Support account for peacekeeping operations

Decides to maintain for the period 1 July 1998-30 June 1999 the funding mechanism for the support account used in the current period, from 1 July 1997-30 June 1998; requests the Secretary-General expeditiously to fill vacant support account posts in a transparent manner consistent with the Charter of UN, in particular Article 100, including the requirement regarding the use of official or working languages; approves 400 support account-funded temporary posts for the period from 1 July 1998-30 June 1999; also approves the proposal for conversion of the posts mentioned in paragraph 19 of the report of the Secretary-General and requests the Secretary-General to undertake functions currently carried out by type II gratis personnel within the level of approved posts; further approves the support account post and non-posts requirements for the period from 1 July 1998-30 June 1999 in the amount of US$34.4 million; requests the Secretary-General to initiate immediately and complete the recruitment as required in the present resolution and in its resolution 52/234 of 26 June 1998; decides to apply the unencumbered balance of $2,468,400 for the period from 1 July 1996-30 June 1997 to the resources required for the period from 1 July 1998-30 June 1999 and to appropriate the balance of $31,931,600, to be prorated among the individual active peacekeeping operation budgets, to meet the financing requirements of the support account for the period from 1 July 1998-30 June 1999.

Adopted without vote, 88th meeting

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Adopted at the 88th plenary meeting, 26 June 1998.