A/RES/51/231 Page 5 30. Requests the Secretary-General to review the possibility of consolidating the procurement functions at Headquarters and to report thereon to the General Assembly as soon as possible and no later than September 1997; 31. Also requests the Secretary-General to develop an intensified training programme for all procurement personnel of the Secretariat and all its offices, including field offices of peacekeeping operations, to develop the capacity to dispatch in a timely manner qualified and trained procurement personnel to new or expanded missions and to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session on measures taken to enhance the training programme; 32. Further requests the Secretary-General to establish annual consolidated procurement plans as a part of procurement reform; 33. Requests the Secretary-General to complete the preparation of a new procurement manual as soon as possible and to provide the necessary training for procurement personnel; 34. Requests the Board of Auditors to monitor and report on the completion of the new procurement manual in its next report and to monitor closely the implementation of its recommendation that the Procurement and Transportation Division should establish detailed guidelines on methods of invitation to bid covering all aspects of procurement, including open tendering; 35. Also requests the Board of Auditors to report in the next audit report on peacekeeping operations, in January 1998, on the status of the implementation by the Secretary-General of its recommendations concerning the administration of letters of assist; 36. Welcomes the reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services,13 notes that the Secretary-General concurs with the recommendations of the Office, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure their full implementation; 37. Notes with concern the observations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services in paragraphs 37 to 42 of its report,4 and requests the Secretary-General to report on the precise action taken in this regard to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session; 38. Endorses the recommendations contained in the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audit of Headquarters catering operations,6 and requests the Secretary-General to take action to achieve consistency in policy and practice with regard to catering operations at Headquarters and at Geneva. 101st plenary meeting 13 June 1997 13 A/51/432, annex, sect. II.C; A/50/945, annex; A/50/1004; and A/51/802, annex.