Little progress so far on UN reform: US Congress study

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Internal political wrangling and bureaucratic inefficiency have hampered efforts to reform the United Nations, according to a US congressional report. "Despite various reform efforts, significant inefficiencies in United Nations management operations persist," the report by the Government Accountability Office, (GAO) concluded.

In September 2005, UN member states approved a resolution calling for a series of reforms, but so far few changes have been put in place according to the report. "Most of the UN management reforms in the five areas GAO examined -- management operations of the Secretariat, oversight, ethical conduct, review of programs and activities, and human rights -- are either awaiting General Assembly review or have been recently approved," the...