Programme Planning

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 115Programme planning, published in 1989.

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15 topics

Conferences Consultations Coordination Within UN System Evaluation Medium-Term Plan Medium-Term Planning Programme Budgeting Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Programme Management Programme Planning Recommendations Report Preparation Reporting Procedures Rules and Regulations

What does this mandate say?

18 operative paragraphs

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Stresses the need to implement fully ali the provisions of the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects ofthe Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation;

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Reiterates the importance of the medium-term plan as the principal policy directive of the United Nations;

Stresses the role of the medium-term plan in contributing to the improvement of the efficiency and the effectiveness ofthe United Nations in the implementation of its mandated activities, and thus to the enhancement of the role ofthe United Nations as set out in the Charter of the United Nations;

Adopts the revisions to the medium-term plan for the period 1984-1989 (extended to 1991),48 as modified by the recommendations made by the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination at its twenty-eighth session58 and the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1988, 59 taking into account the views expressed in the Main Committees of the General Assembly,53 and

taking note of the observations made by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;60 4.

Decides that the next medium-term plan of the United Nations shall cover the period 1992-1997;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure effective co-ordination with the specialized agencies, including those having a different planning cycle, and to review, through the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, the question of harmonization of planning and budgeting cycles in the United Nations system;

Endorses the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination61 on the calendar of consultations proposed by the Secretary-General for the preparation of the medium-term plan for the period l 992-199752 in the light of the recommendations of the

60 A/43/626, paras. 2-7. Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions62 to the extent that they are feasible;

Requests the Secretary-General, in revising his draft introduction54 and preparing the proposed medium-term plan for the period 1992-1997, including its structure, to take into account the views expressed by Member States on the preparation of the next medium-term plan and to act in full accordance with the pertinent Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation concerning the content, formulation and presentation of the medium-term plan;

Invites ali intergovernmental bodies, when considering in 1989 the pertinent portions of the proposed medium-term plan for the period 1992-1997, to give due attention to the most appropriate structure for the major programme or major programmes, programmes and subprogrammes submitted for their consideration, as compared with the current structure and in the light of an analysis of the objectives, trends and general orientations derived from the mandates of the intergovernmental bodies, to be provided by the Secretary-General;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide intergovernmental bodies with relevant evaluation studies as approved by the General Assembly, where available, to facilitate their consideration of pertinent portions of the proposed medium-term plan for the period 1992-1997;

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Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, through the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, a consolidated summary of the comments and recommendations made by Member States and the intergovernmental bodies referred to above, in particular concerning the structure ofthe plan, together with his proposed mediumterm plan for the period 1992-1997;

Endorses the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions regarding the need for a new and more practica) type of presentation of the medium-term plan and of its revisions, preferably in loose-leaf format, in order to improve the utility of the plan document and to facilita te its review and use by the intergovernmental bodies concerned and by the Secretariat;

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Stresses again the need for improving the monitoring and evaluation functions in the United Nations in accordance with the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation, so as to provide adequate feedback for the formulation of the medium-term plan and of programme budgets and for the effective implementation of programmes, as well as to provide Member States with a basis for more informed decision-making;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the methodological and practica! aspects concerning implementation of recommendation 1 of the Joint lnspection Unit as contained in its report entitled "Reporting on the performance and results of United Nations programmcs: monitoring, evaluation and management review

components",63 with sorne specific examples using the sample form contained in annex II to the report;

Endorses recommendation 2 of the Joint Inspection Unit63 in the light of the comments of the Secretary- General thereon;64 4.

Requests the Secretary-General to submit concrete proposals on the means of implementing recommendation 3 ofthe Joint Inspection Unit63 in the current circumstances;

Takes note of recommendation 4 of the Joint Inspection Unit63 and endorses the views of the Secretary- General thereon;65 6.

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination contained in paragraphs 86 and 87 of its report4 and requests the Secretary-General to present a timetable for the implementation of the recommendations on self-evaluation contained in his report on the application of evaluation findin!s in programme design, delivery and policy directives5 as well as for completing initial evaluation training and providing central evaluation services;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session, through the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination, a consolidated progress report on the various requests contained in section III of the present resolution;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General that the programme performance and in-depth evaluation reports, together with the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination thereon, as endorsed by the General Assembly, be submitted to the relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies to ensure follow-up action;

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Takes note of Economic and Social Council resolution 1988/64;

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Endorses those other conclusions and recommendations formulated by the Committee for Programme and Coordination at its twenty-eighth session4 which have not otherwise been approved by the General Assembly at its forty-third session.

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