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5.
Invites other principal organs, the specialized agencies and other
bodies of the United Nations system to implement the measures for
strengthening the system that are specified in the text and that are within
their respective areas of competence, as appropriate;
6.
Decides that the Open-ended High-level Working Group on the
Strengthening of the United Nations System has completed its work as mandated
in resolution 49/252.
105th plenary meeting
31 July 1997
ANNEX
I.
PURPOSE
1.
The Open-ended High-level Working Group on the Strengthening of the
United Nations System has undertaken its work in accordance with the
perspective that its mandate for strengthening the United Nations system,
derived from General Assembly resolution 49/252 of 14 September 1995, is to
better enable the Organization to fulfil the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations and to meet the aspirations of its Members. It
has focused on improving the capacity of the General Assembly to discharge
effectively its functions, role and powers and that of the Secretariat to
carry out effectively and efficiently the mandates of intergovernmental
processes with the necessary transparency and accountability.
2.
The Working Group has proceeded on the assumption that adequate
resources will be provided to support the United Nations system. It has not
seen its mandate as responding to the current financial crisis, which is being
considered by the High-level Open-ended Working Group on the Financial
Situation of the United Nations. It has also proceeded on the assumption that
any Secretariat resources that are freed up as a result of strengthening
measures proposed by the Working Group shall be reallocated according to
priorities set by the General Assembly, in particular to the economic and
social areas.
II.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION
3.
The report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization
should be available not later than thirty days prior to the opening of the
regular session of the General Assembly in all official languages of the
Organization so as to permit due consideration.
4.
The introduction to the report of the Secretary-General on the work of
the Organization should be in the nature of an executive summary highlighting
main issues.
5.
The main body of the report shall be comprehensive, informative and
analytical in a way that will allow Member States to examine and assess,
inter alia, through the debate on the report, the extent to which mandates
given by the General Assembly have been fulfilled, as well as to set
priorities in the context of the major political, economic and social,
administrative and financial issues on its agenda.
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