SECOND REPORT (Ж ТЙЕ A C T I V I T I E S O F T H E

E B 4 7 / 1 0

2 7 N o v e m b e r 1 9 7 0

E X E C U T I V E B O A R D F o r t y - s e v e n t h S e s s i o n

P r o v i s i o n a l a g e n d a i t e m 7 . 1 , 7

C O - O R D I N A T I O N W I T H O T H E R O R G A N I Z A T I O N S , T H E U N I T E D N A T I O N S , T H E S P E C I A L I Z E D A G E N C I E S A N D T H E I N T E R N A T I O N A L

A T O M I C E N E R G Y A G E N C Y

R e p o r t s of t h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t R e p o r t b y t h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l 1• B a c k g r o u n d i n f o r m a t i o n

1.1 In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h p a r t II of r e s o l u t i o n W H A 2 0 . 2 21 a d o p t e d by the T w e n t i e t h W o r l d H e a l t h A s s e m b l y in M a y 1 9 6 7 , t h e W o r l d H e a l t h O r g a n i z a t i o n h a s p a r t i c i p a t e d in t h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t f r o m the t i m e of its c o m m e n c e m e n t in J a n u a r y 1 9 6 8 . In p u r s u a n c e of this r e s o l u t i o n , t h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l h a s p r e v i o u s l y t r a n s m i t t e d to the B o a r d t e n r e p o r t s and two a d d e n d a r e c e i v e d f r o m the J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t , t o g e t h e r w i t h h i s c o m m e n t s . T h e s e r e p o r t s w e r e c o n t a i n e d in d o c u m e n t s E B 4 3 / 4 5 , E B 4 4 / 2 , E B 4 5 / l 5 and E B 4 6 / 8 . T h e B o a r d a f t e r h a v i n g c o n s i d e r e d t h e J o i n t

I n s p e c t i o n U n i t r e p o r t s as w e l l as the D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l1 s c o m m e n t s and o b s e r v a t i o n s on e a c h of t h e m , a d o p t e d r e s o l u t i o n s E B 4 3 . R 4 8 ,2 E B 4 4 . R 2 2 ,3 E B 4 5 . R 3 54 a n d E B 4 6 . R 1 9 .5

1.2 A t its f o r t y - f i f t h s e s s i o n , the B o a r d t o o k n o t e of the r e v i s e d p r o c e d u r e f o r h a n d l i n g the J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t r e p o r t s e n d o r s e d b y the E c o n o m i c and S o c i a l C o u n c i l in its

r e s o l u t i o n E / 1 4 5 7 ( X L V I I ) a d o p t e d at its f o r t y - s e v e n t h s e s s i o n in J u l y 1 9 6 9 . T h e B o a r d i n d i c a t e d , s u b s e q u e n t l y , in its r e s o l u t i o n E B 4 5 , R 3 5 ^ t h a t it " a c c e p t s t h e r e v i s e d p r o c e d u r e s for t r a n s m i t t i n g and h a n d l i n g r e p o r t s of the J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t on the u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t the D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l w i l l , if n e c e s s a r y to m e e t t h e t i m e s c h e d u l e , p r o v i d e o n l y h i s p r e l i m i n a r y c o m m e n t s on r e p o r t s to the S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l for t r a n s m i s s i o n to t h e E c o n o m i c a n d S o c i a l C o u n c i l t h r o u g h the C o m m i t t e e on P r o g r a m m e and C o - o r d i n a t i o n , p e n d i n g a n o p p o r t u n i t y for c o n s i d e r a t i o n by the E x e c u t i v e B o a r d ; a f t e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n b y the B o a r d , t h e f i n a l c o m m e n t s of the D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l a n d t h e d e c i s i o n of the B o a r d w i l l b e t r a n s m i t t e d to the S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l for

f o r w a r d i n g to the E c o n o m i c and S o c i a l C o u n c i l t h r o u g h the C o m m i t t e e on P r o g r a m m e a n d C o - o r d i n a t i o n " .

2 • J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t r e p o r t s for the B o a r d f s c o n s i d e r a t i o n

2.1 T h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l is p l e a s e d to t r a n s m i t to t h e B o a r d , t o g e t h e r w i t h h i s c o m m e n t s and o b s e r v a t i o n s , the f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t s p r e p a r e d by t h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t :

(i) R e p o r t on the a c t i v i t i e s of the J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t : J u l y 1 9 6 9 - J u n e 1 9 7 0 - r e p r o d u c e d as A n n e x I to this d o c u m e n t ;

1 H a n d b o o k of R e s o l u t i o n s a n d D e c i s i o n s , 1 0 t h e d . , p . 4 2 4 . 2 H a n d b o o k of R e s o l u t i o n s and D e c i s i o n s , 1 0 t h e d ” p . 4 2 6 .

O f f . R e c . Wld H l t h O r g . , 178, O f f . R e c . Wld H l t h O r g . , 181, O f f . R e c . Wld H l t h O r g . , 186.

EB47/8 Add.l

p a g e 10

( i i ) R e p o r t o n t h e U n i t e d a n d C o r r i g e n d u m l1 a n d i t s d o c u m e n t ;

N a t i o n s a c t i v i t i e s a n d o p e r a t i o n s in N e p a l (J Iü /RE P/ 7 0 / 4 ) A n n e x (J I U / N0T E/ 7 0 /I- 3 ) - r e p r o d u c e d as A n n e x II to this

( i i i ) R e p o r t o n a c t i v i t i e s of t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s F a m i l y of O r g a n i z a t i o n s in s o m e C e n t r a l . A m e r i c a n c o u n t r i e s ( J I u / R E P / 7 0 / 5 ) - r e p r o d u c e d as A n n e x III to this d o c u m e n t .

‘ ' * * / . 4

2 . 2 If t h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l r e c e i v e s a d d i t i o n a l r e p o r t s f r o m t h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t b e f o r e t h e f o r t y - s e v e n t h s e s s i o n of t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d , h e i n t e n d s to p l a c e t h e m b e f o r e that s e s s i o n t o g e t h e r w i t h h i s c o m m e n t s , if t i m e p e r m i t s .

C o m m e n t s b y t h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l o n t h e r e p o r t s r e c e i v e d f r o m t h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t : 3 • R e p o r t ,on t h e a c t i v i t i e s of t h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t : J u l y 1 9 6 9 一 J u n e 1 9 7 0

- A n n e x I

3 . 1 T h i s is t h e s e c o n d r e p o r t p r e p a r e d b y the J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t o n its a c t i v i t i e s . T h e f i r s t o n e c o v e r e d t h e p e r i o d J a n u a r y 1 9 6 8 一 J u n e 1 9 6 9 and w a s b r o u g h t to t h e B o a r df s a t t e n t i o n in d o c u m e n t E B 4 ô / l 5 . S i n c e t h e r e p o r t is a n a c c o u n t of the a c t i v i t i e s of t h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t , t h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l d o e s n o t h a v e a n y c o m m e n t s to m a k e to t h e B o a r d o n i t .

4 • R e p o r t on t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s a c t i v i t i e s a n d o p e r a t i o n s in N e p a l a n d its A n n e x - A n n e x II

4 . 1 T h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l r e c e i v e d this r e p o r t on 1 7 J u l y 1 9 7 0 . In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the r e v i s e d p r o c e d u r e f o r h a n d l i n g t h e r e p o r t s of t h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t a c c e p t e d b y t h e B o a r d , a s r e f e r r e d to i n p a r a g r a p h 1 . 2 a b o v e , t h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l t r a n s m i t t e d h i s p r e l i m i n a r y c o m m e n t s t o t h e E c o n o m i c a n d S o c i a l C o u n c i l t h r o u g h t h e d e s i g n a t e d c h a n n e l s on 16 S e p t e m b e r 1 9 7 0 . T h e t r a n s m i t t a l l e t t e r , a s w e l l a s t h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l1 s p r e l i m i n a r y c o m m e n t s a n d o b s e r v a t i o n s on t h e r e p o r t , a r e r e p r o d u c e d a s A p p e n d i x I to t h i s d o c u m e n t .

4 . 2 In a d d i t i o n t o p r e s e n t i n g h i s f o r m a l r e p o r t , t h e I n s p e c t o r w h o v i s i t e d N e p a l p r e s e n t e d a n i n f o r m a l n o t e (J I U / N0T E/ 7 0 /I- 3 ) c o n t a i n i n g h i s o b s e r v a t i o n s on W H O f i e l d a c t i v i t i e s in t h a t c o u n t r y . T h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l a n d t h e R e g i o n a l D i r e c t o r a r e g r a t i f i e d to n o t e t h e f a v o u r a b l e i m p r e s s i o n w h i c h t h e I n s p e c t o r h a d g a t h e r e d d u r i n g h i s i n s p e c t i o n of W H O p r o j e c t s in N e p a l . 5 . R e p o r t on a c t i v i t i e s of t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s F a m i l y of O r g a n i z a t i o n s i n s o m e

C e n t r a l A m e r i c a n C o u n t r i e s - A n n e x III

5 . 1 T h e r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d o n 1 S e p t e m b e r 1 9 7 0 a n d t h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l1 s p r e l i m i n a r y

c o m m e n t s a n d o b s e r v a t i o n s w e r e f o r w a r d e d t o E C O S O C t h r o u g h the d e s i g n a t e d c h a n n e l s o n 9 N o v e m b e r 1 9 7 0 . B o t h t h e t r a n s m i t t a l l e t t e r a n d t h e D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l ‘ s p r e l i m i n a r y c o m m e n t s a r e r e p r o d u c e d a s A p p e n d i x II t o t h i s d o c u m e n t .

1 E n g l i s h o n l y .

BB47/10

ANNEX I

SECOND REPORT (Ж ТЙЕ A C T I V I T I E S O F T H E

JOINT INSPECTI01Í ШГ1Т J U L Y I969 一 ЛШЕ 1 9 7 0 •

June I97O

Contents

P a r a g r a p h s F a ^ e s

A. 工 ИТЮШСТ 工 ШГ 1 - 4 1

B . WORK PROGRAMME 5 - 31 3 (1) C o n f e r e n c e s a n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n ^ — 11 3

⑵ P r o g r a m m i n g and "budgets 1 2 - 1 6 • 4 (3) D e c e n t r a l i z a t i o n 1 7 — 2 1 5 (4) O r g a n i z a t i o n a n d o p e r a t i o n of ШТ

d e v e l o p m e n t a s s i s t a n c e • • 22 - 25 7 (5) P e r s o n n e l q u e s t i o n s 26 - 29 8 G. COÎTCLUSIOM 32 - 33 9

АШЕХ A

I N S P E C T I O N R E P O R T S AÍ1D

N F O R M A X H O T E S 1 - 2 1 F O R M A L R E P O R T S 3 - 1 9 1

(1) O b s e r v a t i o n s a r i s i n g f r o m a v i s i t o f 、 i n s p e c t i o n to M a l a w i

(JTü/:RE:p/69/i1， d a t e d H o v e m b e v 1 9 6 9 ) 3 - 4 1 ( 2 ) R e p o r t o n the U s e of Ж n u t es i n s t e a d of

S u m m a r y R e c o r d s

(JIU/EEP/69/l〇

dated D e c e m b e r I 9 6 9 ) • •

. • 5 _ 7 1 (3) O b s e r v a t i o n s on the w o r k of 1Ж o r g a n i z a -

t i o n s in Colom"bia ~

( J I U / E E P / 7 0 / 2 - l to 2-5， d a t e d M a r c h 197〇） 8 2 ( 4 ) P r o g r a m m i n g and. "budgets i n the U n i t e d

N a t i o n s f a m i l y of o r g a n i z a t i o n s

(JTTj/EEP/69/7/Add^l， d a t e d Maroh. 1 9 7 〇 ) • • 9 - 1 2 2 (5) R e p o r t on a r a t i o n a l i z a t i o n of the p r o -

c e e d i n g s and. d o c u m e n t a t i o n of t h e C o n f e r e n c e of the F o o d and A g r i c u l t u r e O r g a n i z a t i o n of the U n i t e d N a t i o n s

( J T U ^ R E P / Y O / l and C o r r . l , d a t e d A p r i l 1 9 7 0 ) 13 - Хб 4 (6) R e p o r t o n the E c o n o m i o C o m m i s s i o n f o r

L a t i n A m e r i c a

(JIü/REP/7 0/3， d a t e d J u n e 197〇) 1

A , 工 F T R O D U C T T O N

I 。 In J u l y 1969， the J o i n t

n s p e u i ^ i o n U n i t - ^ p r e p a r e d f o r the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y of the United N a t i o n s and f o r t h e l e g i s l a t i v e "bodies of the

specialized, agencies and the I A E A a report (distri^ited. as d o c u m e n t A/C。5/l241) on the U n i t

s a c t i v i t i e s d u r i n g the first eiglrteen m o n t h s of its f o u r - y e a r

I n p a r t A of r e s o l u t i o n 2 5 3 7 (XXIV) the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y t o o k note of the r e p o r t xvlth a p p r e c i a t i o n ,

2• This second p r o g r e s s report sliould Ъе r e g a r d e d as a o o n t i n u a t i u n of the f i r s t .

"b covers^ i n t e r a l i a

s activities u p to 30 J u n e I97O (a summary of \тЪ±rh. w i l l Ъе found in A n n e x A) a.nd gives an i n d i c a t i o n of its p r o g r a m m e of w o r k for the future (see paragraphs 5 "bo 31)。

3 , D u r i n g the p e r i o d c o v e r e d by this report there h a s Ъееп a p r o g r e s s i v e d e v e l o p m e n t of c o n s u l t a t i o n s b e t w e e n the J o i n t

n s p e o t i o n Unit and UTT

bodies w h o s e activities are c l o s e l y r e l a t e d to those of the U n i t , such as

l/ The Joint

n s p e o t i o n U n i t

the c r e a t i o n of which was r e c o m m e n d e d by the Ad H o c Committee of F o u r t e e n in p a r a g r a p h 67B of its report to the General A s s e m b l y (document A/6343 )， came into existence on 1 J a n u a r y 1968 as a result of General A s s e m b l y r e s o l u t i o n s 2 1 5 0 (XXl) and 2 3 6 0 (XXII) 。 Apart from the United N a t i o n s

the f o l l o w i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n s p a r t i c i p a t e in the i n s p e c t i o n system Ъу d e c i s i o n of t h e i r respective l e g i s l a t i v e o r g o v e r n i n g t o d i e s ; FA〇

工：L〇

UITESCO

Ш 0

T U / :Ш 〇

IMC〇

I A E A , ICAO and UPUo The members of the U n i t , from eight c o u n t r i e s d e s i g n a t e d Ъу the

P r e s i d e n t of the General A s s e m b l y

were a p p o i n t e d Ъу the Se參retary—General of the United. N a t i o n s after c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h the o t h e r m e m b e r s of A C C。

They are? Mr。 Maurice B e r t r a n d (France)

M r 。 Lucio García del S o l a r (Argentina), M r , Sreten Ili6 (Yugoslavia)， Mr 。 Cliandra S。 Jh.a (ind. i a ) о Mr。 Robert M . Macy (USA)， Mr. Joseph A。 Sawe (Tanzania)

Sir Leonard. Scopes

(UK) and M r . Alexei P , S o k i r k i n (USSR)。

Ilhen it recommended, the e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a joint i n s p e c t i o n u n i t

t h e Ad Hoc Committee of F o u r t e e n

w h o s e report was a p p r o v e d Ъу the General

Assem"bl;y, envisaged that the 工 nspec*fcors

"acting singly or in small groups" •

"would, v i s i t a n y of the d i f f e r e n t services of the U n i t e d N a t i o n s o r g a n i z a t i o n s '

"make on-the-spot énquiries and investigations

"if necessary without prior

notification，、

as and when t h e y themselves m a y deoide

5 that t h e y s h o u l d

have

t h e "broadest powers of i n v e s t i g a t i o n in all matters h a v i n g a t e a r i n g

on the e f f i c i e n c y of the services and. the p r o p e r u s e of funds"。。。•"in o r d e r

to examine the way in >rhich. t h e y o p e r a t e and to p r o p o s e any reforms t h e y

deem n e c e s s a r y " .

ACABQ, and. t h e ХЖ P a n e l of E x t e r n a l A u d i t o r s . I n f o r m a t i o n o n w o r k jjro- g r a m m e s i s e x c h a n g e d t h r o u g h t h e s e c r e t a r i a t s of the r e s p e c t i v e "bodies a n d m e e t i n g s a r e h e l d f r o m t i m e to t i m e f o r an e x c h a n g e of v i e w s and.

e x p e r i e n c e w i t h a "view to a v o i d i n g "unnecessary d u p l i c a t i o n 。 The U n i t h a s a l s o t r i e d to k e e p i n t o u c h w i t h the s t u d i e s on the d e p l o y m e n t and u t i l i z a t i o n o f s t a f f o u r r e n t l y b e i n g u n d e r t a k e n Ъу the ХЖ A d m i ni s t ra t i v e M a n a g e m e n t S e r v i c e . T h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t h a s decided, n o t to u n d e r - t a k e f o r t h e t i m e being s t u d i e s "Whioh. o n e o r o t h e r of t h e "bodies h a d i n c l u d e d i n i t s "work p r o g r a m m e 。 E x a m p l e s a r e the s t r u c t u r e of the 工TTJ

( u n d e r t a k e n Ъу A C A B Q )

ШГ p u b l i c i n f o r m a t i o n a o t i v l t i e s (performed Ъу t h e ШГ A d m i n i s t r a t i v e M a n a g e m e n t S e r v i c e ) a n d c o m m o n c o m p u t e r s e r v i c e s

( s t u d i e d Ъу t h e E x t e r n a l A u d i t o r s ) . The Unit h a s also p o s t p o n e d f o r t h e t i m e b e i n g f u r t h e r s t u d y o f c o ~ o r d i n a t i o n a n d co_opera"tion at the c o u n t r y l e v e l b e c a u s e o f t h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n of t h e C a p a c i t y S t u d y b y the G o v e r n i n g C o u n c i l o f ШБР d u r i n g t h e f i r s t h a l f of 197〇。

4 . T h e U n i t h a s maintained, c o n t a c t ¥itli the A d m i n i s t r a t i v e C o m m i t t e e o n C o - o r d i n a t i o n ( A C C ) , o n w h o s e i n v i t a t i o n t h e C h a i r m a n a n d Yiоe-Ch.airman o f t h e U n i t a t t e n d e d t h e s p r i n g m e e t i n g of t h e ACC in V i e n n a 。 There та s a f r a n k e x c h a n g e o f v i e w s o n m a t t e r s related, to JIIJ r e p o r t s。 T h e AG С m e m b e r s a s s u r e d t h e I n s p e c t o r s o f t h e f u l l e s t c o - o p e r a t i o n of t h e m s e l v e s and

m e m b e r s o f t h e i r s t a f f . I t was r e c o g n i z e d t h a t the d i a l o g u e e s t a b l i s h e d b e t w e e n t h e I n s p e c t o r s a n d t h e e x e c u t i v e h e a d s w a s con^ribirbing to a b e t t e r i m d e r s t a n d i n g a n d c o u l d Ъе developed, f u r t h e r to m u t u a l a d v a n t a g e

a r e p o r t "was m a d e a n d i t s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e f i n a l i z e d ^ b u t also a f t e r a r e p o r t h a d Ъееп i s s u e d 。 I t "woulá

in the o p i n i o n of t h e e x e c u t i v e h e a d s , e n a b l e t h e m to f o r m u l a t e t h e i r o b s e r v a t i o n s to g o v e r n i n g "bodies >ri.th

c o m p l e t e u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e I n s p e c t o r s

r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s . T h e r e was also a n e x c h a n g e o f v i e w s o n t h e p r o g r a m m e o f w o r k of the J T U , in the c o u r s e of w h i c h t h e I n s p e c t o r s r e i t e r a t e d that t h e y w o u l d w e l c o m e s u g g e s t i o n s f r o m

e x e c u t i v e h e a d P f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n in p r e p a r i n g their w o r k programme<»

В. Ш Ж P R O G R A M M E

5

A f t e r two and a h a l f y e a r s of e x p e r i e n c e , the J I U c o n s i d e r s i t a p p r o p r i a t e to give i n f o r m a t i o n i n some d e t a i l a b o u t i t s w o r k p r o g r a m m e and. the w a y in w h i c h it b e l i e v e s this p r o g r a m m e m i g h t c o n t i n u e to d e v e l o p in the f u t u r e •

6 . I n t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s the I n s p e c t o r s h a v e dra/wn i n s p i r a t i o n f r o m the r e p o r t o f t h e A d H o c C o m m i t t e e of F o u r t e e n a n d w h i l e e f f i c i e n c y and.

economy h a v e at a l l times r e m a i n e d u p p e r m o s t i n t h e I n s p e c t o r s

m i n d s

t h e y h a v e c a r r i e d out t h e i r enquiries a g a i n s t the t a o k g r o u n d of c e r t a i n b a s i c i s s u e s w h i c h h a v e been b e f o r e l e g i s l a t i v e a n d / o p e x e c u t i v e "bodies for some t i m e "but s t i l l r e m a i n u n r e s o l v e d a n d c a u s e concern to МешЪег States• T h u s , t h e i r p r i o r i t y areas of s t u d y a n d i n v e s t i g a t i o n ares

(1) C o n f e r e n c e s a n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n

7 . C h a p t e r I X of t h e s e c o n d report of the C o m m i t t e e of F o u r t e e n (paragraphs 92 to 1 0 4 ) e x p r e s s e d c o n c e r n аЪотгЬ p r o b l e m s c r e a t e d Ъу t h e i n c r e a s i n g v o l u m e of d o c u m e n t a t i o n in t h e ШТ a n d spècialized. a g e n c i e s

and about the p r o l i f e r a t i o n and i n c r e a s i n g size o f m e e t i n g s a n d c o n f e r e n c e s . Several r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e made Ъу t h e C o m m i t t e e in o r d e r to cope w i t h these pro"blems

8 . C o n f e r e n c e and d o c u m e n t a t i o n p r o b l e m s are interrelated? the m o s t c o s t l y item in the "budget f o r the c o n f e r e n c e s of the ШГ and s p e c i a l i z e d agencies is d o c i m e n t a t i o n

a n d m o s t of the d o c u m e n t s p r o d u c e d r e l a t e to the l e g i s l a t i v e m e e t i n g s .

9 . Thereforej w h i l e t h e r e are i n n u m e r a b l e topios of i n v e s t i g a t i o n as f a r as d o c u m e n t a t i o n and c o n f e r e n c e s are c o n c e r n e d , the J I U h a s g i v e n p r i o r i t y to twos

(a) V o l u m e , cost and u t i l i z a t i o n o f Ш c o n f e r e n c e d o c u m e n t a t i o n ^

(b) ITethods of w o r k o f the ШГ a n d s p e c i a l i z e d a g e n c i e s

l e g i s l a t i v e b o d i e s ,

1 0 . F o u r reports h a v e Ъееп w r i t t e n on the аЪо^е s u b j e c t s . T h e y a r e s

(a) Report on D o c u m e n t a t i o n (United N a t i o n s ) - J I U / H E P / 6 8 / 5 î

- 4 -

(ъ) R e p o r t o n a r a t i o n a l i z a t i o n o f ttie p r o c e e d i n g s a n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n o f t h e U N E S C O G e n e r a l C o n f e r e n c e 一 Ли/КЕР/б9/45

(о) R e p o r t o n t h e u s e o f m i n u t e s i n s t e a d o f s u m m a r y r e c o r d s ( U n i t e d N a t i o n s ) _ JIU/EEP/69/l〇 5

(d) R e p o r t o n a r a t i o n a l i z a t i o n o f t h e p r o c e e d i n g s a n d i o o u m e n

a t i o n of t h e С jn.f e r e n o e cf F A O - .

J T U / R E P / 7 0 / 1 5 a n d

A r e p o r t o n a r a t i o n a l i z a t i o n o f t h e p r o c e e d i n g s a n d do o n m e n t at i o n o f t h e World. H e a l t h Assem"bly i s i n c o u r s e o f p r e p a r a t i o n ,

1 1 . P r i o r i t y i s "being g i v e n to t h e s t u d y r e q u e s t e d Ъу t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y i n r e s o l u t i o n 2б〇 9 ( X X I V ) o n " p o s s i b l e i m p r o v e m e n t s i n t h e s y s t e m u s e d Ъу t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s i n h a n d l i n g a n d p r o c e s s i n g d o c u m e n t s b e f o r e

d u r i n g a n d a f t e r m e e t i n g s

i n c l u d i n g s e s s i o n s o f t h e G e n e r a l Assenibly a n d i n t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n s o f t h e p r o c e e d i n g s o f such, m e e t i n g s " . I n p u r s u i n g t h i s s t u d y t h e U n i t w i l l h a v e t h e a d v a n t a g e o f m a t e r i a l a l r e a d y a s s e m b l e d f o r t w o e a r l i e r r e p o r t s o n d o c u m e n t a t i o n i n t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s (see p r e - c e d i n g p a r a g r a p h )

of a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n to Ъе oTDtained at ШГ H e a d — q u a r t e r s

a n d o f o t s e r v a t i o n at f i r s t h a n d o f t h e p r o c e e d i n g s o f t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y a n d i t s c o m m i t t e e s a t i t s twenty-fifth, s e s s i o n . T h e U n i t

s r e p o r t o n t h i s s u b j e c t w i l l Ъе p r e p a r e d in t i m e f o r i t s s u b m i s s i o n , t h r o u g h t h e a p p r o p r i a t e c h a n n e l , to t h e G e n e r a l Assem"bly at i t s t w e n t y - s i x t h s e s s i o n i n I 9 7 I •

( 2 ) P r o ^ r a m m i n ^ a n d "budgelrs

1 2 . G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y r e s o l u t i o n 2 0 4 9 (XX) ? as a r e s u l t o f -which t h e C o m m i t t e e o f F o u r t e e n w a s c r e a t e d , l a i d s p e c i a l s t r e s s o n t h e n e e d f o r a

" d e t a i l e d e x a m i n a t i o n o f t h e p r o o e d u r e s f o r p r e p a r i n g a n d a p p r o v i n g t h e

"budgets*

a n d a " r e v i e w o f t h e p r o c e d u r e s f o r c o n t r o l l i n g t h e e x e c u t i o n t h e r e o f

. T h e C o m m i t t e e o f F o u r t e e n f o r m u l a t e d c e r t a i n o o m m o n p r i n c i p l e s

•whioh. w e r e d e s i g n e d to e n s u r e g r e a t e r c l a r i t y , to f a c i l i t a t e o o n t r o l a n d со — o r d i n a t i o n a n d to p r o v i d e c e r t a i n d a t a w h i oh w e r e t h e n l a c k i n g i n "buigei;

d o c u m e n t s 。 F u r t h e r m o r e

l o n g - t e r m planning., p r o g r a m m e f o r m u l a t i o n a n d b u d g e t p r e p a r a t i o n f o r ШГ

o r g a n i z a t i o n s . D e t a i l e d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s f o r t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h e s e p r i n c i p l e s Ъу the i n t r o d u c t i o n o f m o d e r n p r o g r a m m i n g a n d b u d g e t a r y p r a o - t i c e s i n t o a l l p a r t s o f the U N f a m i l y a r e c o n t a i n e d i n the r e p o r t

Prc- g r a m m i n g a n d B u d g e t s i n t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s f a m i l y o f o r g a n i z a t i o n s "

(JTü/RE:p/69/7)， with e m p h a s i s o n ;

一 t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f l o n g - t e r m p r o g r a m m e s and. the

e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f p r o g r a m m i n g s e r v i c e s ;

- t h e p r o g r a m m e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f b u d g e t a r y d o c u m e n t s 5 - t h e h a r m o n i z a t i o n o f "budgetary p r e s e n t a t i o n .

1 3 . V a r i o u s s t u d i e s a r e u n d e r w a y w i t h a v i e w to t r a n s l a t i n g i n t o p r a c t i c e t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s . T h e ШБР s e c r e t a r i a t

f o r i t s p a r t , i s w o r k i n g o u t the c o n d i t i o n s i m d e r w h i c h i t w o u l d in t h e f u t u r e a d o p t c o u n t r y p r o g r a m m i n g

w h i c h w i l l h a v e a n e f f e c t on t h e b u d g e t s o f t h e e x e c u t i n g a g e n c i e s .

14. T h e m a i n d i f f i c u l t i e s e n c o u n t e r e d i n i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e v a r i o u s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g p r o g r a m m i n g m e t h o d s w o u l d a p p e a r to bet

一 m e t h o d s o f d e f i n i n g the o b j e c t i v e s !

- c o - o r d i n a t i o n o f t h e v a r i o u s p r o g r a m m i n g p r o c e s s e s ( c o u n t r y p l a n s , ШГОР p r o g r a m m e s , a g e n c y p r o g r a m m e s ) 5

一 d e f i n i t i o n o f t h e d e g r e e of f l e x i t i l i t y r e q u i r e d i n o e r t a i n

一 d e f i n i t i o n o f t h e t a s k s a n d t h e c o m p o s i t i o n of the p r o -

g r a m m i n g s e r v i c e s .

1 5 . T h e c o n c r e t e a n a l y s i s of t h e s e d i f f i c u l t i e s (by m e a n s o f a c e r t a i n пишЪег of e x a m p l e s p i n p o i n t e d i n the v a r i o u s a g e n c i e s ) a n d t h e e x p l o r a t i o n o f p r a c t i c a l s o l u t i o n s Ъу t h e 'JIU m i g h t p r o v i d e a s s i s t a n c e to t h e a p p r o p r i a t e b o d i e s •

1 6 . A r e p o r t m a y Ъе s ^ m i t t e d o n t h e s e i s s u e s i n t h e c o u r s e o f 1 9 7 1 •

(3) D e c e n t r a l i z a t i o n

17. D e c e n t r a l i z a t i o n in i t s b r o a d s e n s e c o n n o t e s the a p p r o p r i a t e

d i s t r i t u t i o n

w i t h i n the f r a m e w o r k o f c o n t r o l a n d g u i d a n c e by h e a d q u a r t e r s

o f a u t h o r i t y a n d f u n c t i o n s , t o g e t h e r w i t h o o n c o m i t a n t d i s t r ^ u t i o n o f r e s o u r c e s a n d f i n a n c i a l p o w e r s , tet-ween h e a d q u a r t e r s a n d t h e v a r i o u s a t t a c h e d o r s u b s i d i a r y o r g a n i z a t i o n s , "botb at h e a d q u a r t e r s a n d i n t h e f i e l d , with, a v i e w to a c h i e v i n g m a x i m u m e f f i c i e n c y oonibined "with, e c o n o m y ^ T h e i m p o r t a n c e o f d e c e n t r a l i z a t i o n lias "keen e m p h a s i z e d Ъу s e v e r a l r e s o l u - t i o n s o f E C O S O C a n d t h e G e n e r a l Assem"bl;y

"but i n p r a c t i c e n o t much. Ь.ая been d o n e Ъу -way o f i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h i s p r i n c i p l e .

1 8

T h i s i s a v a s t s u b j e c t w i t h m a n y f a c e t s a n d i n c l u d e s n o t o n l y d i s t r i t n r t i o n o f f u n c t i o n s a s b e t w e e n h.eadc[uarters a n d o t h e r "bodies， includ- i n g f i e l d o f f i c e s 9 "but a l s o d e c e n t r a l i z a t i o n a n d a p p r o p r i a t e d i s t r i t u t i o n of f u n c t i o n s a n d a u t h o r i t y b e t w e e n v a r i o u s irnits at h e a d q u a r t e r s

p e r se

1 9 . A s t u d y o f o n e a s p e c t o f t h i s эиЪjeot h a s Ъееп t o u c h e d u p o n Ъу th.e U n i t m t h . r e f e r e n c e to t h e r o l e a n d f u n o t i o n s of r e g i o n a l e o o n o m i o c o m m i s s i o n s o n w h i c h t h r e e r e p o r t s h a v e Ъееп s ^ m i t t e d s

(a) R e p o r t o n t h e E c o n o m i c C o m m i s s i o n for A f r i c a (Ли/ЕЕР/68/З) 5

(b) R e p o r t o n t h e E o o n o m i o C o m m i s s i o n f o r A s i a a n d t h e F a r E a s t (JTU/BEP /69/6) 5 a n d

(c) R e p o r t o n t h e E c o n o m i c C o m m i s s i o n f o r L a t i n A m e r i c a (jiij/REP/7〇 /3).

\

2 0

T h e s e r e p o r t s s u g g e s t , i n t e r a l i a , w a y s a n d m e a n s o f s t r e n g t h e n - i n g t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n Ш H e a d q u a r t e r s a n d t h e r e g i o n a l c o m m i s s i o n s to t h e i r m u t u a l a d v a n t a g e s o t h a t t h e r e g i o n a l c o m m i s s i o n s m a y t r u l y Ъесоте a r e g i o n a l a r m o f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s and. also to some e x t e n t of o t h e r "bodies i n t h e 1Ш f a m i l y . T h e p r e s e n t a n d f u t u r e r o l e of the c o m m i s si o n s h a s Ъееп d i s c u s s e d i n t h e s e r e p o r t s a n d p r o p o s a l s and. reoomrnendations h a v e Ъееп m a d e f o r s t r e n g t h e n i n g t h e i r o p e r a t i o n a l r o l e . A t t h e s a m e t i m e s o m e s u g g e s t i o n s h a v e Ъееп m a d e f o r t h e d e c e n t r a l i z a t i o n of r e s o u r c e s a n d p o w e r s f r o m ШГ H e a d q u a r t e r s to t h e c o m m i s s i o n s 。

2 1 。 I t i s p r o p o s e d to c o n t i n u e t h e s e s t u d i e s at a l a t e r d a t e w i t h

p a r t i c u l a r r e f e r e n c e to t h e e x t e n t to which, s u c h d e c e n t r a l i z a t i o n h a s i n

f a c t t a k e n p l a c e and. m t h w h a t c o n s e q u e n c e s i n t e r m s of c o s t a n d e f f i c i e n o y ,

t i s a l s o p r o p o s e d to s t u d y at a n a p p r o p r i a t e s t a g e the p r o b l e m i n so f a r

as it concerns other "bodies in the United Nations system.

(4) Organization and operation of ХЖ development assistance

2 2 . T h i s c o v e r s a v a s t s e c t o r o f a c t i v i t i e s w h i c h a c c o u n t s f o r a c o n - s i d e r a b l e p r o p o r t i o n o f t h e t o t a l e x p e n d i t u r e o f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s f a m i l y . I t w a s t h u s o n l y n a t u r a l t h a t t h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n U n i t s h o u l d d e v o t e

a t t e n t i o n to t h e s e a o t i v i t i e s i n o r d e r to d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r t h e fionds s p e n t w e r e "being u s e d r a t i o n a l l y , h o w f a r t h e p r o j e c t s w e r e s u c c e s s f u l , a n d so o n .

2 3 . T h e f i r s t r e q u i r e m e n t o f t h e m e t h o d a p p l i e d Ъу t h e I n s p e c t o r s w a s that t h e y s h o u l d go a n d c h e c k w h a t "was h a p p e n i n g In sltu« F o r t h i s p u r p o s e t h e f o l l o w i n g g e n e r a l f r a m e w o r k f o r f i e l d i n s p e c t i o n s w a s d e v i s e d ?

(a) d i d the a c t i v i t i e s t i e i n with, n a t i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t p l a n s ?

(b) which, a c t i v i t i e s w e r e t h e r e s u l t o f " s a l e s m a n s h i p "

r a t h e r t h a n g o v e r n m e n t r e q u e s t ? 、 (c) w h i c h p r o j e c t s f a i l e d a n d w h y ?

(d) i n g e n e r a l , h a v e f u n d s Ъееп w e l l spent?

2 4 . F i e l d i n s p e c t i o n s are a c o n t i n u i n g p r o c e s s . T h e c o u n t r i e s to Ъе v i s i t e d are s e l e c t e d on a "broad "basis o f g e o g r a p h i c a l distritnrtioru R e p o r t s u n d e r t h i s h e a d i n g h a v e Ъееп p r e p a r e d i n r e s p e c t of s G h a n a

Turkey (JIU/eEP/68/2)5 Mexico (JIU/REP/ 68/6 )j Morocco

M a l a y s i a a n d S i n g a p o r e (JIU /EEP/69/8)5 M a l a w i ( j i u / R E P / 6 9 / и ) ? C o l o m b i a (JIU/REP/7〇 /2)5 a n d are i n p r e p a r a t i o n i n r e s p e c t ofs N e p a l (Ли/ЕЕР/ТО/Д) 5 C e n t r a l A m e r i c a n c o u n t r i e s (JIU/ESP /70 /5)5 M a d a g a s c a r

F u r t h e r c o u n t r i e s w i l l Ъе v i s i t e d i n t h e l a t t e r p a r t of 197〇 a^ii i n 1971*

25• I n a d d i t i o n to o o u n t r y i n s p e c t i o n s

r e p o r t s h a v e Ъееп p r e p a r e d o n

" C o - o r d i n a t i o n a n d c o - o p e r a t i o n at c o u n t r y l e v e l " (JTU/ВЕР/ 68/4)； "WHO a s s i s t a n c e to d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s "(лти/ЕЕР/69/з) 5

"Some a s p e c t s ^f T e c h n i c a l A s s i s t a n c e a c t i v i t i e s " ( j i u / E E P / 6 9 / 5 ) a n d " S e l e c t e d i d e a s for

i m p r o v i n g f i e l d o p e r a t i o n s “ ( J I U / H E P / 6 9 / 9 ) . I n p u r s u i n g t h e i r i n v e s t i g a t i o n s

i n t h i s f i e l d t h e d e c i s i o n s o f the G o v e r n i n g C o u n c i l o f ШП)Р w i l l Ъе t a k e n f u l l y i n t o a c c o u n t .

一 8 — .

(5) P e r s o n n e l q u e s t i o n s

2 6 • I n v e s t i g a t i o n s a n d p r e p a r a t o r y w o r k u n d e r t a k e n Ъу t h e I&iit s h o w t h a t -there a r e u r g e n t a n d o r u o i a l s t a f f p r o t l e m s w h i c h m u s t Ъе r e s o l v e d at a n early d a t e .

2

] • 工 t i s "by e x a m i n i n g t h e ргоЪХешв of Ш p r o f e s s i o n a l staff at И " е т л г Y o r k , G e n e v a

"Vienna a n d the' r e g i o n a l e o o n o m i c c o m m i s s i o n s that the s t u d y o f t h e s e p r o b l e m s i s being i n i t i a t e d .

2 8 • To t h i s e n d

i t s e e m s n e o e s s a r y to s

一 s t u d y t h e p r e s e n t s i t u a t i o n a n d its shortcomingsj

一 o u t l i n e i n g e n e r a l t e r m s a p o s s i b l e o v e r a l l s o l u t i o n to

t h e p r o b l e m s 5

一 t h e n p r e p a r e a d e t a i l e d o u t l i n e o f one o r s e v e r a l i n d i v i d u a l

s o l u t i o n s to each, of the p r o b l e m s that h a v e been identified«

2 9 . U n n e c e s s a r y d u p l i c a t i o n of e f f o r t -with the ШГ A d m i n i s t r a t i v e

M a n a g e m e n t S e r v i c e

I C S A B a n d A C A B Q is being a v o i d e d 。 A r e p o r t m a y Ъе su"b—

mitted. i n t h e c o u r s e o f 1 9 7 1 .

30e T h e s u b j e c t s i n d i c a t e d i n t h e p r e c e d i n g p a r a g r a p h s are "broadly t h e a r e a s i n -which, t h e J I U w i l l f o r t h e t i m e being continue to w o r k a n d d i r e c t i t s i n v e s t i g a t i o n s »

3 1 • I t i s t a k i n g u p a s a m a t t e r of p r i o r i t y tbe r e q u e s t m a d e Ъу t h e

G e n e r a l Assenfbly i n r e s o l u t i o n 2 6 0 9 (XXIV) (see paragraph, l l ) . It w i l l also

s t u d y c e r t a i n s p e c i f i c m a t t e r s s u g g e s t e d Ъу t h e g o v e r n i n g "bodies and e x e c u -

t i v e h e a d s o f s p e c i a l i z e d a g e n c i e s • I n a d d i t i o n , menibers of t h e Unit w i l l

l o o k i n t o ргоЪ1ешз *whioh c o m e to l i g h t i n t h e c o u r s e of t h e i r i n s p e c t i o n s .

С. C O N C L U S I O N

3 2 . T h e p r o c e d u r a l side of t h e h a n d l i n g of J I U r e p o r t s h a s i m p r o v e d as a r e s u l t of the d e c i s i o n s t a k e n l a s t y e a r at t h e joint m e e t i n g s of the__

A d m i n i s t r a t i v e C o m m i t t e e o n C o - o r d i n a t i o n (ACC) and the C o m m i t t e e f o r P r o - g r a m m e and C o - o r d i n a t i o n (CPC)• T h e r e are s t i l l , h o w e v e r , o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r f u r t h e r i m p r o v e m e n t . F o r e x a m p l e , m a n y J T U r e p o r t s d e a l , d i r e c t l y o r i n d i r e c t l y , w i t h d e v e l o p m e n t a s s i s t a n c e o f c o n c e r n to UlTOP, U n d e r the e x i s t i n g p r o c e d u r e s

t h e s e r e p o r t s do n o t i n the n o r m a l c o u r s e go to t h e G o v e r n i n g C o u n c i l o f ШТОР w h i c h , b e i n g charged, with, o v e r a l l s u p e r v i s i o n of the e f f e c t i v e u s e of U K D P r e s o u r c e s a n d the i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f S p e c i a l Fond, a n d T e c h n i c a l A s s i s t a n c e p r o j e c t s , m i g h t Ъе i n t e r e s t e d i n e x a m i n i n g reports b e a r i n g on the i m p l e m e n t a t i o n a n d e v a l u a t i o n o f suoh projects., a n d in the v a r i o u s p r o b l e m s a r i s i n g i n that c o n n e c t i o n , as s e e n Ъу

n s p e c t o r s ,

3 3 . T h e r e is e v i d e n c e also o f t e t t e r r e c e p t i v i t y o f J T U r e p o r t s Ъу the ШТ and o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s . M o s t h a v e e s t a b l i s h e d p r o c e d u r e s int e n d e d to lead to a more s p e e d y and p u r p o s e f u l examination、of the reports and r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s • E x e c u t i v e h e a d s h a v e e x p r e s s e d a p p r e c i a t i o n o f the u s e f u l - n e s s of the reports and h a v e c o n c u r r e d w i t h m a n y of tlie r e c o m m e n d a t i o n ? • T h e y are no>r s u b m i t t i n g to t h e i r g o v e r n i n g t o d i e s m o r e s u b s t a n t i a l c o m m e n t s and h a v e p r o m i s e d to s t u d y a n d examine m a n y of the r e f o r m s s u g g e s t e d Ъу t h e I n s p e c t o r s . N e v e r t h e l e s s

t h e r e r e m a i n s a t e n d e n c y t o w a r d s d e f e r m e n t o f a c t i o n ,

n s p e o t o r s to a s c e r t a i n p r e c i s e l y which. of t h e i r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s h a v e Ъееп a o o e p t e d a n d h a v e Ъееп o r are being i m p l e m e n t e d , which, h a v e Ъееп set a s i d e f o r f u r t h e r s t u d y a n d \тЪ.±oh.

are n o t f o u n d a c c e p t a b l e and f o r w h a t r e a s o n s . Such, i n f o r m a t i o n w o u l d Ъе

v a l u a b l e to the Unit in its f u t u r e i n v e s t i g a t i o n s . M o r e o v e r i n the a/bsenoe

of i t

the Unit oannot оЪserve the r e s u l t s of its r e p o r t s and r e c o m m a n d a t i o n s

as e f f e c t i v e l y as it w o u l d w i s h .

such, m e a s u r e s as m a y Ъе n e c e s s a r y to p r o v i d e the U n i t w i t h the i n f o r m a t i o n

i n d i c a t e d аЪоve, and that t h e y m a y Ъе r e q u e s t e d to repori; p e r i o d i c a l l y to

t h e i r g o v e r n i n g organs o n p r o g r e s s m a d e in i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e J o i n t I n s p e c t i o n

U n i t

s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s •

AOTEX A

工

I T S P E C T I O I T REPORTS АЖ) IITPOEMAL N O T E S

1

There w i l l Ъе found "below a short d e s c r i p t i o n of r e p o r t s and i n f o r m a l n o t e s issued Ъу the U n i t in the l a t t e r part of 1969 and. in the first h a l f of I 9 7 O .

2 . As f a r as f o r m a l reports are c o n c e r n e d , those d e s c r i b e d Ъе1о^

bring the total пишЪег i s s u e d Ъу tiie Unit since its i n c e p t i o n to 15

of which 4 conoerned. the United N a t i o n s o n l y , 3 i n d i v i d u a l s p e o M i z e d a g e n c i e s and 8 several o r g a n i z a t i o n s .

FORMAL REPORTS

(1) ^ s e r v a t i o n s a r i s i n g from a v i s i t of i n s p e c t i o n to M a l a w i (JIIJ/REP/69/11， d a t e d ЬТоуетЪег

—

3 . This report 一 o r r a t h e r series of reports - was p r e p a r e d Ъ.у a тешЪег of the Joint I n s p e c t i o n U n i t f o l l o w i n g a f o u r - w e e k v i s i t to M a l a w i in Octobex 1969 。 O b s e r v a t i o n s on p a r t i c u l a r points of i n t e r e s t a r i s i n g from an i n s p e c t i o n of their r e s p e c t i v e activities in M a l a w i

p r e f a c e d Ъу a few g e n e r a l remarks c o m m o n to them all， w e r e sent to the E x e c u t i v e H e a d s of the United N a t i o n s

F A O , ICA〇

"WHO and ¥M〇

for c o m m u n i c a t i o n to th.eir govc-rning organs in a o o o r d a n o e with, establisliei p r o c e d u r e s ,

4» The report a d d r e s s e d to the S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l of the U n i t e d l\Tations

together w i t h his comments thoreon and. t h o s e of the E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r o f 1ЖГСЕБ

and the A d m i n i s t r a t o r of UEDP， were f o r w a r d e d to A C A B Q and ECOSOC

(E/4818 and Adci。l) in A p r i l 1 9 7 0 . T h e E x e c u t i v e H e a d s of FA 〇， ICA〇

Ш 0 and ШЮ h a v e similarly transmitted, the reports c o n c e r n i n g t h e m , t o g e t h e r

•with t h e i r comments t h e r e o n , to t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e g o v e r n i n g o r g a n s

(2) Report on the U s e of Ж n u t es i n s t e a d of Summary Records

(JIU/EEP/69/lO

d a t e d D e c e m b e r 1 9 6 9 ) —

5• This report was a d d r e s s e d to the S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l of the U n i t e d

N a t i o n s on 8 J a n u a r y 197〇 f o r action in a o c o r d a n c e -with, establislied p r o c e d u r e s »

工

"fc s h o u l d Ъе r e g a r d e d a s a s u p p l e m e n t to an e a r l i e r i n s p e c t i o n r e p o r t

w h i c h d e a l t w i t h t h e o v e r a l l pro'blem o f do c u m en t a t i o n i n t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s ( a / 7 5 7 6 )

i n w h i c h i t w a s r e c o m m e n d e d , i n t e r a l i a

t h a t the u s e a n d -volume o f s u m m a r y r e c o r d s Ъе s t r i c t l y l i m i t e d .

6

T h e r e p o r t i s b a s e d o n a n a n a l y s i s o f the r e s u l t s a o h i e v e d i n t h e u s e o f m i n u t e s instead, o f s u m m a r y r e c o r d s Ъу tlie C o m m i s s i o n o n bTarcotic D r u g s

t h e f i r s t o r g a n to m a k e this experimoni; 。 Tlie c o n c l u s i o n s r e a c h e d a r e t h a t t h e r e s u l t s w o r e p o s i t i v e i n t h a t t h e u s e o f m i n u t e s w a s a c c e p t e d by t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e C o m m i s s i o n a n d t h e i r u s e l e d to s i z e a b l e s a v i n g s i n m a n - p o w e r . T h e r e p o r t e n d s wiih. а пишЪег o f r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s -which "would, i n t h e a u t h o r

s vie-w

епаЪ1е the n e w a r r a n g e m e n t s to Ъе a d o p t e d Ъу o t h e r o r g a n s a n d load, u l t i m a t e l y to the e l i m i n a t i o n o f s u m m a r y r e c o r d s a l t o g e t h e r 。

7 » T h e S e c r e t a r y — G e n e r a l t r a n s m i t t e d t h e r e p o r t t o g e t h e r "with. h i s c o m m e n t s t h e r e o n

to A C A 3 Q a n d E C O S O C ( e / 4 8 0 2 a n d A d d . l ) i n M a r c h 。 T h e C o m m i t t e e f o r P r o g r a m m e a n d Co — o r d i n a t i o n deoicLed i n J u n e

at i t s s i x t h s e s s i o n ^ t h a t p e n d i n g f u r t h e r s t u d y o f t h e f u l l i m p a c t o f a m o r e g e n e r a l r e c o u r s e to minirfces， t h e J T U

s r e o o m m e n d a t i o n s c o u l d Ъе b r o u g h t to the a t t e n t i o n o f "various "bodies as t h e y m e t

f o r t h e i r c o n s i d e r a t i o n ,

(3) Qbsez^vations o n t h e w o r k o f ШГ o r g a n i z a t i o n s in Golom"bia

" Щ и / R E P / 7 0 / 2 - 1 to 2-5

d a t e d M a r c h 1 9 7 0 )

8„ R e p o r t s o n t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e o p e r a t i o n s i n C o l o m b i a "were a d d r e s s e d to t h e S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l o f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s a n d to the E x e c u t i v e H e a d s o f IL〇

FA〇

lOTESCO, a n d

T U

f o r t r a n s m i s s i o n ^ with, t h e i r comments

t h e i r g o v e r n i n g o r g a n s。

( 4 ) P r o g r a m m i n g a n d "budgets i n t h e United. N a t i o n s f a m i l y o f оrganizations

( J I U / R E P/ 6 9 / 7 / A d d , 1 , d a t e d M a r c h 197〇)

9» T h i s i s n o t а п е т л г r e p o r t "but a s u m m a r y of t h e o r i g i n a l r e p o r t ^ Ъearing

t h e s a m e t i t l e , whioh. w a s a d d r e s s e d to a l l E x e c u t i v e H e a d s in S e p t e m b e r 1 9 6 9

a n d r e f e r r e d to i n t h e J o i n t

n s p e o t i o n U n i t

s f i r s t p r o g r e s s r e p o r t . T h e

Secretary-General, at the request of ACABQ

made a limited d i s t r ^ u t i o n of the original report to menibers of the General Assem"bly as an annex to document A/7822 in БеоешЪег 1969? and a full distri*bu"tion of the summary as document A/7968 in April 197

The proposals concerned mainly the modification of ourrent financial procedure, programming methods

the presentation of "budgets and programmes and the strengthening of programming services

10. At the governmental level, the Joint Inspection report was given preliminary consideration Ъу CPC at its fifth session in May 197〇 "but CPC decidod that it could, not Ъе studied in depth until the Committee had

"before it the comments of the Secretary-General and of ACA3Q

It was consequently placed on the agenda of C P C

s sixth session, to Ъе held at the end of June. The Secretary- General

s comments on the report were made available to ACAEQ in June 1970 (document A /7987)

They include

inter alia，an undertaking to submit to the General Assembly at its twenty- fifth session outline proposals on a form of presentation "based to the fullest possible extent 011 the suggestions and recommendations made in the report. The Secretary-General also expressed the hope that the 1972

"budget could cover all resources available to the Unitod Nations, i . e . regular budget resources and. e x t r a ^ u d g e t a r y resources, consisting of voluntary donations^ funds in trust

overheads and Ш1БР project funds

if possible

service Ъу Ъringing into the Budget Division staff experienced in pro- gramming and more sophisticated "budgeting techniques

1 1 , The other executive heads have forwarded the report "with

in nfost oases

their preliminary comments thereon, to their go iteming organs • Some of them have taken -the position that the proposals contained in the report involve highly oomplex and technical matters and that it can Ъе properly examined only in con junction "with ether studies on the same basic s

such as that made for ACABQ b y an outside consultant and tlie relevant sections of the "Capacity Study". But other comments are more positive.

Particularly the comments made Ъу the Director-Goneral of UNESCO were

e x a m i n e d a n d a p p r o v e d Ъу t h e Finan о о and Admi.'ii s ъ rn+ xtv о C o m m i s s i o n of t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d in J u n e 197〇. The B o a r d inter alia i n v i t e d the

D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l to c o n t i n u e studies c o n c e r n i n g the general adoption of m e d i u m - t e r m p r o g r a m m i n g , t h e .es"fca"blislimerrt of an i n v e n t o r y o f resources Ъу c o u n t r y a n d Ъу s o u r c e of a s s i s t a n c e

and t h e adoption of a m e t h o d o l o g y f o r t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n a n d c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of projects and "programme u n i t s c o n s u l t i n g as a p p r o p r i a t e t h e o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s of the U n i t e d N a t i o n s s y s t o m which. a r e c o n c e r n e d to f i n d a o'ommon b a s i s and a common form of p r e s e n t a t i o n f o r p r o g r a m m e s and "budgets (document Е/4898)-

12 • T h e c o m m e n t s m a d e Ъу t h e S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l of 工 MC〇

w h i o h were a p p r o v e d Ъу t h e

MC

t a k i n g to p r e p a r e a l o n g - t e r m p r o g r a m m e f o r the O r g a n i z a t i o n ,

(5) R e p o r t on a r a t i o n a l i z a t i o n of the p r o c e e d i n g s and do cum en t at i on of the C o n f e r e n c e of the F o o d a n d A g r i c u l t u r e O r g a n i z a t i o n of t h e United. ^Mations

( J T U / E E P / 7

l and C o r r

l

1 3 • T h i s r e p o r t -was sent to the D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l of FAO on 10 A p r i l 19

"t is t h e s e c o n d in a series of r e p o r t s on the p r o b l e m s created, b j t h e growfcii i n t h e пгггаЪег of conferences， t h e питЪег of p a r t i c i p a n t s and. the v o l u m e o f à o c u m e n t a t i o n j p r o b l e m s to which. the Committee of F o u r t e e n h a d

c a l l e d tho a t t e n t i o n of t h e G e n e r a l АзвотЪХу and other l e g i s l a t i v e "bodies i n C h a p t e r IX of its second report

Tlie irepori; ^contains a detailed a n a l y s i s of the "working a r r a n g e m e n t s of the FAO Conferenoe and p u t s fop-ward n i n e t e e n r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s t h e p u r p o s e of "which is to s

(a) "bring a/boirfc a r a t i o n a l i z a t i o n of methods which: might Ъе e x p e c t e d to result in m o r e purposeful and effective d e l i b e r a t i o n s 5

(b) p e r m i t s a v i n g s on t h e c o n f e r e n c e exp endi ture s p a i d out of t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n

s "budget^ and

(c) r e d u c e t h e costs "borne Ъу МетЪег States s e n d i n g delega- t i o n s to t h e oonferenoe,,

14- To a c h i e v e t h e s e p u r p o s e s

the r e p o r t re 00 mmends inter alia that s

1) The total duration of the Conference session Ъе reduced Ъу n i n e d a y s , i . e . to last three weeks instead of a m o n t h . To this e n d

the convening of the Technical Committees should Ъе d i s c o n t i n u e d .

2) In order to p r e v e n t dissipation of effort through attention to detail w h i c h could Ъе considered Ъу o t h e r "bodies w i t h i n the institutional m a c h i n e r y , the Conference's main role should Ъе to concentrate on the determination of the "broad lines of future strategy in the field of food and a g r i c u l t u r e . 1 5 . Шеп it considered the report in M a y 1970 ？ the FAO Programme

Committee agreed that it was n e c e s s a r y to shorten the period of the C o n f e r e n c e and to eliminate the Technioal Committees; it further agreed w i t h the

Director—General that the J I U report oontained some v a l u a t l e suggestions for making suoh shortening p o s s i b l e , and f o r improving procedures^ r e d u c i n g dooumentation and focusing debates more sharply on the main i s s u e s .

1 6 . The Committee deoiied to reviеч all "these questions and other detailGd_reoommejridations in the J I U report again when presented with the Director-General

s substantive proposals for the organization of tlie Sixteenth. Conference, Tho Council of F A 0

f o r its p a r t

m i l examine the report in ЬТотешЪег 197〇.

(6) Report on the Economic Commission f o r Latin A m e r i c a (JTU/ESP/70/З， dated June 1970)

17• This report was w r i t t e n following A TÍ sit Ъу a group of Inspectors

to ECLA Headquarters at Santiago (Chile) and to the offioes of E C L A at Rio

de Janeiro (Brazil), Mexico City (Mexico) and Port of Spain (Trinidad a n d

Tobago) in Octo"ber through D e c e m b e r 1969» The p u r p o s e of this inspection

t r i p

in the course of which the Inspectors also h a d detailed‘discussions

w i t h the heads of 七lie B o g o t a and Montevideo offices of ECLA， was

to seek

out any difficulties and shortcomings in the activities of the Commission

and to make an evaluation of its past and p r e s e n t activities and of its

future r o l e , particrularly in "the light of the evolving pattern of U n i t e d

ITations activities in economic and social development and in the light of

the forthooming Second D e v e l o p m e n t D e c a d e

l 8

The t w e n t y - s i x recommendations of the Inspectors relate to suoh.

m a t t e r s as the structure of tho secretariat and its individual departments a n d r e g i o n a l o f f i c e s

as w e l l as their methods of тогк^ staffing prolDlems;

t h e n e w h e a d q u a r t e r s "building of the secretariat in Santiago? the relation- s h i p a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s set-up bet-ween EC L A and United bTations Headquarters in N e w Y o r k a n d

o o n v e r s e l y , the respective functions and. r e s p o n s ^ i l i t i e s o f t h e C o m m i s s i o n i n t h i s respect 5 the operational role of EC L A and

f i n a l l y

its r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h United Nations Headquarters

UMCTAD

UITID〇

t h e o t h e r r e g i o n a l e o o n o m i o commissions

the specialized agencies and c e r t a i n into r-go v e rnm en t al organizations

s t r u c t u r e a n d m e t h o d s of w o r k of the secretari at soemed to the Inspectors s u i t e d to the p e r f o r m a n c e of its functions

those of certain зиЪ-regional o f f i c e s seemed—to c a l l f o r review in tlie light of developments in the r e s p e c t i v e sut>-regionB since • those offices were estalDlisl'ied。 Commimioa—

t i o n s "between E C L A a n d H e a d q u a r t e r s seemed to call likewise for review a n d strearaliningj as did. some of the procedures governing tbe relationsliip

"between H e a d q u a r t e r s and tlie Commission's secretariat。

1 9

r e g i o n

the I n s p e c t o r s f o u n d that there *wa3 still insufficient utilisation Ъу ШГБР and some of the agencies of the Commission

s operational capacities w h e r e t h e s e existed^ and inadeq.uate provision of means to exercise such, o p e r a t i o n a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ^ >rhore the capacity of ECLA "was still inadequate T h e C o m m i s s i o n was also still insuf f ici ent ly info rmed a*bout the projects

"bGing p l a n n e d o r c a r r i e d out in the region and hardly at all involved in t h e i r e v a l u a t i o n . G e n e r a l l y speaking

despite

t h e more or less satis- factory'

c o - o p e r a t i v e relations existing "between the Commission and the s p e c i a l i z e d agencies a n d o t h e r ТШ "bodies

the

; p s p e c t o r s "had not Ъееп аЪ1е to see о 1 e a r l y a p r o p e r definition of E C L A

s position a n d role -within tlie ШГ system"» In o o n o l u s i o n , the I n s p e c t o r s

"wbile p a y i n g t;ri"birfce to the 'iieoessary and u s e f u l r o l e " p l a y e d Ъу ECLA to date in the eoonomio develop-

m e n t o f L a t i n A m e r i c a , suggest that apart from the specific improvements

o o n t a i n e d i n t h e i r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s

ECLA ""will n e e d to h a v e a fresh look

f r o m t i m e to time at its m e t h o d s of "work

organization and priorities ••••

to respond to the evolving needs of regional economio co-operation and integration"•

REPORTS Ш PREPAEATIOff

¿ 0 . As of 30 June 197〇 a report on a rationalization of the p r o - ceedings and documentation of the World H e a l t h Assem"bly was in course of preparation5 reports on inspections of Ш activities in N e p a l

Madagascar and С entrai American courrtries were being finalized f o r issuance in July or A u g u s t .

工

H T O R M A b NOTES

2 1 . In addition to the formal r e p o r t s , informal notes a r i s i n g from

the inspection of activities of the Ш organizations in M a l a w i

Malaysia

and Singapore and N e p a l have Ъееп sent to the executive heads c o n c e r n e d .

E B 4 7 / 1 0 A N N E X II

JIU/R¿P/70/Z.

Л REPORT ON UNITÍÜD NATIONS ACTIVITIES

• r \. ^ ж .'M- • — ’ « -a. » a » t i -1гтг*-.=4 -г ••тдгэг -ж. л л л —* ^JT^r i

AND OPERATIONS IN NEPAL

» .-ж ТГ * I Ж. Ж ГШ."Ж. с. « X ^C .Ж 9 тк •».'AT-ж».o

by С.S. JHA Joint Inspection Unit

June 1970

1. I visited Nepal in March 1970. The object of my visit was to have an outside look at the UN development operations in that country. I had extensive discussions with the UNDP Resident Representative, M r . Yoocub J . Oury

the Deputy Resident Representative, M r . Issinski, the WHO Representative, Mr. G.G.I. Gcrdon, and their colleagues and collaborators. Meetings and discussions with a large number of experts under technical assistance and

project managers of UNDP Special Fund projects, and visits to the sites of three Spscial Fund projects and several important technical assistance projects were arranged for me. 工 had the privilege of being received by the Prime Minister and had many opportunities for discussion with high officials of the Government of Nepal involved in economio planning and development. 工 am sincerely thankful fcr the courtesy and co-operation received from the UNDP representative^ ths Ш 0 representative and other United Nations officials.

2. Situated between two large countries, both in an advanced state of development^ land-locked, with topographical features which make comr-iunication within the country" and with the outside world rather difficulty a recipient of substantial external aid (per capita of population said to be the highest among developing countries)

Nepal is a country of more than usual interest frcm th8 point cf view of United Nations development assistance. This ccuntry which has，

for various reasons, remained at a low level of economic development

is

endeavouring to make up for lost time and has, therefore

planned its development on a wide front. The pattern of assistance received by it is varied5 and United Nations development assistance has to operate in juxtaposition to relatively massive bilateral assistance from various sources.

3. Foreign assistance accounted for approximately 57 per cent of the development budget during Nepal

s third five-year plan (1965-70). 工 t is , anticipated that during the fourth five-year plan (1970-75) it will account for 75 per cent for the public sector allocations. External assistance to Nepal has in fact been increasing from year to year. The United Nations， though

dispensing only relatively small assistance, has to keep in step with both the

quantum and character cf bilateral assistance to Nepal. Bilateral assistance

from all sources during 1969=70 amcuntevl t： отег U8 as against

US $22^000,000 in 1968^69. These were mostly in the form of grants for specific

projects, the donors themselves "undertaking to carry out most of the projects•