Office at the United Nations, New York

20 November, 2007

UNU Public Forum:Accountability for enhancing effectiveness and efficiency of the UN system

Location: African Union, New York

(305 E 47th Street, 5th Floor, 3 Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza)

United Nations University is proud to present a forum entitled Accountability for enhancing effectiveness and efficiency of the UN system. The purpose of the forum is to explore ways for strengthening UN accountability in the context of effective global governance. The forum is a follow-up to a UNU seminar, which took place in Tokyo in October 2006. During the Tokyo forum, the participants discussed conceptual issues of accountability, including managerial accountability in the UN system, which concerns holding those with delegated authority accountable for the actions taken, as well as political accountability of the UN system, defined as organizational accountability to constituencies/stakeholders affected by UN actions/inactions, together with some case studies.