Fourth Committee Approves Draft to Advance Comprehensive Review of Peacekeeping Operations, Consider New Proposals for Implementation

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today approved without a vote a draft resolution to advance the comprehensive review under way of peacekeeping operations by the Special Committee dedicated to peacekeeping.

Approving the text “Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects” (document A/C.4/79/L.18) — which was introduced by Mohamed Soliman (Egypt), Rapporteur of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, and co-sponsored by Argentina, Canada, Egypt, Japan, Nigeria and Poland — the Fourth Committee requested that the Assembly to take note of the Special Committee’s report of its 2025 substantive session, held in New York from 17 February to 14 March (document A/79/19).

The Assembly was also asked to decide that the Special Committee shall continue its review efforts, including reviewing implementation of its previous proposals and consider any new proposals so as to enhance the capacity of the United Nations to fulfil its responsibilities in this field.

Further, the Assembly asked the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its eightieth session and the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Special Committee at its 2026 session.

Sanita Pavļuta-Deslandes (Latvia) who chaired the meeting, said that the draft did not give rise to programme budget implications.

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* The 30th Meeting is contained in Press Release GA/12685.