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General Assembly: 38th plenary meeting, 80th session
General Assembly Revitalization, Broader UN Reform Are Inseparable, Speakers Tell 193-Member Body, Urging Action to Make Organization Stronger, More Effective
As the General Assembly convened today, delegates heard that this year’s revitalization process is unfolding against the backdrop of a broader reform agenda under the UN80 Initiative — and that the two efforts are inseparable.
Presiding over the meeting, Assembly President Annalena Baerbock (Germany) stressed that both tracks share a common purpose: to make the United Nations “more effective, more efficient and ultimately stronger”. But, she also warned, “business as usual will not suffice”. “We need fewer repetitive resolutions, shorter debates and smarter scheduling” — “no more resolutions for resolution’s sake”, only those that genuinely advance peace, development and human rights, she told the 193-member organ.
Reforms “remain just words on paper” unless implemented in good faith. Assembly resolution 79/327 sets a clear path forward, Ms. Baerbock said, noting that it merges duplicative agenda items, limits explanations of vote, simplifies adoption procedures and encourages biennial and triennial cycles where appropriate.
- Report of the Economic and Social Council - Item 9 (A/80/3, A/80/308) Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields - Item 13 (A/80/271)
- Joint debate on the items
- Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations - Item 120
- Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly - Item 121
- Joint debate on the item
