In March 2025, the Secretary-General launched the UN80 Initiative to transform how the UN works - identifying efficiencies, reviewing how mandates are implemented, and examining potential structural changes and programme realignment within the United Nations system.
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Building a stronger, more effective UN
The UN80 initiative is the United Nations' ambitious, system-wide reform effort to respond to a vital question: 'How can the UN adapt to become more agile, integrated, and equipped to respond to today’s complex global challenges amid tightening resources?'
Key documents
The Report of the Mandate Implementation Review analyzes the full mandate lifecycle, from creation to implementation and reviewing. It presents how the United Nations turns Member State decisions into operational results.
Shifting Paradigms: United to Deliver is a progress report by the Secretary-General that explores and proposes possible structural changes and programme realignments across the United Nations system.
In support of the objectives of the UN80 Initiative, the Secretary-General’s report on the revised estimates relating to the proposed programme for 2026 reflects the revised resource requirements arising from the initial…
The need is great and the goal is clear: an even stronger and more effective United Nations that delivers for people and is tuned to the 21st century.
ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, Secretary-General of the United Nations
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The United Nations outlined how it intends to advance one of its most comprehensive system-wide reform efforts in decades, as Under-Secretary-General for Policy Guy Ryder presented the UN80 Initiative Action Plan. The plan…
The Secretary-General shared a progress report on Thursday on structural reforms and programme realignments under the UN80 Initiative, setting out proposals to make the United Nations more coherent, effective and better…
The United Nations has finalised the revised estimates for its 2026 proposed programme budget, outlining more than $500 million in reductions, while also introducing the first measures of the UN80 Initiative.