A/RES/75/270. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2021

• Resolution Number: A/RES/75/270
• Year: 2021
• Session: 75th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /75/ 270

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

20 Apr il 2021

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Seventy -fifth sessi on

Agen da item 147

Joint Inspection U nit

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 16 April 2021

[on th e report of the Fift h Commit tee (A/75 /830, pa ra. 6)]

75/270. Joint Inspection U nit

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g its prev ious resol utions on the Jo int Inspec tion Unit, in par ticular

resol utions 3 1/192 of 2 2 Decemb er 1976, 50/233 o f 7 June 19 96, 54/1 6 of 29 Oc tober

1999 , 56/245 of 24 De cember 2 001, 57/ 284 A and B of 20 Decem ber 2002 , 58/286 of

8 April 2 004, 59/ 267 of 23 Decemb er 2004, 60/2 58 of 8 Ma y 2006, 61/2 38 of

22 Dece mber 20 06, 61/ 260 of 4 April 2 007, 62 /226 of 22 De cember 2 007, 6 2/246 o f

3 Ap ril 20 08, 6 3/272 of 7 April 2009, 64/26 2 of 29 M arch 2010, 65/270 of 4 April

2011, 6 6/259 of 9 Apr il 2012, 67 /256 of 12 Apr il 2013, 68 /266 of 9 April 2 014, 69/2 75

of 2 April 2015, 70/2 57 of 1 Apr il 201 6, 71 /281 o f 6 Ap ril 20 17, 7 2/269 of 4 April

2018 and 73 /287 of 15 April 2019,

Reaffirm ing the s tatute of the Unit

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an d the unique role o f the Unit as the o nly

exter nal and indepen dent sys tem-wi de inspe ction, e valuatio n and in vestigat ion bod y,

Havi ng con sidered the re port of the Unit fo r 2020 and p rogram me of work for

2021

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and the not e by the Secreta ry-Gen eral on the rep ort of th e Unit f or 2020 ,

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1. Takes n ote wit h appreci ation of the report o f the Jo int Ins pection Unit fo r

2020 and pro gramme of work for 202 1;

2. Takes note o f the note b y the Secre tary-Gen eral o n the report of th e Unit

for 2 020;

3. Stres ses the impo rtance of t he over sight f unction s o f the Unit in

iden tifying concr ete manager ial, adminis trative and prog ramming que stions withi n

the pa rticipat ing o rganizat ions and pr oviding the G eneral Assemb ly an d ot her

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Reso lution 31/192 , anne x.

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Offic ial Re cords o f the Genera l Assem bly, Sev enty- fifth S ession, Suppl ement No. 34 (A/75 /34).

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A/75 /725 .