Working Group on an Agenda for Peace
Official Title: Informal Open-ended Working Group on an Agenda for Peace
Chairman: Amb. Tunguru Huaraka (Permanent Representative of Namibia)
Vice-Chairman:
Secretary: Lesley Wilkinson (DPA)
Established: has met in the 47th, 49th and 50th sessions of the General Assembly
Reports: provisional reports of two sub-groups were completed in the summer of 1996: WGAP/96/1; WGAP/96/2 [Conference Room Papers, 6 September 1996]
The Working Group stopped meeting in 1996.
Sub-groups:Preventive Diplomacy and Peacemaking
Chairman: Amb. Richard Butler (Permanent Representative of Australia)
The Question of United Nations Imposed Sanctions
Chairman: Amb. Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim (Permanent Representative of Brazil)
Post-Conflict Peace-Building
Chairman: Minister Counsellor Vijayalakshmi Menon (Deputy PR of Singapore)
Coordination
Chairman: Amb. Hans Jacob Biorn Lian (Permanent Representative of Norway)
Working Group on Agenda for Development
Ofiicial Title: Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of the General Assembly on an Agenda for Development
Chairman: Amb. Razali Ismail, ex officio (President of the General Assembly)
Co-Vice-Chairman: Amb. Rene Valery Mongbe (Permanent Representative of Benin)
Co-Vice-Chairman: Amb. Peter Osvald (Permanent Representative of Sweden)
Secretary: Alexandre de Barros (DPCSD)
Established: 19 December 1994; resolution A/49/126
Reports: A/49/45 [1995]; A/50/45 [1996]; A/AC.250/1 (Parts I-III, draft, 1997) [final text to be issued in: A/51/45].
This Working Group was the first to complete its work in the summer of 1997.
Working Group on the Security Council
Official Title: Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council.
Chairman: Amb. Hennadiy Udovenko, ex officio (President of the General Assembly)
Co-Vice-Chairman: Amb. Asda Jayanama (Permanent Representative of Thailand)
Co-Vice-Chairman: Amb. Wilhelm Breitenstein (Permanent Representative of Finland)
Secretary: Tapio Kanninen (DPA)
Established: 3 December, 1993; resolution A/48/26
Reports by the Working Group on the Security Council
Note: The WG addresses two "clusters": Cluster I deals with Council membership, including the veto and voting, while Cluster II deals with working methods of the Council
Working Group on the Financial Situation
Offical Title: High-level Open-ended Working Group on the Financial Situation of the United Nations
Chairman: Amb. Hennadiy Udovenko, ex officio (President of the General Assembly)
Co-Vice-Chairman: Amb. Ernst Sucharipa (Permanent Representative of Austria)
Co-Vice-Chairman: Amb. Annette des Iles (Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago)
Secretary: Ozdinch Mustafa (DPA)
Established: 23 December 1994; resolution A/49/143
Reports: A/49/43 [1995]; A/50/43 [1996]; A/51/43 [1997]
The activities of this Working Group are suspended until further notice.
Working Group on the Strengthening of the UN System
Official Title: Open-ended High-level Working Group on the Strengthening of the United Nations System
Chairman: Amb. Razali Ismail, ex officio (President of the General Assembly)
Co-Vice-Chairman: Amb. Prakash Shah (Permanent Representative of India)
Co-Vice-Chairman: Amb. Hans Jacob Biorn Lian (Permanent Representative of Norway)
Established: 14 September 1995; resolution A/49/252
Reports: A/50/24 [1996]; A/51/24 [1997]
The Working Group completed its work in the summer of 1997.
