Programme planning A/RES/74/251 10. Expresses its support for the efforts of the Secretariat to better engage and support programme managers with the aim of making the Organization more effective, and welcomes the commitment and ongoing efforts of the Secretariat to improve the programmatic aspects of the programme budget; 11. Calls upon the Secretary-General to ensure that objectives, results and performance measures that are put forward for consideration are strategic, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation approved by the General Assembly in its resolutions 70/8 and 72/9 are fully respected, with the exception of regulations and rules that have been directly impacted by the decisions taken by the Assembly in its resolution 72/266 A; 13. Notes the repeated reference “in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the purposes stipulated in Article 1 of the Charter are embodied by the Sustainable Development Goals” across the programmes, underscores the primacy of the Charter of the United Nat ions, and reaffirms that the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 6 are guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that results and, where possible, performance measures actually reflect achievements in the implementation of the programmes of the Organization and not those of individual Member States; 15. Also requests the Secretary-General, while still considering further areas of improvement, to apply the following guidelines when preparing the next proposed programme plan and programme performance documents for the remainder of the approved trial period, namely, for 2021 and 2022: (a) Adhering to a programme plan that contains the required level of detail and information, in particular keeping the objectives, results and corresponding performance measures at the subprogramme level, in line with the results -based budgeting framework; (b) Including a detailed list of deliverables in the proposed programme b udget and ensuring that resources are justified in terms of the requirements to implement deliverables as contributions to the planned results; (c) Including clear, comprehensive explanations of the approved methodologies to be applied in the context of the programme budget proposals to be submitted in respect of the 2021 and 2022 budget periods, with reference to the applicable provisions of relevant General Assembly resolutions, including resolutions 47/212 A of 23 December 1992 and 72/266 A; (d) Enhancing the link between the preceding programme plans and the proposed future plans, with a view to ensuring consistency and con tinuity; (e) Incorporating more general information on programmes and subprogrammes by showing not only examples of actual and planned results, but also an overview of activities and general strategy that encompasses a comprehensive overall account of the actual and planned results; (f) Presenting performance information on a comprehensive set of results, which would allow for enhanced oversight, transparency and accountability in the __________________ 6 19-22679 Resolution 70/1. 3/5

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