A/RES/63/262
United Nations
Distr.: General
5 March 2009
General Assembly
Sixty-third session
Agenda item 118
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 December 2008
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/63/648/Add.3)]
63/262. Information and communications technology,
enterprise resource planning, and security,
disaster recovery and business continuity
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 57/304 of 15 April 2003, 59/275 of 23 December
2004, 60/283, section II, of 7 July 2006 and 62/250 of 20 June 2008,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Investing in
information and communications technology: information and communications
strategy for the United Nations Secretariat” 1 and the addendum thereto, 2 the report
of the Secretary-General entitled “Information and communications technology:
enterprise systems for the United Nations Secretariat worldwide”, 3 the report of the
Secretary-General on information and communications technology security, disaster
recovery and business continuity for the United Nations 4 and the related report of
the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 5 the first
progress report of the Secretary-General on the adoption of International Public
Sector Accounting Standards by the United Nations 6 and the related report of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 7 the report of the
Secretary-General entitled “Investing in information and communications
technology: status report” 8 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on
Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 9 the note by the Secretary-General on
information and communication technology security, business continuity and
disaster recovery 10 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on
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A/62/793 and Corr.1.
A/62/793/Add.1.
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A/62/510/Rev.1.
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A/62/477.
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A/63/487 and Corr.1 and 2.
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A/62/806.
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A/63/496.
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A/62/502.
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A/62/7/Add.31. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session,
Supplement No. 7A.
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A/61/290.
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