IAED: UN SYSTEM

The UN is now (1990-2001) in the process of selling the "Globalization Process" Worldwide: Good Governance = Democracy, Market Driven Economies, Free Markets (not Fair Markets) and Globalization. It's good for you, "it creates wealth for the top and will trickle down to the rest...be patient" Most countries and the NGOs saw the word "trick" in "trickle down economics" from the start.

Yet most of Civil Society (including many governments worldwide, Universities, NGOs and even key business leaders) see it as NOT Good Governance, but conforming to the USA's model (1-2% wealthy) and culture, not Democracy but Corportocracy (Where the Corporations are willing to Dump millions of workers whenever it is convenient to them), not Market Driven but Entitlement Dismantlement (eliminating anything (and anyone) interested in social welfare of all the citizens) not Globalization but Globaloney, not TRICKle Down but Gushing Up to a few at the top... creating a huge and growing "GAP" between rich and poor, even in the U.S.A.

The "New World Economic Order."

"Globalization Top Agenda of September 2000 World Leaders at the UN World Summit." - NY Times September 3, 2000.

A new UN is evolving, one where the world's leaders have less and less power, money or say (influence). Where the NGOs (who have been a key factor since the beginning of the UN in bringing about human rights and peoples issues) are being more and more controlled and limited. Where the current Secretary-General is actively courting the private sector and global transnational corporations to come into the UN and be "active."

Secretary-General, Kofi Annan in NY Times September 3, 2000:
"Globalization is rapidly defining our era."
He also warns political leaders that, "they have to govern well and learn to take advantage of international opportunities or their fragile economies are doomed."
"At the end of the day, everyone has to acknowledge that the primary source of finance and development is going to come out of the private portion of the global and national economy."
"It has been said, to argue against Globalization (Structural Adjustment, Privatization, Culturalization, New World Economic Order) is to argue against the laws of gravity."

First, it was Newt Gingrich with his "Contract with America." Now, it is UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan with his "Global Compact ... a program intended to enhance cooperation between the United Nations and the private corporations (global transnationals) on things like labor standards and the environment (to start)."

"TOO MUCH CORPORATE POWER? Even though Big Business helped create UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY, most Americans think corporations have EXCESS INFLUENCE over their lives. Now, it's become a hot POLITICAL ISSUE. What's going on?"
- Front cover of BusinessWeek Magazine September 11, 2000
[Our comment: A rather silly question, if you have spent more than a day or two "inside" the United Nations!]

It may be argued that the private corporations are the single biggest benefactors of the total history (since 1945) history of UN work. In that, the UN agreements and UN organizations have provided the "stability" for the transnational corporations to operate and grow worldwide. And to think that they never had to pay for it! Now, they are being courted and given "special privileges" over the Ambassadors (Countries) and People's Organizations (NGOs) who did all the United Nations work for the past 55 years (and did it gratis!) by SG Kofi Annan.

The key question is, "How to get the people's organizations, which might confront the corporations, OUT of the United Nations?" The World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed as a "legal" body to keep them out. But, the United Nations poses a more interesting dilemma for those trying to get them out. A better question might be, "What is the best way to utilize ALL the people's organizations (and not just the NGOs with the most money (current policy)!"

Another key question is Corporate "Codes of Conduct." Just who are they responsible to? They currently are not responsible to governments, countries, Ambassadors, or peoples' organizations. They are responsible only to key share holders and to produce a profit.

On the one hand, they have the potential to bring great hope and development to millions of people around the world. And in many cases they already have a impressive "track record." For just one example, look at the transformation of China, its economy, and its people with jobs and goods they only dreamed about 25 years ago.

Office of Internal Oversight Services - OIOS
Department of Administration and Management - DAM
Department of Peace Keeping Operations - DPKO
Department of Political Affairs - DPA
Department of Humanitarian Affairs - DHA
Department for Development Support and Management Services - DDSMS
Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis - DESIPA
Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development - DPCSD
Department of Public Information - DPI
Office of Legal Affairs - OLA
UN Office in Geneva - UNOG
UN Office in Vienna - UNOV

United Nations Childrens Fund - UNICEF
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - UNCTAD
United Nations Development Programme - UNDP
United Nations Environmental Programme - UNEP
United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA
United Nations Relief and Workers Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East - UNRWA
United Nations University - UNU
World Food Programme - WFP
Economic Commission for Africa - ECA
Economic Commission for Europe - ECE
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean - ECLAC
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia - ESCWA
High Commissioner for Human Rights-Centre for Human Rights - CHR
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements - Habitat
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - UNHCR
United Nations International Drug Control Programme - UNDCP
International Court of Justice -ICJ
United Nations Development Fund for Women - UNIFEM
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women - INSTRAW
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research - UNIDIR
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development - UNRISD
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute - UNICRI
International Trade Centre/UNCTAD/GATT - ITC
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Services - UNNGLS

International Labour Organization - ILO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO
International Civil Aviation Organization - ICAO
World Health Organization -WHO
World Bank Group - WB
International Monetary Fund - IMF
Universal Postal Union - UPU
International Telecommunications Union - ITU
World Meteorological Organization - WMO
International Maritime Organization - IMO
World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO
International Fund for Agricultural Development - IFAD
United Nations Industrial Development Organization - UNIDO
International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA
World Trade Organization - WTO

Ad Hoc Committee on the World Disarmament Conference
Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on an Agenda for Development

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Commission on Human Rights
Commission on Human Rights: Sub-Commision on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
Commission on Human Settlements
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Commission on Population and Development
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Commission on Sustainable Development
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Committee on the Rights of the Child
Disarmament Commission.
Economic and Social Council.
High-Level Open-ended Working Group on the Financial Situation of the United Nations.
High-Level Open-ended Working Group on the Strengthening of the United Nations.
Human Rights Committee.
High-Level Open-ended Working Group on an Agenda for Peace.
Informal Open-ended Working Group on an Agenda for Peace.
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Elaboration of a Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.
International Law Commission
Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Panel on Forests.
Special Committee on Peace-Keeping Operations
Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization.
United Nations Committee on International Trade Law - UNCITRAL.

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