The United Nations System: Coordinating its Economic and Social Work

Martin Hill

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511896453

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 Organization itself, the Specialized Agencies like FAO, WHO and the World Bank, the regional commissions, the innumerable semi-independent programmes like the UN Development Programme, UNCTAD and the UN Environment Programme. There was a growing concern among governments and the intelligent public of developing and developed countries alike that the UN System stood in urgent need of greater internal cohesion and important structural reforms.

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Foreword
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Preface
pp xi-xvi
- By Davidson Nicol
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Introduction
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Part I - The problem of coordination and its setting
pp 9-10
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1 - Relationship problems inherent in the decentralized United Nations System
pp 11-23
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2 - Developments that have affected inter-agency relationships and coordination
pp 24-42
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3 - The content of coordination activities
pp 43-61
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4 - Intergovernmental organs responsible for coordination
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5 - The Administrative Committee on Coordination
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6 - The Secretary-General and the secretariats of the United Nations and the agencies
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7 - Some current constraints on order and coordination in the system
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Part II - Some conclusions and suggestions
pp 97-98
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8 - The context and the perspective
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9 - The role of the Economic and Social Council
pp 105-114
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10 - Other aspects of UN–agency relationships
pp 115-125
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11 - The functioning of the Administrative Committee on Coordination
pp 126-132
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12 - Some structural and organizational issues
pp 133-143
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13 - Expansion, adaptation, concentration and the responsibilities of the General Assembly
pp 144-152
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Postscript
pp 153-172
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1 - Abbreviations and glossary of institutions
pp 173-176
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2 - Principal organs of the United Nations (General Assembly, Economic and Social Council and Secretariat) with main subsidiary organs directly concerned with economic and social cooperation and coordination (Status as of Spring 1976)
pp 177-189
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3 - Chart of agencies related to the United Nations
pp 190-197
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4 - Regional and branch offices of organizations of the United Nations System
pp 198-209
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5 - Chart of the United Nations System
pp 210-210
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6 - A new UN structure for global economic cooperation–list of conclusions and recommendations of the Group of Experts, prepared by the Secretariat
pp 211-234
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Notes
pp 235-248
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Index
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