A/RES/60/254 Procurement 14. Also recalls its resolutions 57/279 of 20 December 2002 and 59/288 of 13 April 2005, and requests the Secretary-General to continue efforts to make the procurement policies and practices of the United Nations system more transparent, efficient and effective; Enhancing transparency 15. Notes the steps taken by the Secretary-General to institute greater transparency in the appointment of some senior-level positions, including through continued consideration of the applicants put forward by Member States at the request of the Secretary-General; Ethics Office 16. Welcomes the establishment of the Ethics Office, and notes the SecretaryGeneral’s bulletin thereon, 4 and in this respect: (a) Urges the Secretary-General to finalize a system-wide code of ethics for all United Nations personnel, including personnel of the funds and programmes, at an early date; (b) Requests the Secretary-General to administer and monitor more extensive disclosure of financial and other interests by United Nations officials in accordance with the amended Staff Regulations 5 and to ensure enhanced protection for those who reveal wrongdoing within the Organization; (c) Endorses the main responsibilities of the Ethics Office as outlined by the Secretary-General in his report 6 and as established by the Secretary-General’s bulletin;4 (d) Emphasizes that the administration of policy by the Ethics Office for protection of staff against retaliation when reporting misconduct should be carried out in close cooperation with the Office of Internal Oversight Services and the Office of Human Resources Management; (e) Also emphasizes that training programmes to cover the range of ethics issues should be designed by the Ethics Office in coordination with the Office of Human Resources Management; (f) Recognizes the need for incrementally requiring all pertinent staff, in particular those in high-risk areas, to provide relevant financial disclosure, and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session in the context of his report on the activities of the Ethics Office; (g) Requests the Secretary-General to present a comprehensive review to the General Assembly at the main part of its sixty-second session, as recommended by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in its report,2 which should include, inter alia, his views on the possible establishment of a group of internationally representative experts to provide periodic, independent assessments of the Ethics Office for the consideration of the Assembly; _______________ 4 ST/SGB/2005/22. See ST/SGB/2006/4. 6 A/60/568 and Corr.1 and 2. 5 3