Reaffirms the role of the Committee for Programme and Coordination as the main subsidiary organ of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council for planning, programming and coordination; re-emphasizes the role of the plenary and the Main Committees of the General Assembly in reviewing and taking action on the appropriate recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination relevant to their work; stresses that setting the priorities of the UN is the prerogative of the Member States; stresses the need for Member States to participate fully in the budget preparation process, from its early stages and throughout the process; endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on evaluation, on the annual overview report of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2008/09, on UN system support for the New Partnership for Africa's Development and on improving the working methods and procedures of the Committee within the framework of its mandate.

Adopted without vote, 67th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 64th sess., Suppl. no. 49.