Takes note of recommendation 1 and 2 of the Joint Inspection Unit; also takes note of the related comments of the Secretary-General; endorses recommendation 3 (a) of the Unit; takes note of recommendations 4 and 5 of the Unit, as well as the related comments of the Secretary-General; requests the Secretary-General to ensure that contractors whose staff are present on the UN premises on a regular basis are held accountable for conducting individual background checks at their own expense; endorses recommendations 7 to 9 of the Unit; requests the Secretary-General to share the experience of the Procurement Division of the Office of Central Support Services of the Secretariat in the use of its new formats for monitoring, evaluating and certifying supplier performance under outsourced contracts with the members of the Inter-Agency Procurement Working Group and to report thereon to the General Assembly in the context of his next report on outsourcing practices.

Adopted without vote, 79th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 58th sess., Suppl. no. 49.