N Focal Point for Electoral Assistance, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs

UN Focal Point for Electoral Assistance, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
This policy directive outlines the various types of UN electoral assistance that are typically provided and the principles governing UN electoral assistance. The purpose of the directive is to ensure consistency and coherence across the UN system.

UN Focal Point for Electoral Assistance, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs

This guidance note provides advice and tips, as well as good practice case studies and lessons learned, to assist UNDP practitioners who are designing and implementing support to constitution-making. Part I outlines why UNDP supports constitution-making, building on guidance from the Secretary-General. Part II provides guidance on approaches to designing constitutional assistance, with special emphasis on developing strong partnerships with a range of counterparts. Part III focuses on the technical entry points for assistance.

UNDP
This Practical Guidance Note aims to heighten awareness and knowledge of Civic Education within UNDP Country Offices (COs), assist COs by providing practical information and guidance for Civic Education programming, and signpost additional resources and further reading.

This guidance note provides an overview of some of the key considerations which UN Women country offices should keep in mind when providing support for the creation or reform of national constitutions. It addresses questions of process, such as the participation of women in constitution-making of governance structures, such the impact of constitutional choices about electoral systems and decentralized power and of substantive content, such as gender equality and non-discrimination guarantees and the constitutional interaction between gender equality and religious or customary laws.

The present note provides guidance to the UN system on addressing statelessness by outlining the guiding principles and the policy framework for action. The UN engagement in addressing statelessness should be guided by seven principles that support the development, promotion and implementation of international norms relating to statelessness. In addition to the seven guiding principles, the note presents four concrete interrelated action approaches on how the UN system can improve its coordinated response to statelessness. 

This Note provides guidance for the UN system on how to address racial discrimination and protection of minorities in line with the UN Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other key standards, drawing from effective practices. It makes 19 recommendations to ensure a comprehensive and coherent UN approach from headquarters to regional and country presences.