Transparency is an essential feature of any system of accountability.

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

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

The government is currently developing a long term plan to ensure a high quality, accessible and accountable postsecondary education system.

(c) Strengthening of the resident coordinator system and of the role and functioning of the resident coordinator, on the basis of mutual accountability among UNCT members

59. Underscores the fact that the resident coordinator system is owned by the United Nations development system as a whole and that its functioning should be participatory, collegial and accountable

Today, we stand accountable to them.

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is addressed to a new demand for accountability for the most serious crimes when that cannot be achieved within domestic justice systems.

Likewise, accountability must be improved.

89. Underscores the fact that the resident coordinator system is owned by the United Nations development system as a whole, and that its functioning should be participatory, collegial and accountable

13. Requests the Secretary General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session an accountability framework for the United Nations security management system as a whole, which would, inter alia

Building performance related accountability

Promoting Democracy in the United States The goal of most LWV programs is to promote an open governmental system that is representative, accountable and responsive that protects individual liberties established by the Constitution and that assures opportunities for citizen participation in government decision making.

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

In view of the lack of significant progress in 2004 in both areas, all heads of author departments and offices were reminded of the need to establish a transparent accountability system within the Secretariat to remedy the situation.

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

This is a red line for any pluralist democracy. Individual citizens should be free to live according to their beliefs but an unaccountable theological vision must not be allowed to shape their behavior as civil servants and bureaucrats.

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.

29.6 The strategy of the Office is focused on ensuring that the Organization has an effective and transparent system of accountability in place and a capacity to identify, assess and mitigate the risks and threats that might prevent it from achieving its objectives.

(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.

In that regard, a system of accountability must be established, and in cases where the individual in question was extradited or returned to the home country, that country must duly inform the host State of the outcome of the legal action taken against him.

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

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.

The Council concluded that governments have demonstrated a commitment to SUFA and its undertakings to improve mobility to inform Canadians through public accountability and transparency to work in partnership to improve social programs for Canadians and to avoid and resolve disputes.

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