Public Administration and Development

A/RES/50/225View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1995.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 1970–2006

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/60/34

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2006	A/RES/60/34	Public administration and development	723	23%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/55	Public administration and development	423	18%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/231	Public administration and development	524	41%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/277	Public administration and development	359	19%Compare
2001	A/RES/56/213	Public administration and development	323	16%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 7	Institutions and digital transformation	22

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 7	Institutions and digital transformation	22	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2003–2007

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2007	A/62/283	Public administration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/34
2005	A/60/114	Public administration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/59/55
2004	A/59/346	Public administration and development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/231
2004	A/59/287	World survey on the role of women in development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/231
2003	A/58/152	The role of public administration in the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/57/277

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Advisory Services Capacity Building Civil Service Conferences Coordination Within UN System Development Development Strategies Economies in Transition Financial Assistance Human Rights Information Exchange Institution Building Operational Activities Public Administration Public Finance Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation Training Programmes

What’s in this document?

29 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on public administration and development³ and of the proposals contained therein;

³A/50/847-E/1996/7.

Takes note also of the report of the Group of Experts in Public Administration and Finance;⁴

⁴A/50/525-E/1995/122.

Takes further note of the reports of the regional meetings on public administration and development;⁵

⁵A/50/904, A/50/917, A/50/919, A/50/920, A/50/921 and A/50/929.

Recognizes that there exist challenges and trends variously facing national Governments in the field of public administration;

Reaffirms that democracy and transparent and accountable governance and administration in all sectors of society are indispensable foundations for the realization of social and people-centred sustainable development;

Underlines the importance of transparent and accountable governance and administration in all public and private national and international institutions;

Recognizes that there is a need for public administration systems to be sound, efficient and well equipped with the appropriate capacities and capabilities through, inter alia, capacity-building, promotion of transfer, access and utilization of technology, establishment or improvement of training programmes for public service, strengthening of partnership of the public sector with the private sector and civil society, as well as providing an enabling environment for private sector activities, as appropriate, promotion of the role and involvement of women in public administration, development of cross-sectoral gender-sensitive and multidisciplinary capabilities, which supports all phases of the development process as well as the promotion of opportunities for all to participate in all spheres of the public sector;

Reaffirms that Governments in all countries should promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, bearing in mind the interdependent and mutually reinforcing relationship between democracy, development and respect for human rights, and should make public institutions more responsive to people's needs;

Invites Governments to strengthen their public administrative and financial management capacities through public-sector administrative and management reform, with emphasis on enhanced efficiency and productivity, accountability and responsiveness of the public institutions, and encourages, where appropriate, decentralization of public institutions and services;

Recognizes the importance of the major United Nations conferences and urges the development of the necessary capabilities to enable public administration to implement the commitments agreed upon in an effective and coordinated manner;

Confirms the importance of and calls for enhancement of the effectiveness of United Nations activities in the area of public administration and development;

Stresses the importance of an increased synergy, cooperation and coordination between United Nations funds and programmes, the specialized agencies, the United Nations Secretariat and the Bretton Woods institutions to ensure that the substantive and technical capacity of the United Nations system is optimized;

Acknowledges that the role of United Nations activities and programmes in public administration and development is to assist Governments, at their request, to improve their responsiveness to meet the basic needs of all, as well as to achieve sustainable development in all countries; the United Nations should focus its activities in the following areas as recommended by the Group of Experts in Public Administration and Finance in its report:

Strengthening government capacity for policy development, administrative restructuring, civil service reform, human resources development and public administration training;

Improving performance in the public sector;

Financial management;

Public-private interaction;

Social development;

Developing infrastructure and protecting the environment;

Government legal capacity;

Post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction of government machinery;

Management of development programmes;

in this context, the United Nations should carry out these activities through pooling and facilitating access to information in public administration, promoting training and research in public administration and finance at all levels, advocacy and exchange of experiences, advisory services, technical assistance, capacity-building and human resources development;

Requests the United Nations to develop strategies, at the request of interested countries, for rebuilding a viable public administration in countries undergoing post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction;

Invites the Bretton Woods institutions and all relevant United Nations agencies and bodies to assist, at their request, Member States involved in economic restructuring programmes to pursue national policies aimed at improving the development and management of their human resources through, inter alia, appropriate measures;

Recognizes the increased national efforts of Member States in providing adequate financial and other resources for the strengthening of their public administration;

Invites the international community to create an enabling international environment and to consider providing adequate financial and other resources for programmes of assistance to support national efforts in enhancing the effectiveness of public administration in developing countries and countries with economies in transition;

Recommends that the Secretary-General take appropriate measures in order to ensure maximum coordination of activities of the United Nations system in the field of public administration and development;

Calls upon the Secretary-General to ensure ways of strengthening the coordination, coherence and harmonization of the management and implementation of the operational activities of the United Nations system in the field of public administration and development;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session, through the Economic and Social Council, a report on public administration and development containing information on the implementation of the present resolution.

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