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10. Requests the Secretary-General to consider ways to increase the transparency of procurement
decisions, including the possibility of reviving the practice of the reading of prices and other decisive
elements at public bid openings for requests for proposals, and to report thereon in his next report on
procurement reform;
11. Also requests the Secretary-General to enhance and expedite the procurement process and to
improve communication with suppliers;
IV
UNITED NATIONS ROSTER AND COMMON SUPPLIER DATABASE
12. Notes the efforts of the United Nations system to establish a common supplier database whereby
participating organizations will be able to share information on suppliers, including evaluations of
performance;
13. Regrets that the supplier roster is still not representative of the membership of the United Nations,
and reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to intensify further and to focus his efforts to broaden the
geographical base of the roster;
14. Requests the Secretary-General to improve further the registration process for the supplier roster;
15. Also requests the Secretary-General to send invitations to tender, to the fullest extent possible, to
all vendors registered under specific categories and services on the supplier roster;
16. Further requests the Secretary-General to explore the possibility of using the harmonized system
of classification of goods for United Nations procurement and to report thereon in his next report on
procurement reform;
V
PROCUREMENT PLANNING
17. Encourages the Secretary-General to continue to improve annual procurement planning for all
offices and departments and to make such plans publicly available, including to all permanent missions to
the United Nations;
VI
EXIGENCY
18. Notes with concern the observations of the Advisory Committee4 that the definition of exigency
as outlined in the report of the Secretary-General5 appears too broad to be of any real value in exercising the
required control over the use of the exigency provision, and urges the Secretary-General to submit a sharper
4
A/53/692, para. 10.
5
A/C.5/52/46, para. 5.
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