fostering transparency and accountability in the management of public affairs.

A. Reconstituting of the Accountability Panel as the Management Performance Board

The objective of the proposed arrangements is strengthened management and accountability.

Top management should take ultimate responsibility and ensure accountability of individuals and units.

(c) To promote integrity, accountability and proper management of public affairs and public property.

The security management accountability framework had been discussed in detail at the annual meeting of the Inter Agency Security Management Network.

(a) The management arrangements for procurement, including clear lines of accountability and delegation of authority

We must also ensure mutual accountability and strengthen our public financial management capacity.

Its new rules were transparency, optimal development of resources, streamlined methods, results based management and accountability.

In Malta, accountability for gender mainstreaming is ensured through the performance management contract of senior officials in the public service and the performance management programme of other officers.

Australia has long been a consistent and strong voice calling for improved management and accountability of the United Nations.

(iv) enhancing good governance, transparency and accountability of public institutions, including through anti corruption measures and improved fiscal management

Lastly and equally important, the success of conference management depends critically on clear accountability on the part of all involved.

The Secretariat in recent months has faced numerous calls for greater efficiency, improved accountability and better management.

55. Stresses the importance of establishing adequate accountability measures for managers to ensure their timely response to management evaluation requests

Large sums of money without good governance, prudent expenditure management, transparency and accountability are unlikely to produce the desired result.

Planning, synchronization and accountability are therefore the three pillars of a dynamic process of conference management from a full system perspective.

Marine management remains a fragmented patchwork of national and international bodies, with separate and often overlapping jurisdictions, and no global accountability.

Its reliance on voluntary contributions rendered absolutely essential the highest standards of impartiality, transparency and accountability in its management and programmes.

At the institutional level, rules, management systems and administrative procedures should require honest reporting, sharing of information and accountability for performance.

The Public Administration Act, enacted in 2001, brought in a new management framework focused on results and increased accountability.

(b) To enhance managerial skills and accountability, an intensive management development programme was organized for UNODC in June 2004.

To improve the performance and assure the accountability of the Organization by designing, maintaining, operating and monitoring the management control framework of UNIDO.

(iv) Endorsing the package of management reforms that the Secretary General is undertaking to improve accountability, transparency and efficiency within the Secretariat

We owe it to those we serve to ensure that our management, oversight and accountability systems are of the highest possible calibre.

(c) Integrity, transparency and accountability in the management of foreign aid. There have also been calls for better accountability measures in development aid, especially in the current international relief efforts for the tsunami disaster in South Asia.

Welcoming the report of the Secretary General on a framework for accountability for the United Nations field security management system,A 57 365. in which a new mechanism to ensure accountability and responsibility in the area of field security is introduced,

We should aim to limit our management of the Secretariat to giving it broad guidelines, and in return demand transparency, accountability and tougher audits.

33. Stresses the importance for the United Nations development system to improve strategic planning, while noting that results based management, accountability and transparency of the United Nations development system are an integral part of sound management

The Steering Committee has been replaced by the new Senior Committee on Management, while the Management Performance Board replaces the Accountability Panel, according to the Secretary General's announcement issued in April 2005.

But penologists recognize that certain factors including overcrowding, insufficient guard training, detached management, shoddy infrastructure, racial tensions, and lack of public accountability make disaster almost inevitable.

The implementation report should also contain information on the revised security management accountability framework as well as on the review of all existing host country agreements.

2. Notes with concern the findings of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on problem areas in the functioning, administration and accountability mechanisms of the Investment Management Service

In Africa and many other parts of the world, we are seeing a gradual switch from centralized administrative management of natural resources to accountability of the basic communities.

Under the terms of paragraphs 161, 163 and 164 of the draft resolution, the General Assembly would introduce measures to promote Secretariat and management reform, including issues of management performance and transparency and reinforcing ethical conduct and accountability at all levels.

To promote accountability, after commissioning a full and independent review of our oversight and management system, I will present a blueprint for an independent oversight audit committee.

The Secretary General had been requested to submit to the General Assembly at its current session a revised United Nations security management accountability framework.

There needs to be a modernized approach to management in the United Nations based on strengthened accountability, greater transparency and more efficient working practices.

In addition, globalization made possible a rapid diffusion of ideas and practices, enabling citizens everywhere to demand higher standards of integrity, transparency and accountability in the management of public affairs.

The need for a coherent overall approach to monitoring and evaluation reflects the complex and integrated nature of the MTSP and the need to strengthen strategic management accountability.

The European Union would also welcome further information on the status of the revised United Nations security management accountability framework, which should be completed as soon as possible.

Our accession to the African Peer Review Mechanism is a manifestation of our desire to adopt policies and practices that emphasize accountability and transparency in public sector management.

There should be accountability at the highest levels for example, annual reporting to the Executive Board and gender mainstreaming should be included in the RCAs of senior management.

We also recognized that good progress has been made towards results based management and we encouraged him to pursue this further in the interest of transparency and accountability.

Promote the United Nations Convention against Corruption and fight corruption at all levels through policies that emphasize accountability, transparent public sector management and competitive markets