Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2007 and Programme of Work for 2008

A/RES/62/246View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 134 Joint Inspection Unit, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2008–2011

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/65/270

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2011	A/RES/65/270	Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2010 and programme of work for 2011	1,402	40%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/262	Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2009 and programme of work for 2010	1,034	54%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/272	Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2008 and programme of work for 2009	1,000	46%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/246	Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2007 and programme of work for 2008	989	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Administrative Reform Coordination Within UN System Internal Oversight Knowledge Management Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Programme Management Project Monitoring Visas

What’s in this document?

20 operative paragraphs

Recalls its resolutions 61/260 and 62/226;

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2007 and programme of work for 2008;1

Welcomes the joint presentation of the annual report and the programme of work of the Unit for consideration at the first part of its resumed session;

Also welcomes progress in the reform process of the Unit, and encourages further efforts on the part of the participating organizations to consider the recommendations of the Unit;

Commends the Unit for its internal reform process aimed at improving its efficiency and effectiveness, and invites the Unit to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on measures the Unit deems necessary to continue to improve its functioning;

Requests the Unit, in line with its mandate, to continue to focus its work and reports on system-wide issues of interest and relevance to the participating organizations and the States Members of the United Nations and to provide advice on ways to ensure more efficient and effective use of resources in implementing the mandates of the Organization;

Reiterates its request to the executive heads of the participating organizations to fully comply with the statutory procedures for consideration of the reports of the Unit, in particular to submit their comments and to distribute reports in time for their consideration by legislative organs;

Requests the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chairman of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to expedite the implementation of the present resolution, including through the expected provision of support to the Unit by the secretariats of the participating organizations for the preparation of its reports, notes and confidential letters, and the consideration of and action on the Unit’s recommendations in the light of pertinent resolutions of the General Assembly, and to report to the Assembly on an annual basis on the results achieved;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General and the other executive heads of the participating organizations to fully assist the Unit, with the timely provision of all information requested by it;

Reiterates its invitation to the legislative organs of the participating organizations to take concrete action on the recommendations of the Unit;

Notes with appreciation the ongoing efforts of the Unit to report on the impact of its recommendations, as illustrated in paragraph 49 of its annual report,1 and in this context requests the Unit to work in coordination with participating organizations to provide in future annual reports the financial implications that have resulted from its recommendations, wherever possible;

Invites the Unit to report in the context of its annual reports on experience in the implementation of the follow-up system by the participating organizations;

Notes with appreciation the introduction of a table for system-wide reports entitled “Overview of action to be taken by participating organizations on Joint Inspection Unit recommendations” which identifies those recommendations that are relevant to each organization and which specifies those recommendations that require legislative decisions and those that can be implemented by the executive head of the organization;

Notes with concern paragraph 39 of the annual report,1 in which the Unit describes the difficulty it has had in obtaining from some organizations updated information on the status of its recommendations, and in this regard requests the Unit to study the feasibility of using a web-based system to monitor the status of recommendations and receive updates from individual organizations;

Expresses its readiness to apply the follow-up system to review recommendations of the Unit requiring action by the General Assembly;

Affirms that oversight is a shared responsibility of Member States, the organizations and the internal and external oversight bodies;

Recalls paragraph 9 of its resolution 62/224 of 22 December 2007, and encourages the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chairman of the Chief Executives Board, to enhance the dialogue of the Board with the Joint Inspection Unit on coordination issues;

Welcomes the coordination of the Unit with the Board of Auditors and the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat, and encourages those bodies to continue sharing experiences, knowledge, best practices and lessons learned with other United Nations audit and oversight bodies as well as with the Independent Audit Advisory Committee;

Takes note with appreciation of the information contained in paragraph 63 of the annual report,1 and encourages the Unit to keep the General Assembly informed, if necessary, about any difficulty or delay in obtaining visas for the official travel of the inspectors, as well as members of its secretariat;

Requests the Unit to provide at its earliest convenience a detailed explanation of the nature and scope of the investigations the Unit envisions conducting.

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