A/RES/63/276
United Nations
Distr.: General
26 June 2009
General Assembly
Sixty-third session
Agenda item 117
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 April 2009
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/63/649/Add.1)]
63/276. Accountability framework, enterprise risk management
and internal control framework, and results-based
management framework
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 59/272 of 23 December 2004 and 60/254 of 8 May
2006, section I of its resolution 60/260 of 8 May 2006, its resolution 60/283 of
7 July 2006, paragraph 4 of its resolution 61/245 of 22 December 2006,
paragraph 22 of its resolution 62/236 of 22 December 2007 and paragraphs 15 and
16 of its resolution 62/250 of 20 June 2008,
Recalling also its resolutions 55/231 of 23 December 2000, 56/253 of
24 December 2001, 57/290 B of 18 June 2003 and 59/296 of 22 June 2005 and
paragraph 2 of its resolution 60/257 of 8 May 2006,
Aware of the significant flaws in terms of internal monitoring, inspection and
accountability regarding, for example, the management of the United Nations oilfor-food programme,
Noting that since its sixtieth session, the General Assembly has included in its
agenda the item entitled “Follow-up to the recommendations on administrative
management and internal oversight of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the
United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme”,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the accountability
framework, enterprise risk management and internal control framework, and resultsbased management framework, 1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee
on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 2 as well as the related section of the
report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee on its activities for the period
from 1 January to 31 July 2008, 3
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Having also considered the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services
on the review of results-based management in the United Nations, 4 and the report of
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1
A/62/701 and Corr.1 and Add.1.
A/63/457.
3
A/63/328, sect. III.D.
4
A/63/268.
2
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