UN’s Proposed Structural Changes Laid Out in a “Strictly Confidential” Internal Document

UN’s Proposed Structural Changes Laid Out in a “Strictly Confidential” Internal Document

A six-page internal document, marked “STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL” on every single page – indicating restricted access to protect sensitive information– is one of the most comprehensive “compilation of non-attributable suggestions by the UN80 Task Force” on the proposed restructuring of the world body. The memo says “the progressive proliferation of UN agencies, funds, and programs has …

In view of the lack of funding, it is expected that in some United Nations departments, "20% of posts" will be eliminated, some units will be merged and duplicate functions removed.

The process of making the United Nations more effective will require "dreadful" changes, particularly in terms of downsizing, warned the Secretary-General on Monday, stressing the need for these reforms.

UN cash-strapped as U.S. owes $1.5bn dues, others $900m

The UN says it is undergoing some dire financial strain amid growing global challenges, Secretary-General António Guterres has said. Guterres, while briefing Member States in New York on Monday about the state of the multilateral body, pushed for wide-ranging structural reforms to cut costs and enhance the world body’s effectiveness. According to information provided by […] The post UN cash-strapped as U.S. owes $1.5bn dues, others $900m appeare…

UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for structural reforms in global body

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for wide-ranging structural reforms to enhance the global body’s effectiveness. He outlined wide-ranging reform plans to revamp how the UN system operates, including cutting costs, relocating services from high-cost duty stations, centralizing information technology and support services, expanding automation and digital platforms, noting that some of these changes will be “painfu…

Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, announced that the Organization was working on a road map to consolidate its structures, streamline its operations, reorganize its programmes, reduce its costs and expand its digital platforms, noting that its secretariat was currently in the process of reviewing how to implement its mandates from Member States, which to date amounted to more than 3,600 unique mandates. In his briefing t…