UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000098 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 e-mailed 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 February 18, 2010 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Operation Amount($) -------------- -------------- UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) 01/01/2010 to 05/31/2010 58,135,265 UN Support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (UNSOA) 01/01/2010 to 06/30/2010 21,149,435 Total Payable: $79,284,700 ¶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. 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. ¶4. Action requested: Department is requested to facilitate payment of the peacekeeping missions noted above in paragraph ¶1. RICE