A/RES/69/272. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/69/272
• Session: 69th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES/69/272

General Assembly

Distr.: General

17 April 2015

Sixty-ninth session

Agenda item 131

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 April 2015

[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/69/702/Add. 1)]

69/272. Progress towards an accountability system in the United

Nations Secretariat

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Reca lling

its reso lutions 5 9/272 of 23 Decemb er 2004 and 6 0/254 of 8 May

2006 , sec tion I of it s res olution 60/26 0 of 8 Ma y 2006 and its r esolut ions 6 0/283 of

7 Ju ly 20 06, 61 /245 of 22 Decemb er 20 06, 63 /276 of 7 Apr il 20 09, 64 /259 of

29 M arch 20 10, 66/2 57 of 9 Apr il 2012, 6 7/253 o f 12 April 2 013 and 6 8/264 o f

9 Apr il 2014 ,

Reaffirming

its c ommitm ent

to str engthe ning acco untabi lity in th e Un ited

Nati ons Sec retaria t an d th e ac counta bility o f th e Se cretary -Gener al f or t he

perf ormanc e of th e Secre tariat to all Member States ,

Emphasizing

that a ccounta bility i s a centra l pillar o f effectiv e and effic ient

mana gemen t that req uires a ttentio n and stro ng co mmitme nt at all leve ls of the

Secr etariat , espec ially a t the highest level,

Reco gnizin g an d rea ffirmin g

the i mporta nt ro le o f the ove rsight bodi es i n the

deve lopmen t of an accou ntabili ty syst em tha t is rel evant to the U nited Nation s,

Hav ing conside red

the fourth prog ress report of the Secr etary-G eneral on the

acco untabi lity sy stem i n the United Nation s Secr etariat

1

and the r elated report of the

Advi sory C ommitt ee on Ad ministr ative a nd Bud getary Questi ons,

2

1.

Takes note

of th e fo urth progre ss r eport of the Secreta ry-Gene ral on t he

acco untabi lity sys tem in the Un ited N ations Secreta riat;

1

2.

Endorses

the concl usions an d r ecomme ndatio ns contain ed in the report

of the A dvisor y Com mittee on A dminis trative and Budget ary Q uestio ns,

2

s ubject to

the provisi ons of the pr esent r esoluti on;

3.

Emphasizes

th e imp ortance of pro moting a cult ure o f acco untabil ity,

resu lts-bas ed manag ement, e nterpri se risk man ageme nt and inte rnal cont rol at all

leve ls in the S ecretar iat th rough the c ontinue d lea dership and commit ment of sen ior

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1

A/69/676.

2

A/69/802.