A panel member writes, “This week’s nomination of Kemal Dervis (former Turkish finance minister and senior World Bank official) as head of the largest UN agency, the UN Development Programme, is a major step forward for the UN family. more

One full weekend of llp meetings produced a shortlist of seven recommendations for improvements under the following headings… more

The UN has to learn from itself. Some parts of the UN system are suffering from issues that another part of the system has already solved. more

“Most of the [UN] procurement policies we looked at are fine compared against the private sector,” writes a Panel member who has been working on UN procurement. more

The big news is the plenary this weekend in New York. more

The big news is the plenary this weekend in New York. more

“The UN’s human resources and other administrative systems, no matter how great they might be in theory, will always be somewhat at the mercy of the highly politicized nature of most senior appointments,” writes a Panel member. more

Welcome to the Low Level Panel website. Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll be bringing you up to speed on a grassroots effort to contribute to UN reform. more

We are a network of volunteers making suggestions on the nuts and bolts of United Nations reform. We do not have an official mandate and are not affiliated with any organization. We are simply committed to helping make the organisation function more effectively.

Find out more about us and how you can get involved.

Oilforfoodfacts.org is a useful resource for those who seek information on the UN Oil-for-Food Programme (OFFP) and news about the on-going investigations into the programme’s alleged mismanagement.