Operational activities for development of UN

Srongly reaffirms the need for a substantial increase in resources for operational activities for development on a predictable, continous and assured basis, commensurate with the increasing needs of developing countries; stresses the need for a continuous overall improvement in the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of the UN system in delivering its development assistance; also stresses that other countries that are in a position to do so should strive to augment their assistance in the framework of development cooperation; calls upon the governing bodies of UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA and WFP to adopt a specific and achievable target for core resources for the period 1999-2001; urges the executive boards to complete the review as soon as possible and to report thereon to the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 1998; requests the Secretary-General, when presenting his comprehensive report on the triennial policy review of operational activities for development of the UN system at the 53rd session of the General Assembly, to consider the implications of steps adopted by the UN system to implement reform initiatives on operational activities, and to make recommendations for their effective and expeditious implementation, bearing in mind the views of Member States; also requests the funds and programmes, in their regular reporting on the triennial policy review to the General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council, to include in their reports, to the extent possible and in a clearly identifiable way, actions taken to implement adopted reform measures of the Secretary-General, including an analysis of the implications of those reforms for operational activities as well as for inter-agency coordination.

Adopted without vote, 77th meeting

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Adopted at the 77th plenary meeting, 18 Dec. 1997.