Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Periodic and Genuine Elections

A/RES/48/131View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1994.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1989–1994

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1994	A/RES/48/131	Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections	796	—
1993	A/RES/47/138	Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections	—	—
1992	A/RES/46/137	Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections	—	—
1991	A/RES/45/150	Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/146	Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Advisory Services Budget Contributions Election Verification Elections Focal Points Guidelines Human Rights Inter-Agency Cooperation Report Preparation Special Missions Staffing Technical Cooperation Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1989, Supplement No. 2 (E/1989/20), chap. II, sect. A.

A/CONF/157/24 (Part I), chap. III.

Ibid., sect. II, para. 67.

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General 4/ on United Nations activities aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections;

Commends the electoral assistance provided to Member States at their request by the United Nations, requests that such assistance continue on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the proposed guidelines on electoral assistance, recognizing that the fundamental responsibility for ensuring free and fair elections lies with Governments, and also requests the Electoral Assistance Unit of the Secretariat to inform Member States on a regular basis about the requests received, the responses given to those requests and the nature of the assistance provided;

Requests that the United Nations attempt to ensure, before undertaking to provide electoral assistance to a requesting State, that there is adequate time to organize and carry out an effective mission for providing such assistance, that conditions exist to allow a free and fair election and that provisions can be made for adequate and comprehensive reporting of the results of the mission;

Recommends that the United Nations, in order to ensure the continuation and consolidation of the democratization process in Member States requesting assistance, provide assistance before and after elections have taken place, including needs-assessment missions aimed at recommending programmes which might contribute to the consolidation of the democratization process;

Recalls the establishment by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Trust Fund for Electoral Observation and the establishment by the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme of a separate fund, the Trust Fund for Technical Assistance to Electoral Processes, and calls upon Member States to consider contributing to the funds;

Stresses the importance of coordination by the focal point within the United Nations system, commends the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat for the advisory services and technical assistance it provides and the Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development of the Secretariat and the United Nations Development Programme for the technical assistance they provide to requesting Member States, and requests the focal point to strengthen its collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights, including through an exchange of personnel when appropriate, and with the Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development and the United Nations Development Programme, and inform them of requests submitted in the area of electoral assistance;

A/48/590.

Recommends that the United Nations continue and strengthen its coordination of election preparation and observation with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations which have an interest in such activities;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Electoral Assistance Unit with adequate human and financial resources, under the regular budget of the United Nations and within existing resources, to allow it to carry out its mandate;

Also requests the Secretary-General to reinforce the Centre for Human Rights through the redeployment of resources and personnel, so as to enable it to answer, in close coordination with the Electoral Assistance Unit, the increasing number of requests from Member States for advisory services in the area of electoral assistance;

Recommends that, on the basis of the guidelines proposed in his report 5/ and on the basis of experience acquired over the last two years, the Secretary-General provide a revised set of guidelines for consideration at its forty-ninth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session on the implementation of resolution 47/138 and the present resolution, in particular on the status of requests from Member States for electoral assistance and verification, and on the validity of the guidelines in the light of experience.

A/47/668 and Corr.1 and Add.1.

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