Strengthening the Role of Mediation in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, Conflict Prevention and Resolution

A/RES/68/303View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 33b Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution, published in 2013.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2011–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/304

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/304	Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution	2,537	32%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/303	Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution	1,873	11%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/291	Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution	255	9%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/283	Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution	1,723	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Prevention, management and resolution of conflicts	122

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 1	Prevention, management and resolution of conflicts	122	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2012–2017

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2017	A/72/115	United Nations activities in support of mediation report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/304
2015	A/70/328	Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations on mediation report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/303
2012	A/66/811	Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/283

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Dispute Settlement Mediation War Prevention

What’s in this document?

21 operative paragraphs

Reiterates that all Member States should strictly adhere to their obligations as laid down in the Charter of the United Nations, including in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution;

Welcomes the contributions of Member States, as well as of the United Nations and of regional and subregional organizations, to mediation efforts, as appropriate;

Invites Member States, as well as the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, as appropriate, to continue to optimize the use of mediation and other tools mentioned in Chapter VI of the Charter for the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution;

Encourages Member States, as well as the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, to continue to develop, where appropriate, their mediation capacities in the pacific settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and conflict resolution;

Also encourages Member States, as well as the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, to increase the awareness on the importance of mediation, as appropriate, through, inter alia, the organization of conferences, seminars and workshops, and in this regard welcomes regional initiatives to strengthen mediation in their regions, such as the “Mediation in the Mediterranean Initiative”;

Encourages the use, as appropriate, of the United Nations Guidance for Effective MediationError: Reference source not found in mediation efforts, in accordance with the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter;

Encourages Member States and regional and subregional organizations to promote equal, full and effective participation of women in all forums and at all levels of the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution, particularly the decision-making level;

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue to appoint women as chief or lead mediators and as members of mediation teams in United Nations-sponsored peace processes, as well as to ensure adequate gender expertise for all United Nations processes, and invites similar efforts by Member States as well as by regional and subregional organizations;

Encourages Member States, as appropriate, to use the mediation capacities of the United Nations as well as those of regional and subregional organizations, where applicable, and to promote mediation in their bilateral and multilateral relations;

Invites all Member States to consider providing sustained political support, expertise and timely and adequate resources, including through the United Nations, for mediation and, as appropriate, for the implementation of agreed outcomes of mediation processes, in order to assure their success, as well as for mediation capacity-building activities of the United Nations and of regional and subregional organizations;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to offer his good offices, in accordance with the Charter and relevant United Nations resolutions, and to provide mediation support, where appropriate, to special representatives and envoys of the United Nations as well as to Member States and regional and subregional organizations, upon request;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to work with Member States and relevant regional and subregional organizations, upon request and in accordance with agreed mandates, in mediation capacity-building for the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution, including through training events and staff exchanges;

Encourages the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations to regularly hold dialogues on mediation upon mutually agreed agendas, exchange views, information and lessons learned and improve cooperation, coordination, coherence and complementarity in specific mediation contexts, in accordance with agreed mandates and as appropriate;

Stresses the importance of partnerships and cooperation of international, regional and subregional organizations with the United Nations, with each other and with civil society, and of developing mechanisms to improve information-sharing, cooperation and coordination, in order to ensure the coherence and complementarity of efforts of actors involved in a specific mediation context;

Emphasizes the importance of facilitating interaction by mediators between concerned parties and other stakeholders, as appropriate, as well as inclusive national processes in the implementation of the agreed outcomes of mediation processes;

Welcomes the efforts of regional and subregional organizations that have developed their mediation and conflict prevention and resolution capacities, structures and policy frameworks, and encourages other interested organizations, as mandated by their member States, to make similar efforts, as appropriate;

Encourages regional and subregional organizations to appoint, as appropriate, mediation focal points and to regularly communicate their contact information to the Secretary-General, and requests the Secretary-General to maintain and share this information with Member States and regional and subregional organizations, as appropriate;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its seventieth session on cooperation between the United Nations and the regional and subregional organizations on mediation, as well as possible ways to enhance such cooperation, and to hold regular briefings in order to promote closer consultation with Member States as well as regional and subregional organizations and to increase transparency;

Invites the Secretary-General to continue to brief Member States on mediation activities of the United Nations;

Encourages regional and subregional organizations to further enhance their informal thematic exchange with the Member States on mediation-related issues, as appropriate and in accordance with the Charter;

Decides to continue its consideration of the question “Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution” at its seventieth session.

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