UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 13

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000067 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC AFIN UN SUBJECT: UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 13 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 January 26, 2010 concerning the financing of 13 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) 6,388,729 01/01/2010 to 06/30/2010 UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 83,666,435 01/01/2010 to 06/30/2010 UN Mission for the Referendum in 5,061,420 Western Sahara (MINURSO) 01/01/2010 to 04/30/2010 UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 12/16/2009 to 12/31/2009 348,551 01/01/2010 to 06/15/2010 4,013,037 -------------- 4,361,588 UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) 07/01/2008 to 06/30/2009 (additional) 260,018 07/01/2009 to 10/31/2009 (additional) 245,604 01/01/2010 to 06/30/2010 88,683 -------------- 594,305 UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) 6,639,357 01/01/2010 to 06/30/2010 UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) 159,186,375 01/01/2010 to 05/31/2010 UN Mission in LIBERIA (UNMIL) 79,577,621 01/01/2010 to 06/30/2010 UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 01/01/2010 to 06/30/2010 86,782,124 UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 01/01/2010 04/30/2010 90,633,461 UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 01/01/2010 to 02/26/2010 9,390,208 African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) 01/01/2010 to 06/30/2010 226,823,914 UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) 01/01/2010 to 03/15/2010 40,564,193 Total Payable: $799,669,730 ¶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 Three. ¶3. The note also states that the amount of $254,801,390.05 remains payable for prior years. ¶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