Report on the Activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

A/RES/78/247View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 132 Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations and 143 Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 2013–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/237

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/237	Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services	1,351	45%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/247	Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services	624	94%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/259	Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services	603	95%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/241	Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services	583	42%Compare
2021	A/RES/75/247	Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services	1,269	74%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2016

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/256	Sustainable mountain development report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/68/21

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Auditing Internal Investigations Internal Oversight

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

I.Activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

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;

Recognizes the important roles and operational independence of the oversight bodies, including the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat, in contributing to improvements in the effectiveness, transparency and accountability of the Organization;

Recalls that the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat shall exercise operational independence relating to the performance of its internal oversight functions, under the authority of the Secretary-General, in accordance with the relevant resolutions;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the annual reports of the Office continue to include a brief description of any impairment of its independence;

Encourages United Nations internal and external oversight bodies to further enhance the level of cooperation with one another, such as through joint work-planning sessions, without prejudice to the independence of each;

Takes note of the report of the Office on its activities for the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all relevant resolutions pertaining to the work of the Office are brought to the attention of the relevant managers;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all relevant resolutions, including those of a cross-cutting nature, are brought to the attention of relevant managers and that the Office also takes those resolutions into account in the conduct of its activities;

II.Activities of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee

Recalling its resolutions 61/275 of 29 June 2007, 64/263, section II of its resolution 65/250, section II of its resolution 66/236, section II of its resolution 67/258, section II of its resolution 68/21, section II of its resolution 69/252, section II of its resolution 70/111, section II of its resolution 71/7, section II of its resolution 72/18, section II of its resolution 73/275, section II of its resolution 74/256, section II of its resolution 75/247, section II of its resolution 76/241, section II of its resolution 77/259 and its resolution 77/278 of 18 April 2023,

Having considered the report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee on its activities for the period from 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2023,²

²A/78/286.

Notes with appreciation the work of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee;

Reaffirms the terms of reference of the Committee, as contained in the annex to its resolution 61/275.

50th (resumed) plenary meeting

22 December 2023