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	The UN "Reform" Bandwagon
		UN reform, it seems, has become a near universal obsession, with Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives all in agreement that the UN must be reformed — and soon.
		The current reform drive is being fueled by a series of UN scandals that have been keeping the UN's professional spinmeisters and their allies in Congress and the media operating in nonstop damage control mode.
		Riding point for the UN "reform" chorus is a bipartisan task force created by the U.S. Congress last December and led by former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican, and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, a Democrat.
	www.getusout.org /artman/publish/article_138.shtml (2433 words)

	Choike - UN reform
		The different reform proposals and the political controversy they entail regarding the debates on the UN reform, reflect different views and expectations as well as different evaluations of the nature of the problems faced by the Organization.
		The mission of the Center for UN Reform Education is to encourage, generate and sustain a serious public discussion of various specific proposals to reform and restructure the United Nations System, all with a view toward improving the effectiveness of that System.
		The UN reform process is important to women because we need the organizational structures, high level leadership and necessary resources to enable governments and the UN system to increase significantly their efforts to fullfill their promises on women’s human rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment.
	www.choike.org /nuevo_eng/informes/2266.html (6532 words)

	UN Management Reform
		UN Staff Regulations already state that staff "shall avoid any action and, in particular, any kind of public pronouncement that may adversely reflect on their status, or on the integrity, independence and impartiality that are required by that status" (emphasis added).
		We agreed that it is essential that, whatever set of reforms the UN considers later this year, matters of management, administration, personnel, accountability, transparency, and oversight must be included.
		Chairman, the momentum for management and oversight reform at the UN is clearly growing, and you can be assured we will continue striving to make the UN a more effective and responsible partner in advancing peace, development, and human dignity.
	www.state.gov /p/io/rls/rm/46642.htm (4182 words)

	UN Dispatch: UN Reform Archives
		Now the most important priority for the UN and the U.S. is to work together to reform and strengthen the institution and ensure it is prepared to help confront the 21st Century challenges of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, infectious disease, poverty and more.
		There was wrongdoing at the UN, an organization which must live by the highest ethical standards, and we've got to correct it and root it out and have an organization that people everywhere--Americans, people in any country anywhere--can have confidence in as a place of the highest values and ethics in the way it operates.
		And, you know, the challenge in the UN is to kind of cut through that and create courses of action that command a majority and ideally a consensus and where you get people to kind of rise a little bit above their national interests and understand the greater global good.
	www.undispatch.com /archives/un_reform/index.html (15852 words)

	ZNet \|Foreign Policy \| UN Reform for the Rest of Us: An Agenda for Grassroots Accountability
		Local UN staff invited refugee leaders to talk to their communities and to write letters to the visiting official because he wanted to hear what they had to say.
		UN agencies that previously saw themselves solely in the humanitarian vein have been integrating standards for the protection of human rights into their internal guidelines.
		As noted in a recent study of the UN refugee agency by Mark Pallis, current investigations and evaluations are usually initiated in Geneva and do not make the organization fully answerable to the people it serves.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=11&ItemID=10099 (2573 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Kofi Annan urges bold UN reform
		He told the UN summit the members' deal on a reform package was a good start, but differences had prevented progress.
		The UN Security Council passed a resolution to prevent the incitement of terrorism and another to prevent conflict, especially in Africa.
		The UN chief said the lives of millions and the hopes of billions rested upon leaders' pledges to fight poverty, disease and inequality.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4245924.stm (611 words)

	Foreign Policy In Focus \| Reform or Counterrevolution at the UN? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Since it is probably too late to reframe the debate away from “reform,” the UN is doomed to a perpetually unrequited struggle to live up to the expectations it has publicly espoused.
		Another achievement has been the reinterpretation of international law and the UN Charter to incorporate the “Responsibility to Protect,” a recognition that the international community and the UN not only have the right, but the duty, to intervene when states fail to protect their citizens.
		UN critics, understandably, go after the managerial shortcomings of the organization, which are tied to personnel policies among other matters.
	fpif.org /fpiftxt/3417 (1320 words)

	UN Reform : a bibliography
		Reforming the United Nations: the international and institutional contexts of reform.
		Reform of the United Nations : an analysis of the President's proposals and their comparison with proposals of other countries.
		Reform of the United Nations peacekeeping operations: a mandate for change: a staff report to the Committe on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate.
	www.un.org /Depts/dhl/reform.htm (5391 words)

	On-The-Record Briefing on UN Reform
		There are a broader set of reforms that have to be at the heart of strengthening this institution.
		But if I could return to the UN reforms in general, what is happening in New York is that Secretary General Annan has given a template to the United Nations for reform.
		Secondarily, there are a number of other reforms that are critical to improving the functioning of the UN and its ability to be helpful and indeed vital in responding to crisis situations around the world.
	www.state.gov /p/us/rm/2005/48186.htm (5037 words)

	A Progress Report on U.N. Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		An accretion of mandates, insufficient transparency and accountability, and resistance of member states to reform have resulted in a system that is bureaucratic, costly, cumbersome, lacking in oversight, and often incapable of fulfilling the responsibilities placed upon it by its member states.
		The U.N. is limited in its ability to intervene in internal conflicts; it cannot even agree on a definition for terrorism because it has terrorism-sponsoring states among its membership; and many member states protect states that are seeking to obtain weapons of mass destruction, such as Iran.
		U.N. interventions through peacekeeping operations, humanitarian missions, and political missions like election monitoring are often more politically acceptable than unilateral or multilateral efforts outside of the U.N. Crises or other problems that are not central to U.S. interests will often be addressed through the U.N. or not at all.
	www.heritage.org /Research/InternationalOrganizations/bg1937.cfm (6690 words)

	United Nations Reform - UN-NGOs Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As background to this UNCG meeting, a letter sent on 3 November by General Assembly President Jan Eliasson to Member States, summarizing progress thus far on Summit follow-up, and outlining his proposals for the approach to be taken by the GA regarding a) development and ECOSOC reform, and b) Secretariat and management reform.
		While several Member States expressed their interest in enhancing civil society participation in the UN's work, some recommended that a cautious approach be taken in reforming current UN practices so that the Organization retains its intergovernmental nature.
		To assist the Panel in its work, a series of background papers were prepared to provide insight on current practices, trends and challenges describing the relationship between the UN and civil society.
	www.un-ngls.org /UNreform.htm (1090 words)

	TNI United Nations
		Commenting of the UN Secretary General's report on UN reform, Bello says that most of the proposals lie at the level of improving efficiency.
		The UN reform envisaged in the US proposal prepared for the September UN Summit does not represent "reform", writes Bennis.
		It is again time for the UN to reclaim its charter and to join with people and governments around the world in defence of the UN and against empire.
	www.tni.org /issues/un.htm (730 words)

	Citizens for Global Solutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Also on the panel were Ambassador De Alba, Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN of Mexico; Paul Hoeffel, Chief of the UN NGO Section, and Steven Stedman, Research Director of the High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change.
		UN Foundation's Initiative on the UN and Global Security - An excellent source for information on the SG's panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, including a treasure trove of short expert papers and a feedback mechanism.
		The Stanley Foundation's program on the UN in the 21st Century - Reports from the world's leading experts on the Panel's challenges and opportunities.
	www.globalsolutions.org /programs/intl_instit/UN_ref/UN_ref_home.html (768 words)

	Foreign Policy Association: Resource Library: The United Nations: post-summit outlook
		Bold plans for UN reform lost much of their substance before reaching the 2005 World Summit, but prospects remain good for securing advances in development and humanitarian programs.
		However, the results of the UN's 50th anniversary in 1995 should have led world leaders and observers to look askance at the prospects for any major overhaul of the UN in 2005, especially without American leadership.
		Sweden's UN ambassador, Anders Lidén, asked, "Did we not have the same debate 10 years ago?" Quite simply, the politics were wrong for any dramatic reform.
	www.fpa.org /topics_info2414/topics_info_show.htm?doc_id=332841 (558 words)

	Welcome to the Better World Campaign – UN Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Reform at the United Nations aims to strengthen the organization and prepare it to meet the demands of the international community, as well as the threats and challenges of the 21st century.
		Creating a UN mechanism to support civil society and institutions in new and emerging democracies.
		This timeline presents the reforms that have been made at the UN from 1996 through the present.
	www.betterworldfund.org /issues/un_reform.asp (338 words)

	Center for UN Reform Education
		On 24 July 2006, the Security Council held its first straw poll to select the next UN Secretary General.
		On 21 June, Sir Brian Urquhart, Barbara Crossette and Ayca Aryoruk discussed the candidates for the position of UN Secretary General, the flaws of the selection process, and the challenges he/she will have to face during his/her mandate.
		Please include your name and the name of the organization (if any) that you are affiiated with.
	www.centerforunreform.org (272 words)

	UN Reform - A Vision of Youth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The purpose of the "UN Reform - Vision of Youth" project is to present ideas from young people throughout the world regarding reforms to the United Nations that will allow it to better meet its aims as set out in the Preamble to the Charter.
		We would like to see such ideas reflected in the agendas and policies of the United Nations and its agencies through the support of member states.
		Coordinate the network of UN Vision of Youth groups worldwide.
	www.un-reform.org (138 words)

	UN-NGLS website --- UN Summit 2005 --- UN Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		"Status of UN Management Reforms", provides an update on current reform actions, as of 5 September.
		UN-NGLS is pleased to bring you this special webpage showcasing civil society statements and position papers (in alphabetical order) commenting on the UN World Summit and its Outcome Document.
		The views reflected within the statements and papers are those of the authors and not UN-NGLS or the UN System.
	www.un-ngls.org /UN-summit (635 words)

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