Committee winds up discussions on MONUC funds

The UN’s Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on Tuesday ended the general discussion on the financing of the UN mission in the DRC (MONUC), a UN statement said. The main recommendations by the committee included the authorisation by the UN Assembly of an additional assessment of US $90.8 million for the period ending 30 June 2001. Another recommendation was for the authorisation and assessment of US $200 million for the period from 1 July 2001 to 1 December.

Morocco’s representative at the meeting drew the Committee’s attention to a correction that had been made to the text. He reminded members that up to “now”, neither the Assembly nor the advisory Committee had had the opportunity to examine a proper budget for MONUC. This was mainly due to the circumstances underlying the involvement of MONUC’s mandate. The Advisory Committee would recommend that a full budget be presented to the Assembly at its 56th session. He added that an unspent balance of $3.4 million from 1999 should be applied to the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001.