Security Council resolution 1353 (2001) [on measures for cooperation with troop-contributing countries]
Symbol: S/RES/1353(2001)
Date: 2001-06-13
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/56 [18] PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
Subjects: UN. Security Council. Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations|UN. Security Council|UN. Secretariat|Panel on United Nations Peace Operations (2000 : New York)|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|TROOP-CONTRIBUTING STATES|CONSULTATIONS|PRINCIPLES|RESOURCES ALLOCATION|PUBLIC INFORMATION|EVALUATION|TASK FORCES|LOGISTICS|TRAINING PROGRAMMES|EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BANGLADESH
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: COLOMBIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: IRELAND
vote: yes
country: JAMAICA
vote: yes
country: MALI
vote: yes
country: MAURITIUS
vote: yes
country: NORWAY
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SINGAPORE
vote: yes
country: TUNISIA
vote: yes
country: UKRAINE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

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               Security Council                                                    Distr.: General
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               Resolution 1353 (2001)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 4326th meeting, on
               13 June 2001

                    The Security Council,
                    Reaffirming its resolutions 1318 (2000) of 7 September 2000 and 1327 (2000)
               of 13 November 2000 and the statements by its President of 3 May 1994
               (S/PRST/1994/22) and 28 March 1996 (S/PRST/1996/13), and all other relevant
               statements by its President,
                    Recalling also the statement of its President of 31 January 2001
               (S/PRST/2001/3),
                    Taking into consideration the views expressed at its debate on the subject
               “Strengthening cooperation with troop-contributing countries” at its 4257th meeting
               on 16 January 2001,
                     Reaffirming its commitment to the Purposes of the Charter of the United
               Nations as set out in Article 1, paragraphs 1 to 4, of the Charter, and to the
               Principles of the Charter as set out in Article 2, paragraphs 1 to 7, of the Charter,
               including its commitment to the principles of the political independence, sovereign
               equality and territorial integrity of all States, and to respect for the sovereignty of all
               States,
                     Reaffirming its primary responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations
               for the maintenance of international peace and security, reiterating its commitment
               to enhance the capacity of the United Nations in this area, and emphasizing its
               willingness to take all necessary steps within its competence to that end,
                     Recalling the relevant recommendations in the report of the Panel on United
               Nations Peace Operations (S/2000/809), and reaffirming its support for all efforts to
               strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping
               operations,
                    Stressing the need to ensure the safety and security of peacekeepers and other
               United Nations and associated personnel, including humanitarian personnel,
                     Stressing the need to improve the relationship between the Security Council,
               the troop-contributing countries and the Secretariat to foster a spirit of partnership,
               cooperation, confidence and mutual trust,



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                     Recognizing the need to strengthen cooperation with troop-contributing
               countries, as part of a series of measures to ensure more coherent and integrated
               concepts of operations and to enhance managerial efficiency and operational
               effectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping operations,
                     Noting that relevant provisions contained in the annexes to the present
               resolution pertain also to strengthening cooperation with countries contributing
               civilian police and other personnel,
                    1.    Agrees to adopt the decisions and recommendations contained in the
               annexes to the present resolution;
                     2.    Requests its Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations to continue its
               work on strengthening the capacity of the United Nations to establish and support
               efficient and effective peacekeeping operations;
                     3.   Undertakes to follow closely the implementation of the agreed measures
               for cooperation with troop-contributing countries, and requests its Working Group
               for Peacekeeping Operations to assess within six months of the adoption of this
               resolution the efficiency and effectiveness of the agreed measures, consider their
               further improvement taking into account the proposals of the troop-contributing
               countries and to report to the Council on these matters;
                    4.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

               Annex I
               A
               Statement of principles on cooperation with troop-contributing countries
                    The Security Council
                     1.   Recognizes that its partnership with troop-contributing countries can be
               strengthened by the assumption by Member States, in particular those with the
               greatest capacity and means to do so, of their shared responsibility to provide
               personnel, assistance and facilities to the United Nations for the maintenance of
               international peace and security;
                    2.    Encourages Member States to take steps to bridge the commitment gap
               with regard to personnel and equipment for specific United Nations peacekeeping
               operations;
                     3.   Emphasizes the importance of troop-contributing countries taking the
               necessary and appropriate steps to ensure the capability of their peacekeepers to
               fulfil the missions’ mandate, and underlines the importance of bilateral and
               international cooperation in this regard, including in the area of training, logistics
               and equipment;
                     4.    Underlines the importance of ensuring that national contingents
               participating in United Nations peacekeeping operations receive effective and
               appropriate support from the Secretariat, including in the area of training, logistics
               and equipment;
                     5.    Stresses the need to ensure that the Secretariat is given sufficient human
               and financial resources to fulfil these tasks, and that these resources be used
               efficiently and effectively;



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     6.    Underlines that consultations between the Security Council, the
Secretariat and troop-contributing countries should enhance the ability of the
Security Council to make appropriate, effective and timely decisions in fulfilling its
responsibilities;
     7.   Underlines also the need to maintain a comprehensive approach to
improving the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations from their conception,
including in preparing contingency plans for volatile situations, and promoting
cohesive exit strategies;

B
Operational issues
      1.    Encourages international cooperation and support for peacekeeping
training, including the establishment of regional peacekeeping training centres, and
stresses the need for technical support from the Secretary-General to such centres;
      2.   Requests the Secretary-General to include information on his
consultations with troop-contributing countries in his regular reports to the Security
Council on individual peacekeeping operations, and undertakes to take account of
the views expressed in these consultations and in its meetings with troopcontributing countries when taking decisions on such operations;
     3.    Also requests the Secretary-General to convene assessments meetings
with interested delegations, in particular troop-contributing countries, at appropriate
stages of each peacekeeping operation as a part of his efforts to draw the lessons that
can be learned, which should be taken into account in the conduct and planning of
current and future operations;
     4.    Further requests the Secretary-General to take into account in the
conduct of peacekeeping operations and in the regular lessons-learned process, the
operational experiences of national contingents while in the field or following
departure;
      5.   Undertakes to inform troop-contributing countries fully of the terms of
reference of missions of the Security Council involving peacekeeping operations
and subsequently of the conclusions of the missions;
      6.   Expresses its view that the conduct of reconnaissance visits to the
mission area by countries committing troops can be highly valuable in preparing for
effective participation in peacekeeping operations, and encourages support for such
visits;
     7.    Urges the Secretary-General to take further steps to implement the
proposal of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations to create integrated
mission task forces, and to pursue other related capabilities to improve United
Nations planning and support capacities;
     8.    Stresses the need to improve the information and the analysis capacity of
the United Nations Secretariat, with a view to improving the quality of advice to the
Secretary-General, the Security Council and the troop-contributing countries;
     9.    Stresses also that the Secretariat’s advice to the Security Council and the
troop-contributing countries should include a range of recommendations for action




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               on the basis of an objective assessment of the situation on the ground, rather than
               what Member States are presumed to be willing to support;
                     10. Underlines the importance of an effective mission-specific public
               information and communications capacity within peacekeeping operations, in
               particular through campaigns to improve awareness of the objectives and scope of
               the mission within the local population in the mission area;
                    11. Stresses the need for an effective public information programme to
               generate international public support for United Nations peacekeeping operations,
               and stresses also in this regard the need for special programmes, in particular in
               troop-contributing countries, to project the contribution of peacekeepers;
                    12. Underlines in this regard the need for an effective public information
               capacity within the United Nations, and takes note in this regard of the proposals
               made by the Secretary-General to strengthen Secretariat planning and support for
               public information in peacekeeping operations (S/2000/1081);

               C
               Other mechanisms
                     1.   Undertakes to continue to consider the possibility of using the Military
               Staff Committee as one of the means of enhancing United Nations peacekeeping
               operations;
                     2.   Expresses its belief that Groups of Friends of the Secretary-General, as
               well as other informal mechanisms which might include troop-contributing
               countries, Security Council members, donors and the countries in the region, can
               play a useful role in increasing the coherence and effectiveness of United Nations
               action, and stresses that they should conduct their work in close cooperation with
               the Security Council;

               D
               Follow-up
                     1.   Expresses its intention to assess within six months the efficiency and
               effectiveness of its meetings with troop-contributing countries, with a view to the
               possibility of further improvement to the current system, including through the
               consideration of specific proposals of troop-contributing countries for new
               mechanisms;
                     2.   Decides to strengthen cooperation with the troop-contributing countries
               in addition to and on the basis of the principles and provisions contained in the
               resolution and the present annex by improving and expanding existing consultation
               mechanisms as elaborated in annex II, with a view to ensuring proper reflection of
               the views and concerns of troop-contributing countries.

               Annex II
               Format, procedures and documentation of meetings with the troop-contributing
               countries
                    The consultations with troop-contributing countries will take place in the
               following formats:




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      A. Public or private meetings of the Security Council with the participation
of troop-contributing countries;
     B.    Consultation meetings with the troop-contributing countries;
     C.    Meetings between the Secretariat and troop-contributing countries;

A
Public or private meetings of the Security Council
1.    The Security Council will hold public or private meetings with the
participation of troop-contributing countries, including at their request, and without
prejudice to the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, in order to
ensure a full and high-level consideration of issues of critical importance to a
specific peacekeeping operation;
2.    Such meetings may be held, in particular, when the Secretary-General has
identified potential troop-contributing countries for a new or ongoing peacekeeping
operation, when considering a change in, or renewal or completion of a
peacekeeping mandate, or when there is a rapid deterioration in the situation on the
ground, including when it threatens the safety and security of United Nations
peacekeepers;

B
Consultation meetings with the troop-contributing countries
1.    Consultation meetings with troop-contributing countries will continue as the
principal means of consultation, and will continue to be convened and chaired by the
President of the Security Council;
2.   Such consultation meetings may be convened, including at the request of
troop-contributing countries, as appropriate at different stages of peacekeeping
operations, including:
     (a) Mission planning, including the development of the concept of operations
and the elaboration of the mandate of a new operation;
     (b) Any change in the mandate, in particular the broadening or narrowing of
the scope of the mission, the introduction of new or additional functions or
components, or a change in the authorization to use force;
     (c)   The renewal of a mandate;
     (d)   Significant or serious political, military or humanitarian developments;
     (e)   A rapid deterioration of the security situation on the ground;
     (f) The termination, withdrawal or scaling down in size of the operation,
including the transition from peacekeeping to post-conflict peace-building;
     (g)   Before and after Council missions to a specific peacekeeping operation;
3.   The following parties will be invited to these meetings:
     (a) Countries contributing troops, military observers or civilian police to the
peacekeeping operation;




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                   (b)    Prospective troop-contributing countries as identified by the Secretary-General;
                     (c) Relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, when they have specific
               contributions to make to the issue under discussion;
                    (d)   Other bodies and agencies, as observers, as appropriate;
                     (e) Countries that make special contributions, such as other civilian
               personnel, contributions to trust funds, logistics, equipment and facilities and other
               contributions, as appropriate;
                    (f)   The host country/countries, as observers, as appropriate;
                    (g) The representative of a regional or subregional organization or
               arrangement, contributing troops as appropriate;
                    (h) Regional organizations, as observers when not contributing troops, as
               appropriate;
               4.   Such consultation meetings will, as appropriate, include consideration of:
                    (a) Preparations for the establishment of a peacekeeping mandate by the
               Security Council;
                    (b) Operational issues, including the concept of operations, mission
               planning, authorization to use force, the chain of command, force structure, the
               unity and cohesion of the force, training and equipment, risk assessment and
               deployment;
                     (c) Significant concerns of or recommendations by the Secretary-General, as
               set out in his report, a briefing note from the Secretariat or the Secretariat’s oral
               briefing;
                   (d) The specific concerns of troop-contributing countries, including those
               communicated to the President of the Security Council;
                    (e) Progress in the accomplishment of the mission’s tasks in different areas
               or mission components;
               5.    The following measures will be ensured to improve the quality and
               effectiveness of such consultations:
                     (a) An informal paper setting out the agenda, including issues to be covered
               and drawing attention to relevant background documentation, will be circulated by
               the President of the Security Council to the participants when inviting them to attend
               these meetings;
                    (b) The Secretary-General should ensure, within the constraints of the
               Security Council’s programme of work, that reports requested by the Security
               Council on specific peacekeeping operations are issued in good time to allow the
               timely holding of meetings with troop-contributing countries before discussion
               among Security Council members;
                     (c) The Secretariat should also make fact sheets available to all participants
               at the beginning of these meetings;
                    (d) The Secretary-General should ensure, where possible, that briefings are
               given by senior personnel working with the mission in the field;


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      (e) The Secretary-General should ensure that briefings consist of an
objective assessment and analysis of the political, military, humanitarian and human
rights situations, where appropriate;
     (f) The Secretary-General should add value to the briefings by making them
more user-friendly, including through the exploitation of information technology;
6.    The following arrangements will be made to ensure timely and appropriate
communication of the concerns and views of troop-contributing countries, as
expressed at the consultation meetings, to the members of the Security Council so
that these concerns and views can receive due consideration:
     •     The President of the Security Council will prepare, with the assistance of
the Secretariat, and make available a summary of the content of such meetings;
     •    The summary of discussion will be distributed to Council members in
advance of informal consultations or of the next meeting on the relevant
peacekeeping operation, where appropriate;

C
Meetings between the Secretariat and troop-contributing countries
     The Security Council supports the existing practice of meetings between the
Secretariat and troop-contributing countries to discuss matters concerning specific
peacekeeping operations, and also the participation at such meetings, where
appropriate, of Special Representatives of the Secretary-General, Force
Commanders and Civilian Police Commissioners.

Other forms of consultations
      The Security Council notes that the forms of consultations mentioned herein
are not exhaustive and that consultations may take a variety of other forms,
including formal or informal communication between the President of the Council
or its members, the Secretary-General and the troop-contributing countries and, as
appropriate, with other countries especially affected, including countries from the
region concerned.




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