Box 3 Proposals
requiring General Assembly action and
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We offer Member States a short checklist of
issues that will require their action and
support.
To ensure that the Organization hires the
best people and gets the best from them:
- Modifying the existing requirements in the
system of recruiting, promoting and placing
United Nations staff.
- Explicit authority for the Secretary-General
to move staff members according to
organizational need.
- Broadening current mobility requirements and
approving a simplified contract system.
- Investing more in staff development and
training programmes.
- Aligning benefits for United Nations staff
in the field with those of the United Nations
funds and programmes.
To equip the Organization with up-to-date
information and communications technology:
- Creating a Chief Information Technology
Officer.
- Commitment to developing a fully integrated
global ICT management support system, subject to
the results of the current feasibility study.
To ensure that the Organization gets the best
value for money spent on services:
- Reviewing guidance on alternative service
delivery and agreeing to the preparation of
cost/benefit analyses in certain administrative
areas.
To ensure transparent and efficient financial
and budgetary management:
- Shortening of the cycle for review and
adoption of the Organization's programme
budget.
- Giving greater budgetary discretion to the
Secretary-General in consolidating peacekeeping
accounts for separate field operations.
- Introducing improvements in the system of
financial management - including delegation of
financial authority with a clear framework of
controls.
- Increasing capacity for performance
monitoring and evaluation.
To improve the Secretariat's accountability
to Member States:
- Approving improved reporting mechanisms to
intergovernmental bodies.
- Agreeing to identify ways to improve
interactions with the Secretariat on management
issues.
To ensure that change is carried through in a
resolute and sustained manner:
- Supporting the creation of change management
capacity.
- Continuing support to the change management
process.
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