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Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola

A/RES/54/17ANo PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 129Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1999–2003
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/57/329
  • 2003A/RES/57/329Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in AngolaLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2001A/RES/55/260Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in AngolaCompare with previous version
  • 2000A/RES/54/17BFinancing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in AngolaCompare with previous version
  • 1999A/RES/54/17AFinancing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in AngolaCompare with previous version
  • 1999A/RES/53/228Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 topics
Administrative RemediesAngolaAuditingFraudInternal OversightPeacekeeping OperationsPurchasingStandardizationTraining Programmes

What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the findings, observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audits of the procurement process in the United Nations Angola Verification Mission;
2
Notes with concern that one of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services was based on incomplete information provided to the Office;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to examine carefully the internal audit recommendations before taking remedial action;
4
Expresses concern over the lack of a consistent policy for the implementation of audit recommendations in respect of cases of fraud and financial abuse;
5
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that audit recommendations in respect of cases of fraud and financial abuse are implemented in a consistent manner throughout the Secretariat;
6
Calls for further efforts to provide proper training and guidance to procurement officers in the field, especially in view of the expansion of United Nations peacekeeping activities;
7
Looks forward to the report of the Secretary-General on the procurement of goods for quartering areas of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission;
8
Calls upon the Secretary-General to provide additional information on the measures being taken by the Secretariat further to improve procurement activities in the field and to enhance control and accountability, within the context of the report on management irregularities causing financial losses to the Organization, as requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 53/225 of 8 June 1999, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly, prior to the second part of its resumed fifty-fourth session, providing a concrete plan to correct procurement-related problems in peacekeeping operations, which should include the following:
a
All remedial measures taken to address problems identified with regard to the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola and other peacekeeping operations;
b
Standardization of the corrective measures that have already been taken for all existing and future peacekeeping operations;
c
A description of how accountability was pursued in the cases of individuals who were found to have engaged in fraud, mismanagement or abuse, and how accountability measures will be applied in the future.

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