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Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields; Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit; UN reform: measures and proposals; Strengthening of the UN system: joint debate

Background: Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields

At its substantive session of 2001, the Economic and Social Council recommended that the General Assembly examine how best to address the reviews of the implementation of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits of the 1990s, including their format and periodicity (Council resolution 2001/21).

At its fifty-sixth session, in 2001, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled "Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields" in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session (resolution 56/211).

At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly decided to include the item in its annual agenda and invited the Secretary-General to submit a report on the subject (resolution 57/270 B).

The General Assembly considered this item at its fifty-seventh to sixtieth sessions (resolutions 57/270 A and 57/270 B, 58/291, 59/145, 59/314, 60/180, 60/251, 60/260, 60/265 and 60/283 and decision 60/551 C [page 154]).

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly held a High-level Plenary Meeting from 14 to 16 September 2005 in New York with the participation of Heads of State and Government and adopted the 2005 World Summit Outcome (resolution 60/1).

At the same session, in implementing the provisions of the 2005 World Summit Outcome, the General Assembly established the Peacebuilding Commission (resolution 60/180) and the Human Rights Council (resolution 60/251).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in June 2006, the General Assembly decided to dedicate a specific meeting focused on development, including an assessment of progress over the previous year, at each session of the General Assembly during the debate on the follow-up to the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome; and requested the Secretary-General to report on progress made in the implementation of the development outcome of the 2005 World Summit in the framework of the comprehensive report on the follow-up to the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome (resolution 60/265).

Further at its resumed sixtieth session, in July 2006, the General Assembly decided to dedicate a specific meeting focused on development, including an assessment of progress over the previous year, at each session of the General Assembly during the debate on the follow-up to the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome; and requested the Secretary-General to report on progress made in the implementation of the development outcome of the 2005 World Summit in the framework of the comprehensive report on the follow-up to the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome (resolution 60/265).

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References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46 and 120)
References for the sixty-first session (agenda items 47, 113, 116, 117, 122, 123, 132, 147 and 149)

Background: Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit

At its fifty-third session, in 1998, the General Assembly decided to designate its fifty-fifth session "The Millennium Assembly of the United Nations" (resolution 53/202) and decided to convene as part of that Assembly a Millennium Summit of the United Nations for a limited number of days .

At its fifty-fifth session, the General Assembly adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2).

The item entitled "Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit" (A/55/235) was included as an additional item in the agenda of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly at the request of Algeria, Finland, Namibia, Poland, Singapore and Venezuela.

The General Assembly considered the item at its fifty-seventh to fifty-ninth sessions (resolutions 57/144, 57/145, 58/3, 58/16, 58/291, 59/27, 59/57, 59/145, 59/291 and 59/314).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in July 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a comprehensive report containing detailed parameters on access to United Nations documentation by Member States and the public; and further requested the Secretary-General to submit the comprehensive report on information and communication technology referred to in paragraphs 17 and 18 of his report entitled "Investing in the United Nations for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report" (A/60/846/Add.1) to the Assembly at its resumed sixty-first session (resolution 60/283, sects. V and II).

At its sixty-first session, the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Secretary- General to report to it, in the context of the biennial human resources management report, on the yearly rate of turnover in Professional categories, classified by grade level, in the United Nations Secretariat and in field missions (resolution 61/244, sect. I).

At the same session, the General Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, no later than by the end of its sixty-first session, reports on the following:

  1. Enterprise risk management and internal control framework;
  2. Results-based management; and
  3. Accountability framework (resolution 61/245).

Also at the same session, the General Assembly, inter alia, further requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its sixty-second session a comprehensive report on all aspects of procurement reform; to report on the specific modalities of the bid protest system and related procedures, including possible legal and financial implications; to report comprehensively on the principle of best value for money and its implementation in United Nations procurement; to continue to develop clear guidelines for the implementation of the best value for money methodology in United Nations procurement and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixtysecond session; and to report to the Assembly, in the context of the comprehensive report, on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 61/246).

At its resumed sixty-first session, in September 2007, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the requested comprehensive reports until its sixty-second session (decision 61/562).

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References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136)
References for the sixty-first session (agenda items 47, 113, 116, 117, 122, 123, 132, 147 and 149)

Background: United Nations reform - measures and proposals

At its fifty-first session, in June 1997, in response to a letter dated 17 March 1997 from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly concerning a wide-ranging review he had initiated of the activities of the United Nations and on several management and organizational measures undertaken as the first steps of a wide-ranging reform programme (A/51/829), the General Assembly decided to include in the agenda of its fifty-first session an additional item entitled "United Nations reform: measures and proposals" (decision 51/402 B [page 131]).

The General Assembly continued its consideration of the item from its fifty-first to fifty-fifth sessions (resolutions 52/12 A, 53/202, 53/242, 54/254, 54/261, 54/281, 54/282 and 55/285 and decisions 51/473 [page 132], 52/477 A to F [page 61] and 54/489 [page 83]).

At its fifty-fifth session, the General Assembly held the Millennium Summit from 6 to 8 September 2000, under the theme "The role of the United Nations in the twenty-first century"; adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2); and decided that the item would be considered biennially as from the fifty-sixth session (resolution 55/285).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in July 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a comprehensive report containing detailed parameters on access to United Nations documentation by Member States and the public; and further requested the Secretary-General to submit the comprehensive report on information and communication technology referred to in paragraphs 17 and 18 of his report entitled "Investing in the United Nations for a stronger Organization worldwide: detailed report" (A/60/846/Add.1) to the Assembly at its resumed sixty-first session (resolution 60/283, sects. V and II).

At its resumed sixty-first session, in September 2007, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the requested comprehensive reports until its sixty-second session (decision 61/562).

its sixty-first session, the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Secretary- General to report to it, in the context of the biennial human resources management report, on the yearly rate of turnover in Professional categories, classified by grade level, in the United Nations Secretariat and in field missions (resolution 61/244, sect. I).

The same session, the General Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, no later than by the end of its sixty-first session, reports on the following: (a) Enterprise risk management and internal control framework; (b) Results-based management; and (c) Accountability framework (resolution 61/245).

at the same session, the General Assembly, inter alia, further requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its sixty-second session a comprehensive report on all aspects of procurement reform; to report on the specific modalities of the bid protest system and related procedures, including possible legal and financial implications; to report comprehensively on the principle of best value for money and its implementation in United Nations procurement; to continue to develop clear guidelines for the implementation of the best value for money methodology in United Nations procurement and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixtysecond session; and to report to the Assembly, in the context of the comprehensive report, on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 61/246).

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References for the sixtieth session (agenda items 46, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129 and 136)
References for the sixty-first session (agenda items 47, 113, 116, 117, 122, 123, 132, 147 and 149)

Background: Strengthening of the United Nations system

At its resumed forty-ninth session, in September 1995, in the course of its consideration of the item entitled "Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization" the General Assembly decided to establish the Open-ended Highlevel Working Group on the Strengthening of the United Nations System and to include an item entitled "Strengthening of the United Nations system" in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session (resolution 49/252).

The Working Group met during the fiftieth and fifty-first sessions of the General Assembly. The Assembly adopted the recommendations of the Working Group and decided that the Working Group had completed its work as mandated in resolution 49/252 (resolution 51/241).

The General Assembly continued its consideration of this item at its fifty-second to sixtieth sessions (resolutions 55/14, 55/285, 57/300 and 58/269 and decisions 52/453 [page 20], 53/452 [page 22], 54/490 [page 83], 56/455 [page 19], 56/479 [page 102] and 60/565 [page 155]).

At its resumed sixty-first session, in March 2007, the General Assembly supported the establishment of an Office for Disarmament Affairs and the appointment of a High Representative as the head of the Office at the rank of Under-Secretary- General; and requested the Secretary-General to submit a report on the financial, administrative and budgetary implications arising from the appointment of the High Representative and the implementation of the mandates assigned to the Office for Disarmament Affairs and to report to the Assembly at its sixty-second session on the activities of the Office (resolution 61/257).

At the same session, the General Assembly supported the restructuring of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, including the establishment of a Department of Field Support, and noted the intention of the Secretary-General to appoint an Under-Secretary-General to head that Department; and requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report for the consideration of and decision by the Assembly during its sixty-first session (resolution 61/256).

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References for the sixty first session (agenda item 112)

[Source: Annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the sixty-second regular session of the General Assembly (A/62/100, Corr. 1 and Add.1)]