A. Maintenance of international peace and security
Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects
At its nineteenth session, in February 1965, the General Assembly established the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, which was to undertake a comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects, including ways of overcoming the financial difficulties of the United Nations (resolution 2006 (XIX)).
At present, the Special Committee is composed of the following Member States:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh,
- Belarus,
- Belgium,
- Benin,
- Bolivia,
- Bosnia and Herzegovina,
- Brazil,
- Bulgaria,
- Burkina Faso,
- Cambodia,
- Cameroon,
- Canada,
- Central African Republic,
- Chad,
- Chile,
- China,
- Colombia,
- Congo,
- Costa Rica,
- Côte d’Ivoire,
- Croatia,
- Cuba,
- Cyprus,
- Czech Republic,
- Denmark,
- Djibouti,
- Dominican Republic,
- Ecuador,
- Egypt,
- El Salvador,
- Estonia,
- Ethiopia,
- Fiji,
- Finland,
- France,
- Gabon,
- Gambia,
- Georgia,
- Germany,
- Ghana,
- Greece,
- Grenada,
- Guatemala,
- Guinea,
- Guyana,
- Haiti,
- Honduras,
- Hungary,
- Iceland,
- India,
- Indonesia,
- Iran (Islamic Republic of),
- Iraq,
- Ireland,
- Israel,
- Italy,
- Jamaica,
- Japan,
- Jordan,
- Kazakhstan,
- Kenya,
- Kuwait,
- Kyrgyzstan,
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic,
- Lebanon,
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,
- Lithuania,
- Luxembourg,
- Madagascar,
- Malawi,
- Malaysia,
- Mali,
- Mauritania,
- Mauritius,
- Mexico,
- Moldova,
- Mongolia,
- Montenegro,
- Morocco,
- Mozambique,
- Namibia,
- Nepal,
- Netherlands,
- New Zealand,
- Niger,
- Nigeria,
- Norway,
- Pakistan,
- Palau,
- Paraguay,
- Peru,
- Philippines,
- Poland,
- Portugal,
- Qatar,
- Republic of Korea,
- Romania,
- Russian Federation,
- Rwanda,
- Samoa,
- Saudi Arabia,
- Senegal,
- Serbia,
- Sierra Leone,
- Singapore,
- Slovakia,
- Slovenia,
- South Africa,
- Spain,
- Sri Lanka,
- Sudan,
- Swaziland,
- Sweden,
- Switzerland,
- Syrian Arab Republic,
- Thailand,
- the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
- Timor-Leste,
- Togo,
- Tunisia,
- Turkey,
- Uganda,
- Ukraine,
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
- United Republic of Tanzania,
- United States of America,
- Uruguay,
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),
- Yemen,
- Zambia and Zimbabwe. Observers are: Andorra,
- Angola,
- Botswana,
- Comoros,
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
- Eritrea,
- Myanmar,
- Nicaragua,
- Panama,
- Somalia,
- Viet Nam,
- Holy See,
- African Union,
- European Community,
- International Committee of the Red Cross,
- International Criminal Court,
- International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL),
- International Organization of la Francophonie and Sovereign Military Order of Malta (A/62/19, annex).
The General Assembly considered the question at its twentieth to sixty-first sessions (resolutions 2053 (XX), 2220 (XXI), 2308 (XXII), 2451 (XXIII), 2576 (XXIV), 2670 (XXV), 2835 (XXVI), 2965 (XXVII), 3091 (XXVIII), 3239 (XXIX), 3457 (XXX), 31/105, 32/106, 33/114, 34/53, 35/121, 36/37, 37/93, 38/31, 39/97, 40/163, 41/67, 42/161, 43/59 A and B, 44/49, 45/75, 46/48, 47/71, 47/72, 48/42, 48/43, 49/37, 50/30, 51/136, 52/69, 53/58, 54/81, 55/135, 56/225 A and B,57/129, 57/336, 58/315, 59/281, 59/300, 60/263, 60/289, 61/267 A and B and 61/291).
At its resumed sixty-second session, in September 2008, the General Assembly endorsed the proposals, recommendations and conclusions of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, contained in paragraphs 15 to 199 of its report (A/62/19) and requested the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the Assembly at its sixty-third session (resolution 62/273).
Documents
- Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and its Working Group: Supplement No. 19 (A/63/19);
- Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (resolution 62/273).
References for the sixty-second session (agenda item 34)
- Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations: Supplement No. 19 (A/62/19)
- Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (A/62/627 and Add.1)
- Securing peace and development: the role of the United Nations in supporting security sector reform: report of the Secretary-General (A/62/659-S/2008/39)
- Comprehensive review of the welfare and recreation needs of all categories of peacekeeping personnel: report of the Secretary-General (A/62/663)
- Summary records A/C.4/62/SR.14-16 and 26
- Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/62/406 and Add.1)
- Plenary meetings (A/62/PV.75 and 121)
- Resolution 62/273
Related links
Source: A/63/100/Add.1
