United Nations: Progress To Strengthen U.N. Internal Evaluation Systems Has Been Slow
NSIAD-87-54
Published: Jan 14, 1987. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 1987.
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Highlights
GAO provided information on: (1) the United Nations (UN) headquarters' progress in strengthening internal evaluation; and (2) U.S. efforts to monitor and promote the evaluation and to assess UN development programs.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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Department of State | The Secretary of State should direct U.S. representatives to UN to pursue implementation of the 1981 and 1983 General Assembly resolutions by requesting the UN Secretary General to: (1) provide the necessary staff resources to establish or strengthen evaluation units for all UN headquarters organizations; (2) review the CEU staffing requirements to ensure that it is adequately staffed to carry out its central evaluation activities; (3) establish time frames and milestones for completing initial evaluation training, providing central evaluation information services, and integrating evaluation into the program planning and budgeting cycle; and (4) provide annual reports on the status of evaluation systems' implementation. |
Closed – Implemented
State has made a final effort to push this recommendation through the formal U.N. channels. Detailed instructions have been prepared for UN representatives. State will submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees once the results in the UN General Assembly are known.
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