A/RES/58/295
4.
Decides to revert to the possible conversion of the 58 extrabudgetary
field security posts for the Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator in the
context of the comprehensive report at its fifty-ninth session;
Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments not to
5.
exceed 38,033,200 dollars for the financing of infrastructure projects;
6.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to it at its fifty-ninth session a
comprehensive report on further strengthening the safety and security of United
Nations operations, staff and premises, which should contain, inter alia, the
following elements:
(a)
Clearly established criteria for determining long-term needs;
(b) A rational framework for the enhancement of system-wide security
arrangements, based on the completion of all ongoing reviews, including the change
management study;
(c) Time frames for the completion of the various projects proposed in the
report of the Secretary-General,1 as well as determinations as to which
organizational units are responsible for their completion;
(d) Clearly established lines of accountability and responsibility and a clear
chain of command for all participants in field security and at duty stations, including
clarification of the relationship between all relevant United Nations entities and the
Secretariat;
(e) Information on United Nations cooperation with and the role and
responsibilities of host countries;
(f) Information on the need to ensure an enhanced professional capacity in
the United Nations to conduct threat and risk assessment on a worldwide basis in
order to address the issue raised in paragraph 18 of the report of the SecretaryGeneral;1
(g)
security;
Information on the utilization and cost of expertise sought on safety and
(h) Information on the need for adequate security-related training for all
United Nations staff;
(i) Analysis of and recommendations on long-term funding arrangements for
the Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator and related resource
requirements;
Decides that the resource requirements in the requested report should be
7.
based on and justified in terms of the Secretary-General’s comprehensive review of
safety and security;
Requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight
8.
Services with the conduct of an audit review of the utilization and management of
the funds appropriated by the General Assembly in its resolution 56/286 for the
implementation of measures to strengthen the security and safety of United Nations
premises, including the causes for cost escalation and compliance with procurement
procedures, and to report to the Assembly at its fifty-ninth session in conjunction
with the comprehensive report on strengthening the security and safety of United
Nations operations, staff and premises;
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