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Financial Reports and Accounts, and Reports of the Board of Auditors

A/RES/33/10No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99Financial reports and accounts, and reports of the Board of Auditors, published in 1979.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1977–1982
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/37/12
  • 1982A/RES/37/12Financial reports and accounts, and reports of the Board of AuditorsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1981A/RES/35/208Financial reports and accounts, and reports of the Board of AuditorsCompare with previous version
  • 1979A/RES/34/5Financial reports and accounts, and reports of the Board of AuditorsCompare with previous version
  • 1979A/RES/33/10Financial reports and accounts, and reports of the Board of AuditorsCompare with previous version
  • 1978A/RES/32/16Financial reports and accounts, and reports of the Board of AuditorsCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
AccountsAuditingFinancial StatementsManagementRecommendations

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
2
Endorses the observations and comments of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions as set forth in its report;
3
Requests the executive heads of the organizations and programmes concerned to take such remedial action as required by the comments and observations made by the Board of Auditors in its reports; 14 4.
Endorses the proposals of the Board of Auditors for improving the United Nations financial management and control systems, especially the proposal for strengthening the role of the Controller so as to enable him to provide functional leadership, guidance and central direction of all United Nations financial functions, including the development of a comprehensive financial manual setting out the financial management and control policies, responsibilities and procedures of the United Nations;
5
Calls upon the Secretary-General to proceed as quickly as possible to implement these proposals and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth
2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 5 (A/33/5), vol. I, sects. I and III, and vol. II.
3 Jbid., vol. Ill, sects. I and III.
4 Ibid., vol. IV, sects. I and III.
5 Ibid., Supplement No. 5A (A/33/5/ Add.1), sects. I and III.
6 Ibid., Supplement No. 5B (A/33/5/ Add.2), part one, sects. I and III, and part two.
7 Ibid., Supplement No. 5D (A/33/5/ Add.4), sects. I and III.
B Jbid., Supplement No. 5E (A/33/5/ Add.5), sects. I and III.
9 Ibid., Supplement No. 5F (A/33/5/ Add.6), sects. I and III.
10 Ibid., Supplement No. 5G (A/33/5/ Add.7), sects. I and III.
11 Ibid., Supplement No. 5H (A/33/5/ Add.8), sects. I and III.
12 Ibid., Supplement No. 5 (A/33/5), vol. I, sect. II; ibid., vol. III, sect. II; ibid., vol. IV, sect. ll; ibid., Supplement No. 5A (A/33/5/Add.1), sect. II; ibid., Supplement No. 5B (A/33/5/ Add.2), part one, sect. II; ibid., Supplement No. 5D (A/33/5/ Add.4), sect. II; ibid., Supplement No. SE (A/33/5/ Add.5), sect. II; ibid., Supplement No. 5F (A/33/5/Add.6), sect. II; ibid., Supplement No. 5G (A/33/5! Add.7), sect. II; and ibid., Supplement No. 5H (A/33/5/Add.8), sect. II.
13 A/33/171.
14 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 5 (A/33/5), vol. I, sect. IV; ibid., vol. III, sect. IV; ibid., vol. IV, sect. IV; ibid., Supplement No. 5A (A/33/5/ Add.1), sect. IV; ibid., Supplement No. 5B (A/33/5/Add.2), part one, sect. IV; ibid., Supplement No. 5D (A/33/5/ Add.4 ), sect. IV; ibid., Supplement No. 5E (A/33/ 5/Add.5), sect. IV; ibid., Supplement No. 5F (A/33/5/Add.6), sect. IV; ibid., Supplement No. 5G (A/33/5/Add.7), sect. IV; and ibid., Supplement No. 5H ( A/33/5/ Add.8), sect. IV. session on the progress made in meeting the concerns expressed by the Board of Auditors in its report;15 Requests the Board of Auditors to follow up on the implementation of its recommendations contained in its special report on the financial management and control review of the United Nations Headquarters and Office at Geneva 111 and to report to the General Assembly not later than at its thirty-fifth session.

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