Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2012 and programme of work for 2013;Error: Reference source not found
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Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the report of the Unit for 2012;Error: Reference source not found
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Acknowledges the efforts of 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;
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Notes with appreciation the launch of the web-based tracking system, and requests the participating organizations to make full use of the new system and provide in-depth analysis on how the recommendations of the Unit are being implemented;
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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, including information on what they intend to do regarding the recommendations of the Unit, to distribute reports in time for their consideration by legislative organs and to provide information on the steps to be taken to implement those recommendations accepted by the legislative organs and the executive heads of participating organizations;
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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;
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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, with a view to avoiding overlap or duplication and achieving further synergy, cooperation, effectiveness and efficiency, without prejudice to the respective mandates of the audit and oversight bodies;
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Requeststhe Unit to consider optimizing the number of projects in its programme of work through prioritization;
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Welcomes the reform efforts made by the Unit to better serve the interests of the participating organizations and Member States, and encourages the Unit to continue its efforts in this regard;
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Reiterates its request to the Unit to continue to focus its reports on important priority items, identifying concrete managerial, administrative and programming questions aimed at providing the General Assembly and other legislative organs of participating organizations with practical and action-oriented recommendations on precisely defined issues;
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Notes the need to enhance the effectiveness of the Unit and its system-wide oversight capability;
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Recalls the intention of the Unit to undertake a comprehensive peer review as explained in paragraphs 15 and 27 (d) of annex III to its report for 2008 and programme of work for 2009,5 and in this respect requests the Unit to include analysis and recommendations in its report to the General Assembly at the first part of its resumed sixty-eighth session, concerning, inter alia:
5Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 34 and corrigendum (A/63/34 and Corr.1).
a
Working methods of the Unit;
b
Optimal size and composition of the Unit;
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Standards and guidelines of the Unit;
d
Selection of subjects contained in the annual programme of work;
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Impact of recommendations made to the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination and participating organizations;
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Notes with satisfaction that the inspectors and the staff of the Unit had no difficulty, nor did they experience any delay, in obtaining visas for official travel during the period under review, and in this regard encourages Member States to continue to provide to the Unit all the assistance needed, including by issuing visas in a timely manner, with the aim of supporting the Unit and the implementation of its mandate.
