Approves, in principle, the budgetary estimates proposed by the Secretary-General for MINURSO ($180,617,000 gross, $176,686,000 net), as contained in his report, for the mandate period approved by the Security Council in its resolution 690 (1991) and in respect of which the Secretary-General is requested to establish a special account in accordance with paragraph 16 of his report; takes note of the views expressed by the Secretary-General in paragraphs 18 and 19 of his report and acknowledges that the repatriation programme to be carried out by UNHCR, in accordance with its statute, is an essential political element in the settlement proposals without which an impartial referendum could not take place, and calls upon Member States to respond expeditiously to the appeal by the Secretary-General for voluntary contributions in this regard; adopts the recommendations of the Advisory Committee, as contained in paragraph 7 of its report, in respect of voluntary contributions totalling $34.5 million estimated as the requirements of UNHCR for the repatriation of Western Saharans.
