General Assembly: 89th Plenary Meeting, 76th Session

General Assembly approves $6.45 billion budget for 11 United Nations peacekeeping operations.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 00:50:39
• Production Date: 29 June 2022
• Asset Language: Original; Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW - UNCITRAL; UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON - UNIFIL
• Subject Topical: BUDGET; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; VOTING
• MAMS Id: 2899959
• Parent Id: 2897143

Description

The General Assembly, following on the recommendations of its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), funded 11 United Nations peacekeeping operations with a budget of $6.45 billion this evening.

As in the Fifth Committee, the resolution on the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was adopted by a vote. In the Assembly, the vote to approve the financing of UNIFIL was 115 in favour to 3 against (Canada, United States, Israel) with 2 abstentions (Malawi, Papua New Guinea).

The Assembly also elected Greece to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for a term running from 29 June 2022 until the day before the eighty-first session in 2028. The organ will meet again on Thursday, 30 June, to hold a high-level meeting on improving global road safety.

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