United Nations A/RES/56/245 General Assembly Distr.: General 5 February 2002 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 128 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/56/655)] 56/245. Joint Inspection Unit The General Assembly, Reaffirming its previous resolutions on the Joint Inspection Unit, in particular resolutions 50/233 of 7 June 1996, 54/16 of 29 October 1999 and 55/230 of 23 December 2000, 1. 2000;1 Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the programme of work of the Unit for 2001 and the preliminary listing of potential reports for 2002 and beyond,2 as well as the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Unit on experience with the follow-up system on Joint Inspection Unit reports and recommendations;3 3. Also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Unit;4 4. Takes note in particular that, as noted in the preliminary listing of potential reports for 2002 and beyond and reaffirmed by the Chairman of the Unit, the preliminary listing is of a tentative nature and does not necessarily imply that the Unit is committed to taking up these subjects; 5. Invites the Unit to improve the presentation of the listing of potential reports for the following year and beyond by providing information on the source, including legislative basis, objectives, problems to be addressed, duration and expected date of completion, and to present such information before the final quarter of each year; 6. Requests the executive heads of participating organizations to observe fully the time frame for submitting their comments, as called for in article 11, paragraphs 4 (d) and (e), of the statute of the Unit; _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No.34 and corrigendum (A/56/34 and Corr.1). 2 A/56/84. 3 A/56/356. 4 A/56/135. 01 49657