• that the General Assembly establish the position of Deputy-Secretary-General, to represent the Secretary-General at the UN in New York during his or her absence, to ensure the coherence of the Organization’s cross sectoral activities, and to initiate efforts to secure funds for development projects;
• establishing a Strategic Planning Unit within the Secretary-General’s office, to identify and analyze emerging global issues and trends;
• further developing and strengthening the role of the four Executive Committees to guide the Organization in its principal areas of work;
• decentralizing decision-making at the country level, and having the variety of UN entities operating in the field, function under one single flag.

2.) Streamlining the Organization —Introducing a new managerial and leadership component to the organizations will also entail streamlining the organization. As a result,

• the Secretary-General has proposed a no-growth budget for 1998;
• the Secretariat will be reduced in size from twelve units to five;
  1000 staff posts will be eliminated;
• the UN’s human resource policies and practices will ensure that all staff meet the highest standards of independence and integrity, that staff training equips them with all the requisite skills necessary to work efficiently, and that issues of geographical representation and gender balance are properly addressed;
• UN documentation will be reduced by the end of the year by 30%.

3.) Promoting sustainable development as a central priority for the organization — In reforming the organization, Mr. Annan hopes to enhance the role played by development in the UN’s agenda. Consequently,

• UN funds and programmes engaged in development issues will be grouped into a single United Nations Development Group, which will coordinate operations as a whole, without compromising the integrity of the individual programmes;
• an Office for Development Financing will be established, operating under the guidance of the new Deputy-Secretary-General, to generate new financial resources for development projects;
• savings made on administrative costs will be shifted to economic and social activities in a "Development Dividend", with an initial down payment made in January 1998 from the savings achieved from the current budget;
• the environmental dimension of the UN will be consolidated by strengthening the role played by the UN Environmental Programme.

4.) Assuring the financial stability and viability of the organization —Since far too many states are failing to pay their arrears unconditionally and on time, the report proposed the establishment of a Revolving Credit Fund, initially floated at a level of up to $1 billion through voluntary contributions by Members, or by other means.

5.) Reform of the Subsidiary Bodies — Various measures will also be implemented to:

• increase the speed of deployment of peacekeeping forces and other field operations;
  improve the UN’s post-conflict peace-building capacity;
• establish a Department for Disarmament and Arms Regulation, to advance the reduction of weapons of mass destruction, and regulate other arms;
• consolidate the UN’s Drug Control and Crime Prevention programmes;
• integrate issues concerning human rights into all principal UN activities and programmes;
  replace the Department of Humanitarian Affairs with a new Emergency Relief Coordination Office that will focus on dealing more effectively with complex emergencies;
• operate a more pro-active public information service, that better informs people about the UN’s goals, role, and range of activities, in both a global and regional context.

The Report also included a series of measures that could only be adopted with the approval of Member states.