Final Report of the Enlarged Committee for Programme and Co-Ordination

A/RES/2579(XXIV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1970.

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9 subjects

Conference and Meeting Services Coordination Within UN System Economic Development Members Operational Activities Programme Evaluation Programme Planning Report Preparation Social Development

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Reaffirms the following objectives set out in its resolution 2188 (XXI), which should guide the organizations in the United Nations system in carrying out their research and operational activities in the field of economic and social development:

The maximum concentration of resources, at present and increasing levels, on programmes of direct relevance to Member States;

( b) A flexible, prompt and effective response to the specific needs of individual countries and regions, as determined by them, within the limits of available resources;

The mínimum burden on the administrative resources of Member States and of members of the organizations in the United Nations system;

Toe evolution of an integrated system of longterm planning on a programme basis;

Toe institution of systematic procedures for evaluating the effectiveness of operational and research activities;

W elcomes the final report of the Enlarged Committee far Programme and Co-ordination, in particular the document entitled Assistance for Economic and Social Development A vailable from the United Nations System: A H andbook of Criteria and Procedures, 110 and expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for preparing the clear and comprehensive picture of the existing operational and research activities of the United Nations family of organizations in the field of economic and social development;51

Requests the Economic and Social Council, at its organizational meetings in January 1970, to reconstitute its Committee for Programme and Co-ordination in accordance with the recommendation of the Enlarged Committee for Programme and Co-ordination;112

Further requests the Economic and Social Council, as soon as possible thereafter, to examine and to keep under continuing review the machinery for coordination and programme review and to introduce improvements or modifications which may appear necessary in the light of the experience gained and of relevant developments within the United Nations system of organizations;

Decides to review at its twenty-sixth session the arrangements made by the Economic and Social Council in pursuance of paragraphs 3 and 4 above;

Endorses the arrangements for co-operation between the reconstituted Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the J oint Inspection Unit outlined

49 Of!icial Records of the Economic and Social Councll, Forty-seventh Session, document B/4748/Rev.1.

11o United Nations publication, Sales No.: B.69.1.23 and corrigendum.

111 E/4744 (vol. 1), E/4744 (vol. 1)/Add.1 and Corr.t, B/ 4744 (vol.U) and Corr.1 and 3. Forty-seventh Session, document B/4748/Rev.t, chaptet m 112 See Of!icial Records of the Economic and Social Cormcll,

recommendation A.

in the final report of the Enlarged Committee for Programme and Co-ordination;53

Requests the Secretary-General to provide adequate and effective secretaria! assistance to the reconstituted Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and keep it informed of relevant developments within the United N ations system of organizations;

Notes in particular the recommendation of the Enlarged Committee for Programme and Co-ordination conceming the use of computers in the United Nations system of organizations54 and requests the Secretary- General to submit, in 1971, the report suggested in paragraph 40 of the final report of the Enlarged Committee;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the specialized agencies and other bodies in the United Nations system, to include as part of the report to be submitted to the Economic and Social Council at its forty-ninth session, as requested in its resolution 1454 (XLVII) of 8 August 1969, an examination of the existing Secretari~t machinery for providing scientific and technical advice in the United Nations system and to prepare recommendations for its reorganization in a way which will enable it to contribute most effectively to the selection of priorities and to the planning and programming of United Nations activities designed to meet the growing and changing needs of the United Nations system, of the intemational community and of Member States;

W elcomes the practice recently initiated by the Secretary-General of holding top-echelon meetings of staff concemed with economic and social affairs within the United Nations, including the regional economic commissions and the semi-autonomous organs, and urges the Secretary-General to bring to the attention of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination any matters discussed in these meetings which may be of interest to it;

Welcomes the practice of joint meetings between the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination and µrges that these meetings should be continued, bearing in mind that they have proved their value in facilitating understanding and co-operation among those dealing with ,interagency issues at the intergovemmental and executive levels, respectively;

Requests the Secretary-General, as Chairman of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, to bring to the attention of all organizations in the United Nations system the recommendation of the Enlarged Committee for Programme and Co-ordination for strengthening the present arrangements for co-ordination by the adoption of more effective procedures for prior consultations on work programmes;1111

Notes the recommendation of the Enlarged Committee for Programme and Co-ordination on co- ~rdination at the national level116 and requests the Secretary-General to draw to the attention of the memt,ers of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination the recommendation contained in paragraph 80 of the $nal report of the Enlarged Committee;

' GS lbid., document E/4748/Rev.1, paras. 27 and 28.

aauon B.

Notes with interest the other matters considered by the Enlarged Committee for Programme and Coordination in its final report57 and agrees that these proposals should be reviewed by the reconstituted Committee for Programme and Co-ordination.

15 December 1969.

Resolntions adopted on the reporta of the Seeond Committee

• ~! lbid., docuinent E/4748/Rev.1, chapter III, rccommen- ' 111 lbid., rccommendation E.

116 Jbid., rccommendation F.

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