Programme planning : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

The General Assembly,

Having considered the report of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination on the work of its twenty-sixth session,

Having considered also Economic and Social Council resolution 1986/51 of 22 July 1986 on the above-mentioned report and also Council resolutions 1986/50 and 1986/52 of 22 July 1986 on the Joint Meetings of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination and on the duration of the twenty-seventh session of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination, respectively,

Having considered further the views of the Main Committees of the General Assembly on the proposed revisions to the medium-term plan for the period 1984-1989,

Recalling its resolutions 31/93 of 14 December 1976 and 37/234 of 21 December 1982 and Economic and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX) of 14 May 1976,

Recalling further the mandate of the Board of Auditors, as stated in regulations 12.4 and 12.5 of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations,

1.         Adopts the revisions and the addendum to the medium-term plan for the period 1984-1989, as well as the modifications recommended by the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the other conclusions and recommendations made by the Committee at its twenty-sixth session and endorsed by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1986/51, taking into account the views of the Main Committees of the General Assembly, in particular those expressed by the Third Committee concerning the promotion and monitoring of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women;

2.         Decides that the twenty-seventh session of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination should be of five weeks' duration, as recommended by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1986/52;

3.         Accepts, as agreed by the members of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination and the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination and endorsed by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1986/50, that the topic for the twenty-second series of Joint Meetings of the two Committees shall be"Co-ordination of the activities of the United Nations system in human resources development and its contribution to meeting the economic and social objectives of the developing countries";

4.         Urges the two Committees, in order to reinforce a useful and constructive dialogue between them, to continue to improve these Joint Meetings.