United Nations A/RES/58/298 General Assembly Distr.: General 22 July 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 134 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 June 2004 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/58/582/Add.2)] 58/298. 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 and 57/318 of 18 June 2003, 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 and the related reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 Recognizing the importance of the United Nations being 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 operations;1 2. Reaffirms the need for effective and efficient administration and financial management of peacekeeping operations, and urges the Secretary-General to continue to identify measures to increase the productivity and efficiency of the support account; Also reaffirms the need for adequate funding for the backstopping of 3. peacekeeping operations, as well as the need for full justification for that funding in support account budget submissions; _______________ 1 2 03 51240 A/58/703 and Add.1, A/58/705 and A/58/715. A/58/759 and A/58/760.