Friday 23 July 2010

Some of Ahlenius points on Ban Ki Moon


-- "It will take time to see the harm caused by the weak secretary-general because the process of decay and weakening of the Organisation and the Secretariat is a stealthy process";


-- "Absence of strategic guidance and leadership manifests itself not only through failure to bring about change and reform of the Organisation; it also manifests itself as a sort of an "adhocracy"; disintegrated and ill thought through "reforms" are launched without adequate analysis and with lack of understanding and a holisitc view";


-- "You are undermining the authority of your senior advisers both by affording them short -- one year -- mandates and also by exercising your direct authority over the appointments of their staff";


-- "Senior positions politicized, a culture that will filter down in the organisation, compromising the merit-based recruitment, undermining excellence and lowering the moral; (and) the health and capacity of the secretariat will be ignored";


-- "However, you yourself, the deputy secretary-general, the chef de cabinet and the deputy chef de cabinet have not been available for any interviews. The Risk Assessment is carried out in your interest and we had expected that you and your closest staff would have taken interest in and contributed to its conclusions. However, in spite of a number of reminders, we have not been able to access you and your closest staff and we will therefore conclude our Risk Assessment -- short of your crucial contribution-- and submit it to you for a follow up discussion".


"I regret this lack of interest from your side in contributing to this process established in your interest and in the interest of the Organisation."


The report cites at least one delegate who complained in the Fifth Committee that "the overall culture in the secretariat has not shown much improvement in terms of accountability... The organisation should no longer be a safety net for those who cannot show competency."

No comments: