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The administrative capacity of the Department will be strengthened through the creation of an Executive Office.

That comes under General Office Administration. Mr. Dobisch, 21 st floor.

The Office of Legal Affairs received and assigned interns to participate in the work of the department.

The establishment of several new units is proposed in the Office of the Director of Administration.

Its placement in the Office of the Under Secretary General reflects the importance of the issue to the Department.

The OWAFD has the administrative status of a department, whereas the ONCWA was only a bureau under the Office of the Permanent Secretary.

In general, management had accepted those recommendations and OIOS would continue to monitor their implementation.

The Department of Peacekeeping Operations drafted an agreement to serve as a framework for documenting the transfer of strategic deployment stocks to non peacekeeping organizations.

5 The Office for Management Improvement and Oversight Support of the Department of Management conducted the data collection and analysis.

Comment by the Administration. The Office of Human Resources Management continues to monitor strict adherence to the administrative instructions mentioned.

Comment of the Administration. The Office of the Prosecutor and the Language Services Section are meeting for this purpose at two weekly intervals.

Prodi's Commission decided to send Commissioners into the field their offices were no longer next to the President's office, but located in the department for which each was responsible.

The Board notes that the Administration has failed to notify the United Nations Office at Nairobi of matters concerning property movements.

The Department was able to consolidate three sections of its Office of Mission Support and vacate Nigeria House.

In order to underline the importance of this project, in October 2004 the office of the public administration reform coordinator was moved to the office of the Prime Minister, who is in charge of the overall reform process.

OIOS was assured that these issues were being addressed by the implementation of the Management Systems Renewal Project (MSRP).

Comment by the Administration. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs continues to identify and investigate inactive project balances with a view to transferring them to active projects.

Comment by the Administration. The Brazil office moved its human resources data into Atlas as from January 2005.

Comment by the Administration. In addition to appointments of limited duration, UNOPS also administers UNFPA special service agreements.

Thereafter, the Governing Council Bureau will meet every morning before meetings start (time and venue to be identified).

OIOS is pleased to note that the present management team is making a positive effort to address the concerns raised.

A notable exception is the Office of the Prime Minister' where women are occupying 12 positions out of 30 positions at the senior management level.

VIII.57 The Advisory Committee welcomes the efforts of the Administration of the United Nations Office at Geneva to achieve efficiency gains.

VIII.64 The Advisory Committee welcomes the efforts of the Administration at the United Nations Office at Vienna to achieve efficiency gains.

In response, the Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau of Management, recognized the complexity and redundancy of the budget format.

The latter recognized the role of the Women's Bureau as the implementing office for the National Women's Council.

Comment by the Administration. Treasury operations at the United Nations Office at Geneva have been further reviewed to identify areas for improvement.

Hence, the UNDP office in Copenhagen now includes a shared service centre providing global human resources administration and payroll services.

For example, Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels put the number at 60 billion.

Three posts have already been redeployed from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to Administration, Vienna, for the 2004 2005 biennium.

The Division for Management of the United Nations Office at Vienna is responsible for the implementation of the work programme under this section.

Comment by the Administration. The United Nations Office at Vienna and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement on 10 December 2004.

Comment by the Administration. The Office of Internal Oversight Services is of the view that more training can only be undertaken if additional funds are made available.

Comment by the Administration. An independent company commissioned by the Office of Audit and Performance Review has been reviewing controls and risks following the implementation of Atlas.

Comment by the Administration. UNICEF has advised the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat of the observation made by the Board regarding the delegation of authority to the Executive Director.

The Department's strategic planning through systematic evaluation has been reinforced through cooperation with the Office of Internal Oversight Services.

Overall management and strategic and policy direction of the organization are provided by the Office of the Administrator through the Administrator and Associate Administrator.

It is OIA's conclusion that significant additional effort is required by management to address this chronic state.

2. Also takes note of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the inspection of programme management and administrative practices of the International Trade Centre UNCTAD WTO,See A 59 229. and requests the Secretary General to ensure that the recommendations contained therein are implemented expeditiously

The project coordinator will assist the Director of the UNOG Division of Administration to manage implementation of all security projects in Geneva.

Comment by the Administration. UNOPS has implemented internal control procedures to ensure that project budgets are approved in Atlas before the funds can be used.

The ethics office, like the Office of the Ombudsman, the Administrative Tribunal, the Board of Auditors and secretariat of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, would be under the budget section on programme budget, Overall policymaking, direction and coordination.