Support Account for Peacekeeping Operations

A/RES/66/265View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 146 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, published in 2012.

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38 documents · 1994–2026

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4 subjects

Financial Resources Peacekeeping Operations Staffing Support Accounts

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39 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 2012 to 30 June 2013,2 the report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee on the budget of the Office of Internal Oversight Services under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 20133 and the comprehensive report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the implementation of the pilot project designated by the General Assembly in resolution 63/2874 on the structure of the Investigations Division of that Office;

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 resource 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 General Assembly 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 and 66/264 of 21 June 2012 and other relevant resolutions;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,⁷ subject to the provisions of the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation;

⁷A/66/779.

Decides to maintain, for the financial period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013, the funding mechanism for the support account used in the current period, from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012, as approved in paragraph 3 of its resolution 50/221 B;

Recognizes the continued work and effort of the Secretariat to enhance the capacity of the Organization to manage and sustain peacekeeping operations;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to review the level of the support account on a regular basis, taking into consideration the number, size and complexity of peacekeeping operations;

Emphasizes that support functions should be scalable to the size and scope of peacekeeping operations;

Also emphasizes the significant efforts made by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support of the Secretariat to ensure that their requirements under the support account are properly aligned to effective and efficient mandate implementation, and calls upon all departments with posts and positions under the support account to intensify their efforts in this regard;

Encourages the Secretary-General to determine what constitutes a core or basic capacity to effectively manage and backstop peacekeeping operations and to report his findings in the context of the budget proposal for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014;

Takes note of paragraph 15 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,6 and requests the Secretary-General to continue to present separate budgets for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy, and the support account;

Recalls section I, paragraph 6, of resolution 55/238, paragraph 11 of resolution 56/241, paragraph 19 of resolution 61/279, paragraph 22 of resolution 62/250 and paragraph 7 of resolution 65/290, and requests the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts to ensure proper representation of troop-contributing countries in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support, taking into account their contribution to United Nations peacekeeping, and to report thereon in the context of his proposed budget for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014;

Underlines the crucial importance of ensuring that the lessons learned and best practices of peacekeeping missions are adequately captured, processed and incorporated into guidelines and policies, particularly with regard to peacebuilding efforts by peacekeepers and peacekeeping operations in transition, and in this regard recognizes the significant role of the Policy and Best Practices Service of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and best practices officers on the ground;

Notes the dispersal of communications and public information capabilities within the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and expresses its view that these capabilities should be concentrated in the Public Affairs Section of that Department;

Welcomes the reduction in vacancy rates in the Office of Internal Oversight Services, and urges the Office to ensure that all remaining vacant posts are filled as a matter of priority;

Requests the Secretary-General to closely monitor and control, as appropriate, the practice of reassigning and redeploying posts and positions in the Secretariat;

Reaffirms its resolution 59/288 of 13 April 2005;

Recalls paragraph 21 of section VI of its resolution 64/269;

Stresses that planning and coordination performed by the operational support function of the missions, which is to be transferred to the Global Service Centre, should continue to comply with the existing governance framework, including the delegation of procurement authority;

Also stresses that the transfer of functions should not impact the responsibility and accountability of Headquarters for oversight of peacekeeping logistical support demands and their fulfilment, without prejudice to General Assembly resolution 59/288;

Requests the Secretary-General to identify, in the context of his end-state vision for the global field support strategy, the capacities at Headquarters discharging the responsibility and accountability for such oversight;

Stresses the need to ensure that training programmes are delivered with maximum effectiveness and efficiency and that there is a link between training programmes and mandate implementation, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that, in the budget proposal for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014, resource requirements for training activities are made on the basis of clearly identified priorities;

Notes with concern the expenditures incurred by the United Nations in the failed development of the contracted electronic fuel management system, and requests the Secretary-General to report on the lessons learned from this outsourcing experience, with a view to avoiding similar outcomes in the future;

Notes the concerns identified by the Board of Auditors and the Office of Internal Oversight Services relating to procurement activities, as noted in reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services,⁸ and requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Office with performing a comprehensive evaluation of shortcomings and the unique circumstances that contribute to them;

⁸See, for example, Office of Internal Oversight Services reports AP/2010/634/09, AP/2011/654/01, AP/2010/626/01, AG/2011/626/01 and AP/2011/638/04.

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at the second part of its resumed sixty-seventh session on findings and recommendations of the comprehensive evaluation, including information on actions taken, and proposed actions to be taken by the General Assembly to prevent recurrence of such shortcomings;

Decides to approve the D-2 general temporary assistance position in the Department of Field Support for a period of six months and to revert to the issue at the main part of its sixty-seventh session;

Budget performance report for the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011

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 2010 to 30 June 2011;Error: Reference source not found

Budget estimates for the financial period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013

Approves the support account requirements in the amount of 317,993,000 United States dollars for the financial period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013, inclusive of the amount of 37,337,600 dollars for the Umoja enterprise resource planning project pursuant to its resolution 66/246 of 24 December 2011,⁹ including 1,294 continuing posts, as well as the redeployment, reassignment and abolishment of posts and restructuring, as set out in annex I to the present resolution, 131 continuing and 3 new general temporary assistance positions and 86 person-months, as set out in annex II, as well as related post and non-post requirements;

⁹On the basis of the estimates presented by the Secretary-General in his third progress report on the Umoja enterprise resource planning project (A/66/381).

Financing of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013

Decides that the requirements for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 shall be financed as follows:

The unencumbered balance in the total amount of 22,283,900 dollars in respect of the financial period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013;

The total amount of 6,098,000 dollars, comprising interest income of 1,026,000 dollars, other miscellaneous income of 615,000 dollars and cancellation of prior-period obligations of 4,457,000 dollars, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013;

The amount of 2,474,300 dollars representing the excess of the authorized level of the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2011, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013;

The balance of 287,136,800 dollars to be prorated among the budgets of the active peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013;

The net estimated staff assessment income of 28,802,700 dollars, comprising the amount of 28,836,400 dollars for the financial period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 and the decrease of 33,700 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2011, to be set off against the balance referred to in subparagraph (d) above, to be prorated among the budgets of the individual active peacekeeping operations.

Annex I

Support account posts to be established for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013

Note: The specific assignment and location of each of the new posts is set out in the report of the Secretary-General (A/66/721) and referenced in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/66/779).

Abbreviations: GS (OL), General Service (Other level); GTA, general temporary assistance.

Support account redeployment, reassignment and abolishment of posts and restructuring for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013

Redeployments

Department of Peacekeeping Operations/Office of Operations/Africa I Division/African Union Peacekeeping Support Team

Redeployment of the African Union Peacekeeping Support Team and its 2 posts (1 P-5 Senior Political Affairs Officer and 1 P-4 Political Affairs Officer) to the Office of the Assistant Secretary-General

Department of Field Support/Field Personnel Division/Field Personnel Operations Service/Entitlements and Travel Section

Redeployment of 1 post (GS (PL) Human Resources Assistant) to the Office of the Chief

Department of Field Support/Field Personnel Division/Field Personnel Specialist Support Service/Guidance and Organizational Design Section

Redeployment of 1 post (P-2 Human Resources Officer) to the Quality Assurance and Information Management Section

Redeployment of 3 posts (1 P-4 Human Resources Officer, 1 P-3 Human Resources Officer and 1 GS (OL) Human Resources Assistant) to the Recruitment, Outreach and Career Development Section

Department of Field Support/Field Personnel Division/Field Personnel Specialist Support Service/Quality Assurance and Information Management Section

Redeployment of 1 post (P-3 Human Resources Officer) to the Recruitment, Outreach and Career Development Section

Department of Field Support/Information and Communications Technology Division/Field Communications and Information Technology Operations Service

Redeployment of 2 posts (2 GS (PL) Telecommunications Technicians) to the Department of Management/Office of Information and Communications Technology/Infrastructure Management Service

Office of Internal Oversight Services/Internal Audit Division/United Nations Mission in the Sudan

Redeployment of 9 posts (1 P-5 Chief Resident Auditor, 3 P-4 Auditors, 3 P-3 Auditors and 2 FS Audit Assistants) to the Internal Audit Division/United Nations Mission in South Sudan

Office of Internal Oversight Services/Internal Audit Division/African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur

Redeployment of 2 posts (2 P-4 Auditors) to the Internal Audit Division/Regional Audit Centre (Entebbe)

Office of Internal Oversight Services/Internal Audit Division/United Nations Mission in the Sudan

Redeployment of 2 posts (1 P-4 Auditor and 1 FS Audit Assistant) to the Internal Audit Division/Regional Audit Centre (Entebbe)

Office of Internal Oversight Services/Internal Audit Division/United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Redeployment of 1 post (P-4 Auditor) to the Internal Audit Division/Regional Audit Centre (Entebbe)

Office of Internal Oversight Services/Internal Audit Division/United Nations Mission in Liberia

Redeployment of 1 post (P-4 Auditor) to the Internal Audit Division/United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire

Office of Internal Oversight Services/Investigations Division/United Nations Mission in the Sudan

Redeployment of 1 post (FS Investigations Assistant) to the Investigations Division/United Nations Mission in South Sudan

Reassignments

Department of Peacekeeping Operations/Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions/Police Division/Office of the Police Adviser

Reassignment of 1 post (P-3 Administrative Management Officer to P-3 Police Communications Adviser) in the Office of the Police Adviser

Department of Field Support/Field Personnel Division/Field Personnel Operations Service/Africa I Section

Reassignment of 1 post (P-3 Human Resources Officer) to the Office of the Director (P-3 Programme Officer)

Restructuring

Department of Field Support/Logistics Support Division

Change of name from “Operational Support Service” to “Operational Support Section”; “Specialist Support Service” to “Strategic Support Service”; and “Transportation and Movement Service” to “Strategic Transport Service”

Department of Management/Office of Central Support Services

Combining the “Strategic Cargo Team” and the “Short-Term Air Charter and Freight Forwarding Team” to form the “Strategic Movements Team”, within the Logistics and Transportation Section of the Procurement Division

Abolishments

Department of Field Support/Field Personnel Division/Field Personnel Operations Service/Europe and Americas Section

Abolishment of 1 post (GS (OL) Human Resources Assistant)

Department of Field Support/Field Personnel Division/Field Personnel Specialist Support Service/Quality Assurance and Information Management Section

Abolishment of 1 post (GS (OL) Human Resources Assistant)

Department of Field Support/Logistics Support Division/Operational Support Service/Office of the Chief

Abolishment of 2 posts (1 D-1 Chief of Operational Support Service and 1 GS (OL) Administrative Assistant), to be established in the Office of the Director of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy

Department of Field Support/Logistics Support Division/Operational Support Service/Logistics Operations Section

Abolishment of 2 posts (1 P-3 Logistics Officer and 1 GS (OL) Logistics Assistant), to be established in the Assets Management Section of the United Nations Logistics Base

Department of Field Support/Logistics Support Division/Operational Support Service/Strategic Deployment Stocks Unit

Abolishment of 4 posts (1 P-4 Chief of Strategic Deployment Stocks, 1 P-3 Strategic Deployment Stocks Operational Officer, 1 GS (PL) Finance Assistant and 1 GS (OL) Operational Assistant), to be established in the Office of the Chief, Logistics Service/Strategic Deployment Stocks Unit of the United Nations Logistics Base

Department of Field Support/Logistics Support Division/Specialist Support Service/Supply Section

Abolishment of 3 posts (1 P-4 Supply Officer and 2 GS (OL) Supply Assistants), to be established in the Office of the Chief, Logistics Service/Customer Service Unit of the United Nations Logistics Base

Abolishment of 1 post (P-3 Supply Officer), to be established in the Central Warehouse and Distribution Section of the United Nations Logistics Base

Abolishment of 1 post (P-4 Chief Supply Officer), to be established in the Office of the Director of the United Nations Logistics Base (P-4 Administrative Officer)

Department of Field Support/Logistics Support Division/Specialist Support Service/Engineering Section

Abolishment of 5 posts (3 P-3 Engineer Officers and 2 GS (OL) Logistics Assistants), to be established in the Engineering Standardization and Design Centre of the United Nations Logistics Base

Abolishment of 2 posts (1 P-4 Engineer and 1 P-3 Engineer Officer), to be established in the Assets Management Section of the United Nations Logistics Base

Department of Field Support/Logistics Support Division/Transportation and Movements Service/Surface Transport Section

Abolishment of 3 posts (1 P-3 Transport Officer and 2 GS (OL) Transport Assistants), to be established in the Assets Management Section of the United Nations Logistics Base

Abbreviations: FS, Field Service; GS, General Service; OL, Other level; PL, Principal level.

Support account general temporary assistance positions to be established for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013

Note: The specific assignment and location of each of the general temporary assistance positions is set out in the report of the Secretary-General (A/66/721) and referenced in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/66/779).

Abbreviations: GS, General Service; NGS, national General Service; OL, Other level; PL, Principal level.

a Person-months are indicated in the column titled “Position level”.