The UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) Fifth Committee (5C) concluded its annual session on peacekeeping budgets on July 3rd, missing the fiscal-year deadline by three days. This blog post provides an overview of the key outcomes from the 5C session, such as: the overall peacekeeping budget for 2019-2020; staffing positions; the financial situation facing UN peacekeeping;…
The deadline for Member States to approve the budgets of UN peacekeeping operations is this Sunday, June 30. For the second year in a row, the UN’s Fifth Committee, responsible for administrative and budgetary matters, may not reach agreement on peacekeeping budgets before the end of the financial year. The delay puts peacekeeping operations –…
This is the fourth piece in a series that CIVIC is publishing throughout 2019 to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council taking up the protection of civilians on its agenda. Follow along here, on Facebook, and on Twitter as we mark this important anniversary year. UN Member States are fast approaching the…