A/RES/56/225B. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2002

• Resolution Number: A/RES/56/225B
• Year: 2002
• Session: 56th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/56/225 B

General Assembly Distr.: General

3 June 2002

Fifty-sixth session

Agenda item 89

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee

(Fourth Committee) (A/56/551/Add.1)]

56/225. Comprehensive review of the whole question of

peacekeeping operations in all their aspects

B

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The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolution 2006 (XIX) of 18 February 1965 and all other relevant

resolutions,

Recalling in particular

its resolutions 54/81 B of 25 May 2000, 55/135 of

8 December 2000 and 56/225 A of 24 December 2001,

Recalling

its decision in resolution 56/225 A to include in the provisional

agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Comprehensive review of the

whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects”,

Affirming

that the efforts of the United Nations in the peaceful settlement of

disputes, including through its peacekeeping operations, are indispensable,

Convinced

of the need for the United Nations to continue to improve its

capabilities in the field of peacekeeping and to enhance the effective and efficient

deployment of its peacekeeping operations,

Considering

the contribution that all States Members of the United Nations

make to peacekeeping,

Noting

the widespread interest in contributing to the work of the Special

Committee on Peacekeeping Operations expressed by many Member States, in

particular troop-contributing countries,

Bearing in mind

the continuous necessity of preserving the efficiency and

strengthening the effectiveness of the work of the Special Committee,

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1 Consequently, resolution 56/225, in section III of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-

sixth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/56/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 56/225 A.