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Discussion addressed how these approaches could improve coherence while preserving individual mandates and each body's authority."},{"key":"mandate-implementation-resources","label":"Resources for Mandate Implementation","description":"Delegations examined how inadequate funding, operational constraints, and institutional arrangements affect mandate delivery. Many argued that under-resourcing should prompt stronger implementation rather than automatic retirement, while others stressed aligning mandates with limited resources and demonstrated impact."},{"key":"mandate-rationalization-efficiency","label":"Mandate Rationalization and Efficiency","description":"Speakers considered consolidating overlapping mandates and resolutions, reducing reporting burdens, and adjusting reporting or review cycles to improve delivery. They emphasized distinguishing genuine functional duplication from complementary activities and protecting essential substantive functions."}]}}