Public Administration and Development

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 2005.

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?

13 subjects

Access to Information Anniversaries Awards Conferences Development Information Dissemination International Days Partnership Policy Making Public Administration Public Sector Public Services Report Preparation

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;⁴

⁴A/59/346.

Stresses the importance of United Nations Public Service Day and the United Nations Public Service Awards in the process of revitalizing public administration by building a culture of innovation, partnership and responsiveness;

Also stresses the valuable contribution that the Global Forum on Reinventing Government has made to the exchange of lessons learned in public administration reform, and reiterates its appreciation to the Government of the Republic of Korea for hosting the Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government in 2005;

Encourages the Secretary-General to make arrangements for the implementation of the proposals made for the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the resumed fiftieth session of the General Assembly, on public administration and development;

Takes note of the important analytical and operational contribution that the World Public Sector Report provides to policymakers responsible for public administration in Member States;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to facilitate, through the United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance, the dissemination of valuable practices in public administration;

Also requests the Secretary-General to focus the work on public administration along the lines of Economic and Social Council decision 2004/302 of 23 July 2004 and General Assembly resolution 58/231;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session on progress made in Member States by revitalizing public administration during the last ten years, since the resumed fiftieth session of the Assembly, on public administration and development, and to ensure that the findings are brought to the attention of Member States on the occasion of the special event in 2005.

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