Improvements Needed In UNESCO's (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's) Management, Personnel, Financial, and Budgeting Practices

摘要

In December 1983, the United States announced that it was withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) effective December 31, 1984, because the Organization had become politicized, had allowed its budget to grow unrestrained, and had not properly managed its personnel, programs and financial activities. On February 29, 1984, the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and on Science and Technology requested that GAO review UNESCO's personnel, program, budget, and financial management. GAO does not make specific recommendations to UNESCO, an international organization, but has observations on certain management areas it believes need attention.