United Nations A/RES/59/268 General Assembly Distr.: General 9 February 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 116 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2004 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/647)] 59/268. United Nations common system: report of the International Civil Service Commission The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 51/216 of 18 December 1996, 52/216 of 22 December 1997, 53/209 of 18 December 1998, 55/223 of 23 December 2000, 56/244 of 24 December 2001, 57/285 of 20 December 2002 and 58/251 of 23 December 2003, Having considered the report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2004, 1 the note by the Secretariat submitting the report of the Panel on the Strengthening of the International Civil Service 2 and the note by the SecretaryGeneral on the findings and recommendations of the Panel, 3 Reaffirming its commitment to a single, unified United Nations common system as the cornerstone for the regulation and coordination of the conditions of service of the United Nations common system, Convinced that the common system constitutes the best instrument through which to secure staff with the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity for the international civil service, as stipulated in the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the statute of the Commission and the central role of the Commission and the General Assembly in the regulation and coordination of the conditions of service of the United Nations common system, Takes note of the report of the International Civil Service Commission for 2004;1 _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 30 (A/59/30), vols. I and II. 2 A/59/153. 3 A/59/399. 04-49234