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Item130:Joint Inspection Unit
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EU Statement Joint lnspectionUnit (JlU) on Mr.Chairman The Acceding countriesBulgaria and Romania, candidate the countries Turkey, croatia-, and the FormerYugoslav Republic Macedonia-, Countries the Stabilisation of the of and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Hezegovina, serbiaand Montenegro, the EFTAcountry and Norway, member the European of Economic Area,as wellas Ukraine the Republic Moldova and of alignthemselves thisdeclaration. with At the outsetwe wish to thank the Officeof the President the General of Assembly to presentus with a note on procedures the appointment inspectors the Joint for of of Inspection Unit.This document corresponds a request resolution to in 59/267wherethe Assembly mandated President the GA to review appointment the of procedure JIU the for inspectors with the aim to enhance efficient the application article3 paragraph of the of 2 Statute the JlU. of EU stronglysupportsthe effortsto improvethe selection processfor inspectors. The process must become more simple, transparent, reliableand must ensure that the candidatesmeet the necessaryprofessional requirements. The strengthening the of consultative of the President the General role of Assembly the shortening the overall and of processare important meansto that end. The EU welcomes proposals the contained in noteA/60/659. Mr.Chairman. We would also like to thankthe Chairperson the Joint Inspection of Unit,Mrs. Deborah wynes for havingintroduced programme work for 2006, contained document the of in A/C.5/60/CRP.1. During deliberations the mainsession, our at several delegations emphasised needto the discuss the programme work of the Unit in a moretimelymanner. of we are, therefore, pleased see that the JIU listened the concerns the member to to of statesand madethe programme workavailable the Committee an earlystage. of to at We will reflect the topicsproposed comment on and further our informal in consultations. you,Mr.Chairman Thank

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Croatiaand the Former Yugoslav Republicof Macedoniacontinueto be part of the Stabilisation and AssociationProcess.