147. The National Electoral Board is responsible, inter alia, for

The Board confirmed that UNOPS had not reconciled the imprest, inter office voucher and inter fund accounts for the biennium 2002 2003.

The Board ensured geographical, gender and inter intergenerational balance as much as possible in the selection process.

In paragraph 349 of volume I of the report of the Board of Auditors (A 59 5 (vol. I), chap. I), the Board recommended, inter alia, that the Administration

26. Requests the Secretary General to ensure that the advisory board provides, inter alia, the necessary level of technical supervision

In paragraph 363, the Board recommended that UNICEF strengthen remote access security, with due consideration of the inter agency context.

The Board noted that the Inter Agency Procurement Working Group had launched a common procurement certification scheme on 1 January 2005.

. The inter satellite link (ISL) was a further development of the on board processing concept utilized in some communications satellite constellations.

In paragraph 217, the Board recommended that UNICEF monitor the involvement of its senior field management teams in inter agency coordination forums.

The Board considers that this was due to the absence of effective monitoring and delays in monthly reconciliation of inter office vouchers.

The Board was informed that the backlog had been reduced to 35 inter office vouchers, amounting to 0.05 million, as at 30 June 1998.

The United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) is the highest inter agency body within the United Nations system with responsibility for coordination.

31. The Board recommends that reconciliation of all long outstanding inter office vouchers be completed as early as possible and that the Administration adhere to the system of monthly reconciliation of inter office vouchers in consultation with United Nations Headquarters.

26. The Board is concerned that long outstanding inter office vouchers may represent expenditure on closed projects that would be difficult to recover from the donors.

28. In its report for 1994 1995 the Board expressed concern that inter office vouchers had not been reconciled for 15 months at 31 December 1995.

The Board also notes that the closing balances of the UNDP inter fund, inter office voucher and due to due from accounts in the previous financial system used by UNOPS, IMIS, were transferred to the due to due from accounts in Atlas.

(iv) Define the functions required within each committee, board and management and inter agency body and their respective roles and responsibilities within the governance and oversight machinery

In paragraph 106, the Board recommended that UNICEF bring the identification and recruitment of human resources for emergencies to the attention of the Inter Agency Standing Committee.

In its report on the biennium 2002 2003, the Board noted that no supporting documentation had been provided for the inter office voucher clearing account credit balance.

27. The Board understands that, in future, UNITAR will request inter office vouchers to be sent directly to UNITAR, instead of the transfer of funds to UNDP.

To ensure that proper budgetary control is maintained, the Board recommends that inter office vouchers be transferred immediately to the United Nations Office at Geneva for recording.

The Board was concerned that the financial statements did not disclose the full extent of inter office transactions pending processing, since the gross amounts were not reflected.

In 1988 the Executive Board, in its decision 1988 11 H (E ICEF 1988 13), established a policy on expenditures in excess of commitments, which stated, inter alia

The Board recommended that reconciliation of all outstanding inter office vouchers be completed as early as possible and that the administration adhere to the system of monthly reconciliation.

(iii) Inter agency and inter State cooperation

(d) Reference organizations and specialized networks may be invited to the session of the Board of Trustees at which their applications are examined in order, inter alia, to provide additional information on specific organizations or projects, answer questions and explain their activities to the Board

6. Decides, upon the affirmative recommendation of the Board, that the Inter Parliamentary Union shall be admitted as a new member organization of the Fund, effective 1 January 2005

In paragraph 207, the Board recommended that UNICEF review the means necessary to fully discharge its sectoral lead responsibilities for the relevant cluster in the Inter Agency Standing Committee framework.

The Board previously recommended that the Administration promote throughout the United Nations system inter agency local benchmarking and, where appropriate, joint sourcing for the procurement of basic services and goods.

The report also referred to the role of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB), inter agency collaborative mechanisms and the refinement of the Commission's working methods.

The Administration informed the Board that guidelines had been issued to ensure that complete supporting documentation was transmitted and that it proposed to simplify the processing of inter office vouchers.

Inter Arab Investment Convention Establishing the Inter Arab Guarantee

In this context, it was suggested that the operation of the Trade and Development Board should be improved, and the link between the Board and the General Assembly on trade and development issues should be strengthened through, inter alia, a revival of the joint meeting between the Board and the Second Committee on the General Assembly's agenda item on trade and development.

41. In its decision 1995 8, the UNICEF Executive Board requested the Administration to submit to the Executive Board a summary of the outcome of mid term reviews and major evaluations, specifying, inter alia, the results achieved, lessons learned and any possible adjustment in the country programmes to enable the Executive Board to comment on the reports and provide guidance if necessary.

The Inter Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities, which was first established in 1975 as a subcommittee of the Administrative Committee on Coordination (now the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination), serves as a focal point for inter agency coordination and cooperation in space related activities.

In paragraph 735, the Board recommends that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs take the lead role in ensuring effective inter agency coordination in the provision of emergency assistance.

At United Nations Headquarters, the Board noted that statement V of the financial statements as at 31 December 1997 included an asset of 21.79 million under inter office transactions pending processing .

In decision IDB.29 Dec.2 on the report of the External Auditor for the period 2002 2003, the Board, inter alia, requested the Director General to implement the recommendations of the External Auditor fully and without delay and to report thereon to the Board at its thirtieth session.

Despite the Board s recommendation that UNEP carry out periodic reconciliations of inter office vouchers in consultation with United Nations Headquarters, the Board noted that the position at 31 December 1997 had further deteriorated and that arrears of inter office voucher reconciliations had increased up to 24 months the reconciliation had been carried out only for inter office vouchers received up to 31 December 1995.

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The Board draws the attention of the Secretary General to the desirability of adopting an inter agency approach to this issue in order to achieve a timely reconciliation of monthly contribution payments.

Participants, inter alia, found that the Funds represented a concrete expression of partnership with indigenous peoples, by involving them in the decision making process through the Board of Trustees and empowering them.

In its agreed conclusions, the Board had, inter alia, expressed concern at the fact that, despite growing prosperity, income gaps, across and within countries over the past two decades had generally widened.

Recalling the unique inter State character of the Inter Parliamentary Union,

Recalling the unique inter State character of the Inter Parliamentary Union,