UN report finds UN reports are not widely read

New York, Aug. 2 -- A United Nations report seeking ways to improve efficiency and cut costs has revealed: UN reports are not widely read. UN secretary general Antonio Guterres briefed countries on Friday on the report, produced by his reform taskforce that focused on how UN staff implement mandates given to them by bodies like the General Assembly or Security Council. "The sheer number of meetings and reports is pushing the system - and all of us - to the breaking point," Guterres said. "Many of these reports are not widely read," he said. "The top 5% of reports are downloaded over 5,500 times, while one in five reports receives fewer than 1,000 downloads."P23

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