A/RES/74/257
Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions
48/218 B, 54/244, 59/272, 64/263 and 69/253
unbiased manner, and reaffirms the authority of the Office to initiate, carry out and
report on any action to fulfil its oversight functions;
8.
Reaffirms that the purpose of the Office is to assist the Secretary-General
in fulfilling his internal oversight responsibilities in respect of the resources and staff
of the Organization;
9.
Emphasizes that the implementation of recommendations and the reporting
procedures of the Office should continue as established by the General Assembly;
10. Notes the role of the Management Committee in monitoring closely the
implementation of the recommendations of oversight bodies, and stresses the
importance of follow-up with programme managers to ensure the full implementation
of those recommendations in a prompt and timely manner, especially those critical
recommendations whose implementation is overdue;
11. Welcomes the continued efforts of the Office to promote the Organization’s
zero-tolerance approach to fraud, corruption, sexual harassment and sexual
exploitation and abuse, and the actions taken in this regard, including the creation of
a specialized team to investigate sexual harassment complaints and the
implementation of a procedure for addressing such complaints, and also welcomes
the efforts made to strengthen the investigative capacity of the Office in the light of
the need to improve the average time required to complete the growing number of
investigations into a range of misconduct, including cases of sexual harassment;
12. Requests the Secretary-General to take all measures necessary to ensure
that the credibility of the Organization and its staff is protected;
13. Decides to evaluate and review at its seventy-ninth session the functions
and reporting procedures of the Office and any other matter that it deems appropriate,
and to that end to include in the provisional agenda of that sessi on an item entitled
“Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244,
59/272, 64/263, 69/253 and 74/257”.
52nd (resumed) plenary meeting
27 December 2019
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