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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/123
17 February 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 90
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/49/730)]
49/123.
United Nations Development Programme and
the Human Development Report
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolutions 47/199 of 22 December 1992 on the triennial
policy review of operational activities for development within the United
Nations system and 48/162 of 20 December 1993 on further measures for the
restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic, social
and related fields,
Recalling that the Human Development Report is the result of an
independent intellectual exercise and that the policies governing the
operational activities for development of the United Nations system will
continue to be set by Member States,
1.
Affirms that the Human Development Report is a separate and
distinct exercise which is not an official document of the United Nations and
that the policies governing the operational activities for development of the
United Nations system will continue to be set by Member States;
2.
Reaffirms decision 94/15 of 10 June 1994 of the Executive Board of
the United Nations Development Programme, 1/ by which the Board welcomed the
decision of the Administrator to improve the process of consultation with
Member States and other relevant international bodies to refine the
methodologies used in the report with a view to improving its quality and
accuracy without compromising its editorial independence;
1/
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994,
Supplement No. 15 (E/1994/35/Rev.1).
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