Cross-cutting resolutions

Since the late 1980s, the General Assembly has routinely adopted resolutions covering cross-cutting issues related to administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations separate from the peacekeeping financing resolutions for individual missions.

List of resolutions

The following includes all resolutions titled "administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of United Nations peacekeeping operations" until the 58th session and all resolutions titled "cross-cutting issues" from the 59th session onwards.

Session	Resolution	Date	Notable elements
44	44/192	21 December 1989
45	45/258	3 May 1991	Increased troop reimbursement rate by 4%; Established the support account effective 1 January 1990
46	No resolution
47	47/218 A	23 December 1992	Peacekeeping scale of assessments: dissolution of Czechoslovakia
47	47/218 B	14 September 1993
48	48/227	23 December 1993
49	49/233 A	23 December 1994	Established July-June budget cycle; Approved project plan for contingent-owned equipment reimbursement methodology; Established principles of death and disability compensation; Authorized commitment authority of $50 million; Standardized budget process and format; Established Peacekeeping Reserve Fund
49	49/233 B	31 March 1995
49	49/249 A	20 July 1995	Peacekeeping scale of assessments
49	49/249 B	14 September 1995	Peacekeeping scale of assessments
50	No resolution		New system of contingent-owned equipment reimbursement approved in standalone resolution 50/222
51	51/13	4 November 1996	Third-party claims
51	51/218 A-D	18 December 1996	Peacekeeping scale of assessments: Czech Republic and Slovakia
51	51/218 E	17 June 1997	Set maximum death and disability compensation at $50,000
52	52/230	31 March 1998	Peacekeeping scale of assessments
53	No resolution
54	54/242	23 December 1999	Peacekeeping scale of assessments
55	No resolution
56	No resolution		Concept of strategic deployment stocks approved in standalone resolution 56/292
57	57/290	20 December 2002	Peacekeeping scale of assessments: Switzerland and Timor-Leste
57	57/290 B	18 June 2003	Applied results-based budgeting to peacekeeping mission budgets
58	58/296	18 June 2004
59	59/296	22 June 2005	First resolution explicitly titled "cross-cutting issues"; Cost-sharing of DSRSG/RC posts; DDR programmatic activities; UN Volunteers
60	60/266	30 June 2006
61	61/276	29 June 2007	Quick-impact projects; Integrated missions Restructuring of DPKO and establishment of DFS approved in separate resolution 61/279
62	No resolution
63	No resolution		Issues related to troop reimbursement rates covered in standalone resolution 63/285
64	64/269	24 June 2010	Increased maximum death and disability compensation to $70,000; Approved Global Field Support Strategy; Increased commitment authority under Peacekeeping Reserve Fund to $100 million; Authorized reimbursement of strategic deployment stocks after receipt of appropriation
65	65/289	30 June 2011	Established Senior Advisory Group on troop reimbursement; Provided exceptional $85 million reimbursement to T/PCCs; Established withholding of reimbursement on account of sexual exploitation and abuse
66	66/264	21 June 2012	Requested conduct of periodic civilian staffing reviews; Provided exceptional $59,999,999 reimbursement to T/PCCs
67	No resolution		Senior Advisory Group recommendations on troop reimbursement and related issues approved in standalone resolution 67/261
68	No resolution		New rates of reimbursement approved in standalone resolution 68/281; Recommendations of the 2014 COE Working Group approved in standalone resolution 68/282
69	69/307	25 June 2015	Provided RSCE with operational independence and separate budget
70	70/286	17 June 2016	Approved transfer of withheld reimbursement to Trust Fund in Support of Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
71	No resolution		Recommendations of the 2017 COE Working Group approved in standalone resolution 71/296; SEA covered in standalone resolution 71/297
72	No resolution		Restructuring of the peace and security pillar and establishment of DPO approved in 72/262C section III Cross-cutting request related to programmatic activities included in MINUSCA financing resolution 72/290

See also

• Peacekeeping financing
• Peacekeeping financing resolutions