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Comprehensive Policy Review of Operational Activities for Development

A/RES/35/81No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 62Operational activities for development, published in 1981.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1981–1984
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/38/171
  • 1984A/RES/38/171Comprehensive policy review of operational activities for developmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1981A/RES/35/81Comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Coordination Within UN SystemFinancingOperational Activities

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

8 reports of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2004–2009.

Reports
8
Span
2004–2009
6 years
  • 2009A/64/75Comprehensive statistical analysis of the financing of operational activities for development of the United Nations system for 2007 report of the Secretary-General
  • 2008A/63/71Comprehensive statistical analysis of the financing of operational activities of the United Nations system for 2006 report of the Secretary-General
  • 2007A/62/326Comprehensive statistical analysis of the financing of operational activities of the United Nations system : 2006 update report of the Secretary-General
  • 2007A/62/74Comprehensive statistical analysis of the financing of operational activities for development of the United Nations System report of the Secretary-General
  • 2006A/61/77Comprehensive statistical data on operational activities for development for 2004 report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

19 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation;
2
Affirms that the operational activities for development of the United Nations system should make an effective contribution to the accelerated development of developing countries and to the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade, and thereby to the establishment of the new international economic order;
3
Expresses its grave concern that financial contributions to the system's operational activities for development have not increased substantially and have generally fallen short of targets which have been set by the relevant intergovernmental bodies;
4
Strongly reiterates the need for a substantial and real increase in the flow of resources for operational activities on an increasingly predictable, continuous and assured basis;
5
Strongly urges all donor countries, particularly those developed countries whose over-all performance is not commensurate with their capacity, to increase rapidly and substantially their contributions to the system's operational activities for development on an inc:-easingly predictable, continuous and assured basis;
6
Urges all countries that are able to do so to indicate, while making their pledges, their probable contributions to the system's operational activities for development for a multiyear period, taking into account the need to ensure increased resources in real terms on an increasingly predictable, continuous and assured basis;
7
Invites the governing bodies of the relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, as appropriate, to consider new and specific ways and means of mobilizing increased resources for operational activities for development on an increasingly predictable, continuous and assured basis;
8
Invites the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to develop, in the light of section V of the annex to General Assembly resolution 32/ 197, specific recommendations on measures to reduce administrative and other support costs, to achieve maximum uniformity and harmonization of administrative, financial. budgetary, personnel and planning procedures and to improve the project procedures in the execution of operational activities for development of the United Nations system;

V.

Invites the Secretary-General and the heads of organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to adopt, in the meantime, all possible measures to improve management procedures, to reduce administrative and other support costs, and to enhance over-all efficiency in the execution of programmes and projects in the field of operational activities for development with a view to increasing the proportion of resources available to meet the assistance requirements of developing countries;
10
Reaffirms thac, as set forth in the annex to its resolution 3405 (XXX), Governments and institutions of recipient countries should be increasingly entrusted with the responsibilities for executing projects and, to this end, that the operational activities of the United Nations system should, inter a/ia, effectively contribute to the training of the personnel of recipient countries;
11
Urges Governments and the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to accelerate their efforts for the effective implementation of section V of the annex to General Assembly resolution 32/ 197 and, in this context, requests the heads of the relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to continue to take all necessary measures to improve coherence of action and effective integration at the country level, in accordance with the objectives and priorities of the Governments concerned, of the various sectoral inputs from the United Nations system;
12
Welcomes the progress being made in the implementation of paragraph 34 of the annex to General Assembly resolution 32/ 197 and requests the Secretary- General to complete as expeditiously as possible the process of designation of resident co-ordinators, taking
fully into account the provisions of Assembly resolution 34/213;
13
Decides to undertake a comprehensive policy review of operational activities in 1983, and thereafter every three years, on the basis of a coherent, integrated and systematic approach;
14
Further decides to consider, at its next comprehensive policy review on operational activities for development, the question of the establishment of a single governing body for United Nations operational activities for development, in accordance with paragraph 35 of the annex to General Assembly resolution 32/ 197;
15
Requests the Secretary-General, for the purpose of the next policy review, to entrust the Director-General for Development and International Economic Cooperation with the preparation of a report on policy issues pertaining to operational activities for development undertaken by the United Nations system, based on the methodology utilized in his report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session, 100 and the provisions of the present resolution, as well as the views and comments of delegations on the issue of operational activities for development at the second regular session of 1980 of the Economic and Social Council and at the thirty-.fifth session of the Assembly, for submission to the Assembly through the Council;
16
Requests the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation also to include in his report:
a
Recommendations arising from paragraph 7 above, together with his own recommendations;
An elaboration of the suggestion that gaps exist (b) in the operational activities of the United Nations system, especially in relation to the restructuring of international economic relations. and suggestions as to ways and means of filling such gaps, thereby strengtht:ning the United Nations system and making it more responsive to the needs of the developing countries;
17
Requests the Secretary-General to entrust to the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation the submission to the General Assembly of an annual report on operational activities for development, which should also be made available to the United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities, containing comprehensive statistical information concerning all operational activities for development of the United Nations system, including the information requested by the Assembly in paragraph 31 of the annex to resolution 32/ I 97 and contained in appendices II and III to the report of the Director- General. with a further elaboration thereof in the light of commitments underta-ken;
18
Further requests the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation to include in his annual report to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session information on progress made concerning the invitations set forth in paragraph 9 above and to include in his annual report to the Assembly at its thirty-seventh session the recommendations requested in paragraph 8 above. together with his own.

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