These notes are distributed to members of the Senior Management Committee. In April 1999, the Inspector General submitted to the High Commissioner a second report analysing compliance with inspection recommendations, which is monitored through the inspection database. A key management tool for the staff of IGO is the Inspection Handbook, the third edition of which was produced in October 1998. As the focal point for investigation, the Inspector General is responsible for the overall coordination of investigations. Reports of matters that may warrant investigation are made directly to, or are referred to the Inspector General.
Procedures are in place to ensure confidentiality.
On receipt of such reports, the Inspector General consults as necessary in order to determine whether an investigation is warranted and, if so, ensures that it is undertaken in an appropriate manner. He then monitors progress and follows up as required until action is complete and the case is finally closed. A confidential investigation database has been established. The Inspector General liaises closely with the Investigations Section of the Office of Internal Oversight Services and investigation counterparts in other United Nations organizations. In March 1999, a senior staff member of IGO and a colleague from the Legal Advice Section of the Human Resources Service participated in the United Nations Investigator Training Programme, organized by the World Food Programme s Inspector General at the United States Government s Federal Law Enforcement Training Centre in Georgia.