Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2013 and programme of work for 2014;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 2013;Error: Reference source not found
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Reaffirms that oversight is a shared responsibility of Member States, the organizations and the internal and external oversight bodies;
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Stresses the importance of the oversight functions of the Unit in identifying concrete managerial, administrative and programming questions within the participating organizations and providing the General Assembly and other legislative organs of participating organizations with practical and action-oriented recommendations to improve and strengthen the governance of the United Nations as a whole;
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Recognizes the need to continue to enhance the impact of the Unit on the management efficiency and transparency of the participating organizations within the United Nations system;
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Notes the need to enhance the effectiveness of the Unit and its system-wide oversight capability;
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Welcomes the reform efforts undertaken by the Unit to better serve the interests of the participating organizations and Member States, including a self-evaluation, a peer review and the completion of norms and standards, in this regard encourages the Unit to continue its efforts, including on selection of the subjects for its programme of work, and looks forward to receiving updates in the context of the annual reports of the Unit;
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Recalls section II of its resolution 61/238 and section II of its resolution 64/262, and in this regard reaffirms the existing procedure for the appointment of the inspectors in accordance with article 3 of the statute of the Unit;Error: Reference source not found
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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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Reiterates its request to the Unit to consider optimizing the number of projects in its programme of work through prioritization;
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Also reiterates its request to the Unit to issue its reports well in advance of meetings of the legislative organs of participating organizations so that the reports can be thoroughly and effectively utilized in their deliberations;
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Reaffirms article 20 of the statute of the Unit, in which it is stipulated that the Unit shall be invited to be represented at meetings when its budget estimates are being discussed;
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Requeststhe heads of participating organizations to make full use of the web-based system of the Unit and to provide an in-depth analysis of how the recommendations of the Unit are being implemented;
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Welcomes the benefit and utility of the web-based system for tracking recommendations.
