Summary

The present report provides information in response to the recommendations of the Board of Auditors as contained in its report for the year ended 31 December 2022 on the United Nations (A/78/5 (Vol. I), chap. II). The report is submitted in accordance with paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 48/216 B, in which the Secretary-General was requested to report to the Assembly, at the same time as the Board of Auditors submitted its recommendations to the Assembly, on measures taken or to be taken to implement those recommendations.

The present report provides the Administration’s comments and information on the status of implementation, the department responsible, the estimated completion date and the priority of each recommendation contained in the current report of the Board. In addition, the report contains updated information on the status of implementation of the recommendations of the Board for prior periods that were reported by the Board as not having been fully implemented in the annexes to its report, including those relating to the Umoja system, the strategic heritage plan, information and communications technology and the capital master plan.