Fifth Committee Approves $6.37 Billion Budget for 12 Peacekeeping Missions from July 2021 to June 2022, Concluding Resumed Session

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Stressing the important role of regional and subregional organizations in ensuring peace processes, he echoed the call for deeper partnerships, cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and these organizations.
56% : By its terms, the Assembly would recognize the importance of the roles carried out, and expertise provided by, seconded active-duty military and police personnel in fulfilling United Nations mandates and request the Secretary-General to continue to actively engage in efforts to improve their timely onboarding.
53% : THIBAULT CAMELLI, representative of the European Union in its capacity as observer, noted that the bloc's members comprise the second largest collective contributors to the peacekeeping budgets.
49% : The representative of Portugal, speaking on behalf of the European Union, said the bloc is concerned by the trend of resorting to a vote on this item.
46% : Voicing regret that no substantive outcome could be achieved in the context of the cross-cutting policy resolution, he stressed the Committee's responsibility to provide guidance to the Secretariat on issues such as environmental protection, sexual exploitation and abuse, safety and security of peacekeepers and mission performance.
42% : The European Union's representative, in the same vein, said the Committee has a responsibility to provide guidance to the Secretariat on issues such as environmental protection, sexual exploitation and abuse, safety and security of peacekeepers and mission performance.
36% : This "deplorable and biased approach" takes away the Committee's credibility, she said, adding that her country has already vaccinated United Nations personnel, as well as diplomats posted in Israel.

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