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General Matters

Secretariat of the Board

The United Nations provides the Board with a full-time secretariat headed by an Executive Secretary who provides technical, administrative, and secretarial support to the Board and its Audit Operations Committee. The Executive Secretary advises the members of the Board and the Audit Operations Committee on administrative and financial practices and procedures of the United Nations organizations.

Sources of Funding

The resources (travel, subsistence and salaries of national supporting staff) required for carrying out the external audit function at United Nations organizations, are determined by the Board with reference to the particular audits to be performed during each year of the biennium. These costs are borne by the various organizations of the United Nations.

Previous and Current Members to the Board

Auditors-General (or equivalent titles) of the following countries were members of the Board, as indicated:

• Ukrainian SSR (1947-1948)
• Sweden (1947-1949)
• Canada (1947-1956) and (1968-1980)
• Colombia (1948-1978)
• Denmark (1949-1955)
• Norway (1955-1961)
• Netherlands (1956-1965)
• Pakistan (1961-1976)
• Belgium (1965-1968) and (1980-1986)
• Ghana (1976-2000)
• Bangladesh (1978-1984)
• Philippines (1984-1993) and (1999-2008)
• France (1986-1989) and (2001-2010)
• Germany (1989-1992)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (1992-2001) and (2010-2016)
• India (1993-1999)
• Republic of South Africa (2000-2003) and (2003-2012)
• People’s Republic of China (2008-2014)
• The United Republic of Tanzania (2012-2018)

Meetings of the Board

The Board of Auditors meets twice a year. The 67th Regular Session will be held in July 2013 and the Special Session will be held in December 2013.

Members of the Board of Auditors during the 42nd Special Session in December 2012, New York.

Media Releases

United Nations Board of Auditors Holds Sixty-sixth Session at Headquarters - 25 July 2012

United Nations Board of Auditors, sixty-fourth regular session, 19-21 July 2010, United Nations Headquarters, New York - Media Release ORG/1534 - 14 October 2010

United Nations Board of Auditors, sixty-third regular session, 9-10 July 2009, United Nations Headquarters, New York - Media Release #01/09 - 14 July 2009