Review of the Implementation of General Assembly Resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244 and 59/272

A/RES/64/263View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 141 Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 48/218B, 54/244. and 59/272, published in 2009.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 26	Internal oversight	14

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 26	Internal oversight	14	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Administrative Procedure Definition Evaluation Institutional Machinery Internal Oversight Programme Implementation Reporting Procedures

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms its resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244 and 59/272;

Also reaffirms its primary role in the consideration of and action on reports submitted to it;

Further reaffirms its oversight role and the role of the Fifth Committee in administrative and budgetary matters;

Reaffirms the independence and the separate and distinct roles of internal and external oversight mechanisms;

Endorses the observations, comments and recommendations on the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of the Office of Internal Oversight Services contained in the annex to the annual report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee,Error: Reference source not found requests the Secretary-General to ensure the full implementation of paragraphs 20 (a) to (c), 20 (e), 27, 29, 33, 35 and 39 of the annex, taking into account the provisions of the resolutions of the General Assembly relevant to the work of the Office, and further requests the Secretary-General to take no action on paragraphs 19, 20 (d), 21, 22, 24, 42 and 43 of the annex;

Decides to revert to the issues and recommendations contained in paragraphs 19, 20 (d), 21, 22, 24, 42 and 43 of the annex to the annual report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee no later than at the main part of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, and in this regard invites the Independent Audit Advisory Committee to provide further advice on relevant issues as it deems necessary;

Requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight Services with comprehensively defining and compiling key oversight terms in close consultation with relevant departments and offices, including the Department of Management and the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat, bearing in mind existing definitions used by the Board of Auditors and the Joint Inspection Unit, and taking into account the views of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee;

Also requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight Services with submitting to the General Assembly, no later than at the main part of its sixty-sixth session, terms whose definitions require the guidance of the Assembly;

Recalls that the Office of Internal Oversight Services shall exercise operational independence under the authority of the Secretary-General relating to the performance of its internal oversight functions, in accordance with the relevant resolutions;

Reaffirms that the Office of Internal Oversight Services is an internal body under the authority of the Secretary-General, and that, as such, it shall comply with all relevant regulations, rules, policies and procedures of the United Nations;

Notes the role of the Management Committee in monitoring closely the implementation of the recommendations of oversight bodies, and stresses the importance of follow-up with programme managers to ensure the full implementation of those recommendations in a prompt and timely manner;

Recalls that reports referred to in paragraph 1 (c) of its resolution 59/272 are, upon request, available only to Member States;

Decides to evaluate and review at its sixty-ninth session the functions and reporting procedures of the Office of Internal Oversight Services and any other matter which it deems appropriate, and to that end to include in the provisional agenda of that session an item entitled “Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244, 59/272 and 64/263”.

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