The UN plans to merge dozens of agencies including WHO and UNICEF

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Hibapress / Radio-Canada

The United Nations envisages a major overhaul of its main departments, according to an internal note prepared by senior officials.

This examination comes as the agencies of theUN Built up to meet the fallout from the decrease in American aid decided by President Donald Trump.

The six -page document, marked strictly confidentialthat Reuters was able to consult, contains a list of suggestions which would see dozens of agencies from theUN Grouped in four main departments: that of peace and security, that of humanitarian affairs, that of sustainable development and that of human rights.

One of the options presented provides in particular that the operational aspects of the World Food Program (PAM), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are merged into one and the same agency.

If the detailed suggestions in the note were all adopted, they would represent the most radical reforms made by the organization for decades.

A person responsible for the file nevertheless specified that the note represented a starting point.

The document describes them Systemic challenges to which theUN is confronted, problems exacerbated by the fact that the United Nations General Assembly continues to create missions and programs.