Session Report

Report of 21st Session (24-25 June 2013, Rome)

The FB Network discussed the following issues: Common definition of operating costs and a common and standardized system of cost control; Proposal of a reference risk management, oversight and accountability model for common positioning by the UN system with governing bodies; implementation of statement on internal control in financial reports; FB Network terms of reference; after-service-health insurance (ASHI) - study of funding options; status and action of the FB Network initiatives from the HLCM Plan on Harmonization of Business Practices in the UN System - Common Treasury Services; cost-sharing arrangements of the UN Security Management System (governance of the UNSMS Budget; briefing by the Working Group on Safety and Security Costs).