Dr. Zoltán Varga, Deputy Permanent Representative of Hungary delivered a statement today on behalf of the 25 Member States of the Accountability, Coherence & Transparency ACT Group, at the 2nd thematic debate of the Ad-Hoc Working Group on revitalization of the United Nations General Assembly, dealing with working methods. The Group agrees that the GA needs to increase its efficiency in the context of emerging global challenges to make sure it can live up to its role as one of the principal organs of the UN.
The 25 small and mid-sized countries of the cross-regional ACT group work together to improve the working methods in United Nations organs. One of the main fora where the group has been actively engaged so far is the AHWG on revitalization of the General Assembly, more specifically the cluster discussing selection of the Secretary General and other executive heads of the UN. This year however, the group decided to widen the scope and explore further ways on how it can contribute to the success of the revitalization process. Hungary coordinated and delivered the first statement containing the group’s comments on how to improve working methods of the GA. The common statement highlighted the ACT support for the creation of a code of conduct to guide election campaigns; welcomed the alignment of the work of the General Assembly and ECOSOC on the 2030 Agenda; encouraged biennalization and triennalization of some agenda items in the GA and the rationalization of side-events during the High-level week of the GA as well as further fine-tuning of the UN Journal, in order to achieve a more user-friendly platform, with a straight forward access, as envisaged by the membership in last year’s agreement. Please find the statement on the right.
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