The Four Nations Initiative - Mandate and roles

Mandate and roles

The report on Mandates and Roles

Göransson and Mattsson: In Search of Common Ground: Mandate and Roles of the UN

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The 4NI initiates study on mandate and roles

The study on mandate and roles in the UN Secretariat will be conducted by Ambassador Bo Göransson and his team. Göransson has been Sweden's ambassador to Kenya, as well as Director-General for the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). He started his work for the 4NI study in the beginning of October, and will report during December.

Terms of Reference for the study on mandate and roles

The UN Secretariat's mandate and roles

It is necessary to clarify the mandate and the roles of the UN Secretariat – and the way these are governed. The Four Nations Initiative will look specifically at the mandate and roles of the UN Secretariat in view of the profound changes that have taken place over the last decade, not least in terms of the increasing number of field operations. What are the governance implications of these changes? How are the Member States to govern the different types of activities?