In February, more than 150 people representing 80+ governments, multilaterals, think tanks, and civil society organizations from around the world came together in the Hague to share compelling new ideas for using data-driven approaches for the public good—in this case, for peacebuilding and conflict prevention.
CIC Data in Focus is a blog series discussing trends, peculiarities, and questions arising from UN data, mainly drawn from our datasets here at the Center on International Cooperation.
Over the past four years, high-income countries have increased their share of Under-Secretary-General (USG) and Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) appointments from 47.5 percent to 60.5 percent. This expansion happened mostly at the expense of representatives from countries with the lowest income.