United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/263 Distr.: General 20 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 120 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2003 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/58/572)] 58/263. Report of the Joint Inspection Unit on the revenueproducing activities of the United Nations system The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on United Nations system revenue-producing activities 1 and the comments of the Secretary-General and the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon, 2 1. Agrees with the concepts expressed in paragraph (a) of recommendation 1 of the Joint Inspection Unit1 concerning consolidation of the management of revenue-producing activities on the basis of sound business practices, bearing in mind the related legislative mandates, and awaits with interest the specific proposals of the Secretary-General; Takes note of paragraph (b) of recommendation 1 of the Unit1 and the 2. related comments of the Secretary-General;2 3. Endorses recommendation 2 of the Unit; 4. Notes paragraph (a) of recommendation 3 of the Unit, and requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at the second part of its resumed fifty-eighth session on the possibility of operating guided tours, bookstores and gift shops at the United Nations Office at Nairobi and the cost implications thereof; Requests the Secretary-General to explore the possibility of selling 5. products of the gift centre and the book shop via the Internet, in addition to existing arrangements; Endorses paragraphs (b) and (c) of recommendation 3 of the Unit, and 6. agrees with the comments of the Secretary-General in connection with paragraph (a) of that recommendation; _______________ 1 2 03 51030 See A/57/707. See A/57/707/Add.1.