United Nations A/RES/56/271 General Assembly Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 122 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/56/653/Add.1)] 56/271. Integrated Management Information System The General Assembly, Having considered the thirteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the Integrated Management Information System project1 and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,2 1. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions contained in its report;2 2. Approves the utilization of an amount of 5,634,700 United States dollars of interest accrued under the Integrated Management Information System Fund from the investment income available at 30 June 2001 to meet the requirements of the Integrated Management Information System relating to the activities detailed in the report of the Secretary-General; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to report to the General Assembly, in the context of the proposed programme budget, under the corresponding section of the budget, on progress in the development and implementation of the Integrated Management Information System, including ways in which the System has reduced and will continue to reduce administrative processes and how these reductions have affected the programmatic work of the Organization, and to submit a concise update in non-budget years; 4. Recalls its resolution 56/239 of 24 December 2001 on information technology, and notes that the Integrated Management Information System must be an integral part of the comprehensive strategy for the development and implementation of information technology, a single report on which will be submitted to the General Assembly at its fiftyseventh session; _______________ 1 2 01 49814 A/56/602 and Add.1. A/56/684. Distr.: General 24 April 2002