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Original article:\u00a0https:\/\/www.futureun.org\/en\/Publications-Surveys\/Article?newsid=80&teaserId=2<\/a><\/p>\n On\u00a01 January 2017, Ant\u00f3nio\u00a0Guterres<\/strong>, former Prime Minister of Portugal and former UN High Commissioner for Refugees, became the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Among the most revealing findings were the stark differences between the views of UN staff (including former employees) and non-UN respondents. For example (as shown in the graph below) UN staff place a higher priority on implementing the SDGs, and on dramatic UN reform measures that would lead to fewer entities in the UN development system. Organizationally, respondents said that the highest priority should be a review of the mandates of all UN entities.\u00a0The Secretary-General\u2019s two most important staffing priorities are to fill the highest posts on the basis of merit and to protect potential whistleblowers. For more details on these and other results, the full\u00a0<\/strong>Results of the FUNDS Survey on Priorities for the Ninth Secretary-General\u00a0are available to download here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n 2,700 people from 154 countries<\/strong>\u00a0completed the Survey: thank you to everyone who took part.<\/p>\n
\nTo contribute to this important period of transition and renewal at the UN, FUNDS conducted a Global Survey<\/a> in December 2016 to gather opinions on the\u00a0most critical priorities and challenges which Mr. Guterres\u00a0should confront<\/strong>\u00a0during his first months and years as Secretary-General. The results\u00a0contain clear and constructive messages about the future direction of the world organization.<\/p>\n