Requests the Secretary-General to take all corrective measures required to make the Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) fully operational and avoid further delays and unnecessary cost increases in the implementation of the project; decides that the resources required to conclude the development of IMIS by Aug. 2000 shall not exceed US$77.6 million; reiterates the need for a comprehensive programme for IMIS training to be included as part of the ongoing training programme offered to staff at all duty stations concerned; requests the Secretary-General to include information on the implementation of paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution 52/212 B in future progress reports on IMIS and clearly to establish roles, responsibilities and accountability of all offices and staff concerned in the implementation of the remaining releases and to report thereon in his next progress report; further requests the Secretary-General to maintain an effective monitoring system to ensure that implementation problems are addressed properly as they arise; decides to approve an additional appropriation of $3.2 million under section 27D, Support services, of the programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999, to be charged to the contingency fund and to be reflected in the assessment to be determined on the basis of the final appropriation for the biennium 1998-1999
