Report of the Secretary-General on the Activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

A/RES/56/246View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 130 Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2001–2006

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/60/259

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2006	A/RES/60/259	Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services	812	27%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/271	Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services	471	18%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/287A-B	Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services resolutions	480	18%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/246	Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services	539	16%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/259	Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services	174	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2005

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2005	A/60/378	Report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the management audit of the regional commissions report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/59/271

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Dissolution Internal Oversight Peacekeeping Operations Programme Implementation Report Preparation Subsistence Allowance

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Notes with appreciation the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services;

Takes note of the annual reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services for the periods from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 20001 and from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001;2

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of Internal Oversight Services includes in its annual reports information regarding the implementation rate of the recommendations of the previous three reporting periods;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of Internal Oversight Services includes, in its next annual report, information regarding the impact of its reorganization on its work;

Welcomes the initiative to include in the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services2 qualitative assessments of the implementation of recommendations defined as critical, and invites the Secretary-General to entrust the Office with refining the criteria referred to in paragraph 8 of that report, taking into account the relevant provisions of resolutions 48/218 B and 54/244, and to report thereon in the context of the next annual report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of Internal Oversight Services, when providing information on the implementation rate of critical recommendations in its future annual reports, deals separately with those recommendations which have been implemented, those which are in the process of being implemented and those for which no implementation process is under way, and the reasons for their non-implementation;

Also requests the Secretary-General to present an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on mission liquidation activities at the United Nations, in particular with regard to write-offs, to the General Assembly at its resumed fifty-sixth session;

Further requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, with regard to the new mission subsistence allowance referred to in paragraphs 88 and 89 of its report2 are fully and expeditiously implemented, and to report on the matter in the context of the budget performance reports of the relevant peacekeeping operations;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Office of Internal Oversight Services submits an update on the status of the oversight activities referred to in paragraphs 71 to 81 and in paragraphs 52 to 60, respectively, of its two most recent annual reports,⁴ for further consideration by the General Assembly at its resumed fifty-sixth session;

⁴A/55/436 and A/56/381.

Recalls section III, paragraph 7, of its resolution 55/222 of 23 December 2000, by which it reiterated that all documents submitted to legislative organs by the Secretariat and expert bodies for consideration and action should have conclusions and recommendations in bold print.

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