He urged everyone to contribute, with the assurance that “they will be utilized effectively and efficiently”. Next, the Assembly took up the report on financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) (document A/73/927), adopting an eponymous text in the report. The official United Nations Website for UNSMIS contains background information, facts and figures and the mission mandate. Editorial credit: StockStudio / Shutterstock.com . We have unique strengths, including legitimacy, burden sharing, and an ability to deploy troops and police from around the world, integrating them with civilian peacekeepers to address a range of mandates set by the UN Security Council and General Assembly. By its terms, the Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for the Mission $1.27 billion for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, including $1.18 billion for the maintenance of the Mission, $67.03 million for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $11.94 million for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, as well as $7.26 million for the Regional Service Centre in Entebbe. She is especially interested in the mechanisms, which lead to state-building failures and subsequently increase the risk of conflict recurrence. The Assembly then took up a report on financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) (document A/73/922), adopting an eponymous text contained therein by which the Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for MINUSTAH $90 million for the Mission’s maintenance from 1 July to 31 December 2017. The Assembly then turned to the report on financing of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) (document A/73/924), adopting the text contained therein by the same name. [6], On August 16, France's UN Ambassador Gerard Araud, the current Security Council president, said the conditions to extend the mission beyond August 20, among which a significant reduction of violence, were not met and the mission would end. Russia organised new UN meetings in New York on Friday, August 17, and calls on all sides to end the violence.[7]. By its terms, the Assembly approved the support account requirements in the amount of $348.87 million for 1 July 2019 to 30 July 2020, including $19.38 million for the enterprise resource planning project, $821,500 for the information and systems security, $868,500 for the global service delivery model project, $3.88 million for peacekeeping capability readiness and $20.8 million for Umoja maintenance and support costs, including 1,357 continuing posts and 9 new temporary costs, as well as the abolishment, redeployment, reassignment and reclassification of posts, 59 continuing and 3 new general temporary assistance positions and 52 person-months, as well as related post and non-post requirements. By its terms, the Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for UNFICYP $54.17 million for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, including $50.79 million for the maintenance of the Force, $2.88 million for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $512,500 for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi. Much of the complex security environment in Mali, and the failures to address it, can be lessons learned for a potential mandate in Syria. A potential peacekeeping mission in Syria would have to be hybrid and have a strong mandate which enables it to not only go after terrorist organisations but also ensure stabilisation of the country. “We cannot achieve lasting peace without our partners” he stressed, appealing for support to political solutions and peace agreement implementation. The Assembly approved the management of the cash balances of all active peacekeeping operations as a pool while maintaining the balances in separate funds for each mission on a trial basis for three budget periods and asked the Secretary-General to ensure proper oversight and control are in place, that mandate implementation from the lending mission is not negatively impacted, and to report progress thereon annually. The United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Syria, set up in 2012 as a result of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2043 in response to the Syrian Civil War. Mr. Guterres also pushed for triangular partnerships and joint contingents, in which one group of governments provides equipment and training, and another provides troops and police; training to address safety and security challenges; and better equipment and local engagement. Elsewhere, armed utility helicopters are needed; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance units; quick reaction forces, and airborne medical evacuation teams. Further by the text, the Assembly requested the Secretary‑General to issue assessment letters for peacekeeping operations for the full budget period approved by the Assembly, subject to the availability of rates of assessments for applicable years. By its terms, the Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to enter into commitments of up to $257.97 million for the Operation for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2019. Peacekeeping missions by the United Nations are the attempts by the organization to help war-torn countries to create a long-lasting peace. General Balla Keïta, force commander of the UN mission in Central African Republic, right, awarded a medal of honor from the Portuguese contingent, led by Admiral António Silva Ribeiro, April 13, 2019. Current Missions Past Missions. Welcome to the United Nations. By its terms, the Assembly decided to appropriate to the Special Account for MINUSCA $976.38 million from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, including $910.06 million for the maintenance of the Mission, $51.55 million for the support account for peacekeeping operations, $9.18 million for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi and $5.59 million for the Regional Service Centre in Entebbe. He highlighted four priority areas to focus on “how we are fulfilling” A4P commitments, pointing first to the investment being made by the UN in solutions and developing regional peace process strategies. Lastly, the Assembly considered the report titled “Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations” (document A/73/687/Add.2), adopting a draft decision contained therein titled “Questions deferred for future consideration”. By its terms, the Assembly approved a budget in the amount of $56.16 million for the Mission and appropriate an additional amount of $56.33 million (net) of the programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019, after taking into account the estimated expenditures for 2018, amounting to $171,600. Diego holds a BA in International Relations from University College Maastricht and an MA in International Relations (cum laude) with an emphasis on History of IR from Leiden University. Turning to two draft resolutions related to the financing of peace operations in the Middle East, the Assembly held recorded votes on oral amendments put forward, respectively, by the representatives of Syria and Israel. ... it is in the hands of the gov'ts you represent to enable peacekeeping to live up to its ideals & needs of our time." Diego works as associate project manager of the UNU Jargon Buster App project, which aims to help further and clarify cross-interdisciplinary academic and policy dialogues for all parties involved – be they graduate students, international organisations or the wider public. It also decided to reduce the commitment authority of $65.16 million previously approved for the same period by $28.84 million to $39.32 million, resulting in $1.11 billion in total resources approved for the Mission’s maintenance and operation for the period, equal to the expenditures incurred by the Mission during the same period. By its terms, the Assembly decided to defer until its seventy-fourth session consideration of several reports on closed peacekeeping missions from 2011 to 2018. Although observers remain in the country, Mood suspended their mission on June 16, 2012 citing "escalating violence". The Assembly then rejected the proposed amendment to the text by a vote of 11 in favour to 58 against with 64 abstentions, adopting the resolution as a whole without a vote. It's your world. United Nations Peacekeeping missions are working flat out and need to be made “stronger and safer”, Secretary-General António Guterres told a major ministerial pledging conference on Friday, stressing that “critical” gaps must be bridged, so they can deliver better, on behalf of the people they serve. Taking the podium, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said that the more than 110 Member State participants gathered in New York, demonstrated “the deep and widespread commitment to peacekeeping, by Governments across the world”. The representative of Syria, speaking following the action, reiterated that the responsibility for financing the Mission should be borne by Israel, whose actions necessitated its creation. Underscoring his delegation’s longstanding position on that agenda item, he proposed removing specific paragraphs which serve to advance a political agenda in what should be a discussion of financial matters. Although observers remain in the country, Mood suspended their mission on June 16, 2012 citing "escalating violence". By its terms, the Assembly decided to appropriate $512.12 million to the Special Account for UNIFIL for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, including $480.1 million for the maintenance of the Force, $27.19 million for the support account for peacekeeping operations and $4.85 million for the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi. UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This wouldn’t be the first of its kind. Stressing that the concerns of the host State must be taken into account when considering any posts, he proposed an oral amendment which he said underlines the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the affairs of States. However, it is essential for the UN to prepare itself and, to the best of its ability, work towards the peaceful resolution of the Syrian conflict should it be asked to do so. Diego is also a PhD candidate in History of International Relations at Leiden University. ... 2019 at 9:57 PM EST. “But,” he continued, “as conflicts become more complex and high-risk, our operations must keep pace”. —Angelina Jolie #PKMinisterial pic.twitter.com/cjYVlSavk5. [3] Observers will conduct no further patrols and stay in their current positions until the suspension is lifted. The map will zoom in to show all four missions. It was commanded by Norwegian major general Robert Mood until 20 July 2012 followed by Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye from Senegal. This act of violence was not an isolated incident but just the latest example of the increased hostility that ‘Blue Helmets’ face. Deploying stabilisation missions into active conflict and hostile territories with broader and more robust mandates represented a drastic shift in peacekeeping. The Assembly then turned to the Fifth Committee’s report on the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) (document A/73/921), adopting a resolution by the same name contained therein. “Across the decades, our peacekeeping operations have helped countries from Liberia and Sierra Leone to Timor Leste and Cambodia, transition from conflict to peace”, he said on Friday at the third key UN Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting, this time taking place at UN Headquarters in New York, to reaffirm and strengthen commitments to ‘blue helmets’ and others who work in peacekeeping missions across the world. 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