United Nations A/RES/59/267 General Assembly Distr.: General 7 March 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 115 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2004 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/646)] 59/267. Reports of the Joint Inspection Unit The General Assembly, Reaffirming its previous resolutions on the Joint Inspection Unit, in particular resolutions 31/192 of 22 December 1976, 50/233 of 7 June 1996, 54/16 of 29 October 1999, 55/230 of 23 December 2000, 56/245 of 24 December 2001, 57/284 A and B of 20 December 2002 and 58/286 of 8 April 2004, Having considered the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2003, 1 the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the programme of work of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2004 2 and the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit, 3 Noting with appreciation the recent adoption by the Joint Inspection Unit of internal working procedures and mechanisms to complement its standards and guidelines, which are aimed at improving the quality and impact of the Unit’s activities, Recognizing that in order for the Unit to further improve its effectiveness, the provisions of the statute of the Unit should be fully implemented, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2003;1 2. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the programme of work of the Unit for 2004;2 3. Also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Unit;3 4. Decides to discontinue the requirement for the report of the SecretaryGeneral on the implementation of the recommendations of the Unit; _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 34 (A/59/34). A/59/75. 3 A/59/349. 2 04-49228