The United Nations organisation wants to be reformed to become more efficient and also save money.
According to emerging details, the UN will look at how it uses its resources, revisit mandates from member states and consider structural changes to the UN system.
Confirming the upcoming ambitious reforms, Stephane Dujarric UN secretary-general’s spokesman said, “We’ve asked senior officials and others to submit suggestions and how we can improve this organization.”
A confidential memo from a UN task force, that the world body is considering drastic changes to the way it operates.
The move is driven by financial woes, as the UN is owed $2.7 billion by its largest donor, the US.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “very clear in his aim to push forward ambitious reforms to this organization, not only to save money but to make it more efficient,” when he talked to reporters on 12 March, the spokesman said.
On 12 March, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters he was preparing ambitious reforms to this organization, “not only to save money but to make it more efficient.”
