Co-ordination between the United Nations and the specialized agencies: administrative and budgetary co-ordination

UN General Assembly, Co-ordination between the United Nations and the specialized agencies: administrative and budgetary co-ordination, A/RES/672, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1952, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1952/en/7570 [accessed 24 March 2025]
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VII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
672. Co-ordination between the United Nations and the specialized agencies: administrative and budgetary co-ordination

A

The General Assembly

1. Takes note with satisfaction of the report[1] of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions dealing with the administrative budgets of the specialized agencies for 1953 and of the Secretary-General's report[2] on common services and co-ordination of services of the United Nations and the specialized agencies at various centres;

2. Invites the attention of the specialized agencies to the recommendations and suggestions made in the Advisory Committee's report, as well as to the views expressed by Members during the seventh session of the General Assembly.

3. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the executive heads of the specialized agencies and with the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, to give continuing attention to the co-ordination of administrative procedures and services.

409th plenary meeting,
20 December 1952.

B

The General Assembly, Noting the increase in the activities of the United Nations and the specialized agencies and the related increase in their financial responsibilities,

1. Considers that the present system for the audit of their financial accounts may not be the most suitable and efficient that can be devised to meet these increased requirements;

2. Invites the Secretary-General and the executive heads of the specialized agencies, in consultation with the joint Panel of Auditors, to review in the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination the present audit procedures and arrangements, and to make appropriate recommendations on any changes or improvements they may, consider desirable;

3. Invites the governments of Member States to submit any views or recommendations they may have on this question to the Secretary-General for his consideration and for transmittal to the specialized agencies and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

4. Requests the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to examine the recommendations of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its eighth session;

5. Decides to include an item in the provisional agenda of the eighth session of the General Assembly entitled "Review of audit procedures of the United Nations and the specialized agencies".

409th plenary meeting,
20 December 1952.
[1] See document A/2287. [2] See document A/C.5/504.
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