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Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit

A/RES/54/255No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 118Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1978–2005
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/59/267
  • 2005A/RES/59/267Reports of the Joint Inspection UnitLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2003A/RES/57/284[A]Reports of the Joint Inspection UnitCompare with previous version
  • 2001A/RES/55/230Reports of the Joint Inspection UnitCompare with previous version
  • 2000A/RES/54/255Reports of the Joint Inspection UnitCompare with previous version
  • 1978A/RES/32/199Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics
Administrative ReformCommon ServicesCoordination Within UN SystemCost EffectivenessDuty StationsGeneva (Switzerland)Internal OversightReport Preparation

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of the Administrative Committee on Coordination and its machinery”1 and the comments of the Secretary-General and the Administrative Committee on Coordination thereon contained in the note by the Secretary-General,2 with the exception of paragraph 42;
2
Endorses the recommendations of the Unit contained in its report entitled “The United Nations system common services at Geneva, part I, Overview of administrative cooperation and coordination”3 and the comments of the Secretary-General and the Administrative Committee on Coordination thereon;4
3
Stresses that pursuit of common services at Geneva should be one of many tools available to organizations and managers to obtain goods and services in the most efficient and effective manner;
4
Invites the Unit to continue to examine common services at other duty stations where the United Nations system offices and agencies are established, where feasible, and to report thereon to the General Assembly;
5
Stresses the importance for the Unit of using the most recent data available in its reports and, in this regard, calls upon the Secretary-General and the executive heads of the organizations of the United Nations system to provide timely data to the Unit;
6
Calls upon the Secretary-General, in coordination with the Unit, to ensure the timely issuance of the reports of the Unit and the related comments of the Secretary-General and the Administrative Committee on Coordination, in order to enable the General Assembly and all the governing bodies to take prompt action thereon;
7
Encourages the Secretary-General and the Administrative Committee on Coordination to take concrete steps to enhance common services, and invites legislative organs of other organizations to take similar action on the basis of the present resolution;
8
Requests the Unit to continue to improve its reports consistent with the requirements of its follow-up system approved by the General Assembly in resolution 54/16 of 29 October 1999, in particular the provisions of paragraph 4 of annex I to its annual report for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997;
9
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session on the measures taken in connection with paragraph 7 above.

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