United Nations A/RES/59/270 General Assembly Distr.: General 7 February 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 118 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2004 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/648)] 59/270. Reports of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 48/218 B of 29 July 1994 and 54/244 of 23 December 1999, Recalling also its resolutions 56/246 of 24 December 2001 and 58/101 B of 9 December 2003, Having considered the annual report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 1 and the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the review of the structure and operations of United Nations information centres, 2 1. Notes with appreciation the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services; 2. Takes note of the annual report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services;1 3. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of Internal Oversight Services continues to provide internal oversight of the entire claims process of the United Nations Compensation Commission and to report regularly thereon in the context of the annual reports of the Office; Recalls regulation 1.2 of the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United 4. Nations, and requests the Secretary-General to provide information to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session in the context of its consideration of matters related to procurement reform on actions taken to prevent recurrence of incidents of possible conflict of interest and inappropriate procurement practices; Notes the description of the mission of the Office of Internal Oversight 5. Services, as outlined in its annual report, and in this regard stresses that the mission _______________ 1 2 04-49246 See A/58/364. See A/57/747 and Corr.1.