Abstract
If you hear criticism of the UN system, the report Fit for Whose Purpose?, just published by the Global Policy Forum, may help you to understand why. The biggest, richest member governments, while telling the United Nations to achieve more, have been cutting back their core budgetary contributions. While calling for decreased fragmentation, they contribute far more now for earmarked projects, causing further fragmentation and turning the UN System into a contractor for their funds, rather than a set of multilateral agencies furthering human rights.
Highlights
Multiple multi-stakeholder partnerships have been created, giving equal voice to transnational corporations and giant philanthropies as to national member states
The UN Global Compact is described in Fit for Whose Purpose as based on principles that are ‘a pale and partial reflection of the body of UN norms, standards and treaty obligations
The greatest change that has occurred on the global development landscape is that corporate philanthropy has achieved enormous proportions
Summary
If you hear criticism of the UN system, the report Fit for Whose Purpose?, just published by the Global Policy Forum, may help you to understand why. While calling for decreased fragmentation, they contribute far more for earmarked projects, causing further fragmentation and turning the UN System into a contractor for their funds, rather than a set of multilateral agencies furthering human rights
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