Today, we stand accountable to them.

Likewise, accountability must be improved.

Building performance related accountability

That is a peculiar notion of accountability.

Half of the Council's membership would be unaccountable.

Member of the High Court of Impeachment ( valtakunnanoikeus ), 1994 2000

Transparency is an essential feature of any system of accountability.

We should have a Council that is representative, legitimate and accountable.

We demand transparency and accountability from multilateral institutions.

On Saturday the Secretary General proposed an accountability pact.

Strengthening of State systems for nuclear material accountancy and control

It needs more effective and more accountable governments.

Its Secretariat, agencies and staff must be fully accountable.

(a) Developing a competent, independent and impartial judiciary and accountable government institutions

We are also happy to see that the action plan includes accountability machinery.

We welcome the initiative to enhance the competence and accountability of the Secretariat.

Design and manage a coherent economic policy and development programme for a fragmented, landlocked territory surrounded by land and sea barriers with Israel and intersected by the built up areas, access routes and buffer zones of Israeli settlements Reinforce and develop the rule of law after years of deterioration and centralization of powers.

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

Determining an optimal level of accountability for results is also challenging.

Few countries reported on successful establishment of accountability mechanisms.

7. Stresses, in this regard, the crucial importance of establishing an effective and efficient system of accountability throughout the Secretariat in order to prevent such problems and to make programme managers accountable

An election after which the record of non permanent members is not examined is accountability, but a stringent review holding new permanent members accountable is lack of accountability.

(ix) Ensuring that the military remains accountable to the democratically elected civilian government

Independent oversight is an essential part of any comprehensive system of accountability.

Urgent steps are needed to increase the quality, transparency and accountability of ODA.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) created a metric of accountability for which humanity will hold us answerable.

Thirdly, it will enhance accountability, through the mechanism of periodic elections and re elections.

Periodic elections are the only legitimate means of ensuring the accountability of Security Council members.

It is essential that the Peacebuilding Commission be made accountable to the General Assembly.

To be sure, central bankers should be democratically accountable for their actions.

The question is how to keep surveillance off the slippery slope to unaccountable snooping.

Activists in Bahrain hope the ruling will extend to other countries to hold Nasser accountable for his crimes.

Representative and accountable local governments may be the most appropriate interlocutors for this process.4

The democracy, transparency and accountability of the Council depend mainly on the working methods.

The IAEA Advisory Service on material accountancy and control provided assessment services to States and coordinated technical support programmes provided by member States.

The credit ratings agencies have been held accountable in two private suits.

I think that means that we should be encouraging an accountable and democratic Government, the rule of law and respect for human rights.

This would reflect the importance accorded to the body. Universality in voting would allow the body to be more accountable to the full membership of the Organization.

We must all help to create a United Nations that is more efficient and accountable.

Those running a strong emergency financing mechanism will have to be strongly accountable.

And who better to press for a more accountable European Central Bank?

But combining market integration with democracy requires the creation of supranational political institutions that are representative and accountable.

According to Human Rights Watch, courts in Bahrain fail to deliver basic accountability and impartial justice .

It was also proposed that transparency in the debt relief process should be enhanced through accountable mechanisms.

With so much work to do in one year, I propose that we start with an accountability pact.