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Also notes that no comprehensive system of accountability and responsibility has been established;
4. Requests the Secretary-General, while preparing his report on the system of accountability and
responsibility, to include the following elements as well as the elements enumerated in section E, paragraph 5,
of General Assembly resolution 48/218 A of 23 December 1993:
(a) A mechanism to review the decisions of the programme managers;
(b) Back evaluation;
(c) The role of the appointment and promotion bodies and the departmental panels;
(d) The role of the programme managers in the preparation and submission of budget proposals as well
as programme delivery;
(e) The role of coordination, supervision and leadership;
(f)
The accountability of staff to the Secretary-General in exercising his delegated authority;
(g) The degree to which programme evaluation influences personnel performance appraisal;
5. Emphasizes that the administrative and managerial discretionary powers of the Secretary-General
should be in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the staff, financial
and programme planning regulations and mandates given by the General Assembly;
6. Notes with concern that some administrative instructions on the delegation of authority do not conform
to the provisions of decisions of the General Assembly on this matter, and requests the Secretary-General to
comply fully with the decision of the Assembly in this respect;
7. Reiterates that every staff member of the United Nations shall be responsible and accountable to the
Secretary-General, in accordance with financial rule 114.1 and staff rule 112.3;
8. Emphasizes that any delegation of authority should be in accordance with the Charter and regulations
and rules of the Organization and should entail clear lines of authority and accountability as well as improvements
in the administration of justice, taking into account the central role played by the Office of Human Resources
Management in setting the policies and guidelines in respect of the human resources management of the
Organization and monitoring their observance and implementation;
9. Requests the Secretary-General to submit, through the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions, at the main part of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly, a consolidated and
comprehensive compendium of all administrative circulars on the delegation of authority;
10. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General in section II, paragraph 2, of its resolution 51/226 to
enhance managerial accountability with respect to human resources management decisions, including imposing
sanctions in cases of demonstrated mismanagement of staff and wilful neglect of or disregard for established rules
and procedures, while safeguarding the right of due process of all staff members, including managers;
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