United Nations A/RES/57/278 General Assembly Distr.: General 23 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 110 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/639)] 57/278. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolutions 50/222 of 11 April 1996, 51/218 E of 17 June 1997, 52/212 B of 31 March 1998, 53/204 of 18 December 1998, 53/221, section VIII, of 7 April 1999, 54/13 B of 23 December 1999, 55/220 A of 23 December 2000 and 55/220 B and C of 12 April 2001, Having considered, for the period ended 31 December 2001, the financial reports and audited financial statements and the reports and audit opinions of the Board of Auditors on the United Nations,1 the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO,2 the United Nations University,3 the United Nations Development Programme,4 the United Nations Children’s Fund,5 the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,6 the United Nations Institute for Training and Research,7 the voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,8 the Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme,9 the United Nations Population Fund,10 the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation,11 the Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme,12 the United Nations Office for Project Services,13 the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 5 (A/57/5), vol. I and corrigendum (A/57/5/Corr.1). 2 Ibid., vol. III and corrigendum (A/57/5/Corr.2). 3 Ibid., vol. IV and corrigendum (A/57/5/Corr.3). 4 Ibid., Supplement No. 5A and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.1 and Corr.1). 5 Ibid., Supplement No. 5B and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.2 and Corr.1). 6 Ibid., Supplement No. 5C and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.3 and Corr.1). 7 Ibid., Supplement No. 5D and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.4 and Corr.1). 8 Ibid., Supplement No. 5E and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.5 and Corr.1). 9 Ibid., Supplement No. 5F and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.6 and Corr.1). 10 Ibid., Supplement No. 5G and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.7 and Corr.1). 11 Ibid., Supplement No. 5H and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.8 and Corr.1). 12 Ibid., Supplement No. 5I and corrigendum (A/57/5/Add.9 and Corr.1). 13 Ibid., Supplement No. 5J and corrigenda (A/57/5/Add.10 and Corr.1 and 2). 02 55771