United Nations A/RES/58/299 General Assembly Distr.: General 22 July 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 134 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 June 2004 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/58/582/Add.2)] 58/299. Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 48/218 B of 29 July 1994, 54/244 of 23 December 1999, 56/241 and 56/246 of 24 December 2001 and 57/278 B of 18 June 2003, Having considered the reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the evaluation of the impact of the recent restructuring of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, 1 the follow-up review of the status of recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on mission liquidation activities at the United Nations, 2 the administration of peacekeeping trust funds, 3 and the investigation into the fraudulent diversion of 4.3 million United States dollars by a senior staff member of the reconstruction pillar of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, 4 1. Takes note of the reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the evaluation of the impact of the recent restructuring of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations,1 the follow-up review of the status of recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on mission liquidation activities at the United Nations,2 the administration of peacekeeping trust funds,3 and the investigation into the fraudulent diversion of 4.3 million dollars by a senior staff member of the reconstruction pillar of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo;4 2. Decides to revert to the consideration of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audit of the policies and procedures for recruiting staff for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, 5 during its fifty-ninth session, in the context of its consideration of the items entitled “Human resources management” and “Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations”; _______________ 1 See A/58/746. See A/57/622. 3 See A/58/613. 4 See A/58/592 and Corr.1. 5 See A/58/704. 2 03 51246