Girish Chandra Murmu, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, has been re-elected as external auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a four-year term from 2024 to 2027. He has been holding the position for a four-year term from 2019 to 2023.
At the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Monday, the CAG of India was re-elected with 114 votes out of 156.
This was the second major international audit assignment for CAG this year. This was following his selection for the post of external auditor (2024-2027) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva in March 2023.
The CAG is also the external auditor of Food and Agriculture Organization (2020-2025), International Atomic Energy Agency (2022-2027), Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (2021-2023), and Inter-Parliamentary Union (2020-2022).
