Kuwait Emphasizes Importance of UN Political Missions in Supporting Peace Efforts and Preventing Conflicts

Kuwait today emphasized the importance of the role played by UN Special Political Missions as one of the key tools for preventive diplomacy, conflict prevention and peaceful settlement, and for supporting and sustaining peacebuilding efforts.

This was stated in Kuwait’s address delivered by Diplomatic Attaché Abdulaziz Al-Humaidan to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) of the UN General Assembly, during the discussion of the agenda item on Special Political Missions.

Al-Humaidan stressed the need to enable these missions to carry out their mandates efficiently and effectively by providing the necessary financial and human resources, commensurate with the nature of their tasks and the challenges they face, while adhering to the principles of transparency, accountability, and sound resource management.

He underscored the importance of striking a balance between the tasks and responsibilities entrusted to Special Political Missions and the resources allocated to them, ensuring the sustainability of their work and their capacity to respond to evolving challenges.

In this context, he called for strengthening coordination among various UN organs, exchanging expertise, and building institutional capacities to enhance performance efficiency, optimize resource use, and achieve the objectives for which these missions were established.

Al-Humaidan outlined Kuwait’s practical and financial contributions in supporting UN efforts to safeguard international peace and security, including hosting the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) for 12 years until the end of its mandate in 2003, and bearing two-thirds of its costs.

He also referred to the adoption by the UN Security Council of Resolution 2792 (2025), which ensured the continuation of UN follow-up on the files of Kuwaiti and third-country nationals who are prisoners and missing persons, as well as Kuwaiti properties, including the National Archives.

He expressed Kuwait’s hope for continued close cooperation with the UN Secretary-General’s High Representative, Ms. Mari Yamashita, responsible for implementing the resolution, reaffirming Kuwait’s full support for her efforts to achieve tangible progress in resolving these files.

Kuwait also expressed appreciation for the efforts made by member states of the UN Security Council in this regard, given the specific humanitarian and national dimensions of these files, which require sustained international follow-up and attention.

In conclusion, Al-Humaidan reiterated Kuwait’s steadfast commitment to supporting UN efforts to safeguard international peace and security, emphasizing the importance of continuing to provide the necessary support to Special Political Missions to enable them to carry out their mandates and contribute to realizing the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.