First: Israeli appointed to UN independent audit committee

Shay Mizrahi, Deputy Director General of the State Comptroller's Office of Israel, has been appointed to the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee for a three-year term. He is the first Israeli to serve on this committee.

Shay Mizrahi, Deputy Director General and head of the local government audit department at the State Comptroller's Office of Israel, has been appointed to the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee for a three-year term. The news was announced on Friday, November 6. Mizrahi is the first Israeli to receive an appointment to this committee. The committee serves as a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly, assisting it in exercising oversight over internal audit, risk management, financial control, and corporate governance. Its activities include evaluating the effectiveness of oversight and control mechanisms within the UN, as well as advising the General Assembly on transparency, accountability, and proper management of the organization's resources. The UN Board of Auditors was established by the General Assembly in 1946 to conduct independent audits of the accounts and management of the UN and its funds and programs.