The UN system

Commercialising the United Nations

  • Ted Greiner

Abstract

If you hear criticism of the UN system, the report Fit for Whose Purpose?, just published by the Global Policy Forum, may help you to understand why. The biggest, richest member governments, while telling the United Nations to achieve more, have been cutting back their core budgetary contributions. While calling for decreased fragmentation, they contribute far more now for earmarked projects, causing further fragmentation and turning the UN System into a contractor for their funds, rather than a set of multilateral agencies furthering human rights.

Published
2017-09-17