United Nations A/RES/60/268 General Assembly Distr.: General 15 August 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 136 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 30 June 2006 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/60/916)] 60/268. Support account for peacekeeping operations The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 45/258 of 3 May 1991, 47/218 A of 23 December 1992, 48/226 A of 23 December 1993, 56/241 of 24 December 2001, 56/293 of 27 June 2002, 57/318 of 18 June 2003, 58/298 of 18 June 2004 and 59/301 of 22 June 2005, its decisions 48/489 of 8 July 1994, 49/469 of 23 December 1994 and 50/473 of 23 December 1995 and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the support account for peacekeeping operations, 1 the note by the Secretary-General on the resource requirements for the Office of Internal Oversight Services under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 2 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 3 Recognizing the importance for the United Nations to be able to respond and deploy rapidly to a peacekeeping operation upon adoption of a relevant resolution of the Security Council, within thirty days for traditional peacekeeping operations and ninety days for complex peacekeeping operations, Recognizing also the need for adequate support during all phases of peacekeeping operations, including the liquidation and termination phases, Mindful that the level of the support account should broadly correspond to the mandate, number, size and complexity of peacekeeping missions, 1. Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the financing of the support account for peacekeeping operations1 and the note by the Secretary-General on the resource requirements for the Office of Internal Oversight Services under the support account for peacekeeping operations for the financial period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007;2 _______________ 1 A/60/681 and Corr.1 and Add.1 and A/60/727. A/60/898. 3 A/60/807 and A/60/900. 2 05-50368