A/RES/73/269
Programme planning
1.
Reaffirms the role of the Committee for Programme and Coordination as
the main subsidiary organ of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social
Council for planning, programming and coordination;
2.
Re-emphasizes the role of the plenary and the Main Committees of the
General Assembly in reviewing and taking action on the appropriate
recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination relevant to their
work, in accordance with regulation 4.10 of the Regulations and Rules Governing
Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of
Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation; 1
3.
Stresses that setting the priorities of the United Nations is the prerogative
of the Member States, as reflected in legislative mandates;
4.
Also stresses the need for Member States to participate fully in the budget
preparation process, from its early stages and throughout the process;
5.
Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for
Programme and Coordination on the programme performance of the United Nations
for the biennium 2016–2017, 4 on evaluation, 5 on the annual overview report of the
United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2017, 6 on United
Nations system support for the New Partnership for Africa ’s Development 7 and on
the report of the Joint Inspection Unit, 8 contained in its report on the work of its fiftyeighth session, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure the timely
implementation of the above-mentioned recommendations.
65th plenary meeting
22 December 2018
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 16
(A/73/16), chap. II, sect. A.
Ibid., sect. C.
Ibid., chap. III, sect. A.
Ibid., sect. B.
Ibid., chap. IV.
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