AG/RES. 1383 (XXVI-O/96)

CLARIFICATION OF ARTICLE 114 OF THE GENERAL STANDARDS TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT

(Resolution adopted at the eighth plenary session, held on June 7, 1996)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN resolutions AG/RES. 1321 (XXV-O/95) and AG/RES. 1322 (XXV-O/95) and the document entitled "Comments and Recommendations of the Board of External Auditors with the Comments and Actions of the General Secretariat, for the Biennium Ended December 31, 1995" (CP/CAAP-2237/96 rev. 1); and

CONSIDERING:

That, at its twenty-fifth regular session, the General Assembly adopted resolution AG/RES. 1321 (XXV-O/95) and resolution AG/RES. 1322 (XXV-O/95) for the purpose of amending Article 114 of the General Standards to Govern the Operations of the General Secretariat; and

That there is a discrepancy that needs to be resolved between the amended text of Article 114 set out in resolution AG/RES. 1321 (XXV-O/95) and the amended text of that same article established in resolution AG/RES. 1322 (XXV-O/95),

RESOLVES:

1. To amend the text of Article 114 of the General Standards as follows:

Article 114: Submittal of the Report of the Board of External Auditors to the Permanent Council and the General Assembly. The Board shall submit its report to the Permanent Council within the first four months of the year. The report shall include the preliminary comments of the General Secretariat. Additional formal comments on the plans for adopting measures relating to the recommendations of the report shall be furnished by the General Secretariat and the Office of the Inspector General. The Permanent Council shall make such observations and recommendations as it sees fit. The report shall be submitted to the General Assembly at is next regular session, together with the observations from the Permanent Council, the General Secretariat, and the Office of the Inspector General.

2. To clarify that this amended text has retroactive effect and applies as of June 8, 1995.