A/RES/61/291. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2007

• Year: 2007
• Resolution Number: A/RES/61/291
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation
• Session: 61st

United Nations A/RES/61/291

General Assembly Distr.: General

24 August 2007

Sixty-first session

Agenda item 33

06-51183

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 July 2007

[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee

(Fourth Committee) (A/61/409/Add.2)]

61/291. 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 in particular

its resolutions 60/263 of 6 June 2006, 60/289 of

8 September 2006 and 61/267 A of 16 May 2007,

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 15 to 232 of its report;

2

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1 A/61/19 (Parts I–III). For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session,

Supplement No. 19.

2 A/61/19 (Part II), chap. III. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first

Session, Supplement No. 19.