A/RES/74/257
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
9 January 2020
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 145
Review of the implementation of General Assembly
resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244, 59/272, 64/263 and 69/253
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 27 December 2019
[on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/74/605)]
74/257.
Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions
48/218 B, 54/244, 59/272, 64/263 and 69/253
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 48/218 B of 29 July 1994, 54/244 of 23 December
1999, 59/272 of 23 December 2004, 64/263 of 29 March 2010 and 69/253 of
29 December 2014,
Recalling also its resolution 61/275 of 29 June 2007,
1.
Reaffirms its resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244, 59/272, 64/263 and 69/253;
2.
Also reaffirms its primary role in the consideration of and action taken on
reports submitted to it;
3.
Further reaffirms its oversight role and the role of the Fifth Committee in
administrative and budgetary matters;
4.
Reaffirms the independence and the separate and distinct roles of the
internal and external oversight mechanisms;
5.
Recognizes the important roles and operational independence of the
oversight bodies, including the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the
Secretariat, in contributing to improvements in the effectiveness, transparency and
accountability of the Organization;
6.
Recalls that the Office shall exercise operational independence relating to
the performance of its internal oversight functions, under the authority of the
Secretary-General, in accordance with the relevant resolutions;
7.
Stresses that the independence and objectivity of the Office are vital in
ensuring that its internal oversight functions are carried out in a credible, factual and
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