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Statement the Algertan delegatlon on behalf of the Non Allgned Mãvement before the Ad Hoc WorLlãg Group on tie

RTVITALIZATION OF THE UIORK OF lHE GENERAIASSEMBLY

Iìfew York, 26 March 2OlO

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l- I have the honor to speak on behalf of the Non_Aligned

Movement.

2' At the outset, I wourd rike to express our thanks to you co-chairs for thi;-;;"** which and ourofappreciation is one a series of thematic meedngs of "ottuining the il._H-"dwgr*i;'ä."up on the Revitalizarion of the work of the General nts"*urv, .rr"i"-ï.Jr"" of great importance to 118 Member states or the Ñàn-Aligned the lvt-o-väent, as weu aé, I am the whole membersrrip oitlr" sure, to c.rr""r¿ã.".*Ëry,
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appoinrment or rhe ;.::::":j - Relationship between the Gene¡al Assembly - srrengrhening of the ornce oirËp;Jä;T; 11$ olher principle organs;

- Implementation Assembly resorutions; - Consideration of-of new uoiì"g â and baltoting system; Assemutv i,' tne seie?tr'; ;;lr

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S-The thernes referred to in your letter of rg JVrarch are, idenrified bv.resolution 6sfão-s oi rËê;;rar Assemtl, ;t also, those we, as by or-ä,1iä''o"

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4-AIt these issues are of great importance and the ourset rhlt stron! nrgf.e.ence ;;-;ï"" the NAM rikes to state from tt .its. devour sufficienr rime, ii"ï"ài"g "t trr"- address these .;liti";;"ïeetings torrã;ì.i"g Group issues thoroughly' our ti- .ù91-¿ ¡" tãáït i"te concrete progress during the current sessio' or trrriä iloc working results and real Group. S-The Non Aligned Movement reiterates the validity and relevance principred positio:r. r;g"rd to ùr" --i""ii arization of the of its Assembry as the chief-with General delibeiåtive, policy-*"tirrg and representative organ of the United Nations. ih;-i\,Ioilrrrrrr.t ¡"tiä"" tt.t the issue of the revitalization is a political pto"""" tr,"t ,"fr-iä political will of all memb"r öi"tr. -the commitment and the for it to succeed. Co-Chairs

6-The NAM attaches the importance resolutions of the Generar Às'sembty, to the implementation of all including those rerated to revitalization of the work or th, n.õ.mniy.-s.,"r, imprementation the w'r,

authority of the General Assembly undoubtedly, strengthen the.role and lo the promotion of the and qualitatively õnhance .its- contribution well as our common goals UN Charter; as prín"ipi"" pu{poses Indeed the role and "llh: development and international cooperation' for peace, "na be respected and promoted' prerogatives of iñ" c"n"r"r a*.ååuij-"ttot1¿ of international peace and including i' i."ü"* ,"f"t"¿ to the mái"t"n"nce its relevance in many occasions security where tt Àt""*bly has pïåt"a " proposals ¿imed at the z-since the beginning of this process,.many of the GA' have been of-the wãrking mettods and ptaðtió"* improvement put forward, a number of ut"-- tt""ã been adopted T .ry99*gendations t""otutìons 5II241' 59/313 and tlrrough Assembly resolutiorrr, irr.liãi'g alia to: Rules of procedure; 601236. Suchîå"ã**endations relatJinter s; of General Committee, Main committeethe organizarion ";;;;li;g. of of reports; the Agenda Consolidation, preparation and 1""t."""
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on matters that will 8-These resolutions also include recommendations nomination' selection such as the addressed during our next *"ãtlttg", the relationship between the and appointmeni of the S""r"tãry--Ci""itf; organs, the strengthening of the General Assembly and other priiciple Assembly' Office of the pre"iatnt of the General
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issued.as -we -note recommndations has been t"gur"trv that, in general ' a reaT progress of the Ad Hoc working crortp. of areas, but recognize that there are have been achieved oã th" ma¡ority efforts to achieve progress and still area* *rr"rã we need to "iã*ållisour issue of nomination' selection the implementation. One of these *L"" where provisions of two appointm"ri or the s""t"t"ry General, yet been implemented' and have not resolutions namely 5I l24t anJ OO hgO
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lo-withregardtothevotingandballotinBsystem,theMovement LV technlcal improvement that will supports, as a principlea po"i,-iott Assembly, by making it more 'r" -*ãr" provide *rrppoit-to thå work oi tfr"'General 1ni" regard, the NAM has from the secured. efficient .ra to Introduce a technically more beginning welcomed the proposal
and balloting' advanced system for both voting

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1l-During previous sessions, presentations were received by the Ad Group, a potrntirt uåtirrf .rra baloting systemsHoc _ -on for consideration by Member states. It appeaîed that neither-of the systems presented rneet the requirements or:-retia¡ility, credibility, integrity and confidentiality.

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consequently, no formal decision has been taken in this regard. 12'The NAM therefore reiterates its readiness to examine any proposal for a new system that improves gurrent system and meets trre security !h1 and confidentiality requirements I just menúo""¿. Co-Chairs 13-Let me now ¡resgnt the specific NAM recommendations for our work during this session of the Ad Hoc Working G;;;p.

recommendations.

l4-Firstly u'e propose that the chart on the status of General Assembly resolutions be revisited withon the implementation the more concise. In particular, we suggest that "ñ;f making it recommendations that have been alreaayiäpiemented,all references to either on ongoing basis or as one time action, be remov.a rrom the chart; especialry those emanating from previous reports of the ed rroc make the document more concise and more working Group. This will focused, sincq it will be concentrated on the following two categories of recommendations: -Those still to be implementeä; -Those which wiil àppear foi the first time in the document, as new

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ls-with regard to.the draft program of work proposed in your letter of 1g Mars, the NAM wishes to make-c.oncrete proposal.whilst we, in general, support your approach, the NAM is of the äpi"io" devoted for consideration of matters on the that the amount of time suflicient' we are also concerned over trrà iaìt AHWG agenda is not that important agenda items are clustered together; we-wo_uld prefer ìo in order to allow for focused debate, rrriãn wiflseparation of items ".. a read to concrete recommendations. In this regard the NAM wishes to propose that issues on the agenda be alloweJ il, o',,,,n inäividual each of meering,

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.RelationshipbetweenGeneralAssemblyan$ojhermainUNorgans,ina Mav; ;;;riõl; uã t"Àé¿uled during the first week of of ihe General Assembly' President -strengthening ;îìh;õin"" ãr tt. .ffi;;"d" tniËti"g alreadv scheduled for 26 Mav;
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to provide more detailed NAM atso kindly requests the co-chairs thã meetings as well as 16- The t*tft"ds of information on ifre intended-worii"g teflected and what actions will outcomä ãitrr""" -""tiiä";'i1ñ; how the In other words what is the -ãi be undertaken roi it "i, imptem-entation. and the follow-up of these our di";;;"i;;" envisaged ort"oã" month of June' discussions, in p"tti"uttt during the to contribute effectively and 17-The NAM reiterates its readiness Working Group with the aim of constmctiv"f' to tit"-work of tttãïJ fto" deliberatiõns' We emphasize the achieving a positive outcome of o''tt and transparent-approach in it in a importance to "ompr"hensive ár decisions and outcome of "ããr""" order to ensureã-ãn""üt" #;iJ;;;;tiã" ittã Wotting Group's deliberations'

I thank You.

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