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External sources (not reviewed)

of the current Guidelines and the additional criteria adopted by the Committee have been successful in meeting the programmatic objectives of the Convention, achieving concrete and sustainable results, clarity and impact on the management of the pilot phase; (2) the management mechanisms put in place by the Secretariat were successful in ensuring effective implementation of the first two years of the pilot phase and supporting project output delivery.

and travel of the chief resident auditors to New York for the annual work-planning conference ($90,400); the travel of 12 investigators from Nairobi, New York, Vienna and peacekeeping operations to participate in external courses on basic and advanced interview techniques ($89,600), as well as travel for a retreat in New York to train all investigators with a view to improving the conduct of investigations of possible misconduct ($167,500); and participation of Inspection and Evaluation Division staff in advanced training courses on programme evaluation of peacekeeping operations ($19,700).

and improve risk management”.

endeavour to expand its audit coverage of specific and significant programmes executed by UNOPS on behalf of its partners.

has reviewed the standard costs and, to the extent possible, has applied the revised rates in the formulation of the requirements under recurrent costs, such as those for the rental of premises, office supplies and equipment, commercial communications costs (fax and telephone charges) and service-level agreements and infrastructure costs for information technology maintenance and repair; and under non-recurrent costs, such as those for the purchase of furniture and office equipment, including computers and telephones, and alterations or improvements, for newly proposed posts in the 2011/12 budget.

analysis, equipment maintenance, and contracting.

several enterprises will be converted to the same technology.

4 General Service (Other level) posts funded from the support account as follows: the Peacekeeping Audit Service comprises 1 Chief of Service (D-1) and 5 posts (1 P-5, 2 P-4, 1 P-3, 1 GS) in the Resident Auditors’ Coordination Section as well as 9 posts (1 P-5, 4 P-4, 3 P-3, 1 GS) in the Headquarters Peacekeeping Audit Section; the Information and Communications Technology Audit Section includes 1 P-4 post; 1 General Service (Other level) post is located in the Professional Practices Section; and 1 is in the Administrative Unit.

Audit to the Executive Board for 2009: (a) the request to address, as a matter of urgency, the follow-up and implementation of audit recommendations, especially in high-risk areas; (b) the request to address systemic weaknesses, particularly in the areas of financial controls, programme management, cash transfers, and procurement and asset management, where there is a significant number of unsatisfactory ratings; and (c) the request to report on progress in improvements to strengthen risk management and controls in governance, accountabilities, oversight, guidance, support and performance in response to the results from the headquarters, systems and thematic audits completed in 2008.

the suspense account should be less than 5% of the annual turnover; and (c) bank reconciliation must be prepared correctly.

attention to the financial implications and the difficulty for an external institution of gaining access to internal government information, and it was emphasized that the capability of national auditing firms in developing countries should not be underestimated.

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