Joint Inspection Unit

Invites the Joint Inspection Unit to introduce immediately the improvements recommended in section VI of its report49 in order to increase the quality and effectiveness of its reports;

Calls upon the Joint Inspection Unit to adopt a more collective approach in the preparation of its programme of work, in the conduct of its work and in the writing of individual reports;

Requests the Joint Inspection Unit to include in its annual report a section on its findings regarding the implementation of its recommendations;

Invites the Joint Inspection Unit, with due regard for its other responsibilities, to include in its proposed programme of work the provision of advice to participating organizations on their methods for interna! evaluation and the conduct of more ad hoc evaluations of programmes and activities;

Requests the Joint Inspection Unit to include in its next report the guidelines it follows for selecting, conducting and reporting on its inspections;

Also requests the Joint Inspection Unit to ensure that its reports are co-ordinated, as far as possible, with the programmes of work of the various bodies of the United Nations and that they are submitted in a timely manner;

Further requests the Joint Inspection Unit, in exercising its functions, powers and responsibilities, to take

Invites the Committee for Programme and Coordination and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, within their respective mandates, to provide the General Assembly with their views on the future programme of work of the Joint Inspection Unit;

Requests the Committee for Programme and Coordination to advise the General Assembly on those cases in which the Joint Inspection Unit might perform ad hoc externa! evaluations of programmes and activities;

Urges Member States to apply the highest standards in selecting candidates for appointment as inspectors, to give special emphasis to relevant experience and qualifications in the fields of personnel management, public administration, inspection and evaluation, and to give consideration to different disciplines;

Requests the Secretary-General to bring to the attention of the appropriate bodies of the United Nations system ali reports of the Joint lnspection Unit on matters within their respective areas of competence and to include reference to ali reports of the Unit in the documentation listed in the annotated preliminary agendas ofthe General Assembly and other United Nations bodies under the most appropriate substantive agenda item;

Requests ali bodies ofthe United Nations system to examine closely those reports ofthe Joint Inspection Unit which are within their respective areas of competence and

Requests the Joint lnspection Unit to report to the

Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of the executive heads of the participating organizations of the Joint Inspection Unit.