A/RES/75/270 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 April 2021 Seventy-fifth session Agenda item 147 Joint Inspection Unit Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 April 2021 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/830, para. 6)] 75/270. Joint Inspection Unit The General Assembly, Recalling its previous resolutions on the Joint Inspection Unit, in particular resolutions 31/192 of 22 December 1976, 50/233 of 7 June 1996, 54/16 of 29 October 1999, 56/245 of 24 December 2001, 57/284 A and B of 20 December 2002, 58/286 of 8 April 2004, 59/267 of 23 December 2004, 60/258 of 8 May 2006, 61/238 of 22 December 2006, 61/260 of 4 April 2007, 62/226 of 22 December 2007, 62/246 of 3 April 2008, 63/272 of 7 April 2009, 64/262 of 29 March 2010, 65/270 of 4 April 2011, 66/259 of 9 April 2012, 67/256 of 12 April 2013, 68/266 of 9 April 2014, 69/275 of 2 April 2015, 70/257 of 1 April 2016, 71/281 of 6 April 2017, 72/269 of 4 April 2018 and 73/287 of 15 April 2019, Reaffirming the statute of the Unit 1 and the unique role of the Unit as the only external and independent system-wide inspection, evaluation and investigation body, Having considered the report of the Unit for 2020 and programme of work for 2021 2 and the note by the Secretary-General on the report of the Unit for 2020, 3 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2020 and programme of work for 2021; 2. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the report of the Unit for 2020; 3. Stresses the importance of the oversight functions of the Unit in identifying concrete managerial, administrative and programming questions within the participating organizations and providing the Gen eral Assembly and other __________________ 1 2 3 21-05136 (E) Resolution 31/192, annex. Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fifth Session, Supplement No. 34 (A/75/34). A/75/725. 220421 *2105136*

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