Public Administration and Development

A/RES/58/231View 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 2004.

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

Anniversaries Awards Capacity Building Conferences Developing Countries Development Economies in Transition Information Dissemination Information Exchange Information Technology International Days Public Administration Public Sector Public Services Report Preparation Research

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the role of public administration in the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration;⁴

⁴A/58/152.

Reiterates that efficient, accountable, effective and transparent public administration, at both the national and international levels, has a key role to play in the implementation of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,⁵ and in that context stresses the need to strengthen national public sector administrative and managerial capacity-building, in particular in developing countries and countries with economies in transition;

⁵See resolution 55/2.

Takes note with appreciation of the commemoration of 23 June as United Nations Public Service Day and the granting of the United Nations Public Service Awards, which provide motivation for public servants all over the world to enhance public administration as a tool for development, and in this regard encourages Member States to participate in the award process by nominating candidates;

Also takes note with appreciation of the Marrakech Declaration, adopted by the Fourth Global Forum on Reinventing Government, held in Marrakech, Morocco, from 11 to 13 December 2002;⁶

⁶A/58/383, annex.

Welcomes with appreciation the offer of the Government of the Republic of Korea to host the Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government in Seoul in 2005;

Requests the Secretary-General to make proposals for commemorating the tenth anniversary of the resumed fiftieth session of the General Assembly, on public administration and development, during the sixty-first session of the General Assembly, in 2006;

Also requests the Secretary-General to support information exchange and research and to disseminate successful practices and advisory services in public administration that contribute to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration;

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue supporting the e-Government initiatives in the African, Asian, Central American and Caribbean regions as a tool for development;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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