Comprehensive Review of Special Political Missions

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 52 Comprehensive review of special political missions, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 2013–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/83

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/83	Comprehensive review of special political missions	1,700	89%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/92	Comprehensive review of special political missions	1,531	78%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/79	Comprehensive review of special political missions	1,411	84%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/127	Comprehensive review of special political missions	1,371	94%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/83	Comprehensive review of special political missions	1,326	79%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

14 reports · 2013–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/332	Overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/83
2025	A/80/322	Overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/92
2024	A/79/303	Overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/79
2023	A/78/307	Overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/127
2022	A/77/283	Overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/83

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Special Missions

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to resolution 77/127;⁴

⁴A/78/307.

Requests the Secretary-General to hold regular, inclusive and interactive dialogue on the overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions, and requests the Secretariat to reach out to Member States prior to the holding of such dialogue to ensure wide and meaningful participation;

Respects the purview of the mandate of special political missions, as stipulated in the respective relevant resolutions, recognizes the specificity of each mandate of such missions, and emphasizes the role of the General Assembly in discussing the overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions;

Encourages stronger coordination, coherence and cooperation of the Security Council and the General Assembly with the Peacebuilding Commission, and invites the Security Council to continue to regularly request, deliberate and draw upon the specific, strategic and targeted advice of the Commission, including to assist with the longer-term perspective required for sustaining peace being reflected in the formation, review and drawdown of peacekeeping operations and special political missions mandates, in line with General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution 2282 (2016);

Encourages special political missions to continue fostering inclusive partnerships with regional and subregional organizations and other relevant stakeholders, as appropriate and in line with respective mandates, to address multidimensional challenges to peace and security, including during transitions;

Also encourages special political missions, where consistent with their mandates, to work closely with the United Nations country teams, as well as relevant partners, to ensure coherence and coordination, including in support of efforts of host countries to implement comprehensive responses to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as appropriate;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its seventy-ninth session, a timely, results-based report on the implementation of the present resolution regarding the overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions, including efforts towards improving expertise and effectiveness, transparency, accountability, geographical representation, gender perspective and the full, equal and meaningful participation of women, as well as the full, effective and meaningful participation of youth;

Also requests the Secretary-General to include in the aforementioned report information on the impact of the reforms at Headquarters on the delivery of relevant special political mission mandates in the field;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth session the item entitled “Comprehensive review of special political missions” and to consider the above-mentioned report of the Secretary-General under that item.

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