Review of the Question of the Term of Office of the Board of Auditors

A/RES/55/248View 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 2005.

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Election of Members South Africa

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Decides that the term of office of the Board of Auditors shall be a non-consecutive term of office of six years’ duration starting on 1 July 2002;

Decides, for the transitional arrangements, to approve alternative 1 of the report of the Secretary-General,⁴ whereby only the appointment of the Auditor-General of South Africa will be extended until 30 June 2006 and members elected under the current procedure shall be eligible for re-election;

⁴Ibid., para. 11.

Also decides to amend the first sentence of regulation 12.2 of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations as follows:

“The members of the Board of Auditors shall be elected for a non-consecutive term of office of six years’ duration.”

Reissued for technical reasons.

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