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Executive head leadership of United Nations specialized agencies

In: Handbook on Governance in International Organizations

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  • Kent J. Kille

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The United Nations’ (UN) specialized agencies address a wide range of international matters. When considering governance provided by specialized agencies in the international system, an important dimension to examine is the leadership provided by an agency’s executive head. As self-governing institutions, the executive heads operate separately from the UN Secretariat and are chosen by the organizations themselves. Insights into the leadership provided, as well as its impact on shaping specialized agencies and the institutions’ roles in global governance, is established by examining who governs specialized agencies and how this leadership is carried out. The information employed is drawn from the IO BIO Project, which incorporates an extensive database covering the heads of universal and regional intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) from across the globe, including all 15 UN specialized agencies, and comparative analysis from entries on specialized agency leaders drawn from the project’s other dimension, IO BIO, Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations.

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  • Kent J. Kille, 2023. "Executive head leadership of United Nations specialized agencies," Chapters, in: Alistair D. Edgar (ed.), Handbook on Governance in International Organizations, chapter 9, pages 122-139, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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