Top officials updated Member States on Monday, 6 April, on selected proposals under the UN80 reform initiative, including an initial assessment of a possible merger between the gender equality agency, UN Women, and the UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA, as well as updates on the technology and data tracks.
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, 31 March, adopted a landmark resolution to strengthen how UN mandates - the decisions taken by Member States that guide the Organisation’s work - are created, implemented and reviewed across the system.
Read the Co-Chairs Presentation at the Oral briefing on the Zero draft resolution on 08 January 2026.
Explore the Informal Ad Hoc Working Group Zero Draft Resolution on Mandate Creation, Implementation and Review for an Effective United Nations
Explore the Production Phase Roadmap as sent by the Co-chairs on 23 December.
The Informal Ad Hoc Working Group (IAHWG) Co-Chairs recently released an Interim Report on the Mandate Implementation Review.
Read the written input submitted by DESA at the third technical briefing of the Informal Ad Hoc Working Group.
Browse through the Mandate Review brief on the good practices around mandate review.
The United Nations outlined how it intends to advance one of its most comprehensive system-wide reform efforts in decades, as Under-Secretary-General for Policy Guy Ryder presented the UN80 Initiative Action Plan. The plan brings the Secretary-General’s major UN80 reform proposals into a single, coherent structure to streamline efforts that will make the UN system deliver better.
On Friday, 27 February, the General Assembly was briefed on the latest developments of the UN80 Initiative – a system-wide reform effort to make the organisation more effective and fit for the future – including progress on the New Humanitarian Compact and on training and research reforms.
The Informal Ad Hoc Working Group Co-Chairs convened the briefing on the Mandate Implementation Review on 13 October 2025. Panelists focused on the "creation" phase of the mandate lifecycle and created a platform for members of the working group to pose questions to the executive-level briefers.