In the light of emerging global trends and new challenges, adjustments and/or reinforcements will be inevitable for UNESCO’s future role, its orientations and action within the larger United
Nations context. The recommendations of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level
Panel on System-Wide Coherence which are due by September 2006 are expected to chart the way for future reform measures affecting the entire United Nations system.
Hence, this section will discuss in extenso UNESCO’s views and approaches to the various dimensions of the system-wide reform effort.
With respect to core competencies, UNESCO has several clear advantages on which it can build its future strategic location and interventions: