Improved economic management has reduced budget deficits and lowered public debt and, as a result, monetary management has been able to improve inflation performance greatly.

Comment by the Administration. Activation of the full audit trail will result in severe degradation of system performance.

Comment by the Administration. Activation of the full audit trail will result in a severe degradation of system performance.

Comment by the Administration. UNOPS continuously considers the impact that reductions and shifts in staffing numbers have on the conduct of its business.

The Bush Cheney Administration, the most pro Israeli in memory, fared no better.

However, generally, the courts do not intercede in the authority's considerations and do not reverse those decisions, provided the authority performed its function in good faith, and in a manner relevant to its capacity.

(c) Encouraging the study, in schools and universities, of democracy, human rights, good governance and the functioning of public administration, political institutions and civil society organizations

The implementation of that agenda would require a substantial commitment and must not deflect the Department from the performance of its primary obligation to support and direct current missions.

29) develop a system for staggering arrival, rotation and repatriation of UNMOs and streamline the induction and checkout procedures (paras.

We are aware of the need to reorient our work and our priorities in those countries and of the importance of reinforcing issues such as governance, the proper functioning of institutions and the necessity of fiscal reform and redistribution of wealth.

(a) The Organization should continue to promote the adoption of common principles and standards relating to the functioning of public administration, such as those enshrined in the regional and international conventions and in regional charters

Comment by the Administration. In 2004, UNICRI improved its reporting on project performance and monitored the implementation and achievements of its main programmes.

The Department has always attached great importance to maintaining a sound budgetary position and has been able to discharge all its functions within its allocated resources over the past years.

We support the Secretary General's proposals to strengthen Secretariat capacity through the improved performance of senior management and by enhancing oversight, accountability and transparency we hope that this will be sustained.

Comment by the Administration. The Office of Internal Oversight Services has intensified its monitoring of the audit workplan, with meetings being convened weekly to review the progress of assignments in accordance with the plan.

The whole issue of involving the citizens in the evaluation of the performance of public administration underpins the necessity to devise and sharpen bottom up approaches and methodologies for determining its quality.

He likewise welcomed UNIDO's introduction of results based management and budgeting, and called upon the Secretariat to set up a detailed and systematic operating mechanism, including an objective and quantifiable performance indicator.

Stressing that the effective management of the debt of developing countries, including middle income countries, is an important factor, among others, in their sustained economic growth and in the smooth functioning of the world economy,

It is normal to expect that well managed countries, those that have carried out good economic reforms and created conditions that promote democracy and good governance, would show the best economic and social performance.

The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions has considered the second report of the Secretary General on the performance of the programme budget of the United Nations for the biennium 2004 2005 (A 60 572).

In recognition of the role played by national institutions, her Government had created a National Human Rights Commission responsible for ensuring good governance as well as transparency and accountability in society.

Solemn declaration

Services.

Some universal banks did well, others badly.

In July 2004 the Phare 2003 partnership project Raising the performance of public administration to integrate gender equality was launched.

It should be added in this respect that the General Assembly and ACABQ have called for a system for measuring the cost effectiveness of procurement performance by the organizations.

Performance of the Civil Service

Service providers 107.

Some parts of the world are doing better than others in this respect.

Best Achievement in Acting will be decided separately by the judges from all the submissions.

The Supervision Authority conducts financial supervision in the name of the State and is independent in the conduct of financial supervision.

3. Takes note of the first performance report of the Secretary General on the programme budget for the biennium 2000 2001A 55 645 and Corr.1 and Add.1. and the related report and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions A 55 7 Add.5 and Corr.1. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty fifth Session, Supplement No. 7.

1. Takes note of the second performance report of the Secretary General on the programme budget for the biennium 2000 2001A 56 674. and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions A 56 694.

These structures may include committees or groups to which the board has assigned duties regarding the oversight of executive remuneration, audit matters, appointments to the board, and the evaluation of management performance.

Doing Development Better

France performed marvelously.

Table 1.

Revision of the agenda 22

Evaluated Section staff's performance.

Elections 11 15.

Issue of communiqués concerning private meetings 36

(ii) Performance of financial resources

Nonetheless, Venezuela fared far better than the average Latin American country.

On average, resource rich countries have done even more poorly than countries without resources.

Let us hope that the new Iraqi government does better.