The dramatic changes taking place throughout the world present new challenges and new tasks to the international organizations in the United Nations system. Their successful response will depend in considerable measure on the capacity and quality of their leadership.
This study of leadership in the UN system has been produced under the joint auspices of the Ford Foundation and the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation. It consists of a main paper (also published separately for an initial distribution) and two discussion papers amplifying the argument and reasoning underlying the main paper, with some further ideas and suggestions. A compilation of statistical data on UN leadership posts is also provided.