At the present time, audit assignments are shared among the audit staff provided from the audit services of the members of the Board on an equal basis.

(b) National Council on Population and the Family, through which the National Family Planning Programme is run.

79. The Board of Auditors wishes to express its appreciation for the cooperation and assistance extended to its auditors by the Executive Director and the staff of the Programme.

The Chairman of the Audit Operations Committee of the Board of Auditors introduced the report of the Board (A 60 5 (Vol. V)).

Relevant decisions of other functional commissions are reported to the Statistical Commission under the various substantive items related to demographic statistics, environment statistics, social and gender statistics.

Chapter II The Board of Auditors has audited the operations of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), at its headquarters in Nairobi.

The Human Rights Commission is responsible for drafting a national plan of action for human rights.

Given the fact that it is not anticipated that all of the posts will be filled by 1 January 1996, the Committee recommends that full costing of the Professional posts would not be necessary and that these posts should be costed at 50 per cent.

The Board of Auditors wishes to express its appreciation for the cooperation and assistance extended to its staff by the High Commissioner and his staff.

Actions taken against staff resulting from findings of malpractice discovered by the Board of Auditors

The Board of Auditors has audited the operations of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

The creation of a post of statistician has also been recommended by the Board of Auditors.

It is based on the proportion of each Member State's population relative to the global population of all Member States, using the Population and Vital Statistics Report of the United Nations.

Demographics

(Signed) Guillermo Carague Chairman, Philippine Commission on Audit and Chairman, United Nations Board of Auditors

6. The United Nations Board of Auditors are the external auditors of UNFPA, as well as the auditors of the United Nations regional economic commissions and other United Nations organizations and programmes that execute projects funded by UNFPA.

The Committee welcomes the National Human Rights Plan, as well as the establishment of the Consejo Nacional de la Magistratura.

a Shares for ICSC are based on end of 2002 staff data, as provided in table 1A of the personnel statistics published by the CEB secretariat.

25. The Section currently has two posts funded from the support account one P 3 (Accountant) and one General Service (accounting assistant).

This overview report would consider the Board's recommendation as well and would be submitted to the Assembly at its resumed sixtieth session.

(d) Rations had been procured without a valid contract at MINURSO ( 744,654), UNMISET (the 2004 05 contract was only signed on 17 March 2005) and UNMEE ( 686,989)

Having considered the financial statements of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund for the biennium ended 31 December 1997, the audit opinion and report of the Board of Auditors thereon, and the observations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board,

(ii) Statistical Commission

(i) Statistical Committee

The Board considers this to be unsatisfactory.

(i) The appropriate action taken against personnel responsible for malpractices identified by the Board of Auditors

Grand total

Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

He is also said to have planned to attend the fifty first session of the Commission on Human Rights.

The Committee was informed by the Audit Operations Committee of the Board that the Board would review this report of the Secretary General in conjunction with the next audit of peacekeeping operations.

If the board of the securities firm is set up with remuneration and nomination committee, audit committee, the principals of these committees should be undertaken by independent board director.

(i) The appropriate action taken against personnel responsible for malpractices identified by the Board of Auditors

(i) Statistical Commission

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The Committee requested the National Human Rights Commission to draw up a national plan of action for human rights education, to be focused vigorously by the Committee.

These statements have been examined and include the audit opinion of the Board of Auditors.

The Director of External Audit of the Philippines and Chairman of the Audit Operations Committee of the Board of Auditors, Mr. Sabiniano Cabatuan, introduced the reports of the Board of Auditors (A 60 5 Add.5 and A 60 113).

Audit opinions qualified by the Board

42. The Board of Auditors wishes to express its appreciation for the cooperation and assistance extended to its auditors by the staff of UNITAR and the United Nations.

I would also add that the Commission has received a number of threats that were deemed, in the assessment of our security personnel, to be credible.

82. The Board of Auditors wishes to express its appreciation for the cooperation and assistance extended to its staff by the Executive Director and staff of the United Nations Office for Project Services.

Civilian staff

Subtotal, military personnel