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Abstract:
The United States has advocated reforms of United Nations (UN) management for many years. In October 2006, GAO reported that UN management reforms were progressing slowly and that many were still awaiting review by the General Assembly. For this review, GAO was asked to do the following: (1) determine the progress of UN management reform initiatives in five key areas -- ethics, oversight, procurement, management operations of the Secretariat, and review of programs and activities (known as mandates) -- and (2) identify factors that have slowed the pace of reform efforts. To address these objectives, GAO reviewed documents relating to UN management reform and interviewed U.S. and UN officials. To encourage UN member states to continue to pursue the reform agenda of the 2005 World Summit, GAO recommends that, as management reforms are implemented over time, the Secretary of State and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN include in State's annual "U.S. Participation in the United Nations" report an assessment of the effectiveness of the reforms. State agreed with GAO's recommendation and generally endorsed GAO's findings and conclusions.
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Congressional rept. |
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56 |
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NOV 2007 |
| Report Number: |
A673474 |
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