The creation of OIOS had provided the Organization with independent internal oversight, an element that had been lacking for decades, and he trusted that the Office s independent character would be maintained and developed.

1. Consultants and individual contractors by department or office,

Letter dated 20 December 2005 from the Chef de Cabinet addressed to the Chairman of the Independent Inquiry Committee

The Office has limited authority on personnel actions, which might also hamper its independence.

Hitherto, the Indian peoples were considered as a separate paragraph in history and were displayed in separate exhibitions.

1. The Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has the honour to submit his financial report for the first complete biennium of the operations of UNOPS as an independent entity.

(v) Commissioning a comprehensive review of the Office of Internal Oversight Services with a view to strengthening its independence and authority, as well as its expertise and capacity

It also welcomed the Secretary General's efforts to strengthen oversight through the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and through an independent external investigation.

OIOS recalls that a mission does not need to have an independent radio station in order for it to broadcast.

The Office of Internal Oversight Services believes that in cases where an institute is independent and apolitical, membership could be beneficial.

As a result of its five year review of the mandate of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, the General Assembly, in its resolution 59 272, adopted new measures aimed at strengthening the Office's independence and reporting mechanism.

In order to further improve accountability and oversight I have proposed that the General Assembly commission a comprehensive review of the Office of Internal Oversight Services with a view to strengthening its independence and authority as well as its expertise and capacity.

(iii) An evaluation of the appropriate level of independence of OIOS from management, in particular with respect to funding, budgetary control and human resources management, and to recommend options for a fair and neutral mechanism for the adjudication of budgets for OIOS, within the framework of the proposed independent audit advisory committee

You were dressed, ready to go, and you sat down to wait for him alone in a sort of hall or salon that one had to cross to reach your rooms.

We emphasize the need to build a culture of accountability and integrity in the Organization and resolve to strengthen oversight by ensuring the independence of the Office of Internal Oversight Services through the creation of an independent audit advisory committee.

He's old enough to think for himself.

53. Reaffirms the provisions of paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 57 307 of 15 April 2003, requests the Secretary General to ensure the independence of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal and the separation of its secretariat from the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat, and also requests the Secretary General to submit to it at its fifty ninth session the report on the financial independence of the Tribunal requested in the above mentioned resolution

Recalling its resolutions 48 218 B of 29 July 1994, 54 244 of 23 December 1999 and 59 272 of 23 December 2004, establishing the Office of Internal Oversight Services and its operational independence,

Several delegations expressed support for UNOPS as a separate, self financing entity.

4. Table 1 of the annex presents data on the engagement of consultants and individual contractors by department or office for 1996 1997.

Under a separate delegation of authority from the Secretary General, the Under Secretary General for Internal Oversight Services exercises a degree of autonomy and control over OIOS personnel and resources.3 The first interim report issued by the Independent Inquiry Committee, headed by Paul A. Volcker, recommended strengthening the independence of OIOS in budgetary matters, extending such independence to the arrangements with funds and programmes.

This would strengthen the independence of the Office in the planning and execution of its oversight activities (see para. 2 (a) above).

55. The Department of Management concurs with the Office of Internal Oversight Services that an independent assessment of the fund is needed.

(a) Full delegation of authority to the Office to propose and manage its financial and human resources to ensure its independence in line with its mandate and consistent with the best practices for oversight and good governance.

Offices and departments still maintain independent information technology units leading to unnecessary duplication of functions and waste of resources.

Most independent media was shut down.

Give them artillery and you've made them independent.

Australia also supports the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission and the Independent Electoral Commission.

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In January 2005, the Government established the Bermuda Independence Commission.

By paragraph 164 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome, the General Assembly, inter alia, emphasizes the importance of ensuring the operational independence of OIOS and requests the Secretary General to submit detailed proposals on the creation of an independent oversight committee, including its mandate, composition, selection process and qualification of experts.

(a) The level of operational and managerial independence from the management of the organizations and the appropriate oversight apparatus for OIOS

We therefore strongly support strengthening the authority and the independence of the Office of Internal Oversight Services as a means to accomplish that.

2. Consultants and individual contractors by department or office, 1996 1997 average duration of contracts, average fees per

We believe that OCHA should continue to give priority attention to the fundamental principles for the provision of humanitarian assistance that is, humanity, neutrality and impartiality, as well as independence.

The independent expert would also like to present to the General Assembly his observations and recommendations.

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Pursuant to the adoption of this resolution, the Office now has independent, residual and exclusive authority to investigate the most serious cases (all category one cases, that is to say, all high risk, complex matters and serious criminal cases).

As a result, independence, initially demanded only by the pro independence movement, was currently supported by most of the Puerto Rican population.

The Fifth Committee had always taken note of recommendations made by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), since endorsing or negotiating them would undermine both the operational independence of the Office and paragraph 28 of annex VI to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, which stated that the General Assembly, including its Main Committees, should merely take note of those reports of the Secretary General which did not require a decision by the Assembly.

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The independence of the Office is potentially restricted in a number of ways due to limited resources, OIOS is unable to conduct a full fledged risk analysis on which to base its oversight coverage of the United Nations programmes and activities.

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