Global audit of field security management

Global audit of field security management

UNODC internal observations are shared with OIOS before audit visits to UNODC field offices are undertaken

(t) Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the global audit of field security management (A 59 702)

If not resolved, this issue will create a major impediment to the proper planning and execution of audit assignments, particularly for field audits.

The intention is to extend our audit work in this regard to field offices later this year, with particular emphasis on the use of national experts.

Audit Recommendations

Internal audit

Audit opinion

Audit process

Internal audit

Audit opinion

External audit

Internal audit

Audit costs

Internal audit is conducted by a dedicated UNHCR Audit Service, which forms part of Internal Audit Division II that is headquartered at Geneva.

The UNHCR Audit Service, in close cooperation with the UNHCR Audit Coordinator in the Controller's Office, vigorously follows up on outstanding audit recommendations.

Following the bombing of United Nations offices in Baghdad, the Office conducted a comprehensive global audit of security management at Headquarters and at 20 field missions (A 59 702).

We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for the audit opinion.

The Audit Services Branch will update the checklist for the 2005 audit exercise.

Audit the Fed?

Internal audit ratings

Audit services 10.0

Internal audit function

Scope of audit

OIOS Audit Service

UNHCR Audit Service

In addition, the management instructions assist in monitoring compliance with the most common observations made by audit teams of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) visiting UNODC field offices.

Annual report and audit

Audit recommendation tracking dashboard

Independent Audit Advisory Committee

(c) Audit and Inspection

One D 1 post would be redeployed from Internal Audit in New York to Internal Audit in Geneva to strengthen audit operations handled from the Geneva office.

An information security audit is an audit on the level of information security in an organization.

The working group fully supported the resources requested for external audit ( 479,900) and internal audit ( 1,240,700).

Two individual consultants will be employed for a period of approximately two months each to audit the telecommunication assets and related resources of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the field missions

The regularity audit will be taken forward through a pre final audit in the last quarter of 2005 and a final audit after the closure of the financial period.

To ensure an effective internal audit mechanism, the Coordination Council has adopted a Charter for Internal Audit.

OIOS Audit of UNHCR Procurement (Audit report 03 03) of 6 February 2003, paragraphs 25 and 26.

(a) Audit services 10 000

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Management summary audit implementation status

(i) Accountability, audit and oversight

Table 1 Internal audit ratings

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