In this connection, the UNOPS management is following the advice of the Management Coordination Committee and will evaluate the options for configuring future UNOPS operations.

The management of the Office closely reflects the progress made in the implementation of the completion strategy.

The financial disclosure programme will be administered by the proposed Office of Ethics, pursuant to its establishment.

The following redeployments will be effected in line with the reorganization of UNODC (a) Programme Management Officer (P 4) from the Country Office in Viet Nam to the Partnership in Development Branch and (b) Programme Management Officer (P 3) from the Partnership in Development Branch to the Country Office in Myanmar.

The Director of Administration of the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships introduced the report of that Office (A 60 327).

The head of the office should be a member of the UNDP management team.

The President of the Military Tribunal acts as presiding judge in the panels and as head of the office in the administration of the Tribunal.

The Office continued to provide change management consulting services, including to the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the document slotting system.

The office is also responsible for the issuance of all reports of the Investment Management Service to the governing United Nations committees and the Investments Committee.

In the meantime, the Executive Office of the Department of Management continues to provide some functional support to the Department of Safety and Security.

In order to resolve such problems, OIOS sought and received direct support from a number of senior managers of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

The Office of Ethics, once established, will be responsible for standard setting on ethics issues and training, in coordination with the Office of Human Resources Management.

The Committee recommends acceptance of an additional General Service post now to strengthen personnel management functions in the Executive Office.

In the context of the review, the Office will ensure that the recommendations for the adoption of a three year strategic plan that addresses the risk management strategy are considered.

The recommendation has been implemented through the introduction of IMIS in the UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and monthly expenditure reporting to the programme coordinators by the Administration of the Office.

UNOPS would continue to offer both complex operations management implementation services and individual service lines, for example recruitment and administration of human resources, contracting and procurement services, project supervision and loan administration, and conference management services.

UNOPS management proposes to work out a strategy to address the fundamental problems of income volatility and high fixed costs that characterize the existing organizational arrangements.

Similarly, centrally controlled expenditures are now requested under Executive Office rather than Office of the Chief Executive Officer or Information Management Systems Service.

DPI has continued its close coordination with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations on these same issues and is in constant contact with the public information office of the Mission itself.

In its evaluation of UN Habitat (E AC.51 2005 3), the Office recommended narrowing the focus of the programme and improving the management of some of its activities.

OIOS acknowledges the comments of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which, inter alia, reflect the constraints of the governing framework of individual members of the Inter Agency Network.

DPKO, too, has supported the Office's views that close cooperation between UNMOs and any peacekeeping force should be emphasized.

This office would be charged with working with the government of southern Sudan, as well as with managing the peace support operation, including policy formulation and planning in the south.

To enhance UNODC's performance, and to save costs, a number of significant reform steps have been taken in the areas of human resource management, financial resource management and information technology support.

UNOPS management views the 2005 plan and budget as underpinning an interim strategy that will force a more radical realignment of UNOPS operations in 2006.

The Committee was informed that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations had entered into discussions with the Office of Internal Oversight Services to establish procedures with respect to the role of the Office in this area.

As a United Nations actor with a private sector management approach, UNOPS works with the private sector and in public private partnerships.

In paragraph 204 of the report, UNOPS agreed with the Board's recommendation that it perform a cost benefit analysis for the recommendations made by the strategic advisory groups in order for the change management initiatives to be measured against a substantiated budget and to track the value generated by the change management process.

Circular 1900 2001 TT TCDC by Department of Land Office guide procedures to offer the right to land use without any discrimination against sex of land users.

OIOS re emphasizes the following forceful actions to enhance the performance of UNMOs, most of which are currently being implemented by DPKO

UNOPS is in discussions with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and its cartographic section for the supply of SPOT data to the United Nations system contract for satellite imagery.

The Office of Internal Oversight Services recommended the establishment of a separate budget unit within the Executive Office.

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Composition of the Bureau

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UNOPS experienced growing demand for its services, particularly for project management services supporting large scale, complex programme activities in post conflict and transitional situations.

The Unit plans, initiates, directs, supervises and carries out thematic, programme and project evaluations in the Office and guarantees the independence of evaluation activities by separating them from programme and project line management.

In addition to the UPL charges, UNDP is also requiring a management fee of 3 per cent on all UNODC project expenditures reported through Atlas.

Based on the OIOS review, the Military Division of DPKO intends to examine the use of advanced technology in peacekeeping missions, with a view to improving conditions for missions and deployed personnel.