According to its own audit report for 2002, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) continues to exhibit long-standing management deficiencies. The report, written by UNFPA and released at last week's UNFPA Executive Board meeting in New York City, highlights a large number of serious lapses in both financial matters and program oversight. The UNFPA audit team investigated 41 UNFPA country offices, and in almost every category of financial management, more than half of the offices were found to be deficient. With regard to general financial controls, 27 out of 41 country offices were either "partially satisfactory" or "deficient." 24 out of...