Operational Activities for Development of the United Nations System

A/RES/77/184View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 23a Operational activities for development of the United Nations System, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 1983–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/155

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/155	Operational activities for development of the United Nations system	1,704	49%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/166	Operational activities for development of the United Nations System	1,593	74%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/184	Operational activities for development of the United Nations System	1,641	63%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/220	Operational activities for development of the United Nations System	1,074	64%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/238	Operational activities for development of the United Nations System	811	64%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Section 1	Overall policymaking, direction and coordination	10	Unavailable

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
	Section 1	Overall policymaking, direction and coordination	10	—

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.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2023

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2023	A/78/72 E/2023/59	Implementation of General Assembly resolution 75/233 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations System report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/77/184

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Development Development Assistance Operational Activities Resident Coordinators Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 75/233 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system, 2022;³

³A/77/69-E/2022/47 and A/77/69/Add.1-E/2022/47/Add.1.

Welcomes the ongoing efforts of the Secretary-General on the repositioning of the United Nations development system and the reinvigorated resident coordinator system, and acknowledges the progress achieved thus far in advancing all reform mandates contained in General Assembly resolutions 71/243 of 21 December 2016, 72/279, 75/233 and 76/4 and continues to call for their full implementation;

Recalls and reiterates the requests made in Economic and Social Council resolution 2022/25 of 22 July 2022 on progress in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 75/233 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system, as well as those previously made in resolutions Council resolutions 2019/15 of 8 July 2019 and 2020/23 of 22 July 2020 on progress in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 71/243 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system;

Reaffirms the commitment at the very heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development⁴ to leave no one behind, commit to taking more tangible steps to support people in vulnerable situations and the most vulnerable countries and to reach the furthest behind first, and calls upon the entities of the United Nations development system, within their respective mandates and resources, to assist States in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;

⁴Resolution 70/1.

Continues to re-emphasize that adequate, predictable and sustainable funding of the resident coordinator system is essential to delivering a coherent, effective, efficient and accountable response in accordance with national needs and priorities, and recommits to providing sufficient funding for the resident coordinator system in line with resolution 76/4;

Welcomes the progress made in the establishment of United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks, reaffirms that they are the most important instrument for the planning and implementation of United Nations development activities in each programme country in support of their implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and in this regard calls on all entities of the United Nations development system to cooperate and collaborate with and work under the leadership and guidance of the resident coordinators, in accordance with resolution 75/233, to ensure a coordinated and integrated approach to the development and implementation of the Cooperation Frameworks, and further calls on the entities of the United Nations development system to align their development activities for their respective country programmes with the agreed priorities of the Cooperation Frameworks, to facilitate a stronger and more coordinated, efficient, effective and accountable United Nations development system at the country level towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals;

Reiterates its call to the entities of the United Nations development system, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with resolution 75/233, in particular paragraph 27 and its subparagraphs (a) to (d);

Takes note of the progress made thus far in the fulfilment of the funding compact commitments by all parties, noting its voluntary nature, welcomes the update on the funding compact and its indicators⁵ and notes that the remaining targets are to be met by 2023, continues to urge the full implementation by Member States and the entities of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group of commitments made in the funding compact, and in this regard looks forward to the assessment of the implementation of the compact to date in the next report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly and operational activities for development segment of the Economic and Social Council, including recommendations for an inclusive dialogue between Member States and the entities of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group on the future of the funding compact;

⁵See annex 2: funding compact indicators. Available at https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/2022-Operational-Activities-for-Development-Segment.

Welcomes the strengthened contributions of the resident coordinator system to the results of the United Nations development system and further welcomes the consultative process launched by the Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group on the resident coordinator system results framework, takes note of the draft results framework, and looks forward to the convening of further discussions as early as December 2022, and no later than the end of the first quarter of 2023, to facilitate its finalization before the operational activities for development segment of the 2023 session of the Economic and Social Council;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to strengthen transparency and accountability by providing, in a timely and publicly available manner, within existing resources and avoiding duplication, briefing notes, informal briefings, documents and reports on progress in the implementation of the mandates contained in General Assembly resolution 75/233, with a view to supporting an inclusive and comprehensive dialogue between Member States and the entities of the United Nations development system, and in this regard looks forward to the discussions at the operational activities for development segment of the 2023 session of the Economic and Social Council;

Also requests the Secretary-General to present a comprehensive, evidence-based and analytical report to the Economic and Social Council covering all provisions and progress made, lessons learned and challenges in the implementation of the mandates contained in General Assembly resolution 75/233, as part of his annual reporting to the Council at the operational activities for development segment during its 2023 session, and to the Assembly at its seventy-eighth session for its further consideration;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-eighth session, under the item entitled “Operational activities for development”, the sub-item entitled “Operational activities for development of the United Nations system”.

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