United Nations A/RES/56/239 General Assembly Distr.: General 29 January 2002 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 122 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/56/653)] 56/239. Information technology The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 54/249 of 23 December 1999, by which it requested the Secretary-General to develop a comprehensive strategy for the development and implementation of information technology, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Information technology in the Secretariat: a plan of action”,1 and endorses the observations and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions thereon;2 2. Requests the Secretary-General to resubmit the plan of action, taking into account the provisions of paragraph 1 above and: (a) Developing a specific plan to improve efficiency through the application of information technology in the Secretariat and the action required to implement it; (b) Defining clearly the responsibilities of the different bodies in the application and integration of information technology within the United Nations; (c) Addressing the objective of improving decision-making with respect to information technology in the Secretariat by improving coordination and reducing duplication; (d) Developing a cost-benefit analysis for use in identifying information technology priorities; (e) Developing an implementation plan for those priorities; 3. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit for the consideration of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session a single report containing the information requested in the present resolution. 92nd plenary meeting 24 December 2001 _______________ 1 A/55/780. Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 7 (A/56/7), chap.I, sect.E, paras. 80–94. 2 01 49621