UNITED NATIONS — A Canadian woman who was chief auditor for the World Bank will be the next head of the U.N.'s internal watchdog agency.
Carman Lapointe-Young was approved for the job of undersecretary-general for oversight Wednesday by the General Assembly.
Lapointe-Young was appointed to the non-renewable five-year term as head of the U.N.'s Office of Internal Oversight Services by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
LaPointe-Young was appointed auditor general of The World Bank Group in August 2004.
She succeeds Inga Britt-Ahlenius of Sweden, who left this month after issuing a final memo blasting Ban's leadership and blaming him for her agency's problems.
Ban is reviewing the memo and has ordered a review of the U.N.'s ability to investigative itself.