A/RES/57/282 Council support and coordination,17 on the in-depth evaluation of legal affairs,18 on the triennial review of the implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee at its thirty-ninth session on the in-depth evaluation of the disarmament programme19 and on the triennial review of the implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee at its thirty-ninth session on the in-depth evaluation of the electoral assistance programme;20 IV Report of the Joint Inspection Unit 1. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination21 regarding the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Strengthening the investigations functions in United Nations system organizations”;22 2. Notes the recommendation of the Unit that executive heads of organizations should ensure that managers involved in investigations have sufficient training in the use of established standards and procedures for conducting investigations,23 and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that United Nations programme managers implicated in incidents, crimes or irregularities leading to investigations are not involved, in any way, in conducting those investigations; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to review the practice of involving United Nations programme managers in investigative processes so as to ensure their independence in administrative and managerial functions and to establish proper guidelines that take into consideration the practice of internal control, and to report thereon to the General Assembly no later than at its fifty-eighth session; V Other conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination 1. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination24 regarding the annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2001,25 and its conclusions and recommendations26 regarding the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa in the context of the final evaluation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s;27 _______________ 17 Ibid., paras. 271–274. Ibid., paras. 289 and 290. 19 Ibid., paras. 297 and 298. 20 Ibid., paras. 305 and 306. 21 Ibid., paras. 356 and 357. 22 See A/56/282. 23 Ibid., recommendation 2. 24 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/57/16), paras. 316–323. 25 E/2002/55. 26 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/57/16), paras. 334–338. 27 E/AC.51/2002/8. 18 4

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