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SUBJECT: UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS PEACEKEEPING MISSION
BUDGETS AND REACHES AGREEMENT ON OTHER ISSUES
REF: USUN 000511
¶1. Summary: Following weeks of sometimes contentious
negotiations, the Fifth Committee, on June 23rd, reached
agreement on the 14 peacekeeping operation (PKO) budgets
financed under the peacekeeping scale of assessments and on
other peacekeeping-related requirements for the UN
peacekeeping financial year July 2009/June 2010. The budgets
and other drafts were formally adopted in Plenary on June
30th. The Mission was successful in achieving the overall
objective of significantly reducing the costs of peacekeeping
missions without undermining the ability of those missions to
fulfill their mandates. The Mission was successful in large
part because for the first time in recent memory it was able
to forge a unified western front to deal with the objection
of the G-77 to any significant reductions from the funding
proposal of the SYG.
¶2. At USDel's initiative, the following group of states,
responsible for paying 90.5% of the Organization's
peacekeeping requirements, worked as a single like-minded
group during the negotiations: the EU; CANZ (Canada,
Australia, New Zealand); Japan; the Rep. of Korea; and the
US. The total amount requested by the Secretary-General was
$8.37 billion. Mission was successful in reducing that
amount by $600.54 million (7.2%) to a still record total of
$7.77 billion - a 6.2% increase over the previous 12-month
budget of $7.31 billion. The reductions are slightly higher
than those recommended by the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ).
¶3. As in years past, the majority of reductions were from
the proposed budgets of new or expanded missions. The
reductions, for the first time, reflect an across-the-board
"efficiency" cut of 0.5% on all individual PKO budgets. See
paragraphs 6 - 20 below for reporting on the individual PKO
budgets including on the costs involved in liquidating the
recently-terminated UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
and on the recorded votes on the UNIFIL draft concerning the
obligation of Israel to make reparations for the damage to
UNIFIL facilities at Q'ana in April 1996.
¶4. The committee reached consensus on: financing the
logistics support package for the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) (paragraph 21); the budget of the
peacekeeping support account (paragraph 22), including the
requirements for funding a three-year pilot project for
regional hubs of the Office of Internal Oversight Services
(OIOS) (Septel to follow), the budget of the UN logistics
base in Brindisi, Italy (UNLB) (paragraph 23); three
recently-closed PKOs - the UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB),
the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), and the UN
Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) (paragraph 24); on the
report of the Board of Auditors on PKOs covering the period
July 2007/June 2008: on a revised budget for the UN Political
Office for Somalia (UNPOS) (funded under the regular budget)
(paragraph 25); on the return of two-thirds of the credits
available in the account of the UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation
Mission (UNIKOM) to the government of Kuwait in the amount of
$996,800; and on the issue of timely submission of documents
under the item pattern of conferences (paragraph 26) and on
rates of reimbursement to troop-contributing countries (TCCs)
(paragraph 27). The budget figures below do not include the
missions' prorated shares of the support account and UNLB
budgets.
¶5. The committee was not able to reach agreement on the
issue of returning to Member States the funds available in
the accounts of 16 closed PKOs with cash surpluses and
decided to again consider the updated financial position of
the 21 total closed PKOs including five with cash deficits
during its 64th session (paragraph 28). The committee was
also not able to agree on a cross-cutting resolution for the
second year in a row. Closing statements made at conclusion
of the meeting and second resumed session of the Fifth
Committee reporting Septel. US statement of May 13th posted
as www.usunnewyork.usmission.gov/press_releases/ 20090513_100.
End summary.
Missions in Africa
¶6. MINURCAT (UN Mission in the Central African Republic and
Chad): $690.75 million - amount proposed: $768.19 million -
reduction of $77.44 million (10.1%). The committee decided
to reclassify the post of the Chief of Staff in the Office of
the SRSG from the D-1 to D-2 level; recognized that the
improvement of national airport infrastructure is the
responsibility of the host country, where possible; welcomed
the dispatch of a dedicated recruitment and staffing team
from Headquarters; commended the Mission for its initiative
to prepare a water production and conservation policy
reclassify; and called for enhanced regional and
inter-mission cooperation.
¶6. UNAMID (African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in
Darfur): $1.6 billion - amount proposed: $1.789 billion -
reduction of $189 million (10.6%). The committee took note
of the OIOS report on the audit of the use of extraordinary
measures (including awarding of a sole-source contract to the
US firm PAE) for UNAMID and the SYG's comments thereon,
stressed the importance of ensuring greater accountability of
the SYG to Member States for effective implementation of
legislative mandates on procurement and related use of
financial and human resources, asked the SYG to ensure that
all procurement projects are in full compliance with relevant
resolutions and that lessons learned from previous
application of flexibility and administrative procedures are
fully taken into account, and asked the Independent Audit
Advisory Committee (IAAC) to provide advice on measures to
ensure compliance of management with the OIOS audit and
recommendations.
¶7. UNMIS (UN Mission in the Sudan): $958.35 - amount
proposed: $980.56 - reduction of $22.21 million (2.3%). The
committee established 187 disarmament, demobilization and
reintegration posts (DDR) posts.
¶8. UNOCI (United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire):
$491.77 - amount proposed: $505.79 - reduction of $14.02
million (2.8%). The committee asked the SYG to make the
fullest possible use of facilities and equipment at UNLB and
at the Entebbe Logistics hub in Uganda, where applicable and
to continue his efforts to recruit local staff against
General Service posts.
¶9. UNMIL (UN Mission in Liberia): $561 million - amount
proposed: $593.59 - reduction of $32.59 million (5.5%).
¶10. MONUC (UN Organization Mission in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo): $1.35 billion - amount proposed:
$1.428 billion - reduction of $78 million (5.5%). The
committee approved funding for 16 general temporary
assistance positions for the Special Envoy of the SYG for the
Great Lakes region for six months (July - December 2009) with
the intention of funding these positions under the regular
budget as of 2010.
¶11. MINURSO (UN Mission for the Referendum in Western
Sahara): $53.53 million - proposed amount $57.40 million -
reduction of $3.87 million (6.7%).
Mission in the Americas
¶12. MINUSTAH (UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti): $611.75
million - amount proposed: $618.62 million - reduction of
$6.87 million (1.1%). The committee approved up to $3
million for quick-impact projects.
Missions in Asia and the Pacific
¶13. UNMIT (UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste): $205.94
million - amount proposed: $210.61 - reduction of $4.67
million (2.25%). The committee approved $3.07 million for
the upcoming local elections and called on the SYG to address
the increased number of allegations of misconduct.
¶14. UNMOGIP (UN Military Observer Group in India and
Pakistan) - funded under the regular budget - budget to be
adopted during the main part of the 64th GA.
Missions in Europe
¶15. UNFICYP (UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus): $54.41
million - amount proposed: $57.48 million - reduction of
$3.07 million (5.3%).
¶16. UNMIK (UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo):
$46.81 million - amount proposed $47.08 million - reduction
of $270,000 (.06%). Following extensive negotiations, the
committee adopted EU compromise language amending a Serbian
proposal to establish additional positions, approving only
three general temporary assistance positions. Per prior
agreement among USDel, Serbia and the EU, the UN Controller,
prior to adoption of the budget in the Fifth Committee, said
that it was the Secretariat's understanding that the three
positions were to be utilized to ensure coordination with
EULEX (European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo) and to
assist the SRSG in implementing activities within the
framework of SCR 1244 and presidential statement
S/PRST/2008/44. Following formal adoption of the budget in
Plenary, Serbia expressed satisfaction over the creation of
the three positions, noting that they were intended to ensure
coordination and cooperation between UNMIK and EULEX within
the status neutral framework of resolution 1244. He also
expressed the expectation that the positions will have clear
and well-defined roles, particularly regarding the police,
justice and customs, the three core functions of EULEX.
¶17. UNOMIG (UN Observer Mission in Georgia): In anticipation
that the mandate would be renewed, the SYG proposed a budget
of $38.84 million. Following a Russian veto in the Security
Council on June 15, 2009 of a draft extending the mandate of
the Mission, the committee appropriated $15 million for the
liquidation of the Mission for the period July - December
2009 and asked the SYG to submit a liquidation budget for the
Mission during the main part of the 64th GA.
Missions in the Middle East
¶18. UNDOF (UN Disengagement Observer Force): $45.03 million
- amount proposed $45.40 million - reduction of $370,000
(.08%). The committee also appropriated an additional amount
of $2.52 million for the period July 2007/June 2008.
¶19. UNIFIL (UN Interim Force in Lebanon): $589.80 million -
amount proposed: $646.58 - reduction of $56.78 million
(8.8%). As in previous funding resolutions, the U.S., in
both the Fifth Committee and in Plenary, called for a
recorded vote and voted against four paragraphs concerning
the obligation of Israel to make reparations for the damage
to UNIFIL facilities at Q'ana in April 1996. The U.S. also
called for a recorded vote and voted against the resolution
as a whole in both venues. (Vote totals and selected
explanations of vote by the U.S. and others in paragraphs 29
and 30 below.)
¶20. UNTSO (UN Truce Supervision Organization) - funded under
the regular budget - budget to be adopted during the main
part of the 64th GA.
AU Mission in Somalia
¶21. Financing of activities arising from SCR 1863 - Support
for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM): $138.80
million - amount proposed: $185.67 million - reduction of
$46.87 million (25.2%). In taking this action, the committee
authorized the SYG to enter into commitments to continue the
logistics support package for the July - December 2009 period
while asking him to ensure effectiveness, efficiency and
transparency in the use of the resources. The SYG was also
asked to submit a budget for the full July 2009/June 2010
period to enable the GA to take a decision before October 31,
¶2009.
Support Account
¶22. In 1991 the GA established the support account as the
funding mechanism for backstopping and other
peacekeeping-related activities at UN Headquarters. The
committee approved support account requirements of $294.03
million - a reduction of $30.44 million from the proposed
amount of $324.45 million (9.4%). The funding provides for
1,175 continuing posts, 63 new temporary posts and 83
continuing and 60 new general temporary assistance positions,
as well as funding for consultants, official travel,
facilities, communications and IT.
UN Logistics Base
¶23. The committee approved UNLB requirements of $57.95
million - a reduction of $10.33 million from the proposed
amount of $68.28 million (15.1%). The committee welcomed the
intention of the SYG to submit proposals on a global support
strategy for UN peacekeeping (U-SYG Malcorra's initiative),
requested that those proposals include a thorough
cost-benefit analysis, and decided to relocate the Standing
Police Capacity to UNLB.
Recently-closed PKOs
¶24. The committee decided on the disposition of assets of
the UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB) and on crediting Member
States' shares of the cash available in the accounts of the
UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and the UN Mission
in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL).
UN Political Office for Somalia
¶25. The committee approved (under the regular budget) a
revised 2008-2009 budget for the UN Political Office for
Somalia (UNPOS) in the amount of $16.18 million. As mandated
in SCR 1863 and decided by the committee, the budget includes
funding of a dedicated capacity to support the development of
the Somali security sector, including advisers on military
and police training, security sector reform, disarmament,
demobilization and reintegration, mine action, human rights,
justice and corrections, in coordination with ongoing work of
AMISOM and UNDP in those areas.
Pattern of conferences
¶26. In addressing the problem of timely issuance of
documents, the committee welcomed the progress achieved by
the Secretariat task force concerning documents on
peacekeeping financing. The committee also noted the lack of
conference services being provided to the Human Rights
Council and asked OIOS to review the circumstances that led
to insufficient conferences services being provided to the
Council.
Reimbursement to TCCs
¶27. The committee endorsed the recommendations of the ACABQ
which did not object to the new methodology proposed by the
SYG, requested a mock-up of the proposed methodology, and
noted that the new methodology could lead to a change in the
rates of reimbursement. The committee also approved an
increase in the payment of the recreational leave allowance
from 7 to 15 days for military contingents and formed police
units.
Closing the accounts of 21 Closed PKOs
¶28. Approving the draft on Closed PKOs, the committee
decided to return two-thirds of the credits available in the
account of the UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) to
the government of Kuwait in the amount of $996,800 and to
continue to consider the updated financial position of closed
PKOs during the 64th session. As in recent years, the
committee was not able to agree on returning to Member States
the funds available in the accounts of 16 closed PKOs with
cash surpluses ($186.3 million as at June 30, 2008). The
Egyptian delegate again blocked consensus "as a matter of
principle" because his government is owed reimbursements from
one of the five closed PKOs with cash deficits. The total
amount of such deficits was $86.7 million at June 30, 2008
because of outstanding payments of assessed contributions -
the majority of which are due to the 25% cap of US
peacekeeping contributions).
UNIFIL - Voting and Statements
¶29. Recorded votes - Fifth Committee -
One vote on preambular paragraph 4 and operative paragraphs
4,5 and 15 concerning the obligation of Israel to make
reparations for the damage caused to UNIFIL facilities at
Q'ana in April 1996 - 74 yes, 5 no (Australia, Canada,
Israel, New Zealand, US), 45 abstentions (including the EU,
Albania, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Cameroon, Croatia, Georgia,
Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco,
Montenegro, Norway, Panama, ROK, San Marino, Serbia,
Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine)
On the resolution as a whole - 125 yes (including the EU,
Albania, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Cameroon, Croatia, Georgia,
Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco,
Montenegro, Norway, Panama, ROK, San Marino, Serbia,
Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine), 2 no (Israel, US), 0
abstentions
Note: CANZ, contrary to its position in previous years,
decided to align its votes on both the separate paragraphs
and the resolution as a whole. On the separate paragraphs
vote, New Zealand joined Australia and Canada in voting no.
On the resolution as a whole, Australia joined Canada and New
Zealand in voting yes.
Plenary -
One vote on preambular paragraph 4 and operative paragraphs
4,5 and 19 concerning the obligation of Israel to make
reparations for the damage caused to UNIFIL facilities at
Q'ana in April 1996 - 75 yes, 6 no (Australia, Canada,
Israel, New Zealand, Trinidad/Tobago, US), 46 abstentions
(including the EU, Albania, Andorra, Bosnoa/Herzegovina,
Cameroon, Croatia, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia,
Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro,
Panama, ROK, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine)
On the resolution as a whole - 134 yes (including the EU,
Albania, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Cameroon, Croatia, Georgia,
Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro,
Norway, Panama, ROK, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland,
Ukraine), 2 no (Israel, US), 0 abstentions
Note: see note above.
¶30. Selected Statements - Fifth Committee -
US - Said that the US strongly supported UNIFIL, but the use
of a General Assembly funding resolution to pursue claims
against a Member State was procedurally not correct. His
delegation had opposed the resolutions, since they called for
Israel to pay the costs for the 1996 incident. The procedure
that was normally followed was for the Secretary-General to
present and pursue the Organization's claims against a State
or States. Using a funding resolution to legislate a
settlement was inappropriate. It politicized the issue.
Czech Rep., on behalf of the EU and associated States, said
the EU was concerned that consensus had not been reached on
the draft and that political elements had been introduced in
the work of the Fifth Committee. Members of the EU had
abstained on preambular paragraph 4 and operative paragraphs
4, 5 and 15, because they considered the text, as drafted,
inappropriate in the context of the resolution dealing with
UNIFIL financing. The broader political aspects of the
events, including the incident at Qana, had been debated in
the Assembly in April 1996, resulting in a resolution on the
matter. He underlined that, as in the past, the EU would
have wished that the Committee's consultations could have
been confined only to the budgetary aspects of the financing
of UNIFIL.
Lebanon - Said his delegation agreed with the principle of
collective responsibility for PKOs. That principle, however
did not contradict the general principle of international law
concerning wrongful acts of a State, including compensation
for damages as a consequence of such acts. GA resolution
55/235 stated that the GA should give special consideration
to Member States which were victims of events leading to
PKOs. He said 16 previous GA resolutions had asked for
compensation for damages caused by the Israeli attack on the
UN post in Q'ana, which had caused the death of over 100
Lebanese, mostly children and elderly. He requested also
that all violations of the Blue Line should also be recorded
and that the party responsible for the violations should be
clearly indicated.
Australia - Said his delegation had voted in favor of the
draft just adopted and not abstained, as it had in
the past, in order to emphasize its strong support for
UNIFIL's work. At the same time, Australia did not support
the insertion of political language in a budget resolution
and had voted against preambular paragraph 4 and operative
paragraphs 4, 5 and 15.
New Zealand - Said, that, as a long-standing supporter of
UNIFIL, his delegation had voted in favor of the resolution.
NZ regretted, however, the inclusion of political paragraphs
in a resolution, which should focus on budgetary
requirements. His delegation had, thus, voted against the
paragraphs in question.
Canada - Regretted that consensus had not been possible
because of inappropriate language in the paragraphs on
which a separate vote had been requested. Those paragraphs
undermined the understanding that political considerations
did not have a place in technical resolutions. Neutrality
was a core aspect of peacekeeping, he said. It was also
inappropriate to target one party for non-compliance of UN
resolutions. He urged that, in the future, the paragraphs on
which a separate vote had been requested would be omitted.
Plenary -
Israel - Expressed full support for UNIFIL, but said the
resolution lacked the necessary impartiality and was a
repetition of annual political maneuvering. Diplomatic
manipulation had occurred. This past December and January,
Israel was attacked by rockets from Lebanon and Israel's
safety had been threatened. Member States had hijacked this
resolution to promote political purposes. The Fifth
Committee and the GA should reject this sort of political
maneuvering that undermines budgetary and peacekeeping issues.
Lebanon - Said her delegation had explained its position
before the Fifth Committee and had not intended to take the
floor again, but found itself obliged to do so to clarify
some points. She reaffirmed that the Government of
Lebanon fully supported the activities of UNIFIL, in
cooperation with the Lebanese army in Southern Lebanon, in
order to avoid any possibility of renewed Israeli aggression.
Concerning the financing of UNIFIL, her delegation's belief
in the collective responsibility for carrying the costs of
peacekeeping did not contradict the principle of the
responsibility of each individual State for its wrongdoing in
international affairs. The events in Q'ana in 1996
represented such wrongdoing, carried out by Israel, and the
international community must hold it fully responsible for
it. UNIFIL was carrying out important tasks, but to date it
was still unable to carry them out fully because of Israel's
daily violations of Lebanon's air space. Israel also
persisted in its occupation of the northern part of al-Ghajar
village. Her delegation was not the one that wanted to
politicize a resolution of a financial character. Lebanon
was dealing with the issues of national reconciliation and
dialogue in Lebanon. Israel was the one trying to interfere
in her country's The resolution was to provide financial and
administrative support for Lebanon.
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