United Nations A/RES/57/318 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)] 57/318. 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 and 56/293 of 27 June 2002, 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 report of the Secretary-General entitled “Overview of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations: budget performance for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002 and budget for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004”,1 his report on the financial performance of the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002,2 his report on the budget for the support account for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004,3 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,4 Having also considered the reports of the Secretary-General on the experience with resident investigators5 and on gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping activities,6 as well as the above-mentioned reports of the Advisory Committee, specifically paragraphs 86 to 95 of the first report7 with regard to resident investigators and auditors, and paragraph 31 of the second report8 with regard to gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping activities, Recognizing the importance of the United Nations being able to respond and deploy rapidly 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, _______________ 1 A/57/723. A/57/725. 3 A/57/732. 4 A/57/772 and A/57/776. 5 A/57/494. 6 A/57/731. 7 A/57/772. 8 A/57/776. 2 02 56245 Distr.: General 3 July 2003