Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 41/213 Resolutions

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 38Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations, published in 1990.

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5 documents · 1988–1990

1990A/RES/44/200CImplementation of General Assembly resolution 41/213 resolutionsCompare with earlier document
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1988A/RES/42/211Implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/213

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5.;, resses that implementation of its resolution 41 /213 must not have a negative impact on mandated pro grammes and activities.

Hmphasizes in this respect that, in accordance with the existing regulations and rules, while output revisions Ill pwgramme budgets may be proposed in order to com ply more efficiently with the objectives of those pro grammes and activities, outputs specifically requested in mandates should be fully delivered;

Reiterates that further implementation of its resolu tion 41/213 should be l·arried out in a balanced way and with tlexibility, so as to improve, inter alia, the structure and C(lmposition of the Secretariat;

Decides, with regard to recommendation 15 of the Group ()f High-level Intergovernmental Experts to Re view the Efficiency of the Administrative and Financial Functioning of the Urnted Nations:27

To recognize the progress achieved to date in the implementation of the ()Verall post reduction mandated by the General Assembly in resolution 43/213;

ro acknowledge that the Secretary-General is not m a position at the pre-;ent stage to propose further post reductions:

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I o consider, in the light of the analytical report to he submitted to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth ses -;10n. nrnposals I hat ma v be put forward by the Secretary-

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General for further implementation of recommenda tion 15 as approved by the Assembly in resolution 41/213;

Invites the Secretary-General to implement recom mendation 37 of the Group of High-level Intergovernmen tal Experts in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination at its twenty-ninth session, as contained in paragraph 19 of its report;64 9.

Concurs with the observations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination, in paragraph 21 of its re port, regarding the provision of conference services;

Reiterates its request that, in implementation of recommendation 5 of the Group of High-level Intergov ernmental Experts, the Secretary-General should ensure close adherence to the schedule outlined in his report to the General Assembly at its forty-third session; !OO

Stresses the need for greater transparency and co herence in personnel management, especially in the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, as set out in paragraph 18 of the report of the Committee for Pro gramme and Co-ordination;

Also stresses the need to strengthen the role of the Secretary-General with respect to co-ordination within the United Nations system, as well as the role of Member States through the relevant intergovernmental bodies throughout the United Nations system;

Requests the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chairman of the Administrative Committee on Co ordination, to consider appropriate organizational ar rangements for the secretariat of the Committee with a view to ensuring its adequacy in addressing the increasing responsibilities of the Committee;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session a compendium of mandates of subsidiary administrative and budgetary bodies of the Assembly, together with information on rele vant reviews carried out over the past five years, on the un derstanding that the decisions of the Assembly relating to those mandates remain valid;

Renews its request to the Secretary-General to sub mit to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session an analytical report assessing the effect of the implementation of its resolution 41/213 on the Organization and its activi ties, as a whole, and the way in which it has enhanced the efficiency of its administrative and financial functioning;

Recommends that the report should be structured along the following lines:

The first part should be an exhaustive presentation of recommendations fully implemented, partially imple mented and not implemented, as well as those which, in the view of the Secretary-General, could not be imple mented;

The second part of the report should provide expla nations with regard to such implementation and an assess ment of its impact on programmes, giving particular em phasis to those programmes which have been terminated or completed;

The final part should provide a general critical as sessment of the implementation of its resolution 41/213 in the light of the objective of that resolution, namely, the enhancement of the administrative and financial functioning of the Organization.

21 December 1989

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Endorses the relevant conclusions and recommen dations of the Committee for Programme and Co ordination and the relevant observations and recommen dations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

Requests the Secretary-General to take into account the relevant comments and recommendations of the Com mittee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advi sory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Ques tions on the format and methodology of the programme budget and its outline, when submitting the outline and the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993;

Also requests the Secretary-General to extend progressively, in accordance with paragraph 28 of his re port on statements of programme budget implications68 and in so far as feasible, the provision of statements of pro gramme budget implications to all subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. in order to facilitate their decision-making process, and to keep under review the format and content of statements of programme budget implications in the context of the new budgetary process;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session, through the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budge tary Questions and the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination, and in the light of the experience gained during the implementation of the programme budget for the biennium 1990-1991, a single report on the review of the procedures for the provision of statements of pro gramme budget implications and for the use and operation of the contingency fund;

Decides, given the shortcomings of the present sys tem, to keep under review the question of a comprehensive solution to the problem of all additional expenditures, in cluding those deriving from inflation and currency fluc tuation, and to consider it again at its forty-sixth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to take fully into ac count the conclusions, recommendations and observations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budge tary Questions on the treatment of extrabudgetary re-

sources when preparing and presenting the outline and the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993.

21 December 1989

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Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, for submis sion to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session, a re port on the status of the introduction of electronic data processing and new technologies in the United Nations, which should include:

A review and assessment of current policies and processes;

A review and assessment of co-ordinating mech anisms, including those between the Department of Con ference Services of the Secretariat and other units within the United Nations system;

A preliminary assessment of the results obtained with the introduction of technological innovations, in cluding cost-benefit analyses, utilization capacity and bud geting and accounting practices;

An outline of future plans and anticipated results for the efficiency of the Organization.

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