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

[Thomas Ruddy]

Dear all,
By coincidence I was printing out a guide today like
the one cited by Robert. 
> A Guide  (Nov 2003)

However I got a newer version dated March 2004, which
has "non-subsidiary relationships" defined for the ITU
(as it has incidentally for the World Bank and WTO as
well):

http://www.un.org/aboutun/chart.html

Best,
Thomas


--- Robert Guerra <rguerra at lists.privaterra.org>
wrote:

> 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
> 
> --
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 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.
> 
>