17. 在本报告所述期间，按照行政和预算问题咨询委员会在 A/72/7/Add.8 号文件内的行预咨委会报告第 31 段所提出并经大会第 72/262 A 号决议第五节认可的建议，中央支助事务厅将重点放在提供独立风险管理服务上。在这方面，中央支助事务厅已完成征聘一家独立风险管理公司的事宜，由该具有全球建造和财务经验的知名国际公司支助事务厅履行其项目职责。该公司从 2017 年 10 月开始参加非洲经济委员会和亚洲及太平洋经济社会委员会(亚太经社会)工程项目的工作，并于 2018 年初开始参加拉加经委会项目的工作。
17. During the reporting period, the Office of Central Support Services has placed emphasis on the provision of independent risk management services, in line with the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in paragraph 31 of its report contained in document A/72/7/Add.8, as endorsed by the General Assembly in section V of its resolution 72/262 A. To this effect, the Office completed the recruitment of an independent risk management firm, a well-established international firm with global construction and financial experience, to support the Office in fulfilling its project role. The firm was on board from October 2017 to work on the construction projects at the Economic Commission for Africa and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and began work on the ECLAC project at the beginning of 2018.