United Nations member states agreed on Tuesday (Jun 29) to a budget of some US$6 billion for the world body's 12 peacekeeping missions for the next year, diplomats said, narrowly averting a possible shutdown of the operations.
The 193-member UN General Assembly budget committee agreed to the peacekeeping budget for the year through Jun 30, 2022. It will be formally adopted by the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Top UN officials said on Monday that UN peacekeeping missions - most of which are in Africa and the Middle East - had been advised to start putting contingency plans in place in case a new budget was not adopted by Jun 30.
