Support Account for Peacekeeping Operations

A/RES/76/279View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 150 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, published in 2022.

What else is in this group?

38 documents · 1994–2026

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2026).

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	–

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Financial Resources Peacekeeping Operations Programme Budgeting Staffing Support Accounts

What’s in this document?

19 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 2022 to 30 June 2023 and the report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee on the proposed budget of the Office of Internal Oversight Services under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023;

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 resources 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 its 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, 66/264 of 21 June 2012, 69/307 of 25 June 2015, 70/286 of 17 June 2016, 76/274 of 29 June 2022 and its other relevant resolutions;

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

Decides to maintain, for the financial period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, the funding mechanism for the support account used in the current period, from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022, as approved in paragraph 3 of its resolution 50/221 B;

Budget performance report for the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021

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 2020 to 30 June 2021;

Budget estimates for the financial period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023

Approves the support account requirements in the amount of 371,787,000 United States dollars for the financial period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, inclusive of the amount of 17,196,900 dollars for the enterprise resource planning project, 868,500 dollars for the global service delivery model project, 3,881,600 dollars for peacekeeping capability readiness and 18,588,600 dollars for Umoja maintenance and support costs, including 1,354 continuing posts and 8 new temporary posts, as well as the abolishment, redeployment, reassignment and reclassification of posts, 55 continuing and 16 new general temporary assistance positions and 51.5 person-months, as well as related post and non-post requirements;

Financing of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the financial periods from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 and from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023

Decides that the requirements for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 shall be financed as follows:

The unencumbered balance in the amount of 201,300 dollars, in respect of the financial period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023;

The total amount of 2,113,400 dollars, comprising investment revenue of 536,200 dollars, other miscellaneous revenue of 52,200 dollars and cancellation of prior-period obligations of 1,525,000 dollars, in respect of the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023;

The amount of 4,201,000 dollars, representing the peacekeeping share of the unused balance of the resources provided for the enterprise resource planning project in the amount of 4,201,000 dollars, in accordance with its resolution 74/263 of 27 December 2019, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023;

The amount of 459,300 dollars, representing the excess of the authorized level of the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2021, to be applied to the resources required for the financial period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023;

The balance of 364,812,000 dollars to be prorated among the budgets of the active peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023;

The net estimated staff assessment income of 29,429,900 dollars, comprising the amount of 28,631,400 dollars for the financial period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 and the increase of 798,500 dollars in respect of the financial period ended 30 June 2021, to be offset against the balance referred to in subparagraph (e) above, to be prorated among the budgets of the individual active peacekeeping operations.