A/RES/76/261. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2022

• Year: 2022
• Resolution Number: A/RES/76/261
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation
• Session: 76th

United Nations

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/RES /76/ 261

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

18 Apr il 2022

22-055 79 (E) 210422

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Seventy -sixth sess ion

Agen da item 144

Joint Inspection U nit

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 13 April 2022

[on th e report of the Fifth Commit tee (A/76 /778, pa ra. 6)]

76/261. 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 Oct ober

1999 , 56/245 of 24 De cember 20 01, 57/ 284 A and B o f 20 Dece mber 200 2, 58/2 86 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 , 73/287 of 15 Ap ril 201 8 and 7 5/270 of 16 April 2021,

Reaffirm ing the s tatute of the Unit

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and the u nique r ole of 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 2021 and p rogramm e of work fo r

2022

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and the not e by the Secreta ry-Gen eral on the rep ort of th e Unit for 202 1,

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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

2021 and pro gramme of work for 202 2;

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

for 2 021;

3. Stres ses the impo rtance of t he over sight funct ions of t he Unit i n

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 A ssembly and o ther

legis lative orga ns o f p articipa ting organi zations with p ractical an d action- oriented

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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- sixth S ession , Suppl ement No. 34 (A/76 /34).

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A/76 /603 .