{"id":27366,"date":"2015-11-03T10:15:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71development\/?page_id=27366"},"modified":"2017-09-06T12:09:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T16:09:56","slug":"commitment-to-ethics-and-transparency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/commitment-to-ethics-and-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Commitment to Ethics and Transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since his election in June 2016, President\u00a0Thomson\u00a0has committed to running his Presidency in the most open and transparent manner possible.<\/p>\n

Member States worked in close contact with the Presidency of the General Assembly in order to strengthen the accountability, transparency and institutional memory of the Office.\u00a0Resolution 70\/305\u00a0on the\u00a0Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly and its annexes, adopted on 13 September 2016, have been welcomed as a milestone and breakthrough on this process.<\/p>\n

For the first time in history, on\u00a013 September\u00a02016, Ambassador Thomson became the\u00a0first president to take an\u00a0oath of office\u00a0in which\u00a0he\u00a0solemnly declared\u00a0to\u00a0truthfully perform the duties and exercise the functions entrusted to him\u00a0as President of the General Assembly of the Â鶹APP in all loyalty, discretion\u00a0and conscience, and to\u00a0discharge these\u00a0functions and regulate his\u00a0conduct with the interest of the Â鶹APP only in view and in accordance with the Â鶹APP Charter and the Code of Ethic for the Presidency of the General Assembly, without seeking or accepting any instruction in\u00a0regard to the performance of his\u00a0duties from any Government or other source external to the Organization.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9UN Photo: Oath of Office<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a9UN Photo: Oath of Office<\/p><\/div>\n

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