A/RES/51/90
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Taking note with appreciation of the information provided by the High
Commissioner with regard to the restructuring of the Centre with a view to
increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Centre and ensuring that
all its mandates can be implemented,
Considering that this process should contribute to the strengthening of
the functional framework for integrated and consolidated activities of the
Secretariat in the field of human rights,
Emphasizing that, while further improvement in the functioning and
efficiency of the Centre, together with a strong emphasis on good management
practices, is needed in order to enable the Centre to fulfil all mandates
entrusted to it and cope with its constantly increasing workload, good
management practices need to be complemented by resources commensurate with
mandates,
1.
Supports and encourages the efforts of the Secretary-General to
enhance the role and further improve the functioning of the Centre for Human
Rights, as an integral part of the Secretariat of the United Nations, under
the overall supervision of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights;
2.
Reiterates the need to ensure that all the necessary human,
financial, material and personnel resources are provided from the regular
budget of the United Nations without delay to the United Nations human rights
programme to enable it to carry out its mandates efficiently, effectively and
expeditiously, having due regard to the need to finance and implement
activities of the United Nations relating to development;
3.
Requests the Secretary-General to enhance the capability of the
High Commissioner and the Centre to fulfil effectively their mandates and
their ability to carry out mandated operational activities and to coordinate
efficiently with other relevant departments of the Secretariat, as well as
other organs, bodies and specialized agencies of the United Nations system,
including on logistical and administrative questions;
4.
Supports fully the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner in
their efforts to strengthen the human rights activities of the United Nations,
inter alia, through reorganization of the structure of the Centre to improve
its efficiency and effectiveness;
5.
Encourages increased cooperation and coordination on human rights
issues between the High Commissioner, acting within his mandate, and other
departments and offices of the Secretariat;
6.
Emphasizes the need for full participation of the office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights/Centre for Human Rights in
all mechanisms related to the follow-up to major United Nations conferences,
in particular the inter-agency task forces established for this purpose;
7.
Requests the High Commissioner to continue to provide information
and exchange of views with all States on a regular basis on the ongoing
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A/51/36; see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-first
Session, Supplement No. 36.
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