A/RES/57/284 A-B 7. Reiterates the need for the Unit to place emphasis in its work on well-defined and timely items of high priority, identifying concrete managerial, administrative and programming questions aimed at providing the General Assembly and other legislative organs of participating organizations with practical and action-oriented recommendations; 8. Stresses the need for the Unit to pay special attention to the preparation of reports that are more evaluation-oriented; 9. Invites additional efforts by the Unit, the bureaux of the legislative organs and the secretariats concerned to ensure that the relevant reports of the Unit are submitted to the legislative organs of participating organizations and that those organs take specific action on the recommendations contained in the reports; 10. Welcomes the efforts of the Unit to implement the follow-up mechanisms described in paragraphs 24 and 25 of its report for 20011 so as to ensure the systematic tracking of the status of implementation of the Unit’s recommendations; 11. Takes note of the information contained in paragraphs 27 to 32 of the report of the Unit regarding the proposed new procedure for handling comments of the participating organizations on the findings and recommendations of the Unit, and invites the Unit to provide detailed information on the new procedure in comparison with the current procedure, together with the comments of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon, for consideration by the General Assembly at its fiftyeighth session; 12. Reiterates its request to the executive heads of the participating organizations that have not yet done so to take the steps necessary to facilitate the consideration of and action on the system of follow-up to the reports of the Unit, and invites the legislative organs concerned to consider the system and take action in that regard; 13. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the executive heads of the other participating organizations for their attention; 14. Requests the Unit to report to the General Assembly, in its next annual report, on the implementation of the present resolution. 78th plenary meeting 20 December 2002 B ENHANCING GOVERNANCE OVERSIGHT ROLE: STRUCTURE, WORKING METHODS AND PRACTICES ON HANDLING OVERSIGHT REPORTS The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Enhancing governance oversight role: structure, working methods and practices on handling oversight reports”5 and the comments of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon,6 as well as the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,7 _______________ 5 See A/57/58. See A/57/58/Add.1. 7 A/57/434. 6 2