A/RES/58/315. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2004

• Resolution Number: A/RES/58/315
• Year: 2004
• Session: 58th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/58/315

General Assembly Distr.: General

16 July 2004

Fifty-eighth session

Agenda item 85

03 51476

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 July 2004

[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee

(Fourth Committee) (A/58/474/Add.1)]

58/315. Comprehensive review of the whole question of

peacekeeping operations in all their aspects

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

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

resolutions,

Recalling also

, in particular, its resolutions 57/336 of 18 June 2003 and 57/129

of 11 December 2002,

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 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,

1.

Wel co me s

the report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping

Operations;

1

2.

Endorses

the proposals, recommendations and conclusions of the Special

Committee, contained in paragraphs 29 to 177 of its report;

3.

Urges

Member States, the Secretariat and relevant organs of the United

Nations to take all necessary steps to implement the proposals, recommendations

and conclusions of the Special Committee;

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1 A/58/19. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session,

Supplement No. 19.