Report of the Secretary-General on policy matters pertaining to special political missions

The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 77/127, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report regarding the overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions, including efforts towards improving expertise and effectiveness, transparency, accountability, geographical representation, gender perspective and the equal participation of women, as well as youth participation. The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to include in the report information on the impact of the reforms in the United Nations on the implementation of the mandates of the special political missions. The report, which is the eleventh submitted to the Assembly on this item, covers the period from June 2022 to July 2023.

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