HLCM Legal Network
Up one levelThis allows them to attain better protection of the interests of the entities concerned, while enabling them to carry out their respective mandates more effectively - for the benefit of Member States. This is particularly so at a time where integrated mandates and policies are adopted by intergovernmental bodies
At the moment, the Legal Network is composed of two sub-networks: the sub-network of
Legal Advisers of specialized and related agencies including approximately 23 members, and the sub-network of Legal Liaison Officers which brings together the chiefs or senior legal officers of offices away from headquarters, funds and programmes, regional commissions, ad hoc tribunals and treaty bodies institutionally linked to the UN, and includes approximately 26 members. A third sub-network, including the Chiefs or senior Legal Officers serving field missions led either by the department of peace keeping operations (DPKO)/the department of field support (DFS) or the department of political affairs (DPA), including approximately 30 members, is currently being established.
The Legal Network is chaired by Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Mr. Nicolas Michel.
