Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Commends the electoral assistance provided to Member States by the Organization, requests that such assistance continue on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the proposed guidelines on electoral assistance, and also requests the Electoral Assistance Unit to inform Member States on a regular basis about the requests received, the responses given to those requests and the nature of the assistance provided; requests the Organization to ensure, before undertaking to provide electoral assistance that there is adequate time to organize and carry out an effective mission, that conditions exist to allow a free and fair election and that provisions can be made for comprehensive reporting of the results of the mission; recommends that UN provide assistance before and after elections have taken place; calls upon Member States to consider contributing to the UN Trust Fund for Electoral Observation and the Trust Fund for Technical Assistance to Electoral Processes; requests the Secretary-General to provide the Electoral Assistance Unit with adequate resources, under the regular budget of the Organization to allow it to carry out its mandate and to reinforce the Centre for Human Rights through the redeployment of resources and personnel, to enable it to work, in close coordination with the Electoral Assistance Unit.

Adopted 153-0-13, 85th meeting

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Adopted at the 85th plenary meeting, 20 Dec. 1993.