Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2008 and Programme of Work for 2009

A/RES/63/272View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 124 Joint Inspection Unit, published in 2009.

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?

11 subjects

Administrative Reform Appointment of Officials Coordination Within UN System Internal Oversight Knowledge Management Medium-Term Plan Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Programme Management Project Monitoring Visas

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

Recalls its resolutions 61/260, 62/226 and 62/246;

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2008 and programme of work for 2009;2

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General;3

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

Welcomes progress in the reform process of the Unit and its improved collaboration with participating organizations and other oversight bodies, and invites the Unit to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session on measures taken in this regard;

Acknowledges the Unit’s undertaking to apply results-based management in its work;

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 the avoidance of duplication and 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 and, in particular, to submit their comments and to distribute reports in time for their consideration by legislative organs;

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;

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 in 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;

Notes with appreciation the ongoing efforts of the Unit to report on the impacts of its recommendations, as illustrated in chapter I, section E, of its annual report,2 and in this context requests the Unit, in coordination with participating organizations, to provide information on the improvement of the presentation of those impacts and their financial implications, wherever possible, in future annual reports;

Invites the Unit, in this context, to include in its annual report information on its experience in the implementation of the follow-up system by the participating organizations, and in this regard requests the Unit to continue working towards implementation of a web-based follow-up system to monitor the status of recommendations and receive updates from individual organizations;

Recalls paragraph 17 of its resolution 62/246, and encourages the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chairman of the Chief Executives Board, to continue enhancing the dialogue of the Board with the Unit, including, where appropriate, through the invitation to participate in the meetings of its Committees and networks;

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;

Requests the Secretary-General to expedite the appointment of the Executive Secretary of the Joint Inspection Unit after consultation with the Unit and the Chief Executives Board, in full accordance with article 19 of the statute of the Unit1 as well as the relevant provisions of the resolutions of the General Assembly regarding staff selection;

Acknowledges the undertaking by the Unit of a medium- and long-term strategy approach for 2010–2019, as contained in annex III to its report, stresses the need for the Unit to continuously update and improve its medium- and long-term strategy for 2010–2019, taking into account the dynamics and challenges of the environment in which it undertakes its activities, and decides to consider any resources associated with the implementation of the medium- and long-term strategy approach in the context of future programme budgets;

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.

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