The United Nations System: Coordinating its Economic and Social Work

by Martin Hill

Overview

This book is about a problem that had moved to the centre of international concern when it was first published in 1978 - how the UN System was to cope with the overwhelming volume of world wide economic and social tasks that had been placed upon it. The UN System comprises, in addition to the UN Organization itself, the Specialized Agencies like FAO, WHO and the World Bank, the regional commissions, the innumerable semi-independent programmes like the UN Development Programme, UNCTAD and the UN Environment Programme. There was a growing concern among governments and the intelligent public of developing and developed countries alike that the UN System stood in urgent need of greater internal cohesion and important structural reforms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521072984
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/04/2008
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Part I. The problem of coordination and its setting: 1. Relationship problems inherent in the decentralized United Nations System; 2. Developments that have affected inter-agency relationships and coordination; 3. The content of coordination activities Administrative and budgetary coordination; 4. Intergovernmental organs responsible for coordination The General Assembly; 5. The Administrative Committee on Coordination; 6. The Secretary-General and the secretariats of the United Nations and the agencies; 7. Some current constraints on order and coordination in the system; Part II. Some conclusions and suggestions: 8. The context and the perspective; 9. The role of the Economic and Social Council Leadership and coordination; 10. Other aspects of UN–agency relationships; 11. The functioning of the Administrative Committee on Coordination; 12. Some structural and organizational issues; 13. Expansion, adaptation, concentration and the responsibilities of the General Assembly.