Joint Inspection Unit

XXVIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
2024. Joint Inspection Unit

A REPORT OF THE JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

The General Assembly Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on its activities covering the period from 1 July 1971 to 30 June 1972,[1] as transmitted by the Secretary-General. 2088th plenary meeting
24 November 1972

B CONTINUATION OF THE JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 2150 (XXI) of 4 November 1966, 2360 (XXII) of 19 December 1967 and 2735 A (XXV) of 17 December 1970 relating to the Joint Inspection Unit, Having considered the views submitted in response to resolution 2735 A (XXV) on the future of the Joint Inspection Unit,[2] Bearing in mind the report submitted by the Secretary-General[3] in compliance with General Assembly resolution 2537 B (XXIV) of 11 December 1969 on the machinery of the United Nations system for administrative and budgetary control, investigation and co-ordination, Noting the concern expressed by the Secretary-General[4] and the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,[5] as well as the views stated in the Fifth Committee about the need to avoid a duplication of effort and a waste of resources in the activities of the bodies and organs comprising that machinery, Aware of the need to re-examine and eventually restructure that machinery with a view to improving and streamlining it in the interests of economy and greater efficiency, Recognizing that the question of the Joint Inspection Unit should be considered in the context of the reexamination mentioned above and its conclusions,

1. Decides that the Joint Inspection Unit should continue in being for a further period of four years beyond 31 December 1973;

2. Decides to review, at its thirty-first session, the machinery of the United Nations and of its system for administrative and budgetary control, investigation and co-ordination, and for this purpose requests the views of the Secretary-General as chief administrative officer of the United Nations and as Chairman of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, the relevant views of the governing bodies of the specialized agencies, the Economic and Social Council, the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Joint Inspection Unit, as well as the comments and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

3. Further decides to evaluate, at its thirty-first session, the work of the Joint Inspection Unit, in conjunction with the over-all review provided for in paragraph 2 above;

4. Reaffirms the terms of reference of the Joint Inspection Unit, as set out in the second report of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies;[6]

5. Reaffirms the procedures and criteria for the composition and appointment of the Joint Inspection Unit, as similarly set out in the second report of the Ad Hoc Committee;[7]

6. Decides that the term of office of Inspectors should be four years, with the possibility of reappointment;

7. Requests the Secretary-General to submit annually to the General Assembly a succinct report on those major recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit, as set forth in reports affecting the United Nations, which have not been implemented, together with the reasons therefor;

8. Directs that the guidelines for the functioning of the Joint Inspection Unit and for the handling of its reports shall be those new in effect pursuant to decisions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council[8] as modified by those set out in paragraphs 8 to 16 of the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;[9]

9. Recommends that the other participating organizations in the United Nations system take appropriate action for the continuation of the Joint Inspection Unit and the use of its services on the basis set out in the present resolution.

2088th plenary meeting
24 November 1972

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[1] A/ 88 10, para. 24. [2] A/8810 naras. 26 and 27. [3] A/C.5/1433. [4] A/8835 and Corr.1; A/C.5/1432, A/C.5/1434, A/C.5/ 1437 and A/C.5/1438. [5] A/7938. [6] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda item 74, document A/C.5/ 1233. [7] Ibid., Twenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/7608 and Corr.1), para. 80. [8] Ibid., Twenty-first Session, Annexes, agenda item 80, document A/6343, para. 67, B, (c). [9] Ibid., para. 67, B, (b).