In Need of Repair: Reforming the United Nations: Chapter 3
UN Task Force Report Briefing
Date
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
10:00 AM–Noon
Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
1200 17th St., NW
Washington, D.C.
Directions
Following the June 2005 release of the Task Force on the United Nations report, panelists Hills, Feulner, Thornburgh, and Florini discussed actionable recommendations to ensure effectiveness, integrity, transparency, and accountability in the UN system. Key findings and recommendations included:
- Creating an Independent Oversight Board with audit powers to prevent the occurrence of another Oil-for-Food scandal
- Appointing a very senior official to manage daily operations of the Secretariat, similar to the role of a Chief Operating Officer
- Empowering the Secretary General with the ability to replace his or her top officials
Speakers
- The Honorable Roderick M. Hills
Founder and Chairman, Hills Program on Governance, CSIS; Member, Task Force on the United Nations
- Dr. Edwin J. Feulner
President, The Heritage Foundation; Member, Task Force on the United Nations
- The Honorable Richard Thornburgh
Former Under Secretary General, UN; Former U.S. Attorney General
- Dr. Ann Florini
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Coordinating Expert, Task Force On The United Nations
- Also present as respondent...
Christopher Bancroft Burnam
Under Secretary General for Management, UN
- Gary Matthews, U.S. Institute of Peace, Moderator
- Task Force Experts from CSIS, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Heritage Foundation will also be in attendance.
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USIP is conducting a series of briefings on the findings and recommendations of each chapter of the Task Force on the United Nations’ report, American Interests and UN Reform.
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