

<head> Tipster Topic Description


<num> Number: 144


<dom> Domain: International Politics


<title> Topic: Management Problems at the United Nations


<desc> Description:

Document will report on alleged corruption, incompetence, or inefficiency in 
the management of the United Nation's staff, activities, or specialized 
agencies.


<smry> Summary:

Document will report on alleged corruption, incompetence, or inefficiency in 
the management of the United Nation's staff, activities, or specialized 
agencies.


<narr> Narrative:

A relevant document will provide information on management effectiveness by 
the United Nations, its specialized agencies, or in its running of such 
activities as peace keeping and relief operations.  Allegations of management
failings, as well as retorts to such charges, are relevant.  However, 
charges of ideological bias or disputes over political and policy issues are 
NOT relevant.  The focus is management effectiveness, or the lack thereof.


<con> Concept(s):

1. United Nations, UN, Secretary General, United Nations Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, Food and Agricultural 
Organization, FAO, World Health Organization, WHO, United Nations High 
Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, peace keeping

2. mismanagement, corruption, incompetence, inefficiency, ineffectiveness, 
overhead, extravagance, administrative costs

3. secretariat, international civil servants, bureaucracy

4. reform, budget controls, accounting, financial analysis, retrenchment


<fac> Factor(s):


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