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• Chief Executives Board (CEB)
• High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM)

Multilingualism

The General Assembly has consistently underlined the importance that multilingualism, a core value of the Organization, plays in achieving the goals of the United Nations as set out in the Charter and is personally committed to fostering multilingualism throughout the United Nations system. The UN Secretariat, as the lead entity on...

• Chief Executives Board (CEB)
• High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP)
• High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM)

New Technologies

After taking up his role as Chair of the Chief Executives Board (CEB) in 2017, the Secretary-General asked members of CEB to consider the potential impact of global megatrends on the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and beyond. In November 2017, CEB first examined the opportunities and challenges presented...

• Chief Executives Board (CEB)
• High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM)

Occupational Health & Safety

The United Nations system (UN), today, routinely faces multiple crises simultaneously across the globe. The High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM) is thus committed, with a sense of urgency and determination, to build on the experience of increasing tragic events to strengthen management in organizations to preserve the system’s...

• Chief Executives Board (CEB)
• High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP)

Peace and Conflict Prevention

The UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB), through its High-level Committee on Programmes (HLCP), has promoted cross-pillar integration through two key products: a CEB Statement of Commitment - Bringing the UN system together to support conflict prevention and peacebuilding within the broader 2030 Agenda for...

• Chief Executives Board (CEB)
• High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP)

Predictive Analytics

The world we live in is changing with unprecedented speed. Anticipating emerging trends and predicting the subsequent effects will be increasingly important for designing strategies that successfully address the most pressing global issues and ensure that “no one is left behind”. Anticipatory thinking will play a critical role in...

• High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM)
• Finance & Budget Network (FBN)

Risk Management, Oversight and Accountability

Most UN system organizations have or are in the process of strengthening their internal control and risk management processes. In this regard, HLCM recognizes the strategic value of a collective engagement –  to devise effective approaches for the identification of events that could affect the organizations, and in managing risks...

• Chief Executives Board (CEB)
• High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP)

SIDS

The Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) adopted in 1994, further complemented by the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation (MSI) of 2005 and MSI+5 outcome document, recognized that although small island developing States (SIDS) are afflicted by economic difficulties and confronted by development imperatives similar to those of...

• High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP)
• High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM)
• Procurement Network (PN)

Sustainability Management

Sustainability management helps the United Nations to address and manage risks to the natural environments in which it operates, to the health of its staff, to the livelihoods of the people it serves and ultimately to the credibility and reputation of the Organization. At the same time, sustainability management brings about...

• Chief Executives Board (CEB)
• High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP)

Sustainable Development

Sustainable development is an overarching paradigm guiding the work of the United Nations. The organizations of the UN system are firmly committed to advance economic growth, social development and environmental sustainability in an integrated manner through greater coherence and coordination of action.

• Chief Executives Board (CEB)
• High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP)

Sustainable Development Goals

With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, world leaders agreed on a vision and an ambitious plan of action for change: freeing the world of poverty and hunger, protecting the planet from degradation; ensuring that all people can live prosperous and fulfilling lives in dignity and equality, and...