The High Level Committee on Management promotes harmonization of business practices across the UN system, including general management issues, to ensure management coherence from global to country level.

The High-level Committee on Management is responsible for ensuring coordination in administrative and management areas across the UN System.

HLCM is charged with identifying and analysing administrative management issues of common concern, which require a system-wide response and is authorised to take decisions on behalf of the Executive Heads and to identify, promote and coordinate management reforms that will improve services, achieve productivity improvements and increase efficiency and effectiveness across the United Nations System.