United Nations A/RES/58/269 General Assembly Distr.: General 3 March 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 59 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2003 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/58/587)] 58/269. Strengthening of the United Nations: an agenda for further change The General Assembly, Reaffirming its determination to strengthen further the role, capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of the United Nations and thus improve its performance in order to realize the full potential of the Organization, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and to respond more effectively to the needs of Member States and existing and new global challenges facing the United Nations in the twenty-first century, Recalling Articles 17, 18, 97 and 100 of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling also its resolutions 41/213 of 19 December 1986, 42/211 of 21 December 1987 and 55/234 of 23 December 2000, Recalling further the relevant provisions of its resolution 57/300 of 20 December 2002, Recalling the terms of reference of the Committee for Programme and Coordination, as outlined in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX) of 14 May 1976, Emphasizing that resources provided to the Secretary-General should be commensurate with all mandated programmes and activities, Reaffirming the role of the General Assembly and its relevant intergovernmental and expert bodies, within their respective mandates, in planning, programming, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation, Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General entitled “Intergovernmental review of the medium-term plan and the programme budget” 1 and “Improvements to the current process of planning and budgeting”, 2 the note by the Secretary-General entitled “Improvements to the current process of planning and _______________ 1 2 03 51066 A/57/786. A/58/395 and Corr.1.