General Assembly: 95th plenary meeting, 78th session

Taking Up Fifth, Fourth Committee Reports, General Assembly Adopts $5.59 Billion Budget for 14 Peacekeeping Operations, 2 Service Centres over Next 12 Months

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 00:42:08
• Production Date: 28 June 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: FIFTH COMMITTEE - ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY QUESTIONS; FIFTH COMMITTEE; FOURTH COMMITTEE - SPECIAL POLITICAL AND DECOLONISATION; GENERAL ASSEMBLY; GENERAL ASSEMBLY - GA
• Subject Topical: BUDGET; FINANCIAL SITUATION; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; UNITED NATIONS BUDGET; UNITED NATIONS FINANCES; UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION; UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL; UNITED NATIONS STAFF; FINANCING; VOTING; SPECIAL MISSIONS
• MAMS Id: 3235783
• Parent Id: 3227463
• Alternate Title: MTG GA78 SESSION 95 PLENARY 28 JUNE 2024 PM

Description

The General Assembly today authorized nearly $5.6 billion to keep 14 peacekeeping missions, 2 service centres and support staff at Headquarters operating through June 2025, adopting 20 resolutions and 1 decision forwarded by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary). 

The texts covered the financing needs of these missions from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 and also addressed human resource questions. In particular, the resolution on “Seconded active-duty military and police personnel” recognized the expertise provided by such personnel in fulfilling United Nations mandates, and asked the Secretary-General to continue efforts to improve their timely onboarding, using tools at his disposal to address challenges beyond the control of these personnel that stand in the way. 

All the texts were adopted without a vote except for the resolution on the $582.63 million appropriation for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which received 129 votes in favour, yet was opposed by Israel and the United States, with Paraguay abstaining. 

 

• Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects 
• Item 51: Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/78/422/Add.1) 
• Reports of the Fifth Committee

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A/78/422/Add.1