Mandate, Panel Members and Organizations Audited

Mandate

The Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency was  established by the General Assembly Resolution 1438 (XIV) of 5 December 1959. It is made up of: (a) the members of the United Nations Board of Auditors; and (b) the external auditors of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations and of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The main objectives of the Panel are to further the co-ordination of the audits for which its members are responsible, and to exchange information on audit methods and findings.

The Panel may submit to the executive heads of the organisations audited any observations or recommendations it may wish to make in relation to the accounts and financial procedures of the organisation concerned. The executive heads of the participating organisations may also, through their auditors submit requests to the Panel for its opinion or recommendation on any matter within its competence.

Panel Members and Organizations Audited

The current members of the Panel, the organizations audited, and the dates when each member’s term of office expires, are as follows:

Panel Members

Organizations Audited

Date Term of office Ends

First President of the Court of Accounts of France (Chair of Panel)  

United Nations and its funds and programmes

  1. United Nations Secretariat
  2. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  3. United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC)
  4. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  5. United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
  6. United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP)
  7. International Trade Centre (ITC)
  8. Global Environment Facility (GEF) - UNEP
  9. Capital Master Plan (CMP)

30 June 2010

 

Specialized Agencies

10. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)



17 October 2011

 

11. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

31 December 2010

 

12. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

31 December 2010

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Vice-President, Federal Court of Auditors of Germany (Vice-Chair of Panel)  

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

31 December 2008

Auditor General of Canada

International Labour Organization (ILO)

31 December 2011

Comptroller and Auditor General of India

1. International Maritime Organization (IMO)

30 June 2008

 

2.  World Health Organization (WHO)

31 May 2008

 

Chairman, Philippine Commission on Audit

United Nations and its funds and programmes

  • 1. United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO)
  • 2. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • 3. United Nations University (UNU)
  • 4. United Nations Escrow (Iraq) Account
  • 5. International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
  • 6. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
  • 7. United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
  • 8. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  • 9. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
  • 10. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)

30 June 2008

 

Specialized Agencies:

  • 11. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)



30 June 2010

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Auditor-General of the Republic of South Africa  

United Nations and its funds and programmes

  1. United Nations Development Programme [ (UNDP)including UNIFEM, CDF, UNV and Global Environment Facility (GEF) UNDP]
  2. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  3. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East [(UNRWA) including Microfinances and Microenterprises Departments]
  4. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Staff Provident Fund
  5. United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
  6. United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)
  7. United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP)

30 June 2012

 

Specialized Agencies:

8. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)



30 June 2008

 

Director, Swiss Federal Audit Office


1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)


31 July 2008

 

2. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

31 July 2008

 

3. Universal Postal Union (UPU)

31 July 2009

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Comptroller and Auditor General of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1. World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

30 June 2008

2. World Food Programme (WFP)

30 June 2010