Strengthening of the Capacity of the Organization to Advance the Disarmament Agenda

A/RES/61/257View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 112 Strengthening of the United Nations System, published in 2007.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2008

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2008	A/63/125	Implementation of General Assembly resolution 61/257 on strengthening the capacity of the Organization to advance the disarmament agenda report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/61/257
2008	A/62/643	Financial, administrative and budgetary implications arising from the appointment of the High Representative and the implementation of the mandates assigned to the Office for Disarmament Affairs report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/61/257

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Administration Administrative Reform Appointment of Officials Decision-Making Disarmament Financial Implications Institutional Machinery Report Preparation Top Echelon Staff

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Supports the establishment of an Office for Disarmament Affairs, while maintaining the budgetary autonomy and the integrity of the existing structures and functions of the current Department for Disarmament Affairs, and the appointment of a High Representative as the head of the Office for Disarmament Affairs at the rank of Under-Secretary-General, and welcomes the fact that the High Representative will report directly to the Secretary-General and be part of the policy decision-making process of the Secretariat;

Stresses that the Office for Disarmament Affairs will fully implement the relevant mandates, decisions and resolutions of the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, as soon as possible following the appointment of the High Representative, a report, in accordance with established procedures, on the financial, administrative and budgetary implications arising from the appointment of the High Representative and the implementation of the mandates assigned to the Office for Disarmament Affairs;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session on the activities of the Office for Disarmament Affairs;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly for its consideration at its sixty-third session a report to review the implementation of the present resolution.

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