Operational activities of the United Nations System : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Calls upon the UN system to simplify the rules and procedures for national execution within the framework of enhanced accountability, in order to minimize the administrative burden of Governments and the costs of managing projects and programmes; urges the agencies of the UN system to continue and expand their joint training programmes for UN country teams and urges that these programmes be expanded to the country level and include Government officials; requests the Director-General to include in his report for the triennial policy review a further analysis of the concept of and recommendations on the integrated operational response of the UN system; requests the Director-General to include in his report measures already taken on and proposals for decentralization of capacity and authority to the country level including budgetary flexibiiity and rationalization of functions between headquarters and field offices, combined with enhanced accountability; requests the Director-General to include in his report an analysis of the progress made on and recommendations to promote further national execution and recommendations to strengthen the field representation of the UN system; requests the Director-General to include in his updated statistical report innovative and concrete recommendations to increase substantially procurement from developing countries.

Adopted without vote, 79th meeting

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Adopted at the 79th plenary meeting, 20 Dec. 1991.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 46th session, Volume 1, 17 September-20 December 1991. - A/46/49. - 1992. - p. 52-53. - (GAOR, 46th sess., Suppl. no. 49).