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Closed Peacekeeping Missions

A/RES/74/278No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 148Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, published in 2020.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2003–2024
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/78/296
  • 2024A/RES/78/296Closed peacekeeping missionsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/76/280Closed peacekeeping missionsCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/75/296Closed peacekeeping missionsCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/74/278Closed peacekeeping missionsCompare with previous version
  • 2011A/RES/65/293Closed peacekeeping 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?

4 topics
Cash ManagementDissolutionFinancial ManagementPeacekeeping Operations

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2020.

  • 2020A/75/619Updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2020 report of the Secretary-General

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

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General;1
2
Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 subject to the provisions of the present resolution;
3
Stresses that all Member States should fulfil their financial obligations as set out in the Charter of the United Nations on time, in full and without conditions;
4
Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions in full;
5
Takes note of paragraphs 10 and 11 (b) of the report of the Advisory Committee;
6
Recalls regulations 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.10 of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, regrets that claims payable to troop- and police-contributing countries and outstanding dues to Member States from closed peacekeeping operation budgets have not been settled, and emphasizes its commitment to resolve this issue;
7
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take every measure necessary to reimburse troop- and police-contributing countries before the closure of any peacekeeping mission, and to avoid the current practice of delaying reimbursements to troop- and police-contributing countries;
8
Notes that the use of unreturned balances to cover temporary liquidity needs of the Organization in 2018 and 2019 is not an established mechanism, and emphasizes that this practice is not sustainable;
9
Decides to consider at the second part of its resumed seventy-fifth session the financial position of closed peacekeeping missions, under the agenda item entitled “Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations”.
30 June 2020

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