Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

 

Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations

  The General Assembly, Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recognizing that the Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members, Mindful of the vital role of the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security and in the promotion of development and international co-operation, Convinced that the improvement of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations could help it to attain the purposes and implement the principles of the Charter, Considering the unanimous support for the United Nations, expressed by Heads of State or Government or their special envoys and by the representatives of Member States during the commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of the United Nations, Noting that all participants stressed the need to promote confidence in the United Nations and enhance the political will of Member States to render more positive support to the Organization, Reaffirming the necessity of securing, in the employment of the Secretariat staff, the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, and the importance of recruiting the staff based on the principle of equitable geographical distribution, Noting with appreciation the efforts of the Secretary-General, as the chief administrative officer of the Organization, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Secretariat, Bearing in mind the work of the relevant subsidiary organs of the General Assembly, Taking fully into account the views expressed during the fortieth session,

1. Expresses its conviction that an overall increase in efficiency would further enhance the capacity of the United Nations to attain the purposes and implement the principles of the Charter of the United Nations;

2. Decides to establish a Group of High-level Intergovernmental Experts with a term of one year, to carry out in full accordance with the principles and provisions of the Charter the following tasks:

(a) To conduct a thorough review of the administrative and financial matters of the United Nations, with a view to identifying measures for further improving the efficiency of its administrative and financial functioning, which would contribute to strengthening its effectiveness in dealing with political, economic and social issues;

(b) To submit to the General Assembly, before the opening of its forty-first session, a report containing the observations and recommendations of the Group;

3. Requests the President of the General Assembly, in consultation with the regional groups, to appoint as soon as possible the members of the Group of High-level Intergovernmental Experts with due regard to equitable geographical distribution;

4. Decides that the Group will consist of eighteen members, and requests the Secretary-General to convene a meeting of the Group as soon as possible to enable it to elect its officers;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Group with the necessary staff and services;

6. Also requests the Secretary-General to provide full assistance to the Group, in particular by submitting his views and providing information necessary to conduct the review;

7. Invites the relevant subsidiary organs of the General Assembly to submit to the Group, through their chairmen, information and comments on matters pertaining to their work;

8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session an item entitled "Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations: report of the Group of High-level Intergovernmental Experts"..