The Ironies of UN Secretariat Reform

Fröhlich, Manuel

doi:10.1163/19426720-01302001

Cited by 7 publications

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“…To an important extent, the ITUC (like its forerunners) and the ILO confer legitimacy and recognition on each other. This relationship has become increasingly important in recent years, as globalization has brought international labour relations affairs into greater prominence, and as a result of institutional change within the UN system, in particular within the ILO (Fröhlich, 2007). These changes were stimulated by a number of international developments (Haworth and Hughes, 2003) including the end of the Cold War, increased concern about social protection and the linking of world trade and labour standards.…”

Section: What Do Global Unions Do and Why Do They Do It?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Unions as imperfect multilateral organizations: An international relations perspective

Cotton

Gumbrell‐McCormick

2012

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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This study applies an international relations framework and the notion of multilateral organizations as a means of understanding the nature of trade union internationalism and the conditions under which it operates. The authors argue that international trade unionism involves an imperfect multilateralism which requires close working relationships between small groups of unions in order to function, that is, a 'minilateral' method of working. By using this framework the authors attempt to highlight the intrinsic durability and adaptability of the Global Unions and also identify areas of activity that serve to strengthen them as organizations, primarily by building affiliates' engagement and investment in them.

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Section: What Do Global Unions Do and Why Do They Do It?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Unions as imperfect multilateral organizations: An international relations perspective

Cotton

Gumbrell‐McCormick

2012

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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“…There is limited research on the UN’s audit function either before and after accruals adoption (e.g. Patz and Goetz, 2017; Fröhlich, 2007; Payne, 1949). As such, this section shares key organizational features of audits at the UN.…”

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External auditors, policy transfer, accruals accounting and the United Nations

Moloney,

Jensen,

Stoycheva

2024

JPBAFM

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PurposeThis study asks whether external auditors enable the transfer of policies to the United Nations organizations that they audit and, if so, what types of policies are transferred.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical research is based on a content analysis of 512 external auditor recommendations from 28 pre- and post-accrual reports of 14 UN bodies.FindingsWe find that external auditors do enable policy transfer and that such involvements may, at times, veer into non-neutral policy spaces.Research limitations/implicationsWe did not analyze all UN organizations with accruals-based accounting. We also did not engage in a longer longitudinal study.Practical implicationsOur findings raise new questions about international organization accountability, the technocratic and policy-specific influences of external auditors, and open a debate about whether attempted policy transfers can be neutral.Originality/valueThe world’s largest group of international organizations is affiliated with the UN. External auditors help ensure that member-state monies are appropriately utilized. Our study is the first to compare pre- and post-accrual external auditor recommendations for 14 UN bodies. It is also the first to notate and study the attempted policy transfers from external auditors to the audited UN bodies.

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“…Despite extensive modifications, elements of the UN remain a 1940s artifact. Clearly, some entities, such as the Trusteeship Council, have lost their relevance but have not yet been dissolved or altered 27 Brown 2008;Fröhlich 2007;Luck 2005;Schwartzberg 2003;Annan 1998;Seara-Vazquez 1995. 28 Bosco 2014Hurd 2008. to serve a new purpose.…”

Section: Reforms?mentioning

confidence: 99%