Programme Planning

A/RES/62/224View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 129 Programme planning, published in 2008.

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48 documents · 1982–2025

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2025).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/233	Programme planning	1,188	–
2024	A/RES/79/247	Programme planning	1,137	–
2023	A/RES/78/244	Programme planning	1,072	–
2023	A/RES/77/254	Programme planning	1,237	–
2021	A/RES/76/236	Programme planning	1,527	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Administrative Reform Africa Coordination Within UN System Development Partnership Programme Budgeting Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Programme Planning Programme Priorities Subsidiary Bodies

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15 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the role of the Committee for Programme and Coordination as the main subsidiary organ of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council for planning, programming and coordination;

Re-emphasizes the role of the plenary and the Main Committees of the General Assembly in reviewing and taking action on the appropriate recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination relevant to their work, in accordance with regulation 4.10 of the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation;⁴

⁴ST/SGB/2000/8.

Stresses that setting the priorities of the United Nations is the prerogative of the Member States, as reflected in legislative mandates;

Also stresses the need for Member States to participate fully in the budget preparation process, from its early stages and throughout the process;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on the review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations, on programme planning, on evaluation, on the annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2006/07, on United Nations system support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and on improving the working methods and procedures of the Committee for Programme and Coordination within the framework of its mandate;⁵

⁵Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/62/16), chaps. II, III.A and C, IV.A and B and V.

Decides to discontinue preparation of the report under the agenda item entitled “Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations”, mandated in accordance with its resolution 45/254 A of 21 December 1990;

Stresses the urgent need to fill the position of Special Adviser on Africa in order to direct international efforts to ensure that African issues remain a priority on the global development agenda and also stresses the need to mobilize support for capacity and resources and to align funds, agencies and programmes to the objectives of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development⁶ that underpin the consolidation of peace and democracy on the continent;

⁶A/57/304, annex.

Emphasizes that, in full accordance with its mandate to assist the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly on coordination, the Committee for Programme and Coordination should enhance its coordination role through improved cooperation with the secretariat of the Chief Executives Board and the Joint Inspection Unit, in order to increase planning efficiency and effectiveness so as to continue to ensure the timeliness of the implementation of, and prevent duplication and redundancy in, the action of the Organization;

Welcomes the intention of the Committee for Programme and Coordination to enhance its dialogue on coordination issues with the Joint Inspection Unit and the secretariat of the Chief Executives Board;

Recalls regulation 5.6 of the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation,3 and reiterates that the Committee for Programme and Coordination shall continue to perform its role in reviewing the strategic framework and recommend any necessary changes to the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly;

Reaffirms the role of the Committee for Programme and Coordination in monitoring and evaluation, and encourages the Committee, in reviewing performance and evaluation reports, to provide, inter alia, action-oriented recommendations aimed at enhancing the effectiveness and impact of the activities of the Organization;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session proposals to improve the links between monitoring, evaluation, programme planning and budgeting;

Invites the Economic and Social Council to utilize the relevant conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination when considering related reports of the Chief Executives Board;

Welcomes the decision by the Committee for Programme and Coordination to devote one or two meetings of its future sessions to a discussion, with high-level participation, of a specific issue in its programme of work related to coordination, and in this regard emphasizes the need for the presence of senior programme managers to assist the Committee in its deliberations;

Also welcomes the work done by the Committee for Programme and Coordination in improving its working methods and procedures within the framework of its mandate for further enhancing its effectiveness and efficiency, and looks forward to the implementation of the decisions of the Committee in order to continue improving its working methods and procedures.

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