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Chairman of panel of external auditors of UN - Girish Chandra Murmu

March 13 , 2021 1358 days 953 0
  • The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu, has been appointed as chairman of the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations for the second time in a row for 2021.
  • The UN General Assembly in 1959 established the Panel of External Auditors.

Note:

  • Girish Chandra Murmu was the first Lt Governor of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir in October 2019 after its formation under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
  • Presently, he is the External Auditor of the United Nations’ Specialized Agencies like
    • World Health Organization (WHO) (2020- 2023),
    • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (2020- 2025) and
    • Inter-Parliamentary Union (2020-2022).

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