Proposed Measures to Improve the Profitability of the Commercial Activities of the United Nations

A/RES/56/238View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 122 Programme budget for the biennium 2000-2001, published in 2002.

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7 subjects

Business Management Cost Effectiveness Financial Implications Income Sources Outsourcing Report Preparation Trade Policy

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Notes with satisfaction the report of the Secretary-General,1 and endorses the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions thereon;2

Notes the proposal to separate the management of the commercial activities from the other activities of the Organization, and requests the Secretary-General to submit detailed information on this proposal and its administrative and financial implications;

Requests the Secretary-General to elaborate on this proposal by means of a blueprint concerning the specific commercial goals of the Organization and the steps that should be taken to achieve them, in particular the use of outsourcing, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 55/232 and its resolution 55/247 of 12 April 2001, and the optimum use of space within the United Nations buildings;

Also requests the Secretary-General to make proposals to streamline and simplify the administration and management structure underpinning those activities;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit for the consideration of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session a single report containing the information requested in the present resolution.

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