Closing remarks by
H.E. MR. HARRI HOLKERI
President of the General Assembly
at the General Committee
informal brainstorming session
14 February 2001
I think we have had a very good exchange of views and I would like to thank
all delegations for their contribution. I have taken due note of all comments
made.
As I mentioned yesterday this discussion served as launching the process and
it is my intention now to continue consultations together with Ambassador Valdes.
I intent to arrange an informal meeting of the Plenary some time in March and
in the meantime we will continue to consult Member States and major groups in
order to prepare for that meeting. I will also, with the assistance of Ambassador
Valdes, prepare a non-paper to facilitate our discussions at the meeting.
I would like to assure Member States that I will continue to work in full transparency
and openness in order to keep the whole membership involved.
Finally let me stress that although we might differ in details, this should
not hamper our work to achieve our common goal to enable the General Assembly
as the chief deliberative, policy-making and representative body of the UN to
play its role effectively.