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Yearbook of the United Nations 2009

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Chapter I: International peace and security Available cash for active peacekeeping missions as at 30 June totalled $2,096.6 million, while liabilities reached $2,764.9 million. For closed missions, available cash totalled $440.2 million, while liabilities amounted to $395.2 million. Closed missions with cash surpluses remained the only available lending source for active missions. During the reporting period, the United Nations Peace Forces provided loans of $164.0 million, to unficyp ($3.0 million), minurso ($21.0 million), unomig ($6.0 million), unmik ($32.0 million), unmil ($10.0 million), unoci ($46.0 million), minustah ($38.0 million) and unmit ($8.0 million). Total loans outstanding amounted to $28.6 million. Notes of Secretary-General. In January [A/C.5/63/21], the Secretary-General, further to the information provided in 2008 [YUN 2008, p. 86] on approved resources for peacekeeping operations for 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009, including requirements for the United Nations Logistics Base (unlb) at Brindisi and the support account for peacekeeping operations, provided information on further financing actions taken by the General Assembly at the main part of its sixty-third session in respect of unmee and the support account for peacekeeping operations, for a total of $7,038,517,100. In May [A /C.5/63/23] , the Secretary-General provided information ref lecting financing actions taken by the Assembly during the first part of its resumed sixty-third session in respect of minurcat, unmis and amisom, which brought the total to $7,310,003,400. In May [A/C.5/63/24], in accordance with General Assembly resolution 49/233 A [YUN 1994, p. 1338], the Secretary-General submitted to the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee information on the proposed budgetary requirements of each peacekeeping operation, including budget levels for unlb and the support account for peacekeeping operations, for 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010, by category, with the aggregate total resource requirements amounting to $8,180,297,800. In June [A/C.5/63/25], the Secretary-General submitted to the Fifth Committee a note reflecting the resources to be approved by the Assembly in respect of each peacekeeping mission, including the prorated shares of the support account for peacekeeping operations and unlb. In August [A/C.5/63/26], the Secretary-General submitted information on approved resources for peacekeeping operations for 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010, including requirements for unlb and the support account for peacekeeping operations, amounting to $7,769,979,100.

83 Financial performance In January [A/63/696], the Secretary-General submitted an overview report on the financing of UN peacekeeping operations: budget performance for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 and the budget for 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010. During the former period, total expenditure amounted to $6,276.6 million, against an approved budget of $6,770.7 million, exclusive of voluntary contributions in kind. The budget for peacekeeping operations for the latter period was estimated at $8,185.2 million. In March [A/63/784], the Secretary-General provided additional information in response to the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its report [A/63/5 (Vol. II)] on UN peacekeeping operations for the period ended 30 June 2008 [YUN 2008, p. 86]. The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (acabq), reporting in April [A/63/746] on administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of peacekeeping operations, addressed matters arising from the reports of the Secretary-General on peacekeeping operations, including reference to recommendations or observations of the Board of Auditors. It commented on general issues arising from the report of the Board of Auditors on the accounts of the UN peacekeeping operations for the financial period ended 30 June 2008. Acabq also provided its observations and recommendations on reports addressing other peacekeeping matters. On 30 June, the General Assembly deferred consideration of the Secretary-General’s report and the related acabq report until its sixty-fourth session (decision 63/550 C). Peacekeeping support account In February [A/63/698 & Add.1], the SecretaryGeneral submitted the performance report on the budget of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. Expenditures for the period amounted to $222,450,800, against approved resources of $230,509,900, resulting in unutilized resources totalling $8,059,100. That unencumbered balance was attributable to underexpenditure in respect of post and non-post resources, in particular under facilities and infrastructure, offset by additional requirements under the other supplies, services and equipment class of expenditures. The Secretary-General recommended that the General Assembly apply the unencumbered balance of $8,059,100 and the total amount of $6,997,200— comprising interest income ($3,248,500), other income ($245,900) and cancellation of prior-period


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