Slow UN decision-making - exceptions --- There are, however, some exceptions to the slow UN decision-making (and action-taking...). The most notable are the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which are mostly funded by voluntary, unearmarked financial contributions. Such sort of funding, not dependent on intergovernmental arrangements, enables these UN agencies to take quick decisions and actions, in response to emergencies of all kinds.

Source author: Massimiliano Lombardo m.lombardo@unesco.org