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Comprehensive Review of Special Political Missions

A/RES/72/89No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 56Comprehensive review of special political missions, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 2013–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/83
  • 2025A/RES/80/83Comprehensive review of special political missionsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2024A/RES/79/92Comprehensive review of special political missionsCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/RES/78/79Comprehensive review of special political missionsCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/77/127Comprehensive review of special political missionsCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/76/83Comprehensive review of special political missionsCompare with previous version

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 topic
Special Missions

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2018.

  • 2018A/73/337Overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions report of the Secretary-General

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

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to resolution 71/100;
2
Requests the Secretary-General to hold regular, inclusive and interactive dialogue on the overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions, and requests the Secretariat to reach out to Member States prior to the holding of such dialogue to ensure wide and meaningful participation;
3
Respects the purview of the mandate of special political missions, as stipulated in the respective relevant resolutions, recognizes the specificity of each mandate of such missions, and emphasizes the role of the General Assembly in discussing the overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions;
4
Acknowledges the importance of strong coordination, coherence and cooperation of the Security Council and the General Assembly with the Peacebuilding Commission, and in this regard notes the intention of the Security Council to regularly request, deliberate and draw upon the specific, strategic and targeted advice of the Peacebuilding Commission, including to assist with the longer-term perspective required for sustaining peace being reflected in the formation, review and drawdown of peacekeeping operations and special political missions mandates, as stated in General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution 2282 (2016);
5
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its seventy-third session, a timely report on the implementation of the present resolution regarding the overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions, including efforts towards improving expertise and effectiveness, transparency, accountability, geographical representation, gender perspective and women’s equal participation, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to include relevant detailed information on these matters in the report;
6
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session the item entitled “Comprehensive review of special political missions” and to consider the above-mentioned report of the Secretary-General under that item.

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