Fwd: Re: [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.
> > 
> > 
> 
>