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Social English - helping others (UN admin costs)
Self-help: how to record and improve your
vocabulary...and don't forget to record progress in your diary!
The United Nations (UN) core functions cost $1.25billion a year (in New York,
Geneva, Vienna and 5 Regional Commissions)There are 8,700 UN Secretarial Staff (working for UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, WFP,
WHO) - see the UN location map at www.un.org/aroundworld/map
1. With a friend, talk about:
* the cost of employing 8,700 staff in high-cost cities (NY, Geneva, Vienna
etc)
* UN locations (2 in USA, 2 Africa, 6 Europe, 2 South America, 3 Caribbean, 2
Far East, 1 Canada)
2. Imagine you are told to move the UN from high-cost offices in civilised
countries to poor countries (so that UN staff obtained a better idea of world
problems). Where would you move the offices and staff? To give you some ideas
see: www.oxfam.org.uk/atwork/where/index.htm
Africa: www.ifrc.org/where/africa.asp
Americas: www.ifrc.org/where/americas.asp
Asia/Pacific: www.ifrc.org/where/asiapac.asp
Europe/NIS: www.ifrc.org/where/europe.asp
Middle East/North Africa: www.ifrc.org/where/mena.asp
3. Now look at the next discussion subject. Who really benefits from the UN
infrastructure?
Copyright © 2000 David M Harris
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