United Nations assistance in public administration

XIV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
1385. United Nations assistance in public administration

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 1256 (XIII) of 14 November 1958, Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 739 (XXVIII) of 30 July 1959, Recognizing that the time that has elapsed since the establishment of the experiment for, the provision of operational, executive and administrative personnel to Governments requesting assistance in this form has been too brief, and that, for this reason, the range of the experiment has been too narrow to justify drawing final conclusions, Recalling that several Member States have centres and institutes for training in public administration, some of which have been created or expanded with the technical assistance of the United Nations,

1. Resolves that the experimental programme started in 1959 should be continued in 1960 on the basis of General Assembly resolution 1256 (XIII), and that the Secretary-General should be allowed adequate scope in the carrying out of the experiment within the limits of the resources to be made available for 1960;

2. Recommends that, in suggesting to recipient Governments the appointments of qualified officials under the programme, the Secretary-General should make use of all available resources and, as much as possible, of the experts who have been trained in the above-mentioned centres and institutes for public administration;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to present to the Economic and Social Council at its thirtieth session and to the General Assembly at its fifteenth session a report analysing in detail the progress and results of the experiment, including whatever comments the recipient Governments may wish to make, and in particular the degree of success achieved in the training of nationals to assume as early as possible the responsibilities temporarily assigned to the internationally recruited staff, together with recommendations based on this report.

841st plenary meeting,
20 November 1959.
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