Informal Ad hoc Working Group on UN80 initiative - General Assembly, 80th session

Good morning, everybody. I call to order the meeting of the informal Ad Hoc Working Group on the Mandate Implementation Review.

This meeting is convened to take action on the draft report and draft resolution contained the the draft report and draft resolution contained therein have been circulated via eDelegate. Colleagues, as you know, the resolution before you reflects six months of deep discussions and consultations. Since assuming our role as Co Chairs, we have engaged intensively with you, individually and collectively, to consider how we can improve our approach across the mandate life cycle. Our consultations identified a range of priorities and perspectives on how to proceed. We have been extremely grateful for your constructive spirit and willingness to engage actively to identify common ground on the way forward.

You have demonstrated a commitment to strengthening this organization in the face of unprecedented challenges and to enhance its efficiency, effectiveness and impact for the people we serve. We approached our mandate as Co Chairs to identify a set of principles and actions to improve the creation, implementation and review of mandates by 31st March with dedication and sincerity. We also took extremely seriously our mandate to strive for consensus. In our assessment, the resolution before you represents a carefully balanced text that reflects your collective priorities, but also accommodations to acknowledge your legitimate consciousness, concerns and sensitivities. We believe the resolution provides the best basis for agreement on the way forward amongst Member States.

Through our consultations with you, the resolution has become a tightly woven document with each element interconnected. Any changes to it would only take us further further from our shared goal. All Member States minus one have indicated to us that they can accept the final revised resolution. We know that this has required flexibility on all sides and we're truly grateful. In our assessment, the Russian Federation's proposed amendments would unravel the delicate balance with have forged together.

Most of you have expressed appreciation for the equilibrium achieved, and many of you have explicitly urged us not to reopen the text of the resolution, even if we were unable to accommodate all of your views. We take this opportunity to respectfully, once again invite the Russian Federation to join the rest of the Working Group to achieve a consensus outcome. Working Group members will also be aware that the Russian Federation has submitted a General assembly draft decision seeking an extension of the Working group's mandate until 30 April to continue negotiations on the text. In this regard, we must reiterate that that we see no scope for any extension beyond 31 March. In line with our consistent message from the outset, it is our firm assessment that an additional month of negotiations would not produce a more balanced or widely acceptable outcome than the one before us today.

In Addition, neither Ambassador Wallace or I are available during the month of April. The President of the General assembly would have to appoint co chairs and this is a practical impossibility in the time available. Also, as co chairs, we are mindful that several other processes require space and tension in the coming months. It is therefore neither practical nor advisable to divert additional time to extending the negotiation process given we do not see any viable way for both the mandate's resolution and the Russian Federation's draft decision proposing to extend the working group negotiations to coexist. We have respectfully requested the Russian Federation to withdraw its draft decision in the General Assembly.

But to be clear, no action can or will be taken on the Russian Federation's draft decision today because it is a General assembly, not informal, ad hoc working group document. Colleagues, returning to the matter of the resolution before you, we wish to emphasise our view that that it represents your hard work over the past six months. The resolution provides a unique opportunity to bring us closer to the un. We want and need one more capable of advancing our shared goals and delivering for the people we serve. We encourage you not to allow this opportunity to slip from our grasp.

I now pass the first floor to Ambassador Wallace.

Thank you, Ambassador Schwalger, and good morning, colleagues.

Colleagues, this meeting is convened to consider the draft resolution and the draft report. The draft report, the draft resolution and the draft amendments 1 to 4 have been circulated via e delegate.

I now give the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation to introduce draft amendments 1 to 4.

Excellencies. Dear Brian and Carolyn, I thank you for giving me the floor. I would like to use this opportunity to have a general comment and introduce my amendments. I would like to note that the main problem for the situation and the main reason for the situation we found ourselves in is the absence of negotiations.

It will always be an enigma for my delegation. Why? During the six months period, there was no time to assign a proper line by line negotiations where we could feel for and find acceptable compromises to all. You know exactly that the Russian delegation initiated the resolution on UN 80 initiative. And when we worked out the text, we took on board 100% of red lines conveyed to us officially.

We believe that the matter of reforming the UN and the matter of future of the UN requires full consensus with no qualifiers. Otherwise, we put our organization at risk by our own hands.

We believe that this is the diplomacy. Line by line negotiations is the diplomacy. By rejecting diplomacy, we reject the UN because diplomacy is the fundament of the un. You mentioned that you were deciding to reopen A and not to reopen. My comment is that by negotiations, line by line, it will be a decision of the member states of all the delegations to reopen or not to reopen.

So the ownership of the product that we have would also be 100% with the member states. That is the approach that we are commenting and we are promoting. But we are where we are. I also wanted to. Whatever you might think of our delegation, I also wanted to thank you for those efforts that you have spent.

I agree it is not an easy task.

But our key concerns relate to the reducing the prerogatives of member states to introduce initiatives and expanding the authority of the Secretary General to mark the mandates as bad, irrelevant or obsolete. Under the UN Charter, the Secretary General does not have the role and that function.

So we do regret that during the six months we didn't find time for negotiations, but only for briefings. And some of the briefings, they were more like lectures. We are sure that all the delegations do not need lecturing. They know a lot about the UN and and about mandates. What they did need was negotiations of the text, line by line.

You also mentioned that Russian delegation wants to unravel the balance. We do not agree with this assessment. First is that we would never have done it if we have not been approached by a number of delegations expressing concern both about the way the work was done during these six months with no negotiations and about the text on the table. Second, we do not find this text as balanced because in the long run we assign the Secretary General with extra authorities which are not foreseen by the UN Charter and we reduce the prerogative so the member states to the opposite of the UN Charter. This cannot be called a balance because our delegation and other delegations were expressing these concerns since day one and we were always transparent about these key priorities.

I have to say that we tried and worked hard as well with our capital and we downgraded our concerns to least possible concerns. I'm not in a position to withdraw my proposals. I still believe that we do have a way to try to accommodate them. I am ready for engagement. But if there is no other way, then we can make a procedural decision on them now and today I will introduce them.

And I want them to be considered one by one, not as a package. Amendment 1 is about financial obligations. We have to note that a number of countries cannot fulfill their obligations not because they do not possess the funds, but because they are restricted with illegitimate measures which hamper their financial obligations fulfillment. We believe this problem is also impacting the mandate implementation. So it deserves a place in the resolution.

Amendment number two about shall to be replaced by make every effort to. We discussed at length the idea that the modalities of new way of presenting resolutions and draft decisions should take into account different capacities of delegations, different situations and different essence of the mandates. There is no one size fits all. So by putting the text as it is in your draft might be very heavy burden for a number of delegations or can be seen as artificial obstacle for delegations when they want to express their initiative. We are sure that the UN is existing solely for the purpose of letting delegations express their views and initiatives.

Sometimes it may have very big consequences and be very helpful for a lot of delegations. That's why we make it less obligatory and we want to put that the Member States should make every effort to put additional documents, roadmaps and so on and so forth. Like it is expressed in paragraph two. Amendment number three about the prerogatives of the Secretary General to review the mandates and to sign which are redundant. I thank you for your proposal to add for Member States consideration.

But it doesn't address the main problem that the initiative would come from the Secretary General, although according to the UN Charter, he's not possessing that initiative. So our amend proposal is that specific relevant UN bodies should make a choice what kind of man mandates they feel is necessary for review so that they are the one who initiate the process.

This amendment goes together with amending paragraph 33 sub 7 because it is the mandate and the scope of the future of the Working Group. So if we make a change in paragraph 24, we have to make a similar reflection to paragraph 33 sub point 7, where the working Group is tasked to receive and consider the proposals of the Secretary General. So it also would read that the proposal would come if it is initiated by the Member states in the first place. And last, but not the least, amendment number four in subparagraph G of paragraph 33 is about consensus character of the work of the Working Group. We would never try to repeat that the issues like the future of the UN and the reform requires consensus.

We, when we initiated our resolution was guided by exactly this principle and it prevailed and we had a good and balanced document. I also thank you for clarifying that our draft proposal on extending the mandate of the Working Group is not subject to consideration today because it's a matter of of the General assembly plenary. So we think that there's still a way to correct the situation when we do not assign new prerogatives to the Secretary General. We proposed diplomatic caveats how to deal with it and also to deal with other amendments. But we will deal with the proposal for extending the Working Group on Monday or on Tuesday.

Whatever is the schedule for the GA plenary for this issue. I thank you for your attention and I'm ready for comments and way forward. Thank you very much.

I thank the representative of the Russian Federation.

I now give the floor to the representative of Norway on a point of order.

Thank you Co Chairs. And let me just start by thanking you for conducting such an inclusive, open and effective process these past six months. Norway requests that no action be taken on amendments one to four in a single vote. The text before us is finely balanced and enjoys the broadest level of support. As confirmed by you just now.

The ideas in these amendments have been discussed extensively in the group and did not find the broad support required or the level of ambition we collectively hope to achieve in this text. So I thank you,.

I thank the representative of Norway. The representative of Norway has moved within the terms of Rule 116 of the Rules of Procedure of the General assembly that no action be taken on Draft Amendments 1 to 4. Rule 116 reads as during the discussion of any matter, a representative may move the adjournment of the debate on the item under discussion. In addition to the proposer of the motion, two representatives may speak in favour of and two against the motion, after which the motion shall be immediately put to the vote. And I'll give the floor to the representative of Australia.

Thank you, Co chairs. Indeed. And look, let me echo the sentiments of our colleague from Norway. Australia commends, to the highest degree possible the efforts of the Co Chairs in bringing this process to, I think, a highly successful conclusion. I've listened carefully to the comments made by our colleague from the Russian Federation this morning and I think it's important that we draw on the work that has been done over the past six months and think through what's been put to us this morning.

And I absolutely agree in Australia will be a very, very strong vote for a yes in support of Norway's motion. Because I think when I reflect on both the comments we've heard from the Russian Federation, but also when we look at the text before us, we do have a finely balanced text and it is important that we as an institution gather together and reflect on the work that we've done over the last six months. Reflect, I think, on the clear evidence of the broadest level of support that we have before us and that we seize this moment to help advance the reform agenda for the United Nations. So I would urge all colleagues in this room to support the Norway motion and vote. Yes, thank you.

I thank the representative of Australia and now give the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation.

Oh, thank you Mr. Chairman. I just forgot to mention one thing is that we actually see the double standards that some delegations they request. When we considered the resolution on slavery, EU delegations were expressing the view that six rounds of line by line negotiations is not enough. But here they were opposing even a single line by line negotiation. So that's really curious situation we're finding ourselves in.

But we are where we are. I would like to use this opportunity to object against the motion of considering it as a single package of considering the amendment of as a single package and object against no motion and against adjournment of the debate. Thank you.

I thank the representative of the Russian Federation. I now give the floor to the representative of Belarus.

Thank you. Distinguished co Chairs. Dear colleagues, we want to make a statement a against the motion of Norway. We regret that the mechanism our group established in particular at the initiative of Belarus and intended to expand member states participation in the united reform process ultimately limited such participation turned everything into formalities which it was supposed to address repeatedly ignored the UNAIDists declared ideas of transparency and and accountability. We'd like to emphasize that Belarus is not opposed to the document but we take the issue with how it was drafted and how the basic requests of member states for genuine para by para consultations of the text were ignored.

Instead we received a series of briefings filled with generalities and this on a process with the utmost importance that affects the entire UN system and what we achieved. Let me remind you. Oral briefing by co chairs Co Chairs engagement with Nairobi, Geneva, Vienna A meeting to hear general statements, hybrid workshops, an overall briefing of the co chairs summarizing feedback. Another meeting of the group to hear general statements, two rounds of so called consultation with even more general statements, but this time on a semantic topic. And closed bilateral meetings and briefing today on the final version of the resolution which was distributed just after the end of the briefing.

Previous Sorry. In this regard we consider it cynical to refer to the resolution as an efficient and effective United nations given that the process of drafting it was anything but efficient and effective. We also consider the allegation of a lack of time as false and believe it's still not all lost. That is why we think four amendments by the Russian Federation is a good balance on 33 paragraph text and gives us an opportunity not to consider the UNG draft decision, if we notice so, we have the only one way to support the submitted draft decision of the UNGA which proposes to extend the period of work of the Group till the end of April, with a view to finalize negotiations, truly negotiations on the resolution for an efficient and effective United Nations. I thank you.

I thank the representative of Belarus. I shall now put to a recorded vote the motion by Norway that no action be taken on draft amendments. Will 1 to 4 those in favor please signify.

Those against abstentions. The Working Group is now voting on the motion by Norway that no action be taken on draft amendments 1 to 4. Voting yes indicates support to the motion by Norway that no action be taken on draft amendments 1 to 4. In other words, to proceed immediately to the consideration of the draft resolution. Voting no indicates opposition to the motion by Norway.

In other words, to consider the draft amendments submitted by the Russian Federation.

Will all delegations confirm that their votes are accurately reflected on the screen?

The voting has been completed. Please lock the machine.

The result of the vote is as follows. In favor 94 against, 15 abstentions 33. The motion is adopted.

Since the motion for no action is adopted, the Working Group will not consider Draft Amendments 1 to 4.

I now give the floor to the Secretary of the Working group.

Thank you, Mr. Co Chair. The present oral statement is made in the Context of Rule 153 of the Rules of Procedure of the assembly, and the present statement has also been distributed to Member States via the E Delegate Platform. The request contained in paragraphs 3, 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 19, 24, 28, 29, 30 and 3033 of the draft resolution would constitute an addition to the workload for the Executive Office of the Secretary General, the Department for General assembly and Conference Management, Department of Global Communications, the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, and the Office of Information and Communications technology. Starting in 2026.

This would entail additional resource requirements, net of staff assessment in the amount of $1,000,000, 128,900 in 2026, 1,730,008 in 2027 and $1,625,800 in 2028 and annually thereafter. Detailed cost estimates and their underlying assumptions for the requirements are provided in the Annex to this Statement, which has also been distributed to delegations via the Edelegate Platform. Should the assembly adopt the draft resolution, the Secretariat will, to the extent possible, seek to absorb These requirements for 2026 within the overall approved regular budget. Resources for 2026. In this regard, the Secretary also wishes to inform the Working Group that its ability to implement the mandate will depend on the availability of adequate liquidity resources.

Requirements for 2027 and thereafter would be presented in the proposed program budgets for consideration by the assembly in the applicable years. Thank you, Mr. Kocher.

I thank the Secretary of the Working Group. We shall now proceed to consider the draft resolution. Delegations wishing to make a statement in the explanation of vote before the vote are invited to do so now. In one intervention there will be an opportunity for statements in explanation of vote after the vote.

I give the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation.

Dear Mr. Chairman, Dear Co facilitators,.

I. Think we need to consider the results. You see, it is only 94 member states that are 100% sure in the text. I understand your intention is to to move the resolution to be adopted by the General assembly. And I understand the vote can be different if we vote resolution as a whole.

But I really call on you to consider all pros and cons and to look at this result. This proposal is now and the certainty with the text rests only with 94 member states. It's not even half of the UN.

We still are sure that we need more work. Either it is this weekend or one day or one month. It is your wisdom you will decide. And of course you have the authority to move it for further adoption and moving it for action in the General Assembly. But I think that you have to take into account the result of our consideration of our amendments.

You clearly were trying to state that Russia was alone in unraveling the so called balance. You see, it is not the situation we have. We do not think we need to rush. Rushed decisions usually are not for the benefit. They bring a lot of damage.

So before you move forward as planned, I urge you to consider all the options and maybe make a pause because we cannot support the draft to be moved further as a recommendation of the Working Group. We object against it. We need more work. Thank you.

I thank the representative of the Russian Federation.

I give the floor to the representative of Australia.

I thank the co chairs and I thank the Russian Federation for explaining its position. It is of course appreciated. Look, I think from time to time this organization faces different paths that it can choose to follow. I think this morning is an opportunity for us to get to the nub of the issue which is that it's time to hear from Member States on the resolution itself as the co chairs have proposed. So I would absolutely encourage you as co chairs to proceed with a vote on the resolution.

Thank you.

I thank the representative of Australia. I give the floor to the Solomon Islands.

Co Chairs. I am honored to speak on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum members in New York with presence in New York. We welcome the final revision of the draft resolution and commendation the Co Chairs for your leadership for the genuinely conclusive process you have led. The final revision of the resolution is a balanced reflection of the Working Group's views and we appreciate the care the Co Chairs have shown in listening to the specific needs and capacity constraints of SIDS and other small states.

This resolution gives us critical opportunity to make the UN more effective, more efficient and more accountable, an outcome that is especially important for sids. Our delegations operate with extremely limited staff. Every new report, every negotiation and every overlapping mandate has a real impact on our ability to participate fully. Streamlining and improving mandates is therefore not just desirable, it is essential for equity and inclusivity. We particularly value the Concept Note which is one of the most practical tools to emerge from this process.

It brings clarity, discipline and predictability into how mandates are proposed. And as we have said many times, if sids, some of the smallest delegations in the US system can produce Concept Notes, which we already do for many of our initiatives, then it's reasonable to expect all delegations to do so.

We are pleased to see the word discipline retained in OP1J. Our workload is already overwhelming. Discipline in mandate creation is one of the few ways to reduce unnecessary burdens and ensure that even the smallest delegations can participate on equal footing. We support par 22, 25 on review of existing mandates, especially those that request Secretariat support to enable Member States decision making. The Secretariat is uniquely positioned to map synergies and overlaps across the mandate landscape.

They simply hold information we do not. And without their support, Member States, especially small states, would spend countless hours gathering information we do not have the capacity to collect. To this end, we welcome the development of the Mandate Registry as a practical tool in support of Member States. Finally, we strongly support the Working Group transitioning to a new phase of work. A dedicated time bound structure is essential to ensuring that we agree what we agree here is implemented.

Without it, the benefit of this resolution will not reach those who need them most. We have heard repeatedly that existing mechanisms cannot absorb these tasks and we agree we need the new Working Group to turn commitments into action. Co Chairs Improving how we create, implement and review mandate requires change, change in behaviour from both Member States and the UN Secretariat. We must all move forward together and above all, it is vital that all Member States engage constructively and in good faith to achieve consensus on this resolution. We support the adoption of the resolution and encourage other delegations to do the same.

For sids, the stakes are high. A more efficient, effective UN is not just an institutional approach aspiration, it is a necessity. I thank you co Chairs.

I thank the representative of the Solomon Islands and I give the floor to South Africa.

Thank you very much. Co Chairs and South Africa would like to. Our delegation would like to thank both of you for all the hard work. We know you and your teams have put in a huge effort. This has been a very difficult task.

We also understand and hear some of the trepidation on the floor. South Africa voted in favor of the no action motion, while saying that South Africa supports many of the points that Russia, the Russian Federation, raised, including the issue about assessed contributions. However, we need to take cognizance of the fact that we cannot fix everything that is difficult for us or that we don't agree with in this resolution. The language, for instance, on assessed contributions is something we need to fix elsewhere. And there are mechanisms in the organization to deal with this.

So some of the points that were raised while being valid, we didn't see as appropriate in this regard. Coming to the point about the Secretary General. We are not the Secretary General and our understanding of the text not undertaking something that's out of his purview. We are instructing him to do something. And as Member States, we are asking him to do something on our behalf, which is our full right and the Secretary to facilitate our participation and activities in the United Nations.

We ask him to do something we cannot do ourselves. We don't have all that information. So we cannot see another way of going forward with that. And I know change results in a lot of trepidation, but business as usual is not working for this, for the Organization and it's not working for many delegations because we cannot keep up. We need to take a pause and we need to reassess.

We do feel that the necessary, the necessary protections have been built in by yourselves and especially after your last engagement with us, where we saw some changes which we also requested for and which the co Chairs heard and which the co Chairs included. Now, from that perspective, our delegation is of the view that we want the Secretary General to undertake some work on our behalf and that he will return to us and then we will discuss it as Member States. And we, as Member States will have the opportunity to say no. And we disagree many times with the Secretariat on many of their proposals and we do not Accept everything. So it's not a given that what the Secretary General give us is that we will agree to that.

So from that perspective, South Africa voted against the no action motion because we do believe you have found some balance. We are not happy with everything you have in here. But we need to move forward. And to that extent, South Africa is in favor of moving forward on the resolution. I thank you.

I thank the representative of South Africa. I give the floor to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Thank you Mr. Chair. We appreciate your. Your job. We have come a long way.

We appreciated the all efforts put forward by co facilitators and all participating delegations.

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This initiative is very important initiative and then we believe that we need to have as much as consensus of the member states for this document.

Some of the points raised by Russian Federation valid to be, I mean reconsidered in the draft. And we believe by considering those elements which are not, I mean very, I mean difficult to accommodate, so we will have a broad consensus on the document. So we support the idea to give some chance, some time to reconsider these issues. Then probably we will have a stronger document and more resilient, I mean support for this document. Then it shouldn't be a politically, politically, I mean maneuver.

It's really technical that we need framework that will help us in revitalize the work of this important institution. So it's no harm to give another chance. Thank you, Mr. Fassit. Thank you.

I thank the representative of Iran.

I give the floor to Singapore.

Thank you very much. Co Chairs, I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the Small States Group which is cross regional grouping of small states comprising both developed and developing countries.

This statement is supported and endorsed by 54 countries of the Small States Group and the list of countries aligned with the statement will be made available after this meeting to you and to all interested delegations.

Co Chairs the SSG Small States Group thanks the Co Chairs for their leadership in steering this process in a transparent and inclusive manner. We also appreciate the constructive engagement by many delegations on the resolution and their efforts to ensure it contains practical and effective outcomes for small states. The final text is not perfect, but it represents an important step forward in ensuring that the UN remains fit for purpose. We are also cognizant that the text before us represents a delicate balance of interests and positions. It is important that we seize this opportunity to make progress.

Allow me to make three points. Firstly, the SSG welcomes and supports the proposals in the final text as they will strengthen the UN proposals such as the Concise Concept Note for new Mandates and a comprehensive Mandate Registry will empower delegations of all sizes to better navigate and engage with the mandate landscape. By promoting evidence and results based decision making, the resolution will allow the UN to deliver greater impact on the ground. Requests to the UN Secretary General to rationalize and understand the current landscape of reports and mandates will help inform our own further reform efforts through the continuation of the Working Group. Ultimately, a more effective and efficient UN will benefit all Member States, particularly small delegations with limited resources.

Secondly, by adopting this resolution expeditiously, we will send a clear signal that the UN and its Member States can move beyond incremental adjustments and make substantive improvements in the functioning of the organization. It will also be the first milestone since the UN 80 initiative began where Member States are expected to showcase our reform efforts. We should not miss or delay this opportunity. Thirdly, we understand and recognize that the Co Chairs have conducted extensive outreach and informal consultations. We strongly encourage the adoption of this resolution today and at the Plenary next week, preferably by consensus.

Given that the text represents a serious effort by the Co Chairs to capture the delicate balance between the diverse perspectives within this Working Group, a consensus outcome would serve the important function of demonstrating the General Assembly's unity and commitment to the important issue of UN reform. It will also underscore our continued collective belief in the un, underpinned by respect for the UN Charter and international law. Co Chairs, we look forward to adopting a high ambition and pragmatic outcome that can inspire a continuous culture of reflection and change within the UN for many years to come. We hope that all delegations will see the importance of supporting the adoption of the resolution at the meeting today and also at the meeting of the Plenary of the General assembly next week. I thank you very much for your attention.

I thank the Representative of Singapore. I give the floor to the Republic of Korea.

Co Chairs. At the outset, my delegation would like to thank you Co Chairs for their exceptional leadership and tireless efforts that brought us all here. We are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I would also like to express our strong support for the final draft of the resolution. I believe it not only embrace the wide spectrum of the views of Member State as much as possible, but also strikes a light balance between responsibilities of Member States and the supporting role of the Secretariat throughout their mandate life cycle.

In this regard, we do not support any attempt to weaken the current language of the resolution in such a way that undermine ambition of the Member State as clearly reflected in Draft Resolution decisions on mandates are the exclusive preliminative of the member state. The mandates we create are the blueprints. We build and polish this organization based on them. If we continue to create and retain mandates that are duplicated and fragmented, the United nations itself will remain duplicated, fragmented and inefficient. We therefore hope that all member states build a united nation that is efficient, effective people, purpose and accountable by adopting this important resolution.

I thank you.

I thank the representative of the Republic of Korea.

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We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote before the vote. I now give the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation on a point of order.

Dear Mr. Chairman, I wanted to raise the point of order. I want to move the motion. I was going to do it right after we completed acting on my proposals. I want to move a motion of draft recommendation of the Working Group to extend the period of its work for one month. This is the motion of the Russian Federation.

Draft recommendation of the Working Group to extend its work for one month. Thank you very much.

I thank the representative of the Russian Federation. Colleagues, we will suspend the meeting from for a few minutes.

Colleagues, we're grateful for your patience. We just need a few more minutes just to get organized to come back to you.

Colleagues, the meeting is resumed.

We are very grateful for your patience.

So we understand that the representative of the Russian Federation wishes to submit an oral proposal. And I am going to give him the floor to ask him to state the text of that oral proposal.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

The text is very simple.

Recommends to the GA to extend the period of its work.

Till 30th April or for one month. Whatever. Okay, let's choose. Recommends to the GA to extend the period of its work till 30th April 2020.

Thank you very much for your attention.

I thank the representative of the Russian Federation.

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I think we need a little bit more clarity from the Russian Federation on exactly what it is that they are proposing.

Wow, that's something. I thought a couple of words is clear. The group is now to recommend draft document draft resolution.

We proposed amendments. They were declined by vote. That vote showed that there is no unity behind the text and there is certainty with less than half of the member states about the text.

In that regard, we have justification to state that this document is not representing even the majority of member states views which are certain about it and that we need more time to work. So. So the group is having one product to recommend to the GA to consider the draft resolution. What I'm proposing is to have a pause with recommending draft resolution. But instead of it, the Group could recommend to the GA to give another month to negotiate the text which would be solid.

The Group procedurally is fully entitled to do recommendations to the General assembly by the same way, by the same fashion as the Group would recommend the text of the resolution. So instead of one recommendation derived from the Group, I propose another recommendation which is striving for consensus. We have seen that the consensus is very far with only 94 member states being certain about the text. So I hope I can explain more. But I think it's clear.

Russian Federation proposed the recommendation to the GA. Since the GA is our boss, the GA decided to give us 6 months. So what we want to say that we recommend to the GA give us please another month to work on the text. This is a request from the ga. It is only the GA who can allow us another month.

I don't challenge it. The mandate of the Working Group of the Ad hoc Working Group is ending on the 31st of March, so the group might ask the General assembly to give us another month in order to put it towards the procedures. Russia proposed the following text of the recommendation.

The Working Group recommends the General assembly to extend the period of the work of the working group till 30th of April, one month. So I just propose one recommendation instead of the finalizing the work on the resolution. I hope it was helpful. Thank you.

I thank the representative of the Russian Federation.

So I understand that the representative of the Russian Federation has submitted the text of draft decision A80 L49 for the consideration by the Working Group as a recommendation by the Working Group to the General Assembly.

Because this Working Group does not have the decision making power over its own lifespan.

I now give the floor to the representative of Switzerland on a point of order.

Thank you very much. Chair. Dear colleagues, I would like to propose a no action motion on the Russian Federation's proposal. As we heard, this Working Group has no authority to extend its itself and the Russian Federation's proposal can be heard.

On Tuesday in the ga. So please follow us with voting for a no action motion on that proposal. Thank you.

I thank the representative of Switzerland. I give the floor to Australia.

Thank you co chairs and again thank you for your patience as we work this through the small morning. First, can I add my strong voice of support for the Swiss proposal for a no action motion? And I'd encourage all member states to engage positively with that. Second, can I simply make a point which I think is an important one? Our Colleague from the Russian Federation.

And I again thank the Russian Federation for taking the time to articulate its concerns this this morning. But I think our colleague from the Russian Federation sought to categorize what was a procedural vote this morning as a vote on the substance of the text the co Chairs have put before us. That's a surprise to me because I don't recall voting on the text at all of the resolution. And I would strongly urge all Member States in this room to reflect on what we actually did this morning, which was a procedural vote in relation to a particular proposal, and to remind ourselves that we have yet to consider the text of the Co Chair's resolution. And I look forward very much to doing that.

So to recap, I strongly support and Australia strongly supports the Swiss no action motion. Thank you.

I thank the representative of Australia. I give the floor to Trinidad and Tobago.

Thank you, Chair.

Chair. Like my colleagues from Australia and Switzerland, I wish to thank the Russian Federation for bringing their concerns to the floor. And I would also like to voice support for a vote of no action on the motion before us. Thank you. I thank the representative of Trinidad and Tobago.

I give the floor to the Russian Federation.

Thank you very much for giving me the floor. I just wanted to comment to clear out things. I absolutely agree that the Working Group has no authority to extend its own mandate. But it is not what I am talking about. I am talking about a recommendation by the group to the GA to extend its working period.

So there is no legal issues with that recommendations. The Group is entitled to recommend it. So it's fine. And I also thank Australian delegation and His Excellency for explaining to delegations what they actually did. But I think all the delegations clearly know what they do themselves.

Thank you very much. I thank the representative of the Russian Federation. I give the floor to Belarus.

Thank you distinguished Co Chairs for our opinion. We should use a unified approach on our decisions. So of course the Working Group cannot extend the period of time of our work because it's the power of the General Assembly. And so regarding the resolution, it is also decision of the General assembly because both draft decision of the General assembly, draft resolution of the General assembly and we have no power to consider resolution even today. But if we want to make a recommendation to the General assembly and to consider the resolution after that in the GA hall by the General assembly.

So we have enough power to make a recommendation. I think yesterday or the day before you circulated the document with the inputs of our group with empty slot for the recommendation of Working Group. So one of this recommendation could be to extend and we have enough power to make recommendation to the General assembly extend the period of our work for one month. And that is why we oppose. And again, motion proposed by Switzerland.

Thank you. I thank the representative of Belarus. We have heard two representatives speak in favor of the motion and two representatives against. In accordance with Rule 116, I shall now put to a recorded vote the motion by Switzerland that no action be taken on the oral proposal submitted by the Russian Federation. Those in favor of the motion, please signify.

Those against. And abstentions. The Working Group is now voting on the motion by Switzerland that no action be taken on the oral proposal submitted by the Russian Federation. Voting yes indicates support to the motion by Switzerland that no action be taken on the oral proposal submitted by the Russian Federation. Voting no indicates opposition to the motion by Switzerland that no action be taken on the oral proposal by the Russian Federation.

In other words, to consider it. Will all delegations confirm that their votes are accurately reflected on the screen?

The voting has been completed. Please lock the mission.

The result of the vote is as follows. In favor, 91. Against, 14 abstentions, 37. The motion is adopted.

Since.

Since the motion for no action is adopted, the Working Group will not consider the oral proposal so submitted by the Russian Federation.

The Working Group will now take a decision on the draft resolution entitled Mandate Creation, Implementation and Review for an efficient and Effective United Nations.

May I take it that the Working Group wishes to adopt this draft resolution?

I give the floor to the Russian Federation.

Your Excellency, although I pronounce this with heavy heart and a lot of text in the resolution is quite workable that we can live with. But Russia is objecting against sending such a recommendation of the document to approval by the General Assembly. We object because we take into account the procedures that we had. Thank you.

I thank the representative of the Russian Federation. I give the floor to Belarus.

Thank you. We believe that as the Co Chairs has stated, the draft decision of the UN General assembly should be considered by the unga. Similarly, the UN General assembly resolution should be also considered by the unga, not by the Ad hoc Working group. For our opinion, it is premature to decide on the adoption and considering of the resolution within the Working Group. There is no consensus at all, as we all see.

And we don't understand the implication of voting on the substance of the draft within the Working Group. I thank you.

I thank the representative of Belarus. I give the floor to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Co Chairs. Thank you for giving me the floor. While we appreciate your efforts as Co chairs for the last six months. We at the same time note seriously the concerns raised by a number of delegations regarding the text draft resolution of today. We listened carefully to the statement made by the Russian Federation earlier on their amendment.

We are of the view that Russian amendment deserves due consideration for the purpose of reaching full consensus among membership. That is why we voted no on motion held earlier in this contest. We support the statement regarding the final draft resolution made by Russian Federation. Thank you for your attention.

I thank the representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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I'm grateful for your patience. I give the floor to the representative of Trinidad and Tobago.

Thank you Chair. And again Chair, thank you very much for the patience of all delegations present. And thank you again for the hard work put in by the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago wishes to recommend that we move forward with the vote. Please. Thank you.

I thank the representative of Trinidad and Tobago. I give the floor now to Norway.

Thank you. Thank you Co Chairs. I would like to second the representative of Trinidad and Tobago. It's about time we have a vote on the actual text that we have worked so hard on for six months now. So please proceed.

I thank the representative of Norway. I give the floor to Iran.

Thank you Chair.

The two round of voting that we had today is showing that there is no consensus or broad consensus on the issue. So we believe we need another time to reconsider the proposals made by Russian Federation. If we want to have a strong document and a strong support for the document, it's better to give the process another chance. So it's a genuine intention to contribute to the document to be accepted by the majority of the or hopefully consensus of the committee. Thank you Mr.

Chair. I thank the representative of Iran. I give the floor to Japan.

Thank you Mr. Co Chair. Japan support moving to the adoption of this draft resolution before put forward by Co chairs. We think this draft documents represent the most balanced outcome of the discussion we had in the past six months. So I think extending the period of the discussion cannot bring this document to better position. So I think now is a time to adopt this draft resolution.

Thank you.

I thank the representative of Japan. I give the floor to Australia who will be our final speaker.

Dear Co Chairs, again I thank you for your patience and I really value the contribution by all the students morning. It is important that we have a complete discussion before we proceed on these important matters. But can I just add my voice to those who've encouraged us to proceed to a vote and just for the Record. I'd like to indicate that Australia will be a strong yes vote in favor of the resolution this morning. But I strongly encourage us to proceed with the vote.

We know very well that we have an opportunity next week week to consider these matters in the assembly as well. Thank you.

I thank the representative of Australia. I shall now put the draft resolution to a recorded vote. As a recorded vote has been requested.

We shall now begin the voting process.

Those in favor, please signify.

Those against and abstentions.

The Working Group is now voting on the draft resolution entitled Mandate Creation, Implementation and Review for an efficient and effective United Nations.

Will all delegations confirm that their votes are accurately ref reflected on the screen?

The voting has been completed. Please lock the machine.

The result of the vote is as follows. In favor 149 against 3 abstentions 1. The draft resolution is adopted.

Delegations wishing to make a statement in the explanation of vote after the vote, our general statement are invited to do so now in one intervention. I give the floor to the European Union.

Distinguished Co Chairs, colleagues. I deliver this statement on behalf of the European Union and its Member States. As we gather for the final meeting of this informal ad hoc working group.

I would like to express a deep appreciation to the Co Chairs for the remarkable coordination of this process and and the collaborative approach adopted in carrying out their mandate. We acknowledge your commitment to a truly inclusive Member State led process and your efforts to maintain an open and continuous dialogue with all delegations throughout this long process. The European Union and its Member States have consistently called for a truly transformative framework for how this organization designs its implements and reviews its mandates. Our objective has always been the highest possible level of ambition in this regard to enable the UN to deliver most efficiently on the ground for the people that we serve. The text we approved today contains some weakened language in some key areas, including the system wide nature of this reform exercise, the scope of the mandate review, the request to the Secretary General, as well as mandate retirement, closes and funding arrangements.

We would have preferred a more ambitious text in that regard. However, we are conscious of the fact that this final revision reflects a delicate balance that carries the broadest possible support, as we saw also in this vote. And we believe that this final text still represents a step forward in ensuring a substantive, meaningful and potentially long lasting improvement in the management of the whole mandate life cycle. We also stress, of course, that we do not think that more time is needed. The time schedule for our work in the Working Group has been clear from the beginning.

Therefore, the European Unionist Member States support this outcome. Of the Working Group and stand ready to translate this resolution into tangible action. Thank you.

I thank the distinguished Permanent Representative of the European Union. I give the floor now to Trinidad and Tobago, to be followed by Australia.

Thank you, Josh. Co Chairs. I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of of the 14 member states of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM Co Chairs.

This Working Group was tasked with examining how the United nations manages its mandates across the full life cycle and with agreeing on concrete steps to strengthen that process. The outcome before us is the result of months of substantive, inclusive and transparent engagement among Member States. States CARICOM commends the Co Chairs, the Permanent Representative of Jamaica, His Excellency Brian Wallace, and the Permanent Representative of New Zealand, Her Excellency Carolyn Schragler, for the manner in which they guided this process, which is one that afforded all delegations, including small and capacity constrained ones such as ours, a genuine opportunity to contribute to the outcome. Colleagues, CARICOM recognizes the resolution as a carefully balanced outcome, one that reflects the breadth of views expressed throughout the process and the genuine efforts of all delegations to find common ground. We welcome the text as a final reflection of that collective effort and we are satisfied that it provides a sound basis for the work ahead.

We also attach importance to the follow up arrangements established by this resolution. An outcome without a credible mechanism for monitoring its implementation would not serve the purposes of this exercise and CARICOM intends to engage actively in that process. Co Chairs, CARICOM notes with regret that it was not possible to adopt this resolution by consensus. The process that produced it was characterized by openness, good faith and genuine partnership among delegations. And that spirit deserves to be reflected at the moment of its conclusion.

We trust that the strong vote in favor of this resolution nonetheless sends a clear signal of the broad support that exists within this membership for the outcome and for the reform it represents. CARICOM looks forward to the consideration of this report by the General assembly and remains committed to engaging constructively to secure its adoption and to give full effect to what has been agreed. I thank you coaches.

I thank the distinguished Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago. And I give the floor now to Australia, followed by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Barbados.

Thank you, Co Chairs. On this occasion, I speak on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Cairns Cans voted in support of the final revised resolution on mandate creation, implementation and review. The text represents a comprehensive package of important reforms across the mandate life cycle and it's been clear throughout this process that a vast majority of Member States supported a more ambitious outcome. Nevertheless, CANS accepts the compromises embodied through the resolutions text.

In the spirit of collective progress, considering the important gains that have been made and in recognition of the substantial effort invested by the Co Chairs and our fellow delegations in this process, Cairns sincerely thanks the Co Chairs for your balanced and inclusive leadership. We commend your inclusive and constructive engagement with all delegations to deliver a carefully balanced text that will support a more efficient and effective United nations mandate landscape while respecting Member State prerogatives. Member States should now be looking forward to adopt this text as the major first outcome of the UN 80 work stream 2. We strongly urge its timely adoption in the General assembly on Tuesday. Thank you.

I thank the distinguished Permanent Representative of Australia. I give the Furnau to the Kingdom of the Nation Netherlands.

Dear Co Chairs, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, speaking on behalf of the Benelux, aligns itself with the statement of the European Union and its 27 member states. We would like to add some brief comments in our national capacities. First and foremost, the Benelux welcomes the adoption of the resolution by this Working group today.

We would also like to express our sincere appreciation to the Co Chairs for their excellent leadership. More efficient and effective as highlighted in the Secretary General's report, the sheer volume of resolutions, meetings and reporting requirements places a significant burden on the system. This growing workload strains the capacities of both the UN and its Member States with implications for effectiveness and the quality of our engagement. If we are serious about delivering on our commitments, we must ensure that the United nations is and remains fit for purpose. Achieving meaningful improvement is therefore not only desirable, but also necessary.

We believe that periodic reflection on mandates is essential. An ever changing world underscores the need for a more systematic and continuous approach. This is about strengthening effectiveness, not weakening the system. Although the second revision of the draft resolution does not fully reflect all of our ambitions and we would have preferred the stronger language of the first revision. The current version still contains important positive elements that constitute necessary first steps.

However, we cannot accept any furthering watering down of the text as it stands. In closing, the Benelux supports this resolution as it offers an important opportunity to better equip the UN system and its Member States to support the people they serve. Thank you.

I thank the representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. I give the floor now to Barbados, followed by Syrian Arab Republic and Cuba. Congratulations, Council.

Thank you, Co Chair. I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of Malta and Barbados. We join others Co Chairs in congratulating you on your tireless efforts throughout this process. We commend you and your teams for the transparency, coordination and communication that has characterized your chairmanship. This resolution sets an important precedent for the United nations in its reform journey and we wholeheartedly support it.

We do this knowing of its implications for a number of other processes in the UN system, including the one that Malta and Barbados have been entrusted with CO facilitating, that is the full General assembly review of the ECOSocial and HLPF. Like you have Co Chairs, we are listening closely to Member States and fully appreciate the importance of aligning the ECOSOC HLPF review with, among others, this resolution and the UN 80 initiative more broadly as impartial co facilitators. We are looking forward to identifying, on the basis of the guidance of Member States relevant elements of today's resolution to implement in the ECOSOC HLPF review so that we can ensure system wide a more effective and efficient United nations for generations to come. I thank you. I thank the distinguished Permanent Representative of Barbados.

I give the floor to the Syrian Arab Republic followed by Cuba and then El Salvador.

Thank you. Co Chairs. Syria welcomes the adoption of the draft resolution on the UN 80 initiative. Since the beginning of this process, Syria has engaged positively and in good faith in the discussions with the aim of contributing to improve the work of the United nations and enhancing the implementation of mandate in a more efficient and transparent manner. We reaffirm the importance of respecting the exclusive role of Member States in the creation and review of mandates as a key principle that preserves the intergovernmental nature of the organization.

We also underlined the efforts to improve the work of the United States. United nations should be carried out in careful and gradual manner taking in account the different needs and priorities of Member States. The adoption of this resolution marks an important step forward and provides a strong basis for continued joint work. In this regard, Syria looks forward to work closely with all Member States to ensure the effective implementation of this resolution and contribute to success of the process and the United nations as well. Thank you.

I thank the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic. I give the floor now to Cuba, followed by El Salvador and then Brazil.

Thank you. Good morning. Kaliz Co Chairs, Cuba has decided to support the adoption of the draft resolution submitted within the framework of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Mandate Implementation Review.

Even though it contains some elements of concern for our delegation, we have done so with the aim of contributing positively to this process. However, we emphasize the importance of consensus in such processes which requires exhaustive negotiation on part of the Member States. In this regard, we reiterate that adopting A more conventional approach during discussions of the document involving line by line negotiations could have helped the Working Group reach consensus based outcomes. My delegation has emphasized on numerous occasions within the framework of the UN80 initiative that while we recognize the need for efficiency and for maximizing the impact of the United nations, we do not favor hasty decisions given that we are dealing with a process that propose substantive reforms of the organization. In that regard, we believe that extending the working of the ad hoc Working Group with a view to reaching consensus through more traditional negotiations will allow for a much stronger commitment among the Member States as we move toward the next stages of discussions regarding the UN 80 initiative.

In line with the above, we believe that optimal results from the UNAD initiative will only be achieved through the sustained commitment of all Member States to consensus, something that can only be achieved through transparent, inclusive and and comprehensive negotiations. We reiterate our commitment to continue actively participating in this process. I thank you.

I thank the representative of Cuba. I give the floor to El Salvador, then Brazil, Belarus and the Russian Federation.

Thank you. Dear Co Chairs, Allow me first of all to thank you both for leading this process as well for all your efforts to facilitate dialogue among the delegations. Thank you very much. Co Chairs for El Salvador, UN reform is essential precisely to ensure that the organization remains effective, relevant and capable of responding to the current, but also the future challenges in an increasingly complex international context marked by multidimensional crisis. International it is crucial to strengthen multilateralism, improve the system's efficiency, and ensure that its structures and working methods are aligned with the contemporary realities.

We also believe that any reform effort must preserve balance among the three pillars of the United nations, while also safeguarding the existing mandates, institutional expertise and technical capabilities of the entities within the system, particularly those that provide direct support to Member States, especially developing countries. So effective reform must also be based on the principles of transparency, predictability and coherence, ensuring the full and meaningful participation of Member States and also maintaining their authority in decision making. In this regard, my delegation has actively participated throughout the entire process, demonstrating also a constructive commitment in good faith and for this reason we have voted in favor of this resolution as it recognizes the time and effort invested by the delegations since the creation of this body and also taking into account the need to achieve a result that fulfills the mandate entrusted to you. Dear Co Chairs, in line with the global reforms efforts currently underway notwithstanding, my delegation will have appreciated that both the final consideration of the text and also the consultation process over the past few months had more closely followed the established practices of intergovernmental negotiations. Looking ahead, El Salvador attaches great importance to procedural approaches as well as furthering and strengthening efforts to promote timely and predictable communication.

That will be precisely, we hope, one of the guiding principles in the implementation of the mandate entrusted to the adult Working Group. Dear Co Chairs, thank you once again for all the efforts, for all the time, and for your leadership. Thank you.

I thank the distinguished permanent representative of El Salvador. I give the floor now to President Brazil, followed by Belarus, Argentina and then the Russian Federation.

Thank you very much. Dear Co Chairs, before briefly commenting on Brazil's votes today, let me thank you very much for the work you have undertaken. As you know, I've been personally and actively involved in the conversations and I could myself see the openness, the transparency and the honesty with which you conducted this process.

We voted against the motion of the first motion of no action on a principled reason basis that we believe that unless some procedural circumstances are not present, ideas should be debated by Member States. We voted in favor of the second action of no motion, no action of no motion, no action because we believe that the postponement would not lead us to further progress. And the dates were quite clear from the beginning. And obviously we voted in favor of the tax because we believe that it's a sound, good text, not a perfect text because there is no such a thing, but a good text, a balanced text. And finally, again, please take into heart our heartfelt thanks for the way you conducted this process.

And I think we all will be responsible for the way in which this resolution will be implemented. It's not free of risks, as you know. I've been conveying to you some of my concerns, but it will be important for us to be vigilant so that the spirit of the resolution will be fully abided by. I thank you again for all your work. I thank the distinguished Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil.

I give the floor now to Belarus, followed by Argentina, Russian Federation, Mexico and Senegal.

Dear colleagues, as a small delegation, we understand that some of you are tired of negotiations. But since the group now agreed by a vote to extend its work for a full year, it definitely had the opportunity to continue for another month. We are a small state and we were able to continue to work. Our opinion remained the same.

It was premature to decide on the adoption of this non consensual resolution within the working group. For this reason we did not participate in the vote. I thank you.

I thank the representative of Belarus. I give the floor now to Argentina.

Thank you very much. Distinguished Co chairs. Our delegation supported the working Group Co Chairs report including its draft resolution. Over the past month, we have participated actively and constructively in the discussions in all their faces and formats. We have witnessed the work and genuine efforts you, your teams and delegations have put forward to find common ground in a complex and delicate process that indeed can raise legitimate concerns and requires its own safeguards.

In this regard, we understand the final version of the draft resolution strikes a delicate and necessary balance which we take into account. We will expand our position and substantive comments during the formal adoption in the GA session. We hope this rough resolution lays the ground for a realistic and constructive work that can produce concrete results towards a more efficient and effective organization that can deliver better results on the ground and address the needs and national priorities of its Member States. I thank you.

I thank the representative of Argentina.

I give the floor to the Russian Fed Federation.

Excellencies. Diego Chairs. As I said in my first statement, I still owe you a lot of thanks to the work that you have done, the way you have covered onto the stage. It's regretful that we have identified lack of consensus text.

It is the situation in the world and which is reflected in the General Assembly. I wanted to first ask you to make sure that all the votings and motions are reflected in the description of the report. Because the report has to contain our debates and procedural motions which is submitted to the General Assembly. I hope it go without saying. Second, I still want to say that we have seen that a lot of delegations mentioned that it's not perfect.

But I wanted to underline that Russia was not a for a perfect document. I agree that there is no perfect documents in the un, but what we aspired for was some balance between the views and we still believe that this balance is not achieved. And we want to express our regrets that we have another document which is imposed on US Member States. The more imposed documents we have in the un, the one which do not enjoy consensus, the one which were not elaborated through negotiations. The further we go from the reality, and the further UN goes from reality is the worse for the un.

So unfortunately, I have nothing to congratulate you with. I hope that this consideration and debates that we have today will be taken into account in our future deliberations. And I thank you for your attention.

I thank the distinguished Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation. I give the floor now to Mexico, followed by Senegal and India.

Thank you, Mr. And Madam Chair. Deco facilitators have produced a final resolution on the mandate implementation review after lengthened consultation with Member States. The proposal represented a step forward on a complex interlinked and multi stage process on mandate review in line with objectives of UN 80 initiative to attain a more modern and effective organization. Mexico's presence is sincere appreciation to the Co Chairs from Jamaica and New Zealand for their dedicated efforts over the past six months in steering the consultations to bridge divergent positions across the membership on a matter of high priority for Mexico within the much needed reform of the organization. Mexico supported the texts placed under silence as we believe the proposals provided a common ground for future implementation review work and it strikes a delicate balance among the diverse perspectives expressed by delegations through the consultations.

We believe that it is important for the process promoted Under Work Stream 2 to continue advances that advancing sustainably and within established timelines. Mexico supports the proposed extension of the group for an additional 12 months, allowing time to advance on the implementation of the mandate review in line of the objectives of the UN8 initiative, including the avoidance of duplication and the enhancement of system wide coordination. For Mexico, the review of mandates should be carried out in a way that prevents preserves the balance among the three pillars of the UN Peace and security, development and human rights without any of them being overlooked and without limiting the scope of the resolution. Throughout the consultations, Mexico have emphasized the importance of calling upon the entire United nations system to apply the principles and provisions of this resolution. Mexico reiterates that the principles set forward the rein should be applicable to all UN organs included the Security Council thank you very much, Mr. And Madam Co Facilitators.

I thank the distinguished Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico. I give the floor now to Senegal, followed by India, who will be our last speaker. Thank you.

Dear Co Chairs, Senegal aligned itself with the a statement made by Singapore on behalf of a group of small states and would like to make a few remarks. In its national capacity, Senegal reaffirmed its firm commitment to an informed, inclusive, balanced and fair implementation of the UN 80 initiative.

In this regard, the delegation of Senegal is grateful to the Co chairs for their leadership and efforts to lead this process. Similarly, Senegal welcomed the constructive engagement of delegation in drafting a text that could reflect diverse positions around the common objectives that brings us together in this informal working group. In view of the above, my delegation welcomed the adoption of this draft resolution by the informal working group, even if he would have preferred for it to be adopted by consensus. Having said that, my delegation would like to emphasize three points. First, Senegal believes that this text, even it is not perfect, represent an element on which we can continue to capitalize in order to move towards a united nation that is better adapted to the current and future challenges without calling into question the prerogative of its Member States in creation, implementation and review of mandates.

Secondly, Senegal would like to reaffirm the indispensable balance between the three pillars of the Charter which calls for the strengthening of independence, interpolar efforts in creation, implementation and review processes for mandates. In this regards, the tools that the ad hoc working group will be working on must have not only the virtues of efficiency, but also of accessibility for all delegations. Thirdly, and equally important is the fact that the effort for concision and streamlining must in no way call into question the integrity of the of mandates or the exclusive prerogatives of Member States which must, at the end of this process, have their decision making capacity strengthened. Thanks in particular to the better adjusted support of the Secretariat. In conclusion, the delegation of Senegal reaffirms its commitment to contribute to the implementation of work stream number two and hope that this resolution will be the first milestone toward life satisfaction cycle of mandate better controlled by Member States for revitalized action at the level of the UN system and with even more impact on the ground.

Thank you.

I thank the representative of Senegal. I give the floor now to India.

Thank you, Mr. Kochaya. We really appreciate your commitment to seek consensual outcome throughout this process. Our delegation engaged proactively and constructively during this process across all formats. We consider that the draft text adopted today represent a delicate balance and will facilitate the implementation of unity across mandating bodies. Finally, we would like to clarify that during the vote on the draft resolution, we voted in favor of this draft text and we would request for necessary correction.

I thank you, Mr. Chair.

I thank the representative of India. We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote. After the vote, I now invite the Working Group to consider the draft report.

Are there any comments on the draft report? I give the floor to the Russian Federation.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman for your patience. I was just making sure that the motions will be reflected there and the voting. Thank you.

I thank the distinguished Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation. I see no other request for the floor. May I take it that it is the wish of the Working Group to adopt the draft report and to entrust the co chairs with its finalization in accordance with the practice of the United Nations? I hear no objection. It is so decided.

Colleagues, before we conclude, allow me on behalf of Ambassador Schwalger to say thank you to all of you, every last one who has engaged in this process over the last six months. We know it has been different. It has been difficult, but we have a rare opportunity now to help to make the UN Better and more relevant. And what we do with what we have in this resolution, those things that we have agreed and have adopted, is really where the determination will lie about how effective and how efficient the United nations can become. So we urge you to continue to participate as you have to give of yourselves, to ensure that what we have agreed will become implemented over the life of the working group.

We appreciate very much your patience with us and as co chairs, the thoughtfulness with which you engaged in this process, the constructive views that were brought, and your facilitation in helping us to achieve a balanced text that we consider still to be of high ambition. We are grateful for your efforts along the way with us. We will see you on Tuesday at 3pm here in this hall. The meeting is adjourned.