Joint Inspection Unit

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 140Joint Inspection Unit, published in 2012.

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34 versions · 1973–2026

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Follow-Up Procedures Internal Oversight Legislative Bodies Programme Evaluation Programme Management Travel Facilitation

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16 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2011 and programme of work for 2012;2

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General;3

Reaffirms that oversight is a shared responsibility of Member States, the organizations and the internal and external oversight bodies;

Reiterates its request to the Unit, in line with its mandate, to continue to focus its work and reports on system-wide issues of interest and relevance to the participating organizations and the States Members of the United Nations and to provide advice on ways to ensure the avoidance of duplication and overlap and more efficient and effective use of resources in implementing the mandates of the Organization;

Also reiterates its request to the Unit to continue to focus its reports on important priority items, identifying concrete managerial, administrative and programming questions aimed at providing the General Assembly and other legislative organs of participating organizations with practical and action-oriented recommendations;

Further reiterates its request to the Unit to issue its reports well in advance of meetings of the legislative organs of participating organizations so that the reports can be thoroughly and effectively utilized in their deliberations;

Requests the Unit to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, as part of its annual report, additional comments and recommendations on its experience with the system of follow-up to the reports of the Unit, focusing in particular on legislative actions and implementation of the approved recommendations, including measures the Unit has taken to achieve punctual and systematic follow-up of those recommendations approved by the legislative organs of participating organizations;

Acknowledges the efforts of the Unit to continuously update and improve its medium- and long-term strategy for 2010–2019, taking into account the dynamics and challenges of the environment in which it undertakes its activities;

Invites the Secretary-General and the other executive heads of participating organizations, in cooperation with the Unit, to identify the appropriate substantive agenda items of the General Assembly, other pertinent organs and bodies of the United Nations and the appropriate legislative organs of the other participating organizations under which the thematic reports of the Unit should be listed;

Reiterates its request to the executive heads of the participating organizations to fully comply with the statutory procedures for consideration of the reports of the Unit and, in particular, to submit their comments, including information on what they intend to do regarding the recommendations of the Unit, to distribute reports in time for their consideration by legislative organs and to provide information on the steps to be taken to implement those recommendations accepted by the legislative organs and the executive heads of participating organizations;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General and the other executive heads of the participating organizations to fully assist the Unit with the timely provision of all information requested by it;

Encourages the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chair of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to invite the executive heads of participating organizations to accelerate their comments on the reports and recommendations of the Unit so that reports are followed up in a timely manner;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh and subsequent sessions on the implementation of the web-based follow-up system;

Notes with concern that some Member States did not abide by its resolutions on the issuance of visas for the official travel of some inspectors and staff of the Unit, and in this regard requests Member States to extend, without conditions, the requisite facilitation to enable the inspectors and staff of the Unit to undertake their tasks;

Reaffirms the unique role of the Unit as the only external and independent system-wide oversight body;

Takes note with appreciation of the information provided by the Unit on its reform process, as well as its proposals for enhancing the effectiveness of its work, which concern Member States, participating organizations and the Unit itself.

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