A/RES/59/126 A-B III New programmatic priorities for the Department of Public Information 33. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the proposed strategic framework for the period 2006–2007 concerning the programmatic aspects for the Department of Public Information; 9 34. Notes that the proposed strategic framework does not include the first part; 35. Notes also that the executive direction and management elements of the programme, as well as the details of performance measures (baselines and targets), external factors and outputs, together with resource requirements, will be reflected in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006–2007; 36. Stresses the need to include in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006–2007, to the fullest extent possible, quantifiable and verifiable indicators for measuring expected accomplishments, so as to give a clear indication of the progress towards the accomplishment of objectives set; 37. Also stresses the importance of full compliance with all legislative mandates when preparing the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2006– 2007; 38. Recommends that, in the last sentence of paragraph 1 in the Overall orientation section in the annex to the note by the Secretary-General on the proposed strategic framework for the period 2006–2007,9 the words “in particular, the legislative mandates included in the present biennial programme plan, as well as those of” be inserted after the words “General Assembly” and the word “and” be deleted; 39. Acknowledges that the Department of Public Information, with the assistance of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat, has developed an annual programme impact review to systematically evaluate its products and activities and that, as an initial step in a three-year project between the Department and the Office, the first annual programme impact review was completed in January 2004, as requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 57/300 of 20 December 2002, and requests the Secretary-General to report further on the progress made to the Committee on Information at its twenty-seventh session; 40. Reaffirms that the Department of Public Information must prioritize its work programme while respecting existing mandates and in line with regulation 5.6 of the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation, 10 to focus its message and concentrate its efforts better and, as a function of performance management, to match its programmes with the needs of its target audiences, on the basis of improved feedback and evaluation mechanisms; _______________ 9 A/AC.198/2004/7. ST/SGB/2000/8. 10 8