A/RES/62/269
4.
Recalls its resolutions 52/226 A of 31 March 1998, 54/14, 55/247, and
62/232 of 22 December 2007, regarding the need for the Secretary-General to take
steps to ensure that specifications are not deliberately tailored to predetermine the
choice of supplier and that the principle of separation of responsibilities of the
requisitioning and approving officers is maintained;
Requests the Secretary-General to implement all of the requests included
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in its previous procurement reform resolutions, in particular resolution 61/246;
Governance
6.
Reiterates its regret for the delay in the response of the SecretaryGeneral to its outstanding requests in its resolutions 59/288, 61/246 and 61/276, and
urges him as a matter of priority to submit a report on procurement governance and
other issues as requested in resolutions 61/246 and 61/276, with full justification of
the reasons for the delay;
Internal controls
7.
Notes with concern the possible weaknesses in the internal control
environment with regard to procurement activities owing, inter alia, to the splitting
of responsibilities between the Department of Management, the Department of
Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support of the Secretariat,
and requests the Secretary-General to take concrete steps to avoid any such
weaknesses and to report thereon in the context of the report on the governance of
United Nations procurement activities;
Encourages the Secretary-General to strengthen further the internal
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control framework within the Procurement Division of the Department of
Management by developing a more robust regime for the oversight of vendors,
including subcontractors, at the Secretariat, as well as effectively addressing vendor
misconduct and suspension;
Accountability
9.
Reaffirms paragraph 3 of its resolution 61/246, and in this regard requests
the Secretary-General to continue to ensure proper accountability and training of all
those involved in the procurement process at Headquarters and in the field;
Ethics
10. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to consider a proper
mechanism for monitoring compliance of United Nations staff and vendors with
ethical behaviour norms;
11. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that ethics guidelines for
procurement staff are issued as a matter of priority;
12. Notes that conflict of interest is not officially defined under current
United Nations regulations and rules, and reiterates its request contained in its
resolutions 52/226 A, 54/14, 60/266, 61/246 and 61/276 that the Secretary-General
submit proposals on possible amendments to the Financial Regulations and Rules of
the United Nations1 and the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations to
address issues of potential conflict of interest, such as the employment of former
United Nations procurement officers by United Nations suppliers and vice versa;
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