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
 Members of the Board of Auditors during the 67th Special Session, July 2013, New York |
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 69th Regular Session will be held on 22-23 July 2015 at the UN Headquarters in New York and the Special Session will be held in 9 December 2015 in Geneva.
 Members of the Board of Auditors with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (4th from the right) |
Media Releases
- United Nations Board of Auditors Holds Sixty-Seventh Session at UN Headquarters, New York (23-24 July 2013)
- 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