Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Justice Kate O’Regan of South Africa as the fifth member and chairperson of the Internal Justice Council – established by the General Assembly to help ensure independence, professionalism and accountability in the new system of administration of justice at the United Nations.
A sharp increase in reported cases of sexual exploitation by peacekeeping and other personnel, systemic corruption by publicly-owned enterprises in United Nations-administered Kosovo, and fuel theft at various peacekeeping missions are among issues addressed by the world body's internal watchdog office in its latest report.
Hailed by a senior United Nations official as a remarkable woman of vital integrity, the world body's new chief watchdog met the press for the first time in her new capacity today, saying she was pleased to be at the UN during a time of such far-reaching changes.
A senior Swedish inspector and the current Auditor-General of Kosovo was nominated today to head the United Nations internal watchdog office, whose previous chief was cited by an independent committee probing alleged misconduct and mismanagement in the UN Oil-for-Food Programme for Iraq.
The United Nations auditing office says its work has saved the world body more than $26 million in the past year and it has made dozens of other recommendations to further eliminate waste, improve efficiency and increase accountability.
The United Nations in-house oversight office said today that in the past year it has identified some $37 million in potential savings, of which about $15 million has been recovered.
Continuing efforts to streamline the work of the United Nations, the world body's Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) today opened a more centralized investigations bureau in Vienna, a move that will allow substantial savings in time and cost.
A United Nations expert just back from a visit to Turkey today reported that the authorities in Ankara are open to tackling the problems faced by the country's internally displaced population.
The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) has saved the Organization millions of dollars in recent months, according to a new report released today at UN Headquarters in New York.
