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Belarus participates in the general debate of the Operational Activities for Development Segment of the 2019 ECOSOC session

23.05.2019

Operational Activities for Development Segment (OAS) of the Economic and Social Council’s session continues its work at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Valentin Rybakov took part in the general debate of the Operational Segment. In his statement, the Head of the Belarusian diplomatic mission emphasized the need to fully take into account the development specifics of the host state as one of the determining conditions for successful implementation of the development system reform.

V. Rybakov noted active role of Belarus in preparation of the development system’s funding compact. The Head of the Permanent Mission outlined readiness of Belarus to continue to provide necessary assistance to the Secretary-General’s team to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations operational activities for development in the most effectively assisting countries in their efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda.

A mandate for the funding compact was laid down by Member States in the UNGA resolution 72/279 on the UN development system’s repositioning. Belarus, as a member of the ECOSOC Bureau, was included in the group of 19 states responsible for drafting the funding compact.

The Ambassador of Belarus called for timely and high-quality elaboration of further practical steps to implement one of the reform proposals of the Secretary-Genera – giving a new impetus to assistance provided to middle-income countries through the UN operational bodies. V. Rybakov expressed readiness of Belarus to render any necessary support to the Secretary General’s team in this regard.

In the context of the regional dimension of the development system’s repositioning, V. Rybakov spoke in favor of the need to preserve the ECOSOC regional commissions’ roles as coordinators for the development of regional interaction and regional integration, including the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

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