Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
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SymbolA/RES/60/162
TitleStrengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Commends the electoral assistance provided upon request to Member States by the UN, and requests that such assistance continue on a case-by-case basis; requests the Electoral Assistance Division of the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat to continue to inform Member States regularly about the requests received and the nature of any assistance provided; requests that the UN continue its efforts to ensure, before undertaking to provide electoral assistance to a requesting State, that there is adequate time to organize and carry out an effective mission for providing such assistance; requests the Secretary-General to provide the Electoral Assistance Division with adequate human and financial resources to allow it to carry out its mandate, and to continue to ensure that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is able to respond, within its mandate and in close coordination with the Division, to the numerous and increasingly complex and comprehensive requests from Member States for advisory services; requests the UNDP to continue its governance assistance programmes in cooperation with other relevant organizations, in particular those that strengthen democratic institutions and linkages between civil society and Governments; requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its 62nd session on the implementation of the present resolution.
Action note2005-12-16
Vote summary
Adopted 173-0-1, 64th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.3/60/L.43
Committee reportA/60/509/Add.2
Meeting record
A/60/PV.64
Agenda information
A/60/251 71b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT
A/60/251 71b[14] ELECTION VERIFICATION--UN
A/60/251 71b[14] ELECTION VERIFICATION--UN
Date[New York] : UN, 28 Feb. 2006
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3 p.
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Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.