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GAO-03-565R 1 (2003-03-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaamec0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 March 28, 2003 The Honorable Henry J. Hyde Chairman Committee on International Relations House of Representatives Subject: Status of Reforms and Budgets of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Dear Mr. Chairman: In 1945, the United States helped establish the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a means to promote international peace. During the 1970s, UNESCO was criticized for becoming too politicized. In 1984, the United States left the organization, contending that it was poorly managed and had failed to restrain budget growth. At that time, the United States urged UNESCO to reform its management practices and adopt zero real growth budgets. In 2002, the United States announced that UNESCO had made progress in adopting reforms and that the United States would rejoin UNESCO to help advance the organization's mission. The United States plans to rejoin UNESCO on October 1, 2003. To facilitate your committee's oversight of U.S. reentry into UNESCO, you asked us to review the organization's reform efforts and budget trends, as well as issues associated with the U.S. reentry. On February 26, 2003, we briefed your staff on our findings. Enclosure I documents the information we provided to your staff. UNESCO and the Department of State provided comments on a draft of our briefing, which we incorporated as appropriate. Background UNESCO employs more than 2,200 staff' at its headquarters in Paris, 48 field offices, 2 liaison offices, and 10 affiliated institutes and centers. The 188 nations that are members of UNESCO comprise the General Conference, which is UNESCO's governing body. The General Conference generally meets every 2 years to approve UNESCO's program and budget. A 58-member executive board is responsible for the 'This number does not include those staff working under limited duration contracts, special service agreements or contracts, and other additional staff. GAO-03-565R UNESCO Reforms and Budgets

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