UN80 Initiative Latest News
Recently, the United Nations under-Secretary-General for Policy and chair of the UN80 Task Force Secretary-General spoke about the UN80 Initiative.
About UN80 Initiative
- The UN80 Initiative wants to reaffirm the value of multilateralism at a time when confidence is low and the needs are high.
- It aims to strengthen the UN capacity to meet the global challenges of today – ranging from conflicts, travel and inequalities to climatic shocks and rapid technological changes.
- Objective: To improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency of the United Nations system.
- It wants to improve the impact and effect of multilateralism and the UN.
- It is structured around three key work streams:
- Striving to rapidly identify efficiencies and improvements under current arrangements.
- Reviewing the implementation of all mandates given by Member States.
- Undertaking consideration of the need for structural changes and programme realignment across the UN system.
- Under this initiative seven thematic clusters are formed under the UN80 Task Force; each coordinated by senior UN leaders from across the system.
- These cover peace and security, humanitarian action, development (Secretariat and UN system), human rights, training and research, and specialised agencies.
Source: UN
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