Â鶹APP Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres today issued a progress report on the UN80 Initiative, outlining reforms underway across the UN system and urging strong Member States¡¯ engagement to move the process forward.

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The report places the Initiative in a new ¡°decisive phase¡±. It shows where UN80 has generated movement, and how reform proposals are advancing along their decision pathways. It distinguishes issues that are ready, or nearly ready, for decision-making from those requiring further design and consultation. It also makes clear where political support and decisions are now needed to carry reform all the way. The report describes key reforms already underway to strengthen impact, reduce fragmentation and duplication across the UN system, while recognizing that progress is advancing at different speeds.

Key developments include:

• The adoption of General Assembly resolution 80/251, establishing a new basis for mandate discipline and strengthening how UN system mandates are created, implemented and reviewed;
• Changes to the Secretariat¡¯s operating model, including a 21 per cent reduction in staff positions in 2026, new common administrative platforms and the relocation of about 230 posts from high to lower-cost locations, as part of about 2,300 positions UN system-wide;
• New delivery models, including integrated supply chains under the New Humanitarian Compact, now being piloted in Afghanistan, Haiti, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Somalia and Sudan, alongside the empowerment of Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators working in crisis settings;
• A forthcoming peace operations review, expected in June, which will present recommendations to adapt the UN¡¯s toolbox and create a more flexible peace operations architecture fit for today¡¯s challenges;
• Reconfiguring UN country teams, resetting regional arrangements, and improving access to support for countries via an Expertise-on-Demand Mechanism and Joint Knowledge Hubs to accelerate the delivery of Sustainable Development Goals;
• The establishment of the Human Rights Group to better coordinate human rights work across the UN system;
• Work to strengthen shared services, technology and data capacities across the UN system, including a new Unified Services Roadmap for all administrative services, a UN System Data Commons, and Technology Accelerator Platform to better connect these critical enablers of delivery.
• Other structural proposals, including assessments of potential mergers involving UN system entities. Shared Responsibilities for the Next Phase Member States will help shape the next phase of the Initiative.