Report on activities of the Office of the Comptroller General

Report on activities of the Office of the Comptroller General.

The Controller introduced the report of the Secretary General (A 60 450).

The office of the Comptroller General will ensure continuous monitoring of performance and report thereon.

The Controller introduced the report of the Secretary General (A 60 360).

The Controller introduced the report of the Secretary General (A 60 437).

The Controller introduced the report of the Secretary General (A 60 364).

The Controller introduced the report of the Secretary General (A 60 537).

E. Implementation of OCG IOG recommendations

D. OCG IOG hotline

The Comptroller General and the UNIDO Executive Board reviewed these results.

The Comptroller replied that emphasis had been given to the matter in the last year.

The Office of the Comptroller General explained that considerable progress has been made and that an audit risk assessment policy had been developed to assist in the compilation of the 2005 IOG work plan.

Report by the Office of the Comptroller General on activities undertaken in 2004.

The report highlights some major achievements of OCG, as well as challenges being faced.

The Office of the Comptroller General has proved to be helpful in facilitating the implementation of external audit recommendations.

The Comptroller General is to be complimented on his achievements in managing this structure within the limited resources available.

(a) Controlled delivery?

Photo courtesy of Zambian Watchdog.

The Controller made a statement.

Mr. ZEWERI (Observer for Afghanistan) said that he wished to thank the Director General for the special attention he had given to Afghanistan.

I am pleased to note that the Office of the Comptroller General has drafted a policy on fraud awareness and prevention on which I have also provided my comments.

While programmes related to the provision of internal support services for the Organization, covered in Major Programmes A, B, G, H and I, have remained largely unchanged from those presented in the programme and budgets for the biennium 2004 2005, the programmes related to the provision of substantive technical and global forum services to the beneficiary States have been substantially altered to fit into the thematic framework selected for Major Programmes C to F.

In my previous report (PBC.20 3) I welcomed the Office of the Comptroller General's comprehensive review of the organisation's field representation.

Staff awareness will be pursued in the context of an overall accountability awareness initiative being developed by the Inspector General's Office, the Division of Human Rresources Mmanagement, and the Controller's Office.

The Controller also made a statement.

Requests for observer status

Identical letters dated 8 December 2005 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary General and the President of the Security Council

Identical letters dated 15 November 2005 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary General and the President of the Security Council

In my previous report (PBC.20 3) I alluded to the establishment of the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG) as being instrumental in strengthening the internal oversight function.

The Permanent Observer for Palestine made a statement.

A statement was also made by the observer for Canada.

The observer for the African Union made a statement.

The observer for the Holy See made a statement.

Decides that the Holy See, in its capacity as observer State, and Palestine, in its capacity as observer, shall participate in the High level Dialogue

Annex to the identical letters dated 15 November 2005 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary General and the President of the Security Council

Decision of the Comptroller General of the United States, File No. B 288653, 31 October 2001, available at http archive.gao.gov legald425p10 a02467.pdf.

It is a sitting observer of the United Nations Development Group.

A statement was also made by the observer for the Republic of Korea.

The observer for the European Commission also made a statement.

The representative of the observer delegation of Palestine also made a statement.

The Office of the Comptroller General is now firmly established in accordance with the OCG Charter which was issued during September 2004 as called for by the tenth General Conference in GC.10 Res.10.

The OCG has since made significant progress in fostering the principles of good corporate governance, with particular emphasis on the concepts of integrity and accountability.

The internal control systems and financial records are subject to reviews by the Office of the Comptroller General and the External Auditor during their respective audits.

L Observateur , for example, raises the following questions