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16. Requests the Office of Internal Oversight Services to ensure effective
audit coverage of the capital master plan and to submit to the General Assembly all
of its reports related to the implementation of the capital master plan;
17. Requests the Secretary-General to develop and implement a
comprehensive internal control framework for the capital master plan to mitigate
and effectively address all possible risks, to ensure full compliance and
responsiveness on the part of management to the specific requirements of the
project, to avoid any delays in the implementation of any aspect of the project and
to ensure full compliance with United Nations rules and procedures and General
Assembly resolutions governing procurement;
18. Reaffirms paragraphs 36 to 38 of its resolution 61/251 on the importance
of transparency in the procurement process, and requests the Secretary-General to
ensure that the construction manager takes them fully into account when
subcontracting and to report, in the context of his sixth annual progress report, on
the specific steps taken and progress achieved in the context of increasing
procurement opportunities for vendors from developing countries and countries with
economies in transition in the implementation of the capital master plan;
19. Reaffirms once again paragraph 38 of its resolution 61/251, and requests
the Secretary-General to ensure that procurement activities conducted by the
construction manager in the implementation of the capital master plan are in
compliance with United Nations rules, regulations and procedures and General
Assembly resolutions governing United Nations procurement activities as well as
ethics policies, including post-employment restrictions, 5 and that the relevant
provisions are taken fully into account by the construction manager when
subcontracting;
20. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all expression of interest
notices issued by the construction manager and all related contract awards are
posted on the capital master plan website;
21. Recalls that, in accordance with article 5 of the United Nations general
conditions of contract, the terms of any subcontract shall be subject to and conform
to the provisions of the general conditions of contract;
22. Requests the Secretary-General to exercise his authority to undertake, in
respect of the subcontractors directly involved in the provision of goods and
services to the Organization on behalf of the capital master plan construction
manager, a thorough review of their qualifications and the identities of the
principals involved, and also requests the Secretary-General to provide prior written
approval and clearance for the use of such subcontractors, as required in article 5 of
the general conditions of contract, so as to ensure the integrity, fairness and
transparency of the procurement process;
23. Also requests the Secretary-General to post and regularly update the list
of subcontractors approved by the United Nations on the capital master plan website
and to include information on the implementation of article 5 of the general
conditions of contract, including the procedure for review and approval of
subcontractors by the United Nations, in future progress reports on the
implementation of the capital master plan;
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See ST/SGB/2006/15.
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