Audit and Investigative Reviews of the Tsunami Relief Operations Conducted by the United Nations Secretariat, Funds and Programmes and the Specialized Agencies

A/RES/61/265View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 116 Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations, published in 2007.

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11 subjects

Aid Coordination Auditing Cooperation Between Organizations Coordination Within UN System Disaster Relief Funds Indian Ocean Region Internal Oversight Report Preparation Specialized Agencies Tsunamis

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Notes the efforts of the Office of Internal Oversight Services to coordinate a consolidated report as requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 60/259;

Takes note of the oversight activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services with regard to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Indonesia, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Indonesia and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Sri Lanka, and notes with appreciation that most of the recommendations made by the Office of Internal Oversight Services regarding the operations of those offices have been implemented;

Recalls paragraph 14 of its resolution 60/259, and, regretting the lack of cooperation with the Office of Internal Oversight Services in the preparation of the consolidated report on internal audits and investigative reviews of the tsunami relief operation, as requested in its resolution 60/259, again stresses the importance of full implementation of legislative decisions;

Recalls also paragraph 2 of its resolution 61/245, and decides to consider further the issue of cooperation and coordination between the United Nations funds and programmes and the specialized agencies, in particular relating to complex inter-agency programmes being implemented by a number of entities of the United Nations system;

Recalls further that the Board of Auditors conducted a horizontal review of the activities of the United Nations system in the aftermath of the tsunami, and looks forward to its consideration thereof at its sixty-second session.

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