Hall of meetings of the UN General Assembly (archive). The General Assembly with reservations adopted the resolution proposed by the Russian Federation on the initiative of the Secretary General of UN-80 UN ~ 60 > UN General Assembly on Friday consensus adopted a resolution on the initiative of the UN-80 Secretary General (UN80) aimed at strengthening & nbsp; and optimization of the United Nations system. in the text represented by Russia and adopted without voting, the efforts of the General Secretary to strengthen the United Nations “in order to keep up with the changing world” are welcome and the UN structures and specialized institutions are called up to coordinate their efforts to coordinate their efforts reform. ~ 60 > initiative “UN-80”, launched by the General Secretary in March, focused on three priorities: increase & nbsp; operational efficiency of the organization, evaluation & nbsp; how the key tasks set before the a.m. Member States, and the study of the possibilities of conducting structural reforms in the UN system. During the debate, several delegations expressed support for reform, but doubted the choice of time to adopt the resolution. Thus, speaking on behalf of the European Union, Denmark stated that this process was “premature and unjustified” and that the limited time for consultations did not allow constructive participation in the discussion of the initiative. >~ 60 > Australia, speaking on behalf of the group, Australia and New Zealand), supported This point of view, warning that the “hastily accepted” resolution risks the risk of limiting the scale of the reform proposals. ~ 60 > Switzerland, speaking on behalf of Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, stressed that the reform should be “ambitious and strategic” and relying on Existing assets. ~ 60 > Japan announced its “adherence to a multilateral approach”, noting that this initiative meets the urgent need to revive the UN activity. ~ 60 > Russia, for its part, rejected the statement that the text was prepared in In a hurry, saying that she held several rounds of consultations and took into account the Red Lines indicated by delegations. This procedure establishes a period of time during which delegations can express their objections to the draft resolution or decision before it is officially adopted. ~ 60 > Russian delegate that the resolution puts the member states “at the helm of the rudder; nbsp” of reforms, recognizing the pre-trialist of the general Secretary as the main administrative official in accordance with the UN Charter.