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General Assembly: Working Group on the Strengthening and Revitalizing of the Work of the General Assembly, 80th session — General Assembly — 5 March 2026
Language: en
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GA · Chair [18:28]:

Good afternoon, dear colleagues.


Speaker 2 [18:47]:

Microphone.


GA · Chair [18:52]:

Good afternoon, dear colleagues. I will kindly ask you to take your seats.

I call to order the meeting of the Working Group and the strengthening and revitalizing of the work of the General Assembly.

Ambassador Williams and myself welcome you to this meeting. As noted in the letter that we have circulated on the 19th of February we convened today's meeting for the Thematic Debate to review implementation of the pillars regarding the process for the selection appointment of the Secretary General and other Executive Heads and also the Office of the President of the General Assembly. I will briefly describe the provisions contained

in Resolution 793 to 7 regarding the process of the selection appointment of a Secretary General. Then Ambassador Matrice will take over and present the Pillar and the Office of the President of the General assembly and introduce our guest.


GA · Chair · Matrice [19:55]:

As we mentioned in the concept note circulated before this meeting, the aim of the session is to assess how we can support the full implementation of the mandate contained in Resolution 79 327. We would welcome today your reflections on the application of provisions that formulate the mandate for the ongoing already selection and appointment process for the Secretary General. As you know, the Resolution and Member

States reaffirm collectively and unanimously.