Management of Contingent-Owned Equipment Arrangements

A/RES/57/314View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 126 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, published in 2003.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Costs Equipment and Supplies Peacekeeping Operations Reimbursement Troop-Contributing States

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6 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General;1

Also takes note of the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the management of contingent-owned equipment arrangements, as contained in paragraphs 60 to 76 of its report;2

Affirms the importance of conducting peacekeeping operations with the maximum of efficiency and effectiveness and the need to minimize delays in processing reimbursements to troop- and equipment-contributing countries;

Recognizes the fact that delay and uncertainty in reimbursements to troop-contributing countries of troop and contingent-owned equipment costs adversely affect the ability of current and potential troop-contributing countries to participate effectively in United Nations peacekeeping operations, and in this context emphasizes the need for all Member States to pay their assessed contributions to all peacekeeping operations in full, on time and without conditions;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report, taking into account, inter alia, the observations of the Advisory Committee and based on the experience gained so far, and make suggestions for any modification to the current reporting cycle to the Working Group on Reimbursement of Contingent-owned Equipment at its forthcoming meeting, scheduled for February 2004;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report, on the basis of recommendations of the Working Group, on issues that would require legislative action by the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session.

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