A/RES/69/275. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/69/275
• Year: 2015
• Session: 69th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES/69/275

General Assembly

Distr.: General

24 April 2015

Sixty-ninth session

Agenda item 138

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 April 2015

[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/69/846)]

69/275. Joint Inspection Unit

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Reca lling

its pre vious res olution s on the Join t I nspecti on Unit, in p articul ar

reso lutions 31/1 92 o f 22 Decemb er 19 76, 5 0/233 of 7 J une 1996 , 54/ 16 of

29 O ctober 19 99, 57/2 84 A and B of 20 De cember 2 002, 58/2 86 of 8 April 20 04,

59/2 67 of 23 De cember 2004 , 60/2 58 of 8 May 2006, 61/2 38 of 22 De cember 2006 ,

61/2 60 of 4 Apr il 2007 , 62/2 26 of 22 D ecembe r 2007 , 62/24 6 of 3 April 2 008,

64/2 62 of 29 Mar ch 2010 , 65/2 70 of 4 April 2 011, 66 /259 of 9 April 2012, 67/256 of

12 Ap ril 201 3 and 6 8/266 of 9 Apr il 2014 ,

Rea ffirming

the statut e of the U nit

1

and the unique role of th e Uni t as the o nly

exte rnal an d in depend ent sys tem-wid e i nspect ion, eva luatio n an d i nvestig ation

bod y,

Hav ing co nsidere d

the repor t of the Un it for 2014 and progra mme o f work for

2015

2

and the no te by the Sec retary- Genera l on th e repor t of th e Unit for 20 14,

3

1.

Takes note w ith ap preciati on

of the re port o f the J oint In specti on Uni t for

2014 and p rogram me of work fo r 2015;

2

2.

Takes note

of the note by th e Secr etary- General on the re port o f the Unit

for 2014;

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3.

Stresses

th e impo rtance o f the ove rsight func tions of the Uni t in

iden tifying co ncrete man agerial , ad minist rative and pro grammi ng questio ns within

the pa rticipa ting orga nizatio ns a nd p rovidin g th e Ge neral As sembly a nd o ther

legi slative or gans of parti cipati ng organiz ations wit h practic al and actio n-orien ted

reco mmend ations to impro ve a nd s trength en t he g overna nce of t he U nited Natio ns

as a whole ;

4.

Reco gnizes

th e need to c ontinue to e nhance the i mpact of the Unit on th e

mana gemen t e fficien cy and tran sparenc y of the part icipati ng organiz ations wi thin

the United Nation s syste m;

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1

Resolution 31/192, annex.

2

Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 34 (A/69/34).

3

A/69/747.