A/RES/62/269
United Nations
Distr.: General
4 August 2008
General Assembly
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 126
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 June 2008
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/62/604/Add.2)]
62/269. Procurement reform
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 54/14 of 29 October 1999, 55/247 of 12 April 2001,
57/279 of 20 December 2002, 58/276 and 58/277 of 23 December 2003, 59/288 of
13 April 2005, 60/1 of 16 September 2005, 60/260 of 8 May 2006, 60/266 of
30 June 2006, 60/283 of 7 July 2006, 61/246 of 22 December 2006 and 61/276 and
61/279 of 29 June 2007,
Reaffirming the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, 1 in
particular those regarding the procurement process,
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Having considered the comprehensive report of the Secretary-General on
United Nations procurement activities, 2 the related report of the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 3 the report of the Office of
Internal Oversight Services on the audit of the application of the best value for
money principle in United Nations procurement 4 and the comments of the
Secretary-General thereon, 5
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Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report
of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions3 subject to
the provisions of the present resolution;
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Reaffirms the need for the procurement system to be transparent, open,
impartial and cost-effective, based on competitive bidding and fully reflecting the
international character of the United Nations;
Notes the ongoing improvements made by the Secretary-General in
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procurement reform at Headquarters and in the field missions, including those set
out in paragraph 8 of the report of the Advisory Committee;
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ST/SGB/2003/7.
A/62/525.
3
A/62/721.
4
A/61/846.
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See A/61/846/Add.1.
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07-48477