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 |
Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Chair of Panel) |
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
|
31 December 2012
31 December 2013
30 June 2016
31 December 2013
2017
|
Comptroller and Auditor General
of the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
(Vice-Chair of Panel) |
United Nations and its funds and programmes
- United Nations Secretariat
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC)
- International Trade Centre (ITC)
- Capital Master Plan (CMP)
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
- United Nations Funds for International Partnerships (UNFIP)
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
|
30 June 2016
|
Controller and Auditor-General of the United Republic of Tanzania
|
United Nations and its funds and programmes
- United Nations Development Programme [ (UNDP) Global Environment Facility (GEF) UNDP]
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East [(UNRWA) including Microfinance and Microenterprise Department]
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Staff Provident Fund
- UN Women
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
- International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
|
30 June 2018 |
Auditor General of Canada |
International Labour Organization (ILO) |
31 December 2015 |
Auditor General of China |
United Nations and its funds and programmes
- United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations University (UNU)
- United Nations Escrow (Iraq) Account
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)
|
30 June 2014 |
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First President of the Court of Accounts of France |
- Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO)
|
31 December 2017
31 December 2013
|
Auditor General of Pakistan |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) |
30 June 2014 |
Chairman, Philippine Commission on Audit |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
World Health Organization (WHO) |
31 December 2013
31 December 2015 |
Director, Swiss Federal Audit Office |
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
|
31 July 2013 |
President, Corte dei Conti |
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
|
30 June 2016 |
Ghana Audit Service |
International Maritime Organization (IMO) |
30 June 2016 |
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