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programmes and relationships at the field, headquarters and intergovernmental
levels, with a view to identifying areas in which communication, cooperation
and coordination could be improved. The review should produce a report and
recommendations on how the respective institutions can improve their own
efforts and effectively complement one another's efforts, particularly in the
context of the priorities established by their respective member States, in
relation to the implementation of the results of United Nations conferences,
the collection and dissemination of data analyses and reports, the use of
existing resources in the transition from emergency relief to rehabilitation
and development, the provision of technical assistance operations in the
field, intergovernmental and secretariat consultations, and policy dialogues.
87.
The General Assembly and the respective governing bodies of the Bretton
Woods institutions, based on the conclusions of the above review, should
consider concrete areas and forms of collaboration in the field of
development-related activities.
88.
In order to improve communication and cooperation at the
intergovernmental level between the Council and the international financial
and trade institutions, to facilitate an exchange of views with regard to
global issues of high priority and relevance and to consider how the Economic
and Social Council and the international financial and trade institutions
could mutually support their respective efforts in promoting and coordinating
programme activities within their purviews relating to these issues, the
Council should schedule periodically a high-level special meeting at a time
proximate to the semi-annual meetings of the Bretton Woods institutions with a
view to benefiting, to the extent possible, from high-level ministerial
participation and the participation of heads of financial and trade
institutions and other relevant organizations. A theme and agenda for this
Council meeting should be prepared collaboratively, sufficiently in advance to
permit preparation and consultations, and the financial and trade institutions
should be invited, as and when appropriate, to prepare reports and studies to
enhance the discussions. In order to secure an effective outcome of such
meetings, the Secretary-General is requested to consult the heads of the
International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, in order to explore
possibilities and practical modalities for such meetings and to inform the
Council thereon.
IX.
SECRETARIAT
89.
The present structure and functioning of the Secretariat, including the
economic and social departments and the question of establishing a post of
Deputy Secretary-General for International Cooperation and Development, shall
be considered in the High-level Open-ended Working Group on the Strengthening
of the United Nations System and in the Open-ended Working Group on an Agenda
for Development.
90.
In the context of the High-level Open-ended Working Group on the
Strengthening of the United Nations System, uniform and maximum terms of
service for heads of programmes and funds and other Economic and Social
Council and General Assembly bodies should be considered. In connection with
the recruitment and appointment of staff, there is a need to implement the
provisions of Article 101 of the Charter of the United Nations and relevant
General Assembly resolutions.
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