Procurement reform : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
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SymbolA/RES/59/288
TitleProcurement reform : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Requests the Secretary-General to encourage all the organizations of the UN system to further improve their procurement practices, inter alia, by participating in the UN Global Marketplace with a view to creating one common UN global procurement web site; requests the Secretary-General to continue to simplify and streamline the vendor registration process and to share responsibilities among the various UN organizations; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly an overview and general analysis of the functioning of the principle of best value for money; also requests the Secretary-General to implement measures to reduce the time line associated with invoice payment; further requests the Secretary-General to issue ethical guidelines without delay for those involved in the procurement process, requests that those guidelines be shared with Member States through the procurement web site; requests the Secretary-General, taking into account the comments and observations of the Board of Auditors and the Office of Internal Oversight Services, to ensure that information regarding the accountability factor within the procurement reform framework is provided in the next report of the Secretary-General on procurement reform; also requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure that consistent non-compliance and poor performance by vendors is recorded and that appropriate action is taken with respect to their inclusion in the list of vendors; requests the Secretary-General, in his next report on procurement reform, to provide information on the implementation of the new delegations of authority, including mechanisms used to strengthen effective monitoring, oversight and accountability; requests the Secretary-General, as recommended in the report of the Office of Internal Oversight, to fully document the reasons for not following up on the recovery of liquidated damages for contracts and to apply consistent methods to the collection of liquidated damages from vendors.
Action note2005-04-13
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 91st plenary meeting
DraftA/C.5/59/L.44
Committee reportA/59/652/Add.1
Meeting record
A/59/PV.91
Agenda information
A/59/251 107 Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations. UN--ADMINISTRATION
Date[New York] : UN, 29 Apr. 2005
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4 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.