Open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
At their annual sessions in 2008, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, in its decision 51/1, and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, in its decision 17/2 , established an open-ended intergovernmental working group to discuss and formulate recommendations on how to ensure political ownership by the Member States and on how to improve the governance structure and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
In adopting the parallel decisions, Member States understood that a single working group would be established to consider these issues, and that its report would be presented to the two Commissions for consideration at their forthcoming sessions in March and April 2009, respectively.
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Improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
7 October 2008 (first session) 10 to 11 November 2008 (second session) 27 to 28 November 2008 (third session) |
Background documentation
The following background documentation may be useful in preparation for the forthcoming discussions of the working group:
- The report of the Secretary-General on trends in contributions to operational activities for development of the United Nations system and measures to promote an adequate, predictable and expanding base of United Nations development assistance (
A/63/201).
- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Financial report and audited financial statements for the biennium ended 31 December 2007 and Report of the Board of Auditors General Assembly Official Records Sixty-third Session Supplement No. 5I ( A/63/5/Add.9)
- Report of the Executive Director on financial issues and difficulties faced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in implementing its mandates and an initial assessment of the ways and means of improving the financial situation ( E/CN.7/2008/11 - E/CN.15/2008/15)
- Report of the Executive Director on programmes and initiatives to be implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the bienniums 2008-2009 and 2010-2011 ( E/CN.7/2008/12 - E/CN.15/2008/16)
- Note by the Secretariat: Resolutions and decisions relating to the drug programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime adopted in the period 2003-2007 in which action by the Office was requested ( E/CN.7/2008/13)
- Note by the Secretariat: Resolutions and decisions relating to the drug programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime adopted in the period 2003-2007 in which action by the Office was requested ( E/CN.15/2008/18)
- Report of the Executive Director on Deviations from the standard 13% programme support charge (PSC) ( E/CN.7/2008/14 - E/CN.15/2008/19)
- Economic and Social Council resolutions 2007/12 and 2007/19 entitled "Strategy for the period 2008-2011 for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime" ( E/2007/12 - E/2007/19)
- Report of the Secretary-General on Strengthening the role of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice ( E/CN.15/2006/16)
- Inspection of programme management and administrative practices in the Office for Drugs and Crime (ODC) ( MEDC-2006-003)
- Report by the Secretary-General entitled "Strengthening the United Nations Machinery for Drug Control" ( E/CN.7/1999/5)
Other documentation
The following documentation was prepared by the Secretariat at the request of Member States for the forthcoming discussions of the working group:
- Briefing Note - Position of
General Purpose Funds (as at 31 October 2008) (19 November 2008)
- A non-paper by FRMS with information on the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: organizational chart and detailed staffing requirements 2008-2009 with functional titles (Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme and United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund; posts funded from general-purpose funds and programme support cost funds) (18 November 2008)
- A non-paper by FRMS on
Programme evaluation and the Independent Evaluation Unit (11 November 2008)
- A non-paper by FRMS with information on
Regular Budget resources allocated to UNOV and UNODC and the detailed staffing of UNODC (31 October 2008)
- A non-paper by FRMS on Strengthening the Management and
Backstopping of Field Operations at UNODC (31 October 2008)
- Non-paper by FRMS on Core activities and functions of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (7 October 2008)
- Non-paper by the Secretariat on the governance structure of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and selected United Nations entities (7 October 2008)
- FRMS presentation on the budget cycle of the UN and UNODC (1 October 2008)
- FRMS presentation to the Working Group on Governance and Funding (11 September 2008)
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