A/RES/70/257. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2016

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/257
• Year: 2016
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/70/257

General Assembly

Distr.: General

15 April 2016

Seventieth session

Agenda item 140

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 April 2016

[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/70/801)]

70/257 . Joint Inspec tion U nit

The General Assembly ,

Reca lling its prev ious resol utions on the Jo int Inspec tion Unit, in p articula r

resol utions 31/1 92 of 2 2 Decem ber 197 6, 50/2 33 of 7 June 1 996, 54 /16 of

29 Octo ber 1999, 57/ 284 A and B of 20 Dec ember 2002, 58 /286 of 8 Apr il 2 004,

59/2 67 of 23 Dece mber 20 04, 60 /258 o f 8 Ma y 2006, 61/23 8 of 22 Dece mber 20 06,

61/2 60 of 4 A pril 20 07, 62/2 26 of 22 Decemb er 2007 , 62/246 of 3 Ap ril 200 8,

64/2 62 of 29 M arch 2010, 65/270 of 4 Apr il 20 11, 66 /259 of 9 April 2012, 67/25 6

of 12 April 2 013, 68 /266 of 9 April 2014 and 69/275 of 2 Apr il 2015,

Reaf firmi ng the st atute of the Unit

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and the u nique role o f the Unit a s the only

exter nal and ind ependent sys tem-wid e in spection , ev aluatio n an d in vestigat ion

body,

Havi ng conside red the repor t o f the Unit for 20 15 and progr amme of work

for 2 016

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and the not e by the Secreta ry-Gene ral on t he repo rt of the Unit f or 2015,

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1. Takes no te with apprec iation of the rep ort of the Joint Ins pection Un it

for 2 015 and program me of wo rk for 2016;2

2. Takes note of th e note by t he Sec retary-G eneral on the repor t of the Un it

for 2 015;3

3. Re iterates its re quest to the exe cutive head s of the part icipatin g

organ izations to fully comply with the st atutory proce dures for co nsiderat ion of the

repor ts of th e Unit a nd, in p articula r, to sub mit thei r commen ts, incl uding

infor mation on what they intend to do regardi ng the rec ommenda tions of t he U nit,

to di stribute report s in time for thei r conside ration b y legisl ative org ans and t o

prov ide i nformat ion o n th e ste ps to be taken to imple ment those recom mendati ons

acce pted by the legi slative orga ns and the exec utive he ads of part icipatin g

organ izat ions ;

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1

Resolution 31/192, annex.

2

Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventieth Session, Supplement No. 34 (A/70/34).

3

A/70/716.