A/RES/59/55
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 February 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 12
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2004
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.27/Rev.1 and Add.1)]
59/55. Public administration and development
The General Assembly,
Recalling all pertinent resolutions, in particular its resolution 58/231 of
23 December 2003 on public administration and development,
Recalling also the historic resumed fiftieth session of the General Assembly,
devoted to the subject of the strengthening of public administration and
development,
Stressing the need for capacity-building and e-Government initiatives as tools
to promote development,
Recognizing that efficient, accountable, effective and transparent public
administration at both the national and the international levels constitutes a key
factor in development,
Recognizing also the importance of strengthening public administration
institutions, improving public sector human resources capacity and fostering
knowledge creation and innovation and the utilization of information technology for
development in public administration and in the implementation of internationally
agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations
Millennium Declaration, 1
Welcoming
Corruption, 2
1.
the
adoption of the United Nations Convention against
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 3
2.
Stresses the importance of United Nations Public Service Day and the
United Nations Public Service Awards in the process of revitalizing public
administration by building a culture of innovation, partnership and responsiveness;
Also stresses the valuable contribution that the Global Forum on
3.
Reinventing Government has made to the exchange of lessons learned in public
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1
See resolution 55/2.
Resolution 58/4, annex.
3
A/59/346.
2
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