,296 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 38,014,296 UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) 07/01/2009 to 07/31/2009 11,108,505 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 (5,062,669) -------------- 6,045,836 UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 07/01/2009 to 10/15/2009 48,365,207 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 48,365,207 UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 07/01/2009 to 12/31/2009 129,887,038 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 129,887,038 UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 07/01/2009 to 12/31/2009 27,911,082 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 27,911,082 African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) 07/01/2009 to 12/31/2009 36,117,991 -Remainder of credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 (36,117,991) -------------- - UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) 07/01/2009 to 12/31/2009 93,616,216 -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- 93,616,216 UN Support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (UNSOA) 07/01/2009 to 12/31/2009 36,828,639 Total Payable: $616,688,346 UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) -Credit from cash balance as of 04/30/2009 (39,207,487) UN Mission in Ethiopia and (Eritrea (UNMEE) -Credit from unencumbered balance and other income for the period ended 06/30/2008 - -------------- African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) Balance remaining after application of credit/overpayment period ended 06/30/200 (22,412,495) -------------- ¶2. 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 Four. ¶3. Annex Three 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. ¶4. The credits from the unencumbered balances, other income and cash balance of 15 peacekeeping operations are indicated in Annex Two. In accordance with the respective General Assembly resolutions, these amounts will be set off against the respective current assessments of Member States that have fulfilled their financial obligations. For Member States that have not fulfilled their financial obligations to the respective Missions, the credits will be first applied to their outstanding obligations and only the remainder, if any, will be set off against the current assessments. ¶5. Any remaining credits for the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) and the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) will be held in a suspense account pending receipt of the respective Governments' instructions for their disposition. ¶6. Action requested: Department is requested to facilitate payment of the peacekeeping missions noted above in paragraph ¶1. RICE