Joint Inspection Unit

A/RES/76/261View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 144Joint Inspection Unit, published in 2021.

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34 versions · 1973–2026

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Coordination Within UN System Internal Oversight Programme Evaluation

What does this mandate say?

16 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2021 and programme of work for 2022;

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the report of the Unit for 2021;

Stresses the importance of the oversight functions of the Unit in identifying concrete managerial, administrative and programming questions within the participating organizations and providing the General Assembly and other legislative organs of participating organizations with practical and action-oriented recommendations to improve and strengthen the governance of the United Nations as a whole;

Notes with appreciation the continued efforts of the Unit to ensure efficient and effective mandate delivery, and encourages the Unit to continue its efforts towards enhancing accountability, oversight and governance of the United Nations;

Recognizes that the effectiveness of the Unit system-wide is a shared responsibility of the Unit, the Member States and the secretariats of the participating organizations;

Also recognizes the need to continue to enhance the impact of the Unit on the management efficiency and transparency of the participating organizations within the United Nations system;

Welcomes the coordination of the Unit with the Board of Auditors and the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat, and encourages those bodies to continue to share experiences, knowledge, best practices and lessons learned with other United Nations audit and oversight bodies, as well as with the Independent Audit Advisory Committee, with a view to avoiding overlap or duplication and achieving further synergy, cooperation, effectiveness and efficiency, without prejudice to the respective mandates of the audit and oversight bodies;

Invites the legislative bodies of participating organizations to effectively use the reports of the Unit, and to give timely and due consideration to its recommendations, in accordance with article 11, paragraph 4, of the statute of the Unit, and requests the Secretary-General, as Chair of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to continue to encourage participating organizations within the United Nations system to regularly review the status of acceptance and implementation of the recommendations of the Unit, especially those related to system-wide coordination and coherence, and to consider reporting explanations for non-acceptance and non-implementation to the Unit;

Commends the Unit on conducting an internal self-assessment of its work and operations, and looks forward to an update in the context of the next report of the Unit;

Welcomes the implementation of the strategic framework for the period 2020–2029 of the Joint Inspection Unit, stresses the need to continuously update and improve the strategic framework, taking into account the dynamics and challenges, including those related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and ongoing reform efforts, and requests the Unit to report on its outreach strategy to familiarize the leadership of participating organizations with the strategic framework and to exchange information on the work of participating organizations in supporting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as emerging challenges;

Notes with appreciation the performance plan established to monitor and assess the implementation of the strategic framework, as well as the intention of the Unit to make a comprehensive midpoint assessment in 2024, and encourages it to report on the progress of the strategic framework, including these targets, annually and to consider improving the individual performance measures;

Also notes with appreciation the efforts of the Unit to improve the quality of its reports, including their readability and timeliness, and encourages the Unit to seek feedback regularly from participating organizations regarding the quality and utility of its products and to utilize it for enhancing the efficiency of its work;

Requests the Unit to continue to provide the Secretariat with its reports in a timely manner in order to ensure their simultaneous translation in all the official languages of the United Nations, 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;

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;

Recognizes the efforts of the Unit to further strengthen its outreach and enhance its engagement with the senior management of its participating organizations and the Member States, and requests the Unit to continue such efforts with a view to improving acceptance of recommendations, including further engagement with the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination.

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