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14. Also requests the Secretary-General, in order to reduce the cost of employing
General Service staff, to continue efforts to recruit local staff for the Force against General
Service posts, commensurate with the requirements of the Force;
15. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures
to ensure the full implementation of paragraph 8 of General Assembly resolution 51/233,
paragraph 5 of its resolution 52/237, paragraph 11 of its resolution 53/227, paragraph 14 of
its resolution 54/267 and paragraph 14 of its resolution 55/180 A, stresses once again that
Israel shall pay the amount of 1,284,633 dollars resulting from the incident at Qana on
18 April 1996, and requests the Secretary-General to report on this matter to the Assembly
during the main part of its fifty-sixth session;
16. Decides to reduce the appropriation provided by the General Assembly in its
resolutions 54/267 and 55/180 A from the amount of 233,592,094 dollars gross
(228,191,141 dollars net), inclusive of the amount of 6,967,059 dollars gross (5,895,590
dollars net) for the support account for peacekeeping operations and the amount of
1,089,216 dollars gross (969,161 dollars net) for the United Nations Logistics Base for the
maintenance and expansion of the Force for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001,
to the amount of 207,154,194 dollars gross (201,981,841 dollars net), inclusive of the
amount of 6,967,059 dollars gross (5,895,590 dollars net) for the support account and the
amount of 1,089,216 dollars gross (969,161 dollars net) for the Logistics Base;
17. Decides also to reduce the apportionment provided by the General Assembly
in its resolutions 54/267 and 55/180 A for the period from 1 February to 30 June 2001
from the amount of 97,330,038 dollars gross (95,079,645 dollars net) to the amount of
70,892,138 dollars gross (68,870,345 dollars net), taking into account the amount of
194,660,080 dollars gross (190,159,283 dollars net) already apportioned for the period
from 1 July 2000 to 30 April 2001;
18. Decides further that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution
973 (X) of 15 December 1955, there shall be set off against the apportionment among
Member States, as provided for in paragraph 17 above, their respective share in the Tax
Equalization Fund of the estimated reduced staff assessment income of 2,021,793 dollars
approved for the Force for the period from 1 February to 30 June 2001;
19. Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments in the amount of
99,548,960 dollars gross (97,558,500 dollars net) for the maintenance of the Force for the
period from 1 July to 31 December 2001, and decides to appropriate the amount of
6,021,721 dollars gross (5,284,652 dollars net) for the support account and the amount of
629,045 dollars gross (564,879 dollars net) for the United Nations Logistics Base,
representing the prorated share of the Force in the support account and Logistics Base
requirements for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002;
20. Decides to apportion among Member States the amount of 16,591,493 dollars
gross (16,259,750 dollars net) for the period from 1 to 31 July 2001 in accordance with the
levels set out in its resolution 55/235, as adjusted by the General Assembly in its resolution
55/236 of 23 December 2000, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the year
2001, as set out in its resolution 55/5 B of 23 December 2000;
21. Decides also that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X),
there shall be set off against the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in
paragraph 20 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated
staff assessment income of 331,743 dollars approved for the Force for the period from 1 to
31 July 2001;
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