At its fifty-eighth session, in 2003, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to prepare, on a trial basis, for submission to the Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, a strategic framework to replace the four-year medium-term plan (resolution 58/269 - A|C|F|R|S).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly endorsed the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination as contained in paragraphs 36 to 39, 135 to 139, 151 to 158, 165, 175 to 178, 186, 201 to 212, 227 to 237 and 248 of its report (A/60/16 - A|C|F|R|S & Corr.1 - A|C|F|R|S) and the recommendations of the Second Committee concerning the evaluation of linkages between headquarters and field activities; and requested the Secretary-General, as an exceptional measure and without prejudice to the provisions of General Assembly resolutions 41/213 - A|C|F|R|S, 42/211 - A|C|F|R|S & 58/269 - A|C|F|R|S or to the future scheduling of the sessions of the Committee for Programme and Coordination, and taking into account paragraph 4 of its resolution 60/246, to reschedule the forty-sixth session of the Committee to no later than September 2006 in order that it might consider the proposed strategic framework for the period 2008-2009 and other items on the Committee's provisional agenda (resolution 60/257 - A|C|F|R|S).