Peacekeeping financing resolutions

With the exception of UNTSO and UNMOGIP, peacekeeping missions are financed through the adoption of individual peacekeeping financing resolutions.

Financing resolutions generally recall the relevant Security Council resolution establishing the mandate of the mission and either approve an appropriation or authorize the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for a certain period of time, and—where relevant—authorize the issuance of assessment letters. Financing resolutions also indicate the mission's pro-rated share of funding for the support account, UN Logistics Base, and Regional Service Centre.

In addition to the financing language that is technically required, peacekeeping financing resolutions also include standard policy language that has been added (and removed) over time, as detailed below.

Operative
The tables below provide explanations for standard paragraphs that appear in peacekeeping financing resolutions. The paragraph numbers are for reference only for the purpose of this article and will not necessarily correspond to the actual paragraph numbers in actual resolutions.

UNIFIL
A number of paragraphs related to the 1996 Qana incident are included in the UNIFIL financing resolutions. See Consensus in the Fifth Committee.