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Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

A/RES/54/257No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 118Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2000–2004
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/58/299
  • 2004A/RES/58/299Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight ServicesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2003A/RES/57/287[A]Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight ServicesCompare with previous version
  • 2000A/RES/54/257Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
Administrative ReformInternal InvestigationsInternal OversightProgramme ManagementReport PreparationRules and Regulations

What does this mandate say?

17 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the following reports:
a
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audit of the commercial insurance programmes;
b
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audits of the regional commissions;
c
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audit of the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements;
d
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the audit of the United Nations health insurance programme;
e
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the investigation into allegations of theft of funds by a staff member of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;
f
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the review of common services in the United Nations and the comments of the Joint Inspection Unit thereon;
g
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the investigation into the field office in Lebanon of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East;
h
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the management audit of conference centres at the Economic Commission for Africa and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific;
i
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the investigation into allegations concerning an electronic commerce project at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;
j
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the review of the procurement of Lysol by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
k
Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the inquiry into allegations of insufficient use of expertise in procurement planning of aviation services in peacekeeping missions;
2
Takes note also of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the review of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the comments of the Joint Inspection Unit thereon;
3
Requests that, in future, the appropriate legislative mandates relating to the work of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs be included in the reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, and also requests that the appropriate legislative mandates be included as well in other future published reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services;
4
Takes note of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the review of the programme and administrative practices of the secretariat of the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO and the comments of the Unit thereon, reaffirming that the merging of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Trade Centre has not been approved by the pertinent legislative bodies;
5
Takes note also of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the review of programme management in the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division, reaffirming that the discontinuation of mandates on crime prevention and criminal justice is within the prerogative of the pertinent legislative bodies;
6
Takes note further of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the investigation into the alleged conflict of interest in the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) and the comments of the Unit thereon, reaffirming that the approval of amendments to the Staff Regulations of the United Nations and the ratification of amendments to the Staff Rules are the prerogative of Member States.

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