[WSIS CS-Plenary] Intergovernmental Negotiations and Decision Making at the UN - a Guide

[Robert Guerra]

This discussion prompted me to look for a NGLS publication that Ramin  
gave me at PrepCom 2 (Geneva phase). It's an easy to understand guide  
about the UN. Details are below, as is a excerpt - a nice  
organizational diagram as to which UN agency reports to who...

Hope it's of help.

regards,

Robert

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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374


http://www.un-ngls.org/d_making.htm

Intergovernmental Negotiations and Decision Making at the United  
Nations:
A Guide  (Nov 2003)

NGLS’s Intergovernmental Negotiations and Decision Making at the  
United Nations: A Guide explains the governance and decision-making  
fora and processes of the UN system. Section One explains the  
principal UN organs of intergovernmental decision making; the  
negotiating blocs of Member States at the UN; the various types of  
documentation; and the nature of UN decisions and the weight they  
carry internationally. Section Two provides practical knowledge,  
advice and guidance to non-governmental representatives who wish to  
engage with the UN system, ranging from accreditation to the  
preparatory process, to engaging in follow-up activities after a  
meeting.





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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374



On 30-Aug-05, at 3:36 PM, John Mathiason wrote:

> Jean-Louis,
>
> All of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations (including  
> ITU) report to ECOSOC.  This is part of the relationship agreement  
> into which they entered when the United Nations was founded.  Now  
> that the WSIS has been given status as a UN conference, it also  
> reports to the General Assembly.  Whether or not ECOSOC does  
> anything with the reports, of course, is up to ECOSOC, but the  
> General Assembly will be expected to act on whatever is adopted by  
> WSIS.

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