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Since the mid-1980s, the internal management of UN organizations has been under attack, particularly by the US Administration and Congress, some US foundations, and by the media in the US and in the UK. Nordic countries and independent groups have also identified some of the organizations’ weaknesses and made proposals for improvement.
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Beigbeder, Y. (1997). Criticisms. In: The Internal Management of United Nations Organizations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13958-3_1
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