United Nations A/RES/57/317 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 126 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/656/Add.1)] 57/317. Peacekeeping Reserve Fund The General Assembly, Having considered the note by the Secretary-General on the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund1 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 Recalling its resolution 47/217 of 23 December 1992 on the establishment of the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund and its resolutions 49/233 A of 23 December 1994 and 51/218 E of 17 June 1997, Recalling also its resolution 57/290 A of 20 December 2002 on the inclusion of Switzerland and Timor-Leste in the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund, Reaffirming the general principles underlying the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations, as stated in General Assembly resolutions 1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963, 3101 (XXVIII) of 11 December 1973 and 55/235 of 23 December 2000, 1. Takes note of the status of contributions to the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund as at 31 December 2002;3 2. Endorses the recommendation contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,4 and requests the SecretaryGeneral to ensure its full implementation; 3. Decides to apply the amount of 33,250,000 United States dollars, representing the amount in excess of the authorized level of 150 million dollars for the Fund, to the requirements of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004; _______________ 1 A/57/798. A/57/772, para. 17; see also Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Fifth Committee, 52nd meeting (A/C.5/57/SR.52), and corrigendum. 3 ST/ADM/SER.B/600. 4 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Fifth Committee, 52nd meeting (A/C.5/57/SR.52), and corrigendum. 2 02 56239 Distr.: General 3 July 2003