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

A/RES/60/259View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 132 Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, published in 2006.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2001–2006

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’s in this document?

20 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms its primary role in the consideration of and action taken on reports submitted to it;

Also reaffirms its oversight role and the role of the Fifth Committee in administrative and budgetary matters;

Further reaffirms the independence and the separate and distinct roles of the internal and external oversight mechanisms;

Looks forward to the results of the independent external evaluation of the audit and oversight system of the United Nations, and stresses that the evaluation should include proposals on:

Ensuring the full operational independence of the Office of Internal Oversight Services;

Strengthening the evaluation capacity of the Office at the programme and subprogramme levels;

Ensuring adequate funding arrangements for timely reimbursement by funds and programmes for services of the Office;

Notes with concern the description of the mission of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, as outlined in paragraph 1 of its annual report,1 and in this regard reiterates that, in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 59/270, the mission of the Office should be in full conformity with its mandate, as approved by the Assembly in its resolution 48/218 B;

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

Takes note of the annual report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services;1

Stresses the importance of full implementation of legislative decisions, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that programme managers provide information to the Office of Internal Oversight Services to be reflected in the programme performance report on the rate of implementation of legislative mandates and decisions and, where applicable, in cases where full implementation has not been achieved, the reasons therefor;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all relevant resolutions, in particular cross-cutting resolutions, are brought to the attention of relevant managers, and further requests that the Office of Internal Oversight Services also take those resolutions into account in the conduct of its activities;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all relevant resolutions pertaining to the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services are brought to the attention of the relevant managers;

Notes that not all programme managers have reported the results of investigations to the Office of Internal Oversight Services, as required in paragraph 11 of its resolution 59/287 of 13 April 2005, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that programme managers comply with this requirement as a measure of accountability;

Requests the Secretary-General to entrust the Office of Internal Oversight Services to submit a report on the use of the best-value concept in the evaluation and awarding of procurement contracts in order to identify any possible misuse;

Recalls its request, as contained in section IV, paragraph 4, of its resolution 59/296 of 22 June 2005, notes with concern paragraph 25 of the annual report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services1 concerning the management of fuel in peacekeeping missions, and welcomes the intention of the Office to report to the General Assembly on the oversight of fuel management in peacekeeping missions;

Welcomes the comprehensive tsunami risk assessments undertaken by the Office of Internal Oversight Services jointly with United Nations funds and programmes and the specialized agencies, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that United Nations funds and programmes and the specialized agencies cooperate with the Office in the preparation of a consolidated report on audits and investigative reviews undertaken of the tsunami relief operation and to entrust the Office to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session;

Also welcomes the intention of the Office of Internal Oversight Services to conduct a risk assessment of the activities of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, and invites the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board to request the Office, in this context, to conduct an audit of the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of services provided to beneficiaries;

Notes with concern the numerous allegations of fraud and irregularities in the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, and requests the Office of Internal Oversight Services to submit to the General Assembly at its resumed sixtieth session an overview report on its investigations and follow-up;

Decides to modify the title of the relevant agenda item to read “Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services” in accordance with paragraph 3 of its resolution 59/272.

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

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