Terms of reference for the Independent Audit Advisory Committee and strengthening the Office of Internal Oversight Services : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Approves the terms of reference for the Independent Audit Advisory Committee, as well as the criteria for its membership, as contained in the annex to the present resolution; decides to review the terms of reference of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee at its 65th session; also decides to appropriate US$282,800 under section 1, Overall policymaking, direction and coordination, $45,000 under section 28D, Office of Central Support Services, and $6,700 under section 35, Staff assessment, to be offset by a corresponding amount under income section 1, Income from staff assessment, of the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007; approves the transfer of management consulting posts, and notes that the incumbents carrying out the functions should not be disadvantaged by virtue of the transfer; decides to appropriate $601,400 under section 28A, Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Management, to be offset by a corresponding reduction under section 29, Internal oversight, of the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007; requests the Secretary-General to establish a robust and effective internal control framework, including a mechanism of enterprise risk management, and to include in his report on enterprise risk management and the internal control framework proposals to strengthen the Office of Internal Oversight Services, in close cooperation with the Office.

Adopted without vote, 104th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 61st sess., Suppl. no. 49.
"Annex: Terms of reference for and criteria for membership in the Independent Audit Advisory Committee": p. 3-6.