The United Nations system coordinating its economic and social work : a study prepared under the auspices of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

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 Org...

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Other Authors: Hill, Martin, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 1978.
Edition:1st ed
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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; 4. Intergovernmental organs responsible for coordination; 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; 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