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Establishment of an Information Systems Unit in the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs

A/RES/36/237No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1982-1983, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1980–1982
  • 1982A/RES/36/237Establishment of an Information Systems Unit in the Department of International Economic and Social AffairsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1981A/RES/35/217[XIII]Establishment of an Information Systems Unit in the Department of International Economic and Social AffairsCompare with previous version
  • 1980A/RES/34/233[I]Establishment of an Information Systems Unit in the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs

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
BudgetDevelopmentInformation Systems

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Requests the Secretary-General to continue the Information Systems Unit by absorbing the cost of the Unit from the resources proposed for the 1982-1983 programme budget through savings, economies and redeployment;
2
Requests the Committee for Programme and Coordination to consider, at its twenty-second session, the programme implications of the proposals contained in the report Information Systems Unit which would enable it to serve as a focal point for the expansion, merging and distribution of the development-related data bases of the regional commissions and for the maintenance of the macrothesaurus;
3
Further requests the Secretary-General to undertake measures to improve the Development Information System in terms of its coverage and services;
4
Requests the Inter-Organization Board to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session, through the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, on the performance and utility of the Information Systems Unit.

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