👉🏻 Persistent coherence challenges aren't a gap in policy but in implementation. Member States should use processes such as 2025 PBAR and #FifthCommittee to break down the obstacles that prevent the UN from most effectively leveraging its humanitarian, dev and peace expertise.
Finally, the rigid hierarchy of the UN contractual framework drives a prioritization of int’l expertise over local knowledge, creating a paternalistic mindset that hinders adoption of people-centered approaches. [4/5] 📑 @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Abstract. While International Relations scholarship has increasingly addressed questions of race, the literature on international organizations (IOs) has b
Also, the staff selection system does not incentivize mobility across pillars or b/w orgs. As a result, most UN staff only see the interests of their entity and can't adopt a systems thinking mindset on how activities across the three pillars can complement one another. [3/5]
A key challenge is the historical reliance on voluntary contributions, which drives competition b/w orgs and fosters a pay-to-play mentality that risks moving the activities of the UN away from its agreed mandates and priorities. [2/5] 📖 Erin Graham: doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
Abstract. Transforming International Institutions illuminates how a slow, quiet, subterranean process can produce big, radical change in international inst
Why does the UN struggle so much with operationalizing the triple nexus and moving integration from rhetoric to reality? In this policy brief, I examine the persistent administrative and budgetary obstacles to coherence within the UN system. [1/5] cic.nyu.edu/resources/ov...
This weekend, all eyes will be on New York City, where 🌏 leaders are gathering for the #SummitOfTheFuture#ENSUREDwww.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/what-to...
The upcoming Summit of the Future is an opportunity for UN member states to examine the state of global cooperation, says expert Eugene Chen. Here's why that matters.
Delegations will attempt to adjust elements of the methodology to get different results. From personal experience, the scales of assessments are never easy negotiations because they are, by definition, zero sum and #FifthCommittee resolutions are generally adopted by consensus.
📊Most rate changes can be explained by shifts in share of world GNI (i.e., growth higher/lower than world avg) over the 2017-22 base period. Some increases and decreases also result from change in eligibility for discounts to countries below the per capital GNI (marked with asterisks above). [5/6]
📉Countries likely to see significant decreases include: 🇦🇷Argentina 0.490 (-31.8%)* 🇧🇷Brazil 1.411 (-29.9%) 🇻🇪Venezuela 0.069 (-60.6%) Rates for all G7 members (other than the USA, which remains at the 22% ceiling rate), also decrease under existing methodology, though to a lesser extent. [4/6]
📈Under existing methodology, countries facing potentially significant increases to their share of the UN regular budget include: 🇨🇳China 20.004 (+31%)* 🇨🇺Cuba 0.122 (+28.4%) 🇪🇬Egypt 0.182 (+30.9%) 🇷🇴Romania 0.358 (+14.7%)* 🇷🇺Russia 2.094 (+12.2%)* 🇻🇳Vietnam 0.159 (+71.0%) [3/6]