A/RES/60/283. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2006

• Resolution Number: A/RES/60/283
• Year: 2006
• Session: 60th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/60/283

General Assembly Distr.: General

17 August 2006

Sixtieth session

Agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136

05-50458

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 July 2006

[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/60/831/Add.1)]

60/283. Investing in the United Nations for a stronger

Organization worldwide: detailed report

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolutions 41/213 of 19 December 1986, 60/1 of 16 September

2005 and 60/260 of 8 May 2006,

Reaffirming

the role of the General Assembly and its relevant

intergovernmental and expert bodies, within their respective mandates, in planning,

programming, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation,

Stressing

the need for Member States to participate in the budget preparation

process, from its early stages and throughout the process,

Having considered

the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Investing in

the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report”

1

and the

related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary

Questions,

2

1.

Renews

its appeal

to Member States to demonstrate their commitment to

the United Nations by, inter alia, meeting their financial obligations on time, in full

and without conditions, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and

the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations;

2.

Endorses

the conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory

Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report,

2

subject to the provisions of the present resolution;

I

Oversight and accountability

1.

Requests

the Secretary-General to ensure the full operationalization of

the Ethics Office, including through the expeditious filling of vacancies;

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1 A/60/846 and Add.1-4.

2 A/60/870.