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Secretary-General: A Moment of Truth for the United Nations

On Monday, the Secretary-General wrote a column in the Financial Times weighing in on the current status of reform, the budget and recent comments by DSG Mark Malloch Brown, saying that "the UN faces a moment of truth." The SG discusses the current difference of opinions between the main contributors and the developing countries. He describes the challenges and necessity for UN Reform and indicates that:

"Some reforms have been achieved. Both the new Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission will meet for the first time next week. All member states have accepted responsibility to protect people threatened by genocide and comparable crimes. We have in place a much improved emergency relief fund, a democracy fund, an ethics office and a tougher system for protecting whistleblowers. Now we need better accountability and oversight arrangements, a stronger procurement system, more financial flexibility and better rules for recruiting and managing staff."

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