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 113 STAT. 1501A-482 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX G (3) NEW BUDGET PROCEDURES FOR THE UNITED NATIONS.— The United Nations has established and is implementing budget procedures that— (A) require the maintenance of a budget not in excess of the level agreed to by the General Assembly at the beginning of each United Nations budgetary biennium, unless increases are agreed to by consensus; and (B) require the system-wide identification of expenditures by functional categories such as personnel, travel, and equipment. (4) SUNSET POLICY FOR CERTAIN UNITED NATIONS PRO- GRAMS.— (A) EXISTING AUTHORITY. —The Secretary General and the Director General of each designated specialized agency have used their existing authorities to require program managers within the United Nations Secretariat and the Secretariats of the designated specialized agencies to conduct evaluations of United Nations programs approved by the General Assembly, and of programs of the designated specialized agencies, in accordance with the standardized methodology referred to in subparagraph (B). (B) DEVELOPMENT OF EVALUATION CRITERIA.— (i) UNITED NATIONS.— The Office of Internal Oversight Services has developed a standardized methodology for the evaluation of United Nations programs approved by the General Assembly, including specific criteria for determining the continuing relevance and effectiveness of the programs. (ii) DESIGNATED SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.— Patterned on the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the United Nations, each designated specialized agency has developed a standardized methodology for the evaluation of the programs of the agency, including specific criteria for determining the continuing relevance and effectiveness of the programs. (C) PROCEDURES. —Consistent with the July 16, 1997, recommendations of the Secretary General regarding a sunset policy and results-based budgeting for United Nations programs, the United Nations and each designated specialized agency has established and is implementing procedures— (i) requiring the Secretary General or the Director General of the agency, as the case may be, to report on the results of evaluations referred to in this paragraph, including the identification of programs that have met criteria for continuing relevance and effectiveness and proposals to terminate or modify programs that have not met such criteria; and (ii) authorizing an appropriate body within the United Nations or the agency, as the case may be, to review each evaluation referred to in this paragraph and report to the General Assembly on means of improving the program concerned or on terminating the program. (D) UNITED STATES POLICY. —It shall be the policy of the United States to seek adoption by the United Nations of a resolution requiring that each United Nations program

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