Comprehensive Review of Special Political Missions

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 49Comprehensive review of special political missions, published in 2022.

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14 versions · 2013–2025

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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, 2023.

2023A/78/307Overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to resolution 76/83;

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;

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;

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 encourages the Security Council to continue to regularly request, deliberate and draw upon the specific, strategic and targeted advice of the 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, in line with General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution 2282 (2016);

Encourages special political missions to continue fostering inclusive partnerships with regional and subregional organizations and other relevant stakeholders, as appropriate and in line with respective mandates, to address multidimensional challenges to peace and security, including during transitions;

Also encourages special political missions, where consistent with their mandates, to work closely with the United Nations country teams, as well as relevant partners, to ensure coherence and coordination, including in support of efforts of host countries to implement comprehensive responses to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, as appropriate;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its seventy-eighth 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 the equal participation of women, as well as youth participation, and in this regard also requests the Secretary-General to include relevant detailed information on these matters in the report;

Also requests the Secretary-General to include in the aforementioned report information on the impact of the reforms on the implementation of the mandates of the special political missions, including regarding transparency and accountability;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-eighth 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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