Administrative and budgetary aspects of financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations : cross-cutting issues : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Decides to consider the report of the Secretary-General on the overview of the financing of the UN peacekeeping operations and other relevant reports on the administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the UN peacekeeping operations at the main part of its 61st session; requests the Secretary-General to ensure full utilization of synergies present in the UN system and to develop an effective evaluation mechanism for the use of outside expertise; requests the Secretary-General to make the UN Procurement Manual available to Member States through the website of the Procurement Service no later than Aug. 2006; decides to continue to suspend the application of the 4-year maximum limit for appointments of limited duration until 31 Dec. 2006; authorizes the Secretary-General, bearing in mind paragraph 3 above, to reappoint, under the 100 series of the Staff Rules, those mission staff whose service under 300-series contracts has reached the 4-year limit by 31 Dec. 2006, provided that their functions have been reviewed and found necessary and their performance has been confirmed as fully satisfactory, and requests the Secretary-General to report thereon to the General Assembly at its 61st session.

Adopted without vote, 92nd plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.