Performing on the recommendation of its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the Meeting endorsed the budgets for 12 missions, the logistics centres in Entebbe (Uganda) and Brindisi (Italy), and the assist account for peacekeeping.
The budgets had been adopted with no vote, apart from the decision on the UN Interim Drive in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which was adopted by 147 votes in favour to three in opposition to (Argentina, Israel, and United States), with 1 abstention (Paraguay).
The adoption of UNIFIL’s finances adopted an Israeli-proposed oral modification, which was rejected by 5 votes in favour (Argentina, Canada, Israel, Paraguay, and US) to 83 in opposition to, with 57 abstentions.
Final yr, the peacekeeping finances stood at $5.59 billion for 14 operations, that means the 2025-2026 determine displays a modest lower, following ultimate settlements of former missions in Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia.
Urgent liquidity challenges
Regardless of the settlement on the budgets, UN Controller Chandramouli Ramanathan outlined a sobering image concerning the fragility of the UN’s broader liquidity state of affairs.
“You handle by some means to search out widespread floor thrice a yr. However I solely want you had gone a bit of bit additional to resolve one of many underlying issues of the UN, which has been plaguing us for 80 years,” he informed delegates final week as they concluded negotiations within the Fifth Committee.
He described how accepted budgets are sometimes undermined by money shortages, forcing rapid directions to slash spending by 10, 15, and even 20 per cent.
“No cash, no implementation. There may be not sufficient money. I can not emphasize sufficient an enormous effort wanted in your facet to by some means take us over that line and cope with an issue that is plagued the UN for the final so a few years,” he stated.
UN peacekeeping operations
UN peacekeeping stays probably the most iconic UN actions, with nearly 70,000 military, police and civilian personnel deployed throughout Africa, the Center East and Europe.
Missions embrace long-standing deployments similar to MONUSCO within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNFICYP in Cyprus, and MINUSCA within the Central African Republic. Mandated by the Security Council, these operations work to stabilize battle zones, assist political processes, shield civilians, and help in disarmament and rule-of-law efforts.
UN’s peacekeeping finances is separate from its common finances, which helps the Group’s core applications, together with human rights, improvement, political affairs, communications and regional cooperation.
The peacekeeping finances cycle runs from July-June, whereas the common finances is aligned with the calendar yr.
