OIOS

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United Nations office oversight body

OIOS is the United Nations’ internal oversight body responsible for auditing, investigating, and evaluating the organization’s operations to ensure accountability and efficiency.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations office ⓘ
oversight body ⓘ
abbreviation OIOS self-link ⓘ
activity conducting investigations into misconduct ⓘ
conducting programme evaluations ⓘ
conducting risk-based audits ⓘ
issuing oversight reports ⓘ
beneficiary Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations departments ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Secretariat departments
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdInYear 1994 ⓘ
ensures accountability in the use of United Nations resources ⓘ
effectiveness of United Nations programmes ⓘ
efficiency of United Nations operations ⓘ
establishedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
fullName Office of Internal Oversight Services ⓘ
function evaluation ⓘ
inspection ⓘ
internal audit ⓘ
investigation ⓘ
monitoring ⓘ
reporting on oversight findings ⓘ
governanceArea management of financial resources ⓘ
management of human resources ⓘ
management of procurement ⓘ
programme management ⓘ
hasDepartment Inspection and Evaluation Division ⓘ
Internal Audit Division ⓘ
Investigations Division ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
independenceCharacteristic operational independence within the United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis United Nations General Assembly resolution 48/218 B ⓘ
mandate internal oversight of the United Nations ⓘ
oversightType internal oversight ⓘ
parentOrganization United Nations ⓘ
partOf United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
purpose to enhance efficiency of United Nations operations ⓘ
to improve effectiveness of United Nations programmes ⓘ
to strengthen accountability within the United Nations ⓘ
reportsTo Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
scopeOfWork United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
United Nations funds and programmes under its mandate ⓘ
sector public sector oversight ⓘ

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OIOS → abbreviation → OIOS self-link ⓘ