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Reaffirming the need to continue to improve the administrative and financial management of
peacekeeping operations,
Recognizing the need for adequate support during all phases of peacekeeping operations, including the
liquidation and termination phases,
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the support account for peacekeeping
operations2 and the separate performance report on the use of support account resources in respect of the
period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999;3
2. Recognizes the importance of the United Nations being able to respond and deploy rapidly a
peacekeeping operation upon the adoption of a Security Council mandate;
3. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Advisory Committee
on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,4 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full
implementation;
4.
Affirms the need for adequate funding for the backstopping of peacekeeping operations;
5. Reaffirms that the expenses of the Organization, including the backstopping of peacekeeping
operations, shall be borne by Member States and, to that effect, that the Secretary-General should request
adequate funding to maintain the capacity of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat;
6. Decides to maintain for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 the funding mechanism for
the support account used in the current period, from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, as approved in paragraph 3
of its resolution 50/221 B;
7. Approves the establishment of four hundred and sixty-nine support account-funded temporary
posts, including one P-3 and one General Service post for the Training Unit of the Department of
Peacekeeping Operations;
8. Notes the importance of the continuing efforts of the Secretary-General to develop a comprehensive
concept of the United Nations rapid deployment capability, invites, in this regard, the Special Committee on
Peacekeeping Operations to review the concept of the Rapid Deployment Management Unit, including its
compatibility with the rapidly deployable mission headquarters, in accordance with paragraph 24 of the
report of the Advisory Committee,4 and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon to the General
Assembly at its fifty-fifth session;
9. Requests the Secretary-General to take into account the mandate of relevant committees before
requesting any human or financial resources;
10. Also requests the Secretary-General timeously to inform Member States of all job vacancies in the
Department of Peacekeeping Operations and in field missions;
11. Reiterates its requests to the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to avoid duplication and
overlapping among departments of the Secretariat related to backstopping peacekeeping activities, and
requests him, in this regard, to keep the General Assembly informed about concrete measures taken;
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