Vinod Rai Re-Elected As Chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors

United Nations gave Vinod Rai, the comptroller and auditor general of India a second term as the designation of chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors for 2013. CAG of the UK, Amyas Morse was re-elected as the vice-chairman.

Panel of the United Nations is the deciding body of the course as well as subject of audit of the different UN organisations which also include International Atomic Energy Agency.
 
The UN Panel of External Auditors for 2013 includes apex auditors of various countries such as Switzerland, Tanzaniam, Canada, China, India, Italy, Philippines, UK, France and Pakistan as the members.

Role of UN Panel of External Auditors

The UN Panel of External Auditors has a crucial role to play in promotion of accountability as well as strengthening of the governance mechanisms in various organisations of UN. The Secretary General of UN, Ban-ki-Moon appreciated this panel of the auditors which was headed by Vinod Rai.

In the meeting held on 11 December 2012, the panel of auditors at UN headquarters in New York held discussions about the business transformations which were at present underway in United Nations with secretary general.

Composition of UN Panel of External Auditors

UN Panel of External Auditors comprises of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) which are always engaged in auditing the United Nations as well as the specialised agencies and International Atomic Energy Agency.