Urges the Committee to schedule its spring session so as to make its report available well in advance of the substantive session of the Council in order to allow the Council to devote adequate time to its consideration; takes note of the improved format and the timely submission of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2000-2001 to the Committee; invites the Administrative Committee on Coordination to consider broadening the coverage of countries and clusters of priority areas to reflect the original commitment in the New Agenda; concurs with the recommendation of the Committee for Programme and Coordination that the Secretary-General should expedite the comments by the Administrative Committee on Coordination for due consideration of the reports of the Joint Inspection Unit by the Committee for Programme and Coordination and take concrete steps to ensure the full implementation of the recommendations contained in the reports of the Joint Inspection Unit as approved by the General Assembly.

Adopted without vote, 46th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1999, New York, 20 Jan. and 2-5 Feb. 1999; resumed organizational session for 1999, New York, 25 March, 6 and 7 May and 23 June 1999; substantive session of 1999, Geneva, 5-30 July 1999; resumed substantive session of 1999, New York, 16 Sept., 26 Oct., 15 Nov. and 16 Dec. 1999 - E/1999/99 - p. 87-88 - (ESCOR, 1999, Suppl. no. 1).