A/RES/57/284 A-B United Nations Distr.: General 29 January 2003 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 119 Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/640)] 57/284. Joint Inspection Unit A REPORTS OF THE JOINT INSPECTION UNIT The General Assembly, Reaffirming its previous resolutions on the Joint Inspection Unit, in particular resolutions 50/233 of 7 June 1996, 54/16 of 29 October 1999, 55/230 of 23 December 2000 and 56/245 of 24 December 2001, 1. 2001;1 Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the programme of work of the Unit for 2002;2 3. Also takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the preliminary listing of potential reports for the programme of work of the Unit for 2003 and beyond;3 4. Takes note in particular that, as noted in the preliminary listing of potential reports for the programme of work of the Unit for 2003 and beyond and reaffirmed by the Chairman of the Unit, the preliminary listing is of a tentative nature and does not necessarily imply that the Unit is committed to taking up those subjects; 5. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Unit;4 6. Reiterates its request to the executive heads of participating organizations to observe fully the time frame for submitting their comments, as called for in article 11, paragraphs 4 (d) and (e), of the statute of the Unit; _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 34 (A/57/34). A/57/61. 3 A/57/321. 4 A/57/327. 2 02 56029