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Office of Internal Oversight Services

United Nations Headquarters, New York City
Abbreviation	OIOS
Formation	1994
Legal status	Active
Head	Fatoumata Ndiaye Under-Secretary-General
Parent organization	United Nations Secretariat
Subsidiaries	Inspection & Evaluation Division Internal Audit Division Investigations Division
Website	oios.un.org

The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) is an independent office in the United Nations Secretariat whose mandate is to "assist the Secretary-General in fulfilling his internal oversight responsibilities in respect of the resources and staff of the Organization." Specifically, activities include internal audit, investigation, monitoring, evaluation, inspection, reporting and support services to the United Nations Secretariat.

Its intended and mandated function is similar to many national government audit organisations, like the Government Accountability Office in the United States. It reports not only to the General Assembly, but also to the Secretary-General.

The current head of the OIOS, Under-Secretary-General Fatoumata Ndiaye of Senegal, was appointed as Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services for a five-year term starting on 17 October 2019, succeeding Heidi Mendoza of the Philippines.

The office was established in 1994 at the insistence of the United States that the UN take steps to curb waste and corruption, although there are some doubts concerning its effectiveness. Its first head was Under-Secretary-General Karl Theodor Paschke.

Role and function

According to its website:

The Office submits reports to the Secretary-General that provide insight into the effective utilization of the resources of the Organization and the protection of its assets and also makes these reports available to the General Assembly. OIOS adds value by providing world-wide audit, investigation, inspection, programme monitoring, evaluation and consulting services to the United Nations Secretariat and a wide range of United Nations operational funds, programmes and tribunals. OIOS sees itself as an agent of change, committed to help client departments and offices bring about responsible administration of resources and a culture of accountability, transparency, results-orientation and risk awareness.

Under-Secretaries-General

#	Portrait	Under-Secretary-General	Dates in office	Nationality
1		Karl Theodor Paschke	1 January 1994 – 31 December 1999	Germany
2		Dileep Nair	24 April 2000 – 23 April 2005	Singapore
3		Inga-Britt Ahlenius	15 July 2005 – 14 July 2010	Sweden
4		Carman Lapointe	14 September 2010 – 6 October 2015	Canada
5		Heidi Mendoza	15 November 2015 – 17 October 2019	Philippines
6		Fatoumata Ndiaye	17 October 2019 – Incumbent	Senegal

See also

• PassBlue
• UN Watch

References

1. "Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244 and 59/272" (PDF). undocs.org. UN. 5 May 2010. p. 1. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Activities and functions of OIOS". UN. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
3. ^ "Fatoumata Ndiaye Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services". UN Office of Internal Oversight Services. 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020.
4. ^ Calleja, Niña P. (15 October 2015). "UN General Assembly OKs Heidi Mendoza's appointment". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
5. Lynch, Colum (26 August 2016). "The U.N.'s Investigation Wars". Foreign Policy. Graham Holdings Company. Retrieved 18 March 2018. But the exchange with Malcorra exposed roiling turmoil at the core of a long-beleaguered U.N. department responsible for preventing fraud and waste in an organization that spends billions of dollars each year and conducts peacekeeping missions in fragile countries around the world.

External links

• Official website
• OIOS reports posted by the United States mission to the UN
• WikiLeaks
  • United Nations Procurement Task Force: Interim Report on a Concerned UN Staff Member (PTF-R011-06), 19 Dec 2006 January 12, 2009
  • United Nations Procurement Task Force: Report on Cogim SPA and Corimec Italiana SPA (PTF-R008-07), 28 Jun 2007 January 12, 2009
  • United Nations Procurement Task Force: Final Report on a Concerned UN Staff Member and UNOPS Procurement (PTF-R012-07), 15 Aug 2007 January 12, 2009

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