Also takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the preliminary listing of potential reports for the programme of work of the Unit for 2003 and beyond;4
Takes note in particular that, as noted in the preliminary listing of potential reports for the programme of work of the Unit for 2003 and beyond and reaffirmed by the Chairman of the Unit, the preliminary listing is of a tentative nature and does not necessarily imply that the Unit is committed to taking up those subjects;
5
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Unit;5
Reiterates its request to the executive heads of participating organizations to observe fully the time frame for submitting their comments, as called for in article 11, paragraphs 4 (d) and (e), of the statute of the Unit;
7
Reiterates the need for the Unit to place emphasis in its work on well-defined and timely items of high priority, identifying concrete managerial, administrative and programming questions aimed at providing the General Assembly and other legislative organs of participating organizations with practical and action-oriented recommendations;
8
Stresses the need for the Unit to pay special attention to the preparation of reports that are more evaluation-oriented;
9
Invitesadditional efforts by the Unit, the bureaux of the legislative organs and the secretariats concerned to ensure that the relevant reports of the Unit are submitted to the legislative organs of participating organizations and that those organs take specific action on the recommendations contained in the reports;
10
Welcomes the efforts of the Unit to implement the follow-up mechanisms described in paragraphs 24 and 25 of its report for 20011 so as to ensure the systematic tracking of the status of implementation of the Unit’s recommendations;
11
Takes note of the information contained in paragraphs 27 to 32 of the report of the Unit regarding the proposed new procedure for handling comments of the participating organizations on the findings and recommendations of the Unit, and invites the Unit to provide detailed information on the new procedure in comparison with the current procedure, together with the comments of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon, for consideration by the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session;
12
Reiterates its request to the executive heads of the participating organizations that have not yet done so to take the steps necessary to facilitate the consideration of and action on the system of follow-up to the reports of the Unit, and invites the legislative organs concerned to consider the system and take action in that regard;
13
Requeststhe Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the executive heads of the other participating organizations for their attention;
14
Requeststhe Unit to report to the General Assembly, in its next annual report, on the implementation of the present resolution.
B
1
Takes note of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Enhancing governance oversight role: structure, working methods and practices on handling oversight reports”5 and the comments of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon;6
2
Concurs with the observations and views of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in paragraphs 9 to 11 of its report;7
3
Reaffirms its decision, contained in paragraph 5 of its resolution 50/233, to consider the thematic reports of the Unit under the relevant agenda items.
