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Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

Ban welcomes approval of new chief for UN’s in-house watchdog

28 July 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the General Assembly’s approval of Carman Lapointe-Young of Canada as the new head of the United Nations internal watchdog office.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Ban says constructive criticism welcome as he reviews accusations in leaked UN memo

22 July 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the value of constructive criticism in the wake of a leaked report by a former senior staff member that attacks his leadership of the United Nations, while pledging to set the record straight on a number of inaccuracies in the document.

Ban pledges to strengthen UN culture of accountability and transparency

15 October 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today pledged that the United Nations will do all it can to deepen a culture of accountability and transparency, highlighting the progress made so far and stressing that the process of reform continues.
USG Christopher Burnham

Report on UN procurement calls for better safeguard and oversight systems

6 December 2005
Unless addressed soon, serious oversight and safeguard deficiencies leave the United Nations Procurement System (UNPS) open to fraud, according to a new independent assessment carried out on Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s initiative in the wake of the Iraq Oil-for-Food scandal.
Inga-Britt Ahlenius

UN watchdog report deals with sexual abuse, fuel theft at missions, corruption

18 October 2005
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.
Inga-Britt Ahlenius

New chief for UN internal oversight officially takes office

20 July 2005
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.

Swedish auditor nominated to lead UN internal watchdog office

20 April 2005
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.
Chief of OIOS Dileep Nair

UN auditors recover $26 million in savings over the past year

27 October 2004
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.
Chief of OIOS Dileep Nair

UN oversight office finds $37 million in potential savings, recovers $15 million

17 October 2003
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.

In bid to streamline work, UN opens central investigation office in Vienna

15 September 2003
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.