Public Administration and Development

A/RES/56/213View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12 Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2001.

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

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?

16 subjects

Access to Information Administrative Reform Capacity Building Computer Networks Developing Countries Development Development Assistance Development Trends Economies in Transition Information Exchange Institution Building Policy Making Programme Implementation Public Administration Report Preparation Training Programmes

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the establishment of the United Nations Public Administration Online Network as a powerful tool made available to Member States for the exchange of information and experience in public administration;

Recommends that the Network be expanded to strengthen the capacity of national ministries and institutions of public administration, to access information, experience and practice in public administration, and to receive online training;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to assist Member States, in particular developing countries and countries with economies in transition, upon their request, in their process of reform, by fostering information-sharing, as appropriate, and the exchange of experience; assisting in building essential capacity and essential skills; providing assistance in institution-building; and improving the coordination of development assistance in this field;

Also requests the Secretary-General to study the possibility of periodically bringing together high-level policy makers responsible for public administration reform, under the auspices of the United Nations, to discuss issues of common interest and share valuable experience and practice, and to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the results of that study;

Further requests the Secretary-General to keep under constant review the developments in this field in Member States and to highlight changes and trends as well as successes in this area, with particular emphasis on the role of public administration in the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration,1 and to summarize his findings in a report to be submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session, through the Economic and Social Council.

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