Support Account for Peacekeeping Operations

A/RES/77/304View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 151 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, published in 2023.

What else is in this group?

38 documents · 1994–2026

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2026).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/RES/80/240 B	Support account for peacekeeping operations	—	–
2025	A/RES/80/240	Support account for peacekeeping operations	107	–
2025	A/RES/79/298	Support account for peacekeeping operations	1,447	–
2024	A/RES/78/293	Support account for peacekeeping operations	1,354	–
2023	A/RES/77/304	Support account for peacekeeping operations	1,302	–

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2025

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2025	A/79/781	Support account and related funding issues report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/77/304

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Financial Resources Peacekeeping Operations Programme Budgeting Support Accounts

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the budget for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024 and the report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee on the proposed budget of the Office of Internal Oversight Services under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024;

Reaffirms its role in carrying out a thorough analysis and approval of human and financial resources and policies with a view to ensuring the full, effective and efficient implementation of all mandated programmes and activities and the implementation of policies in this regard;

Also reaffirms that the Fifth Committee is the appropriate Main Committee of the General Assembly entrusted with responsibility for administrative and budgetary matters;

Further reaffirms rule 153 of its rules of procedure;

Reaffirms that the support account funds shall be used for the sole purpose of financing human resources and non-human resources requirements for backstopping and supporting peacekeeping operations at Headquarters, and that any changes in this limitation require the prior approval of the General Assembly;

Also reaffirms the need for adequate funding for the backstopping of peacekeeping operations, as well as the need for full justification for that funding in support account budget submissions;

Further reaffirms the need for effective and efficient administration and financial management of peacekeeping operations, and urges the Secretary-General to continue to identify measures to increase the productivity and efficiency of the support account;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full implementation of the relevant provisions of its resolutions 59/296 of 22 June 2005, 60/266 of 30 June 2006, 61/276 of 29 June 2007, 64/269 of 24 June 2010, 65/289 of 30 June 2011, 66/264 of 21 June 2012, 69/307 of 25 June 2015, 70/286 of 17 June 2016 and 76/274 of 29 June 2022, and its other relevant resolutions;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Decides to maintain, for the financial period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, the funding mechanism for the support account used in the current period, from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, as approved in paragraph 3 of its resolution 50/221 B;

Budget performance report for the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the budget performance of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022;

Budget estimates for the financial period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024

Approves the support account requirements in the amount of 387,808,200 United States dollars for the financial period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, inclusive of the amount of 17,659,500 dollars for the enterprise resource planning project, 518,400 dollars for death and disability claims for closed peacekeeping operations, 868,500 dollars for the efficiency model for management services (previously the global service delivery model project), 3,326,800 dollars for peacekeeping capability readiness, 20,875,400 dollars for Umoja maintenance and support costs and 12,855,200 dollars for after-service health insurance costs, including 1,362 continuing posts and 1 new temporary post, as well as the redeployment, reassignment and reclassification of posts, 71 continuing and 5 new general temporary assistance positions and 51.5 person-months, as well as related post and non-post requirements;

Financing of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the financial periods from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 and from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024

Decides that the requirements for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024 shall be financed as follows:

The unencumbered balance in the amount of 3,009,300 dollars, in respect of the financial period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024;

The total amount of 1,675,900 dollars, comprising other miscellaneous revenue of 25,500 dollars and cancellation of prior-period obligations of 1,765,000 dollars, offset by investment loss of 114,600 dollars in respect of the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024;

The balance of 383,123,000 dollars to be prorated among the budgets of the active peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024;

The net estimated staff assessment income of 30,015,400 dollars, comprising the amount of 29,054,400 dollars for the financial period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024 and the increase of 961,000 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2022, to be offset against the balance referred to in subparagraph (c) above, to be prorated among the budgets of the individual active peacekeeping operations.