U.S. Participation in International Organizations, an Update: Report to the Congress

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General Accounting Office, 1979 - 32 pages
 

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Page 20 - The paramount consideration in the employment of the staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Due regard shall be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible.
Page 2 - Article 7 of the charter lists the following bodies as the principal organs of the United Nations: the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.
Page viii - UN United Nations UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund univ.
Page 20 - The paramount consideration in the recruitment and employment of the staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be to secure employees of the highest standards of efficiency, technical competence, and integrity.
Page 25 - Ad Hoc Committee on the Restructuring of the Economic and Social Sectors of the United Nations System...
Page 7 - The Director shall have primary responsibility for establishing overall development assistance policy and coordinating international development activities supported by the United States. The Director shall serve as the principal advisor to the President and the Secretary of State on international development matters and also shall advise the President on all trade, science and technology, and other matters significantly affecting the developing nations.
Page 2 - Other agencies in this group include the FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO), the UNITED NATIONS...
Page 11 - Board shall carry out its functions subject to the foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State. The...
Page 13 - UN organizations and the relative priority it attaches to each of is goals. We urged that State and other agencies could, as part of yearly congressional budget presentations, include specific statements listing what the Government hopes to accomplish through participation in each organization. We believed that this action would help provide the Congress with a more systematic method of annually evaluating, the progress made toward achieving objectives and goals in UN organizations. These recommendations...
Page 2 - ... a report on recommendations for reform of the United Nations. Also enclosed is a detailed analysis of various reform proposals provided to me by the Secretary of State. I assumed the Presidency with a commitment to strengthen this essential instrument of world peace and US diplomacy. I now reaffirm that the United States will make the fullest possible use of the United Nations to assist in solving the many political, economic, legal, and humanitarian problems that press upon the international...

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