Strengthening the Role of Mediation in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, Conflict Prevention and Resolution

A/RES/65/283View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 33Prevention of armed conflict, published in 2010.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2011–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/304

2016A/RES/70/304Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolutionLatestCompare with previous version
2014A/RES/68/303Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolutionCompare with previous version
2012A/RES/66/291Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolutionCompare with previous version
2011A/RES/65/283Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution

Versions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Extracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 topics

Capacity Building Dispute Settlement Early Warning Systems Gender Equality Good Offices Information Exchange Mediation Partnership Regional Organizations Resources Mobilization War Prevention

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2012.

2012A/66/811Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution report of the Secretary-General

Identified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

18 operative paragraphs

Reiterates that all Member States should strictly adhere to their obligations as laid down in the Charter of the United Nations, including in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution;

Invites Member States, as appropriate, to optimize the use of mediation and other tools mentioned in Chapter VI of the Charter for the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution;

Welcomes the contributions of Member States to mediation efforts, as appropriate, and encourages them, where appropriate, to develop national mediation capacities, as applicable, in order to ensure coherent mediation and responsiveness;

Encourages Member States, in this regard, to promote equal, full and effective participation of women in all forums and at all levels of the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution, particularly the decision-making level;

Also encourages Member States, as appropriate, to use the mediation capacities of the United Nations as well as those of regional and subregional organizations, where applicable, and to promote mediation in their bilateral and multilateral relations;

Invites all Member States to consider providing timely and adequate resources for mediation, in order to assure its success, as well as for mediation capacity-building activities of the United Nations and of regional and subregional organizations, with a view to ensuring the sustainability and predictability of all catalytic resources;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to offer good offices, in accordance with the Charter and relevant United Nations resolutions, and to continue to provide mediation support, where appropriate, to special representatives and envoys of the United Nations and to enhance partnerships with regional and subregional organizations, as well as Member States;

Stresses the importance of well-trained, impartial, experienced and geographically diverse mediation process and substance experts at all levels to ensure the timely and highest quality support to mediation efforts, supports the efforts of the Secretary-General in maintaining an updated roster of mediators, and encourages the continuing efforts to improve its gender balance and equitable geographical representation;

Encourages the Secretary-General to appoint women as chief or lead mediators in United Nations-sponsored peace processes, as well as to ensure adequate gender expertise for all United Nations processes;

Recommends that the Secretary-General, in accordance with mandates agreed upon by Member States, continue to strengthen the mediation capacities of the United Nations system, in particular the Mediation Support Unit of the Department of Political Affairs, and its responsiveness, in accordance with agreed mandates and fully taking into account existing United Nations activities and structures, including in the fields of rule of law and accountability, so as to avoid duplication;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States and other relevant actors, to develop guidance for more effective mediation, taking into account, inter alia, lessons learned from past and ongoing mediation processes;

Recognizes that responsible and credible mediation requires, inter alia, the consent of parties to a particular dispute or conflict, the impartiality of the mediators, their compliance with agreed mandates, respect for national sovereignty, compliance with obligations of States and other relevant actors under international law, including applicable treaties, and the operational preparedness, including process and substantive expertise, of the mediators;

Welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to assist Member States and relevant regional and subregional organizations, upon request, in mediation capacity-building for the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution, and calls upon the Secretary-General to continue these efforts, in accordance with agreed mandates;

Stresses the importance of partnerships and cooperation of international, regional and subregional organizations with the United Nations, with each other and with civil society, and of developing mechanisms to improve information-sharing, cooperation and coordination in order to ensure the coherence and complementarity of efforts of actors involved in a specific mediation context;

Invites relevant international, regional and subregional organizations, as well as civil society, to develop mediation capacities and structures, as appropriate, as well as resource mobilization, and encourages them to follow United Nations guidance for effective mediation;

Welcomes the efforts of the African Union in developing its mediation capacities and structures, in particular its early warning assessment systems and prevention and response capabilities;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution for consideration by Member States at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly and to include the views of Member States and other relevant actors, as well as guidance for more effective mediation, as an annex to the report, and requests the Secretary-General to hold regular briefings on this issue in order to promote closer consultation with Member States and increase transparency;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Prevention of armed conflict”, a sub-item entitled “Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution”.

Paragraph content is machine-extracted from UN documents. For authoritative content, please refer to the official UN document.