At its resumed fifty-seventh session, in 2003, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General: to provide on a biennial basis information on the use of gratis personnel (resolution 57/281 B); to report on a biennial basis on the progress made in the implementation of the provisions contained in section IV of resolution 53/221 - A|C|F|R|S and section VII of resolution 55/258 - A|C|F|R|S (resolution 57/305 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. III); to report biennially on the use of consultants and individual contractors within the Secretariat and the regional commissions and the factors contributing to that, with statistics for each year of the two-year period, including information on their duties; and to report on retention in service beyond the mandatory age of separation pursuant to the exceptions provided for in staff regulation 9.5 (resolution 57/305 - A|C|F|R|S, sects. V and VII).

At its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the issues related to human resources management reform; recruitment and placement; national competitive examination and General Service to Professional examination; measures to improve equitable geographical distribution; system of equitable geographical distribution; gender representation; mobility; use of appointments under the 100 and 300 series of the Staff Rules in the staffing of field missions; use of consultants and individual contractors; employment of retired former staff; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and measures to prevent discrimination; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly for consideration at its sixty-first session consolidated reports, as appropriate, on the results of the implementation of the resolution (resolution 59/266 - A|C|F|R|S).

Also at its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide information to the Assembly at its sixty-first session in the context of its consideration of matters related to procurement reform on actions taken to prevent recurrence of incidents of possible conflict of interest and inappropriate procurement practices; and also requested the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees developed and utilized comprehensive policy guidelines for the selection and management of consultants to ensure transparency and objectivity in their engagement, monitoring and evaluation, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 59/270 - A|C|F|R|S).

Further at its fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly recalled its resolution 59/266 - A|C|F|R|S, in which it requested the International Civil Service Commission and the Secretary-General to review conditions of service in the field and to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session (resolution 59/296 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. IX).

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly for consideration at its sixty-first session a report on the activities of the Management Performance Board since its inception; requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly at its sixty-first session an assessment of recruitment to P-2 and P-3 posts; also requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the practice of United Nations staff members having to renounce permanent residence status in a country outside the country of their nationality; and further requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of the regulations governing the status, basic rights and duties of officials other than Secretariat officials and experts on mission, adopted in its resolution 56/280 - A|C|F|R|S (resolution 60/238 - A|C|F|R|S, sects. I and III).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight Services with reporting to the Assembly at its sixty-first session on ongoing efforts and measures taken to strengthen its in-depth and thematic evaluation function; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a report on further efforts made to ensure that support for the New Partnership for Africa's Development remained a priority of the United Nations system and that organizations represented on the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination increased their efforts in support of the New Partnership (resolution 60/257 - A|C|F|R|S).

Also at its resumed sixtieth session, in May 2006, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-first session a number of reports including details regarding specific proposals contained in the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Investing in the United Nations: for a stronger Organization worldwide” (A/60/692 - A|C|F|R|S and Corr.1 - A|C|F|R|S) (resolution 60/260 - A|C|F|R|S) (see items 46, 110, 114, 115, 120, 130 and 148).

At its resumed sixtieth session, in July 2006, the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Secretary-General to provide to the Assembly, at its resumed sixty-first session, detailed information on the structure and staffing requirements of the envisaged information and communication technology structure (resolution 60/283 - A|C|F|R|S, sect. II) (see items 46, 110, 114, 115, 120, 130 and 148).

At its sixtieth session, in December 2005 and July 2006, the General Assembly decided to defer to its sixty-first session the consideration of this item and some of the documents issued under it (decisions 60/551 A and C).

Documents : Reports of the Secretary-General (resolutions 57/281 B - A|C|F|R|S, 57/305 - A|C|F|R|S, 59/266 - A|C|F|R|S, 59/270 - A|C|F|R|S, 59/296, 60/238, 60/257, 60/260 - A|C|F|R|S and 60/283 - A|C|F|R|S).

Reports of the Secretary-General under resolution 59/266 - A|C|F|R|S:

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Measures to prevent discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, gender, religion or language in the United Nations (A/59/211 - A|C|F|R|S)

Amendments to the Staff Rules (A/59/213 - A|C|F|R|S and Add.1 - A|C|F|R|S)

Consultants and individual contractors (A/59/217 - A|C|F|R|S)

Human resources management reform (A/59/263 - A|C|F|R|S)

Contractual arrangements (A/59/263/Add.1 - A|C|F|R|S)

Improving gender distribution in the Secretariat (A/59/263/Add.2 - A|C|F|R|S)

Improvement of equitable geographical representation in the United Nations Secretariat (A/59/264 - A|C|F|R|S)

Comprehensive report on the staffing of field missions, including the use of 300 and 100 series appointments (A/59/291 - A|C|F|R|S)

Composition of the Secretariat (A/59/299 - A|C|F|R|S)

Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system (A/59/357 - A|C|F|R|S)

Comprehensive assessment of the system of geographical distribution and assessment of the issues relating to possible changes in the number of posts subject to the system of geographical distribution (A/59/724 - A|C|F|R|S)

Follow-up audit of the policies and procedures of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for recruiting international civilian staff for field missions (A/59/152 - A|C|F|R|S)

Impact of the human resources management reform (A/59/253 - A|C|F|R|S)

Report on the availability in local labour markets of the skills for which international recruitment for the General Service category takes place (A/59/388 - A|C|F|R|S)

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the views of the staff representatives of the United Nations Secretariat (resolution 35/213 - A|C|F|R|S), A/C.5/59/4 - A|C|F|R|S

Report of the Joint Inspection Unit on the management review of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/59/65 - A|C|F|R|S, E/2004/48 - A|C|F|R|S) and the comments of the Secretary-General thereon (A/59/65/Add.1 - A|C|F|R|S, E/2004/48/Add.1 - A|C|F|R|S)

Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services: Report on the availability in local labour markets of the skills for which international recruitment for the General Service category takes place (A/59/388 - A|C|F|R|S)

Annual report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services for the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 (A/59/359 - A|C|F|R|S) (item 118)

Report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of the Headquarters Agreements Concluded by the Organizations of the United Nations System: Human Resources Issues Affecting Staff (A/59/526 - A|C|F|R|S) and comments of the Secretary-General and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon (A/59/526/Add.1 - A|C|F|R|S) (under items 114 & 115)

Reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/59/446 - A|C|F|R|S & A/59/786 - A|C|F|R|S)

Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its forty-fifth session: Supplement No. 16 and corrigendum (A/60/16 - A|C|F|R|S & Corr.1 - A|C|F|R|S)

Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on proposals on the strengthening and monitoring of programme performance and evaluation (A/60/73 - A|C|F|R|S)

Amendments to the Staff Rules (A/60/174 - A|C|F|R|S)

Study on the availability of skills in local labour markets for which international recruitment for the General Service category takes place (A/60/262 - A|C|F|R|S)

List of staff of the United Nations Secretariat (A/C.5/60/L.2 - A|C|F|R|S)