United Nations

A/63/L.72
Distr.: Limited 21 May 2009 Original: English

General Assembly

Sixty-third session Agenda item 101 Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund Australia, Canada, Finland, India, Luxembourg, Norway, Rwanda, South Africa, Sweden and Thailand: draft resolution

The Peacebuilding Fund
The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 60/180 and Security Council resolution 1645 (2005) of 20 December 2005, as well as its resolution 60/287 of 8 September 2006, 1. Takes note of the arrangements for the revision of the terms of reference for the Peacebuilding Fund as contained in the report of the Secretary-General 1 and the revised terms of reference for the Fund contained in the annex thereto; 2. Notes that the broad objectives of the revision of the terms of reference for the Peacebuilding Fund are to enhance the Fund's capacity to serve as a flexible, responsive and focused recourse for peacebuilding support and to enhance and maximize the synergy between the Peacebuilding Commission and the Fund; Affirms the respective roles of the General Assembly, the Peacebuilding 3. Commission and the independent Advisory Group to provide policy guidance on the use of the Fund to maximize its impact and improve its functioning; Welcomes the contributions and financial pledges made to the Fund, and 4. emphasizes the necessity of sustained contributions in order to enhance the capacity of the Fund to provide the predictable and catalytic resources needed to launch postconflict peacebuilding activities; Urges all Member States to consider making voluntary contributions to 5. the Fund; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to submit an annual report to the General Assembly on the operation and activities of the Fund;

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7. Also requests the Secretary-General to include in his annual report on the operations and activities of the Fund to be submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session the findings and recommendations from the next comprehensive independent evaluation; Decides to include in the draft agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item 8. entitled "Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund".

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