Approves US$141,546,000 for the strategic deployment stocks, taking into account the reserve at the UN Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, as at 30 Apr. 2002 that meets the requirements of the strategic deployment stocks; decides, subject to the provisions contained in paragraph 7 below, to credit Member States with their respective share of the cash balance of $95,978,945 from the UN Protection Force, the UN Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia, the UN Preventive Deployment Force and the UN Peace Forces headquarters and $45,567,055 from the UN Mission in Haiti to fund the strategic deployment stocks; decides also, on an exceptional and ad hoc basis and without prejudice to Article 17 of the Charter of the UN to effect the transfer of the cash balances referred to in that paragraph to the account of the UN Logistics Base for the purpose of financing the strategic deployment stocks; decides further, on an exceptional and ad hoc basis and without prejudice to Article 17 of the Charter, that a Member State that does not select the option referred to in paragraph 7 above will be assessed its respective share of the $141,546,000 as a one-time requirement according to the levels as at 1 July 2002; decides, on an exceptional basis, that in the absence of a direct transfer to the strategic deployment stocks, the respective share of the credits from the liquidated missions will be credited to those Member States once their assessed contribution is received; decides also that the provisions of paragraph 8 above will also apply to Member States that have no share in any of the unencumbered balances referred to in paragraph 6 above.

Adopted without vote, 105th plenary meeting

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