United Nations A/RES/56/246 General Assembly Distr.: General 7 February 2002 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 130 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/56/739)] 56/246. Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 48/218 B of 29 July 1994 and 54/244 of 23 December 1999, Recalling also its decision 55/488 of 7 September 2001, Having considered the annual reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat for the periods from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 20001 and from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001,2 1. Notes with appreciation the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services; 2. Takes note of the annual reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services for the periods from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 20001 and from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001;2 3. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of Internal Oversight Services includes in its annual reports information regarding the implementation rate of the recommendations of the previous three reporting periods; 4. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of Internal Oversight Services includes, in its next annual report, information regarding the impact of its reorganization on its work; 5. Welcomes the initiative to include in the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services2 qualitative assessments of the implementation of recommendations defined as critical, and invites the Secretary-General to entrust the Office with refining the criteria referred to in paragraph 8 of that report, taking into account the relevant provisions of resolutions 48/218 B and 54/244, and to report thereon in the context of the next annual report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of Internal Oversight Services, when providing information on the implementation rate of critical recommendations in its future annual reports, deals separately with those recommendations which have been implemented, those which are in the process of being implemented and _______________ 1 2 01 49664 A/55/436. A/56/381.