United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/224 Distr.: General 19 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 99 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2003 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/58/489)] 58/224. United Nations System Staff College in Turin, Italy The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 54/228 of 22 December 1999, 55/207 of 20 December 2000 and 55/258 of 14 June 2001, Recalling also its resolution 55/278 of 7 August 2001, by which it approved the statute of the United Nations System Staff College, Reaffirming the role of the Staff College as an institution for system-wide knowledge management, training and continuous learning for the staff of the United Nations system, in particular in the areas of economic and social development, peace and security and internal management, Takes note with appreciation of the note by the Secretary-General and the 1. accompanying report; 1 Welcomes the progress made by the United Nations System Staff College 2. since the entry into force of its statute on 1 January 2002 in pursuing the objectives set forth therein; Calls upon all organizations of the United Nations system to make full 3. and effective use of the facilities of the Staff College; Invites the Staff College, in developing and implementing its work 4. programme, to focus, inter alia, on activities that can serve to maximize systemwide coherence and effectiveness in supporting the coordinated and integrated follow-up to the outcomes of conferences, including, in particular, the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2 and improving the delivery of services to Member States; Encourages the Staff College to provide strategic leadership in order to 5. increase operational effectiveness, promote inter-agency collaboration and strengthen management culture by its own example, including the development of new systems of performance management, flexible and collaborative work _______________ 1 2 03 50796 A/58/305 and Corr.1. See resolution 55/2.