In Need of Repair: Reforming the United Nations: Chapter 3

Following the June 2005 release of the Task Force on the United Nations [1] 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 [2], U.S. Institute of Peace, Moderator
• Task Force Experts [3] from CSIS, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Heritage Foundation will also be in attendance.

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