United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services

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**Office of Internal Oversight Services**
UN HQ
Org type:	Office of the Secretariat
Acronyms:	OIOS
Head:	Under-Secretary-General Sweden Inga-Britt Ahlenius
Status:	Active
Established:	1994
Website:	http://www.un.org/Depts/oios
Parent org:	United Nations Secretariat
Portal:	United Nations Portal

The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services, or OIOS, is a United Nations organ whose primary purpose is to perform world-wide audit, investigation, inspection, programme monitoring, evaluation and consulting services to the United Nations Secretariat and the rest of the United Nations System [1].

The head of UN OIOS, Under-Secretary-General Inga-Britt Ahlenius of Sweden, was appointed as Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services for a five-year term starting on 15 July 2005.

The agency was established in 1994 [2]. Its first leader was Under-Secretary-General Karl Paschke.

U.S. Representative Harold Rogers hoped that OIOS would be a "junkyard dog, not a household pet." In a speech given May 11, 1995, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright called the agency a "junkyard puppy."

[edit] Staff hotline

To report directly to the OIOS of any waste, fraud and mismanagement in the United Nations, staff should use the following contact information. Under the OIOS mandate, the Investigations Division protects the confidentiality of those who make reports in good faith, whether the investigation substantiates the report or not.

tel.: +1 212 963 1111
fax: +1 212 963 7774
mail: Reporting Facility, Dag Hammarskjöld Convenience Center (DHCC), POB 20114, New York, NY 10017)