United Nations Secretariat
The UN Secretariat (English United Nations Secretariat ) is the administrative body of the United Nations and in addition to its headquarters in New York three branch offices in Geneva, Nairobi and Vienna. Its most important task is the organizational support of other UN organs. This includes the organization of conferences, drafting of studies and reports, and the preparation of a budget. To cope with these tasks, the United Nations employ 8,900 people from 193 Member States (as of January 2012).
The UN Secretary-General (currently Ban Ki -moon ) is selected on the recommendation of the Security Council of the UN General Assembly for a term of five years. He wears a special role within the UN, because by his frequent media coverage he is the " head of the United Nations " and is its most important representative.
The end of 1997 the position of Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (English Deputy Secretary - General of the United Nations ) was established, which has held since July 1, 2012 Jan Eliasson of Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Significant positions in the Secretary General ( OSG ) Office are the chief of the Executive Bureau ( English / French: Chef de Cabinet), June 16, 2006 is the Alicia Barcena Ibarra, and the Assistant to the Secretary-General (English Executive Assistants).
Highest-ranking German UN staffer, until October 2005, the Deputy Secretary-General Angela Kane. Later, the German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis took special investigator with the rank of " Under-Secretary -General " means a position in the third hierarchy level of the United Nations.
Offices and departments
In addition to the New York headquarters of the United Nations following offices of the UN Secretariat and hold:
- The United Nations Office at Geneva ( United Nations Office at Geneva English, UNOG )
- United Nations Office in Vienna (English United Nations Office at Vienna, UNRISD )
- The United Nations Office at Nairobi (English United Nations Office at Nairobi, UNON )
The activities of the UN Secretariat are divided into the following departments:
The departments in the UN Secretariat are of a Under-Secretary General (English Under- Secretary - General of the United Nations USG) performed.