A/RES/57/292 19. Concurs with the intention of the Secretary-General to establish an independent and impartial advisory board, as outlined in paragraph 66 of his report,3 and requests him, in establishing the board, to reflect wide geographical representation; 20. Takes note of the information included in paragraph 75 of the report of the Secretary-General3 and of the fact that the Board of Auditors, in order to avoid a conflict of interest, did not assume responsibility for the validation of initial project costs; 21. Stresses in this regard the importance, as a matter of transparency, of the Secretary-General reporting to the General Assembly on such situations; 22. Also stresses the importance of oversight with respect to the development and implementation of the capital master plan, and requests the Board of Auditors and all other relevant oversight bodies to initiate immediate oversight activities and to report annually thereon to the General Assembly; 23. Takes note of annexes II and III to the report of the Secretary-General,3 and requests the Secretary-General to issue a corrigendum that reflects the current organizational structure of the Secretariat for managing the capital master plan, both at present and over the course of its implementation;6 Appropriation and funding 24. Decides that a special account for the capital master plan should be established, and requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements in this regard, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 6.6 of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations; 25. Also decides to appropriate 25.5 million dollars to the special account for the capital master plan for the biennium 2002–2003, in accordance with the relevant resolutions on the scale of assessments applicable for the biennium 2002–2003, for design and related project management and management of pre-construction services for the baseline scope and scope options; 26. Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments of up to 26 million dollars for the biennium 2004–2005 to provide for the remaining work, related project management and management of pre-construction services for the baseline scope and scope options; 27. Welcomes the preparedness of the Secretary-General to initiate a campaign to encourage and secure private donations; 28. Reaffirms the importance of continuing efforts to secure financial resources from the public and private sectors for upgrading facilities and equipment, including the participation of private companies in infrastructural improvements, where such participation has no financial implications for the Organization, and also reaffirms that the acceptance of any donation should conform to the international and intergovernmental character of the Organization and should be in full compliance with the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations; 29. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fiftyeighth session on: (a) The status of possible funding arrangements, including a financial package to be provided by the host country; _______________ 6 4 The corrigendum was subsequently issued as A/57/285/Corr.1.