jt P E R I ' , l A N E t vTl S S I O O F N O R W A Y Nl N TOTH D NA T I O S N LlrNITE --*-+ 3F r ti Jr." FI # PEIIMANENTMISSIONOF ECI"JADOTi TO TI_Ig NI'TED ATIONS U N I 9 J u 1 1 ,0 0 9 2 E ,rc e l l e n c y , l l t o u r c a p a c i ti ' a C o ^ c h a i r' .stl tc A cJ l oc \\' orki rrg s c rf l GroLrp the R evi tal i zati on theC erreral orr of A s s e n rb l ,v ,e h a v ed ra fte d a s 1' nopsi s the threJtherr' ,i tirneeri ngs drhus w of c hel f' ar,i rrcl udi ' g recotnmendations the wit\' forward.u,hich attach retous preyiorsll, 0n rvc he indicated. Th e s 1 ' rto Psta k e sc a rc fi tlc c c ourl r propr:sal recornrncrrcl atiapd vi erns is s. of ons erpresscd b* lr4 e n rb cSta l e s b o ti r d u ri l tg o l rr l i rrcc thenrrti c r , rnceti ngs11 i .[urre, and cj i rl i ng our i ,.,forn.,o t c o n s u l t a t i o nW.e i o o k f , . l r r v a rtd l r e a r i n g4 e m b e r t a t e s ' \ , i e v v s a n d s o \ S on r e a c t i o nis t h i s o s 1 ' n o p s dsu r i r r c . t rt t c x lr n e t i r r qr,l h i c hr v ej r r l e n ( o c o n v e t ,oe r2 7 . l u l r2 0 0 9 i d ot e ir , W e a l s o i r r l e n d o d c d i c a r e a r t o 1 - h a t I n e e t i n go b r i e l i n gv o u o n r p t t b a l l 6 r i ' ga r r c'lo t i n g t e c l r n o l o ga sw e l l a so n r j o c u r l c n t a t r o r r . v. A s C o -c h a i rs w s rv o u l d l i k c 1 o rene\\,oLtr . con.rmi tmcnr observi ng to rhe pri nci pl es of t ra tl s p a re n c y d i n c l u s i v c n c sin our col l ecti ve an s eftorrsto achi eve subsLnti ve and tangi bl e r e s u l ts u ri rrg tc c i l rre ns e s s i c u.W e exprcss grati tude the hi 96 Ievel d tl { our for of i pterest shorvn b1' Ivlember Stares. attcJ rve look foru,ardto thc acrivc participatiJn ,i.1.;rii;;;'in ,,',. of n re e ti n ga h e a d s P l e a s c c c e pE x c e l l e rrc Ih c a s s urancc ourl ri ghest si derati on. a t v, of' col fCA4 h*t,Llnl",{ Anrbassador Fernanda Marfa Espinosa Perrnanerrt Representative of Dcuador theUnited to Natiotrs Arnbassador MorlelrWetland Perrnanent Representative oJ' Nonva.v theUnitedNations fo m e g a , F A XF a c s i m i l e Services REF H l75gi" 60A208 P A GE 30F IIOC H/ORKING GROIJP ON "I'TIERE\/ITALIZATTON OI.TIIE GEn* IIA t_, SSEIVI L y E r\ B 8 .lul1'2009 SYNOPSIS TH EI\{ATIC OF' N,TEETII{GS TIIITA D OF Int,r!ductiq0 I B y i t s r e s o l u t i o6 Z i ? 1 6 . l h e c n e r aA s . s e n r b l t , d c c i coe d r a b l i s h .t j t s s r x t r , _ n G l t i cs a third session. ad hoc rvorkinggroup opento all Menrber an States tjrereyitalization op of thc Gcrreral Asscnrblv, I (a) To identifl'f'urrhel \vaysto enhaucc mle, authority'. the cffcctiveness a'd efficicncy theAssenrbll'. of intcralia,b,v building previous on resolutions: (b) To sr'rbmitreport a thcreon thcAssembly its sixty-third to ar session. 2 Duri;rsthe sixty-thirct scssion thc Ccneral of Asscnrbly, 20 lr,{arc6 on 2009.thc P r c s i d c n to l ' l l r c G c n c r a l A s s c m h l va p p o i n t e d r sa s r h e t \ v o c h a i r p e r s o l s L c , l 't h e \\forkingGroup. i. Follou'ing our appoinl,ucnr co-Chairs. con\jened first nreef on i 5 as \\.e a ing A p r i l 2 0 0 91 oa l i o u , i o ra g e n c r ae x c h a n go f v i e r v s l n o n g h e mernbership, l c a t includir:g on the bestway forward. 1, We lirrthcrcontirtucd conduct to informnl mcctingswith rnani,lr4ember States and represehtatives the dift'crerrt ol' regionalanc"l political[roups subsequent the first to meeting- During thescintbrmaltncctings bcnefited we extcnsively,, fiom the insights. experience concrete and ideasof lvlember Stales boththe substance the technical on alrd andproced,ral aspects the r:evitaliz.atio' of proccss. 5, As a resultof thcse exchangcs thecontributions and received irorni\4ernber States duringthe meeting April 15, rveidentificd of various issues havingbeenunderscoreci as mostfrequently emphatically beingnrostcentral the reviralization and as to process and dcveloped rvork plan on thal basis a whichw'ecirculated all MemberStates a lefter to in dated29 May'2009.1n Ietterwe proposed convene the to threethematic meetings the on mosl importantissues identifiedb1,Mcrnbel Srates as during the rnonthof .lune.As announced thc first rneeting, arc herebyprcscnting at we to 1,oua synopsis these of mectings, including recommcndations theway forward. crn I rnega-FAX acsimile F Services REF H I 759160A208 PAGE 40F lu; t'Lt{l lllN(-fl | | | I .lij lull ul a : A , , - . . ' j l m n l e m c n t a t i o 0 G A r e s o l u f i o na n d t h g , , , G A g c n d a O n e r a t i o n aa n d of l s ():dt technicLlissg.g.s, incl-ud.irlg.jnfornra!ion, in orl..the, votinq sv.-!crrr, the framen,ork PIa&l fif the Canitgl-Mastcr (r. rvasircld on 3 Junc, The first tlrcrnatic in rlcetirrg, indicated the'rvorkplarr. as o1'groups, itttervened our djscurssions Ninc delcgations. sornc also speakirrg behalf in on 0n theissues indicatcd above. 7. peflaining therevitelization theGA. of On the inrplerncrrtation resolutions to of thc vicil, was expressed that ovcr the l,ears sufticient a numbcrof proposals been had adopteCbv the Assernlrly and that lr{crnberStates should now focus 0n their implernenl,ation.this context.scveral underlined the Charldeveloped Jn that bi, speakers r.vould a goocl tireprevious hoc workinggrouprJuring 62"d Ad thc be for session basis that effort.Whilc .somc thal to thoughl. thc Secretan'-Ccncral shor-rld requestcd update be thc Charton a regular basis. inclutling indication reasons non-inrplementation, an fbr of one delegation suggested that rcvieu'ot thc inrplernentation resolutions of should bc undertaken 4-5 r'cars. thoscin favnurol'continuing revierv only errery the etercise, OI indicated mav bc benellcialto consider. the outset,nrodalities such a at son'le it tbr revietv. and one delegation noted a linkagcbetrveen suchan exercise and the mandate proccss. ret'ierv The samcdelegatiou eugucd that inionnation the implementatron on of r\ssenrbiy, resolr.rtrons an sirclulci lrecorne intec.ral also of feature the Secretary-Ceneral's anrrual reFort. 8 the Regarding qucstiorr the GA ngcnda. oi that several spea.fiers arp;ued the best $'a\' lo revitalrZe Assembll, ivuuldbe ftri'it to facilitate thc consideral.ion of'the nosl prcssing u'hic:ii ol'r'elevanceail lr,lenrber issues cl['our linreancl to aic as States r.l,e)]as the iniernational comrnunjtv a r.r'liolc. nunrbcrof speakers as also suggested that a A strearniining thc agenda of couldbe bcncficial thatthe nany imminent crises andnew so that challenges havecomc to the t-ore{iont the interlational politicalagenda recent in oI \/earscould bc nrole firlll' and cll-ectively Many MernberStatesindicated addrcssedwillingness approach challcnge the agcnda the GA,,rvhileat the sametime to of of the underlining iheir awareness the politicalscnsitivitl, any such undertaking. of The of possibility the elimination. of biennialization, triennialization, of itemsrvascited. etc. put Oneproposal foru'ard rvasto considcr sunset a clausc agenda for items. 9. In thc wider conlextof the Assernbl,v's agenda. useof thematicdcbates the was also addressed nrany \'lcmber States. Thcre was r+'idespread by agreenlellt the on iniportanceof holding thcse debaleson issuesof relevaaceto the international commuttity and ot'concern and intcrest the Organization. was alsonotedthattheir It to thenres tinringshouldbe decided consultation and ilr *ith MemberStates, thatthcy and shouldbe rvellprepared. proposed futurethematic deiegations Sorne that deba(es should become nlore results-oriented bc tied to ernerging and Thenratic debates issues. could ',1'orking Ieadto the adoption a resolutionor the establishnrent an open-ended group of of olt the issuc discusscd, and a list ol'proposals rnadeby lr4en:ber Statesduring their thernalic discussions coukl be drallcdac.cordjngly. Anotherdelegation. while generally m e g a F A XF a c s i m i l e S e r v i c e s REF ff 1?5gl-60A208 PAGE 50F s u p p o rti v eo 1 'th c i n tp o rta n l rol e pl al ' cd bv themati cdebatcs.exprcs.sed )cernevet' col d u ;rl i c a l i ttn ' d i s c u s s i r:rrs i thi rosei n othcrbodi es(e.g.thc i ri fth C ornmi ttee). r.ri r.r, l 10. At thesal'ne mccting. several speakers intcrvcned lhevoting on s3,stenrtheCA. in d groupof'lvlentbct' States reclucsted furtherinforrnation vr:tingsystems. on Other delegations sharcd vicr,i, it rvould Llse to heara fcrllou'-up [lte that be ful brlcfingor] votirrg s),stclns. One dclel:ation suggcstcd rcque.sting ASG for IT to provicleinformarion tlic on tire latestvotingtcchnologl' available asked anri which s)'stent vi'ould in place be durinatlie ClvlP. Anotherdcleeation argue thatcrnpirical d datarvasrequired aid ivlember tcl States in making dscision thc various e on options a newvotings),s1eltr. lbr Onedelegation ploposcd refer issue the5'r'Committee theACABQ, to thc to arrd Several lr4cmber wanted improve existing States to thc s1'stern counting of ballots by handrr.'hereas associated or.te delegation added. its r:ational in capacit-"-. it that wasin far,'or oJ'malting uscof nnv technologv, lull Another delegationwas not opposedto nelv technologl,if it could bedone form rv i th i nc x i s ti n gre s c ru t ' ces. And I'et anoiher cielegalionsLrfigestcd ri'ould be extrerriell'ci{sy to irrrplemcnr it o p ti o n A to a c h i e v ei rn provcnrents nght au' at, a ol'\,isr.r,s commcnl.s. o{fering r,ru'ict), and irrcluding follou,ing: thc r . l1 l n o t h e r c t l a r k s t h e i s s u e J ' d o c u r n c n l a f i r v a s a i s e d 1 , ag r o u pc f c o u n t r i e s . o on r b r,vhicit ernphasrzcd rilportance tire of'the tir:re[-V issuance documer:ts all the si.x of in o{'ircial languages requested and clarifrcation thc Sccretariat the possible ironr on savings {,hat could accrue throughtlte, reduction of'the distribution hard copies. of assuming that electrrrnic distr-ibution would he quickcr.lcsscostly' and more environmentally benign. Anothcrgroupol'countrics tor.rchecl the role oJ'theMain Comnrittccs, upon namely to explorethe possibilitl'of streanrlining Assernbly's the rvork load betweenthe Main Committees and the plcnarl'.And onc-delegation suggested that there shouldbe no paralleJ rneetings betu,'ee n Main Committees theplenary. and "-[\g,J.,nlc the B. of Gclrcral AsggFblv its relationshin the p{re{ qr-incinal to ln.d o.rqgnp Jhe Qr.qflnisation thc visibiliW of and and nublicoutreach capacitv the of annoiqting..,-S ari cs-Ggqgr.a csJcl l'q.l-t]lgtJni tcd Nat ions'l of blv,;J'lrc rol,-c- rcsnon.sihility thc Gcncrnl Asseqblv in the process ilnd of 12. A.t the secondthcrnalicmeeting. 5 .lune,fiftccn delegations, cln some again speaking bclralf variou.s on groups, of intcrvcned theissncs on underdiscussion. 13. On the rclationship bchvccntbc GA and thc othcr principal organs, view the was exprcssed a large group of \4emherStatesthat the primary ob.jective GA by of revitalization to conl.inue strengthen role and positionof the GA as the chief was to the deliberative, policy-making and representativc organof the LIN. On the otherhand, m e g a F A XF a c s i m i l e Services RE F H I 7591604208 PAGE 60F reI-erences tttatlc \\;ere b1'scveral spcal