Adequate financing is fundamental to the success of any peace operation. In June 2015, the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations advanced three proposals that would extend UN peacekeeping financing beyond its current boundaries to produce a more comprehensive system of funding peace operations. It advocated giving UN special political missions access to backstopping and transitional funding mechanisms created for peacekeeping operations; providing more predictable financing for UN-mandated African Union–led peace operations; and establishing a single peace operations account to finance all UN peace operations. Yet reforming UN peacekeeping financing is notoriously difficult, not least because of deeply politicized cleavages among member states. This article explores the ongoing debates that the panel's proposals— and the subsequent UN Secretariat implementation report—intersected with and contributed to. It also highlights the complex interplay between panel members, Secretariat officials, and ...

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将联合国维和资金扩展到联合国维和行动之外？改革的前景与挑战

充足的资金是任何和平行动成功的基础。2015 年 6 月，和平行动高级别独立小组提出了三项建议，将联合国维和资金扩大到目前的范围之外，以建立一个更全面的和平行动筹资系统。它主张让联合国特别政治任务获得为维和行动建立的支持和过渡筹资机制；为联合国授权的非洲联盟领导的和平行动提供更可预测的资金；并建立一个单一的和平行动账户，为所有联合国和平行动提供资金。然而，众所周知，改革联合国维和资金是非常困难的，尤其是因为成员国之间存在严重的政治分歧。本文探讨了专家组正在进行的辩论 的提案——以及随后的联合国秘书处实施报告——相互交叉并有所贡献。它还强调了小组成员、秘书处官员和……之间复杂的相互作用。