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eradication in the framework of the United Nations Millennium Declaration and
concerning the in-depth evaluation of the United Nations Human Settlements
Programme; 3
3.
Re-emphasizes the role of the plenary and the Main Committees in
reviewing and taking action on the appropriate recommendations of the Committee
for Programme and Coordination relevant to their work, in accordance with
regulation 4.10 of the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the
Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the
Methods of Evaluation; 4
4.
Requests the General Committee to take fully into account resolutions
56/253, 57/282 and 59/275 in the allocation of agenda items to the Main
Committees;
Programme questions
5.
Stresses that setting the priorities of the United Nations is the prerogative
of the Member States, as reflected in legislative mandates;
Also stresses the need for Member States to participate fully in the
6.
budget preparation process, from its early stages and throughout the process;
7.
Recalls paragraph 3 of its resolution 60/246 of 23 December 2005, and
invites the Committee for Programme and Coordination at its forty-seventh session,
in the light of its recommendations in paragraphs 118 to 120 and 122 of its report, 1
to provide further comments on the various aspects of the review process referred to
in paragraphs 12 and 13 of General Assembly resolution 58/269 to facilitate the
decision of the Assembly at its sixty-second session;
8.
Requests the Secretary-General, as an exceptional measure and without
prejudice to the provisions of General Assembly resolutions 41/213, 42/211 of
21 December 1987 and 58/269 or to the future scheduling of the sessions of the
Committee for Programme and Coordination, and taking into account paragraph 4 of
its resolution 60/246, to reschedule the forty-sixth session of the Committee to
September 2006 at the latest in order to consider the proposed strategic framework
for the period 2008-2009 and other items on the Committee’s provisional agenda;
Evaluation
9.
Takes note of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, 2 and
encourages intergovernmental bodies to make use of the findings in the programme
performance report of the Secretary-General and evaluation reports in planning and
policymaking;
10. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly, as
appropriate, on the measures taken to promote the strengthening of monitoring and
evaluation in the Organization, as per the proposals contained in the annex to the
report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services; 2
11. Concurs with the findings contained in paragraphs 16 and 17 of the
report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, 2 and requests the SecretaryGeneral to report to the General Assembly in the context of the overall information
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ST/SGB/2000/8.
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