Support Account for Peacekeeping Operations

A/RES/54/243BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 151a Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, published in 2000.

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38 documents · 1994–2026

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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	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Financing Peacekeeping Operations Rapid Deployment Forces Staffing Support Accounts Training Programmes

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15 operative paragraphs

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²Consequently, resolution 54/243, in section VI of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/54/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 54/243 A.

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the support account for peacekeeping operations2 and the separate performance report on the use of support account resources in respect of the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999;3

Recognizes the importance of the United Nations being able to respond and deploy rapidly a peacekeeping operation upon the adoption of a Security Council mandate;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,4 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

Affirms the need for adequate funding for the backstopping of peacekeeping operations;

Reaffirms that the expenses of the Organization, including the backstopping of peacekeeping operations, shall be borne by Member States and, to that effect, that the Secretary-General should request adequate funding to maintain the capacity of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat;

Decides to maintain for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 the funding mechanism for the support account used in the current period, from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, as approved in paragraph 3 of its resolution 50/221 B;

Approves the establishment of four hundred and sixty-nine support account-funded temporary posts, including one P-3 and one General Service post for the Training Unit of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations;

Notes the importance of the continuing efforts of the Secretary-General to develop a comprehensive concept of the United Nations rapid deployment capability, invites, in this regard, the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations to review the concept of the Rapid Deployment Management Unit, including its compatibility with the rapidly deployable mission headquarters, in accordance with paragraph 24 of the report of the Advisory Committee,4 and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to take into account the mandate of relevant committees before requesting any human or financial resources;

Also requests the Secretary-General timeously to inform Member States of all job vacancies in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and in field missions;

Reiterates its requests to the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to avoid duplication and overlapping among departments of the Secretariat related to backstopping peacekeeping activities, and requests him, in this regard, to keep the General Assembly informed about concrete measures taken;

Reaffirms the need for the Secretary-General to ensure that delegation of authority to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and field missions is in strict compliance with relevant resolutions and decisions, as well as relevant rules and procedures of the General Assembly on this matter;

Approves the support account post and non-post requirements in the amount of 50,699,900 United States dollars gross (43,237,900 dollars net) for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001;

Decides to apply the unencumbered balance of 2,179,000 dollars from the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, inclusive of 601,000 dollars in miscellaneous and interest income, and to prorate the balance of 48,520,900 dollars gross (41,058,900 dollars net) among the individual active peacekeeping operation budgets, to meet the resources required for the support account for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001;

Stresses the importance of providing detailed and comprehensive information on activities related to training, including information on how it serves the interests of the United Nations.

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