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50th anniversary S-G addres
During the period covered by the present report, I have continued to emphasize the essential linkages between the political and developmental missions of the United Nations and to advance a comprehensive vision of the role of the Organization where the advancement of human rights and democracy are essential elements of both of these missions.
In parallel with the efforts to enhance the Organization's capacity in the field of peace and security and to introduce an improved conceptual framework for pursuing the Organization's development mission, reforms in the structures and methods of work of the Organization are gaining momentum.
To this end, I have put forward a management plan designed to create a mission-driven and result-oriented organization. In carrying out this plan, the achievement of five objectives is fundamental:
a. Better management of human resources, together with improvement in staff member capabilities and accomplishments;
b. Better management of the Organization's programme, from the identification of strategic priorities, through the budgetary process by which resources are allocated to achieve those priorities and finally through a performance measurement system by which programme managers are held accountable for achieving the strategic priorities;
c. Better information with which to manage, and its timely availability; d. Better management of technology and extension of its availability throughout the Organization;
e. Better management of the Organization's cost structure and an enhanced programme for promoting efficiency and cost effectiveness.Press release SG/SM/5920
The task before you -- and the other Working Groups of the General Assembly charged with various aspects of reform and restructuring -- is a crucial one. It is, in the words of the heads of State and government who gathered in New York to mark the fiftieth anniversary, "to give to the twenty- first century a United Nations equipped, financed and structured to serve effectively the peoples for which it was established".