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NEW DELHI: Comptroller and Auditor General of India Girish Chandra Murmu was overwhelmingly re-elected as the external auditor of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for a four-year term from 2024 to 2027.
CAG is already holding this position in WHO for a four-year term from 2019-23. “The present election was held on May 29, 2023 in the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, where the CAG of India was re-elected with an overwhelming majority (114 out of 156 votes) in the first round of voting itself,” the CAG said in a statement in New Delhi on May 29. Seventy-nine votes were required for the majority.
CAG’s appointment is a recognition of its standing among the international community as well as its professionalism, high standards, global audit experience and strong national credentials, it said.
This is the second major international audit assignment for the CAG this year following his selection for the post of external auditor (2024-27) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva in March 2023.
