Internal oversight

Monitoring, Evaluation and Consulting Division

Department of Management Office of the Under Secretary General

Internal control and risk management

Liberty mileage

It is now necessary to shift to a database system to improve data management for automated validation of accuracy and integrity.

Weak internal controls

OIOS continues to apply a measurement system to rate the effectiveness of the application of key internal controls in audited operations.

Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

Article 34 Internal monitoring

(43 posts) 1 D 1, 1 P 5, 6 P 4, 10 P 3, 3 FS, 10 NS, 12 UNV

Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

C. Office of the United Nations Ombudsman

It is essential that the Organization exercise prudent economic management and constantly improve the internal control system.

The Steering Committee shall submit the report of the review of OIOS to the Under Secretary General for Internal Oversight Services.

(b) Strengthening of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

Review of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

Implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on its management audit of the regional commissions

(Signed) Dileep Nair Under Secretary General for Internal Oversight Services

The Office of Internal Oversight Services recognized that Galaxy was now established as one of the Organization's core application systems.

OIOS observed that the system for information security needs improvement in peacekeeping operations.

To continue the training of OIC personnel in order to consolidate the New Approach of these monitoring bodies.

We decide that internal oversight shall be strengthened by focusing the expertise and resources of the Office of Internal Oversight Services and by increasing the capacity of the Office to carry out its functions.

(b) Reviewing risk management and the internal control system

Source OIOS survey.

OIOS shares that view.

C. Status of Office of Internal Oversight Services recommendations

Approval of the appointment of the Under Secretary General for Internal Oversight Services

Titles and summaries of reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005

Appointment of the Under Secretary General for Internal Oversight Services

Standards of internal control in UNICEF

OIOS would closely monitor the implementation of its recommendations and make every effort to assist the respective departments and field missions in developing a sound and transparent system of internal controls.

Along with its implementing partners, UNOPS internal control environment has been adversely impacted by the introduction of PeopleSoft.

By this definition, internal audit resources are necessarily subordinate to the head of the organization within which they have been established and, as such, form part of the overall internal control system established by management.

Enhancing the internal oversight mechanisms in operational funds and programmes

(a) Enterprise risk management and internal control framework

C. Efforts to strengthen the Office of Internal Oversight Services

OIOS recommends the following

Ms. Inga Britt Ahlenius took office as the Under Secretary General for Internal Oversight Services on 15 July 2005.

Office of Internal Oversight Services review

(a) Revising the Secretary General's note of guidance

Report of the Secretary General o n the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

The work of the Internal Oversight Group is focused on the activities normally associated with internal auditing.

During April September 2004, the Office of Internal Oversight Services conducted an audit review of the Galaxy system.

(d) We authorize the Office of Internal Oversight Services to examine the feasibility of expanding its services to provide internal oversight to United Nations agencies that request such services in such a way as to ensure that the provision of internal oversight services to the Secretariat will not be compromised.