A/RES/73/248
Operational activities for development of the United Nations system
Welcoming the Paris Agreement, 1 and encouraging all its parties to fully
implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change 2 that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where appropriate, as soon as possible,
Reaffirming the importance of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of
operational activities, through which the General Assembly establishes key system wide strategic policy orientations and operational modalities for the development
cooperation and country-level modalities of the United Nations development system,
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary-General on the
system-wide implementation of General Assembly resolution 71/243, 3 and welcomes
his efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations development system;
2.
Requests the Secretary-General and all entities of the United Nations
development system to ensure full implementation of General Assembly resolutions
71/243 and 72/279, and stresses the urgency of implementing the mandates contained
in paragraphs 4, 15, 19, 29, and 30 of its resolution 72/279, on which reporting is
required at the operational activities for development segment of the Economic and
Social Council session in May 2019;
3.
Stresses the need to fully operationalize the three funding sources set out
in paragraph 10 of its resolution 72/279, emphasizing that adequate, predictable and
sustainable funding of the resident coordinator system remains a concern and is
essential to delivering a coherent, effective, efficient and accountable response in
accordance with national needs and priorities, and requests the Secretary -General to
ensure independent and transparent management of the dedicated trust fund
established for the reinvigorated resident coordinator system;
4.
Strongly urges all Member States to provide voluntary contributions to the
dedicated trust fund for the reinvigorated resident coordinator system in a timely
manner for the inception period;
5.
Emphasizes the need to ensure full achievement of the efficiency gains
envisioned in the report of the Secretary-General 4 in a timely manner and to redeploy
these efficiency gains for development activities, including coordination;
6.
Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system, within
their respective mandates and resources, to ensure that no one is left behind and no
country is left behind in the implementation of the present resolution;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Economic and Social
Council on progress made in the implementation of the mandates contained in its
resolutions 71/243 and 72/279, as part of his annual reporting to the Council at the
operational activities for development segment of its 2019 session, and to the General
Assembly at its seventy-fourth session for its further consideration and to inform the
next cycle of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review, to be launched in 2020;
8.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session,
under the item entitled “Operational activities for development”, the sub-item entitled
“Operational activities for development of the United Nations system”.
62nd plenary meeting
20 December 2018
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Adopted under the UNFCCC in FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.
A/72/124-E/2018/3, A/72/684-E/2018/7 and A/73/63-E/2018/8.
A/72/684-E/2018/7.
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