A/RES/59/267. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2004

• Resolution Number: A/RES/59/267
• Year: 2004
• Session: 59th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/59/267

General Assembly Distr.: General

7 March 2005

Fifty-ninth session

Agenda item 115

04-49228

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2004

[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/646)]

59/267. Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit

The General Assembly

,

Reaffirming

its previous resolutions on the Joint Inspection Unit, in particular

resolutions 31/192 of 22 December 1976, 50/233 of 7 June 1996, 54/16 of

29 October 1999, 55/230 of 23 December 2000, 56/245 of 24 December 2001,

57/284 A and B of 20 December 2002 and 58/286 of 8 April 2004,

Having considered

the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2003,

1

the note

by the Secretary-General transmitting the programme of work of the Joint

Inspection Unit for 2004

2

and the report of the Secretary-General on the

implementation of the recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit,

3

Noting with appreciation

the recent adoption by the Joint Inspection Unit of

internal working procedures and mechanisms to complement its standards and

guidelines, which are aimed at improving the quality and impact of the Unit’s

activities,

Recognizing

that in order for the Unit to further improve its effectiveness, the

provisions of the statute of the Unit should be fully implemented,

1.

Takes note with appreciation

of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit

for 2003;

1

2.

Takes note

of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the

programme of work of the Unit for 2004;

2

3.

Also takes note

of the report of the Secretary-General on the

implementation of the recommendations of the Unit;

3

4.

Decides

to discontinue the requirement for the report of the Secretary-

General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Unit;

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1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 34 (A/59/34).

2 A/59/75.

3 A/59/349.