The standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial
situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime was established in 2009 by the Economic and Social Council in its
decision 2009/251. Its terms of reference are contained
in Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolution 52/13 and
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice resolution
18/3.
In July 2017 the Economic and Social Council adopted decision
2017/236 put forward by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its 60th session and the Commission on Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice at its 26th session to renew the mandate of the working group until the first half of 2021. Recommendations
on the work of the group are contained in Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolution
60/3 and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice resolution
26/1.
The working group deals with governance and financial matters, the consolidated budget of
UNODC, evaluation and oversight, human resources management, mainstreaming a gender perspective into the practices, policies
and programmes of the Office and progress made by UNODC in implementing its regional and global programmes.
