Comprehensive review of the whole question of peace-keeping operations in all their aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Notes the initiative of the Secretary-General to establishing a stand-by forces planning team; calls upon the Secretary-General to develop a proposal for regularly updated data banks recording the type and availability of resources Member States could provide; stresses the need for UN to be given the resources commensurate with its growing responsibilities in the area of peace-keeping, particularly with regard to the resources needed for the start-up phase of such operations; requests that the Secretary-General improve the financial control mechanisms relative to peace-keeping by strengthenig the system of audit and inspection, including external controls; stresses the need for the Secretariat to deal effectively and efficiently with planning, launching, managing and providing administrative and logistics support to peace-keeping operations; welcomes the establishment in the Department of Peace-keeping Operations of a 24-hour/7-day-a-week situation centre; requests the Secretary-General to include in the status-of-forces agreement between UN and host States, requirements for host States to treat UN peace-keeping forces at all times with full respect for the principles and relevant Articles of the Charter; requests the Secretary-General to review and improve arrangements for training civilian, police and military peace-keeping personnel, using the appropriate capabilities of Member States, regional organizations and arrangements and to develop and publish peace-keeping training guidelines, manuals and other relevant training material.

Adopted without vote, 75th meeting

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Adopted at the 75rd plenary meeting, 10 Dec. 1993.