In early June, Christian Saunders, the director of the office of the under-secretary general for management at the U.N. Secretariat in New York, published a commentary about Umoja, the U.N.’s new IT system.
The senior official, part of the deployment team at headquarters, asked staff to extend more patience to the system’s “teething” challenges with a post on U.N. Special, a monthly magazine for international civil servants working in Geneva.
“Umoja is here to stay, it will make the U.N. stronger and will help us succeed in building a U.N. fit for the 21st Century… don’t fear the system, you are not alone and if you need help you should not hesitate to reach out to your local support center!” Saunders wrote.