Former Trump official slams UN reform efforts as 'eight and a half years late'
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UN80 task force is looking at U.N. reorganization amid criticism ofver inefficiency and waste. A former NSC advisor under President Trump is calling for leadership reforms at the world body.
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The UN80 Task Force document notes that "overlapping mandates, inefficient use of resources, and inconsistent delivery of services" are among the problems with proliferating agencies, funds and programs, and notes ways to integrate, consolidate, and coordinate among reformed entities to maximize the benefit for those who rely on the U.N.
As another means of reducing outlays, the task force also recommended reducing the quantity of high-level posts, establishing single entities to coordinate Peace and Security, Humanitarian Affairs, and Human Rights, and "reduc[ing] the number of U.N. development system entities."
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