Preparatory session for the programme plan and performance information

The Working Party on the Programme Plan and Programme Performance

1. Reaffirms the importance of member States’ role in the preparation of UNCTAD annual proposed programme plan and programme performance, and calls upon UNCTAD secretariat to take due account of the membership’s comments expressed during the session in the preparation of the proposed programme plan for 2023;
    
2. Appreciates the presentations provided by the secretariat and the linkages to the Bridgetown Covenant, as well as the non-paper shared, and calls upon the secretariat to provide the requested non-paper sufficiently in advance of the Working Party session to facilitate the discussion, in accordance with the agreed terms of reference;
    
3. Calls on the UNCTAD secretariat to ensure balanced implementation of the Bridgetown Covenant through its midterm and long-term planning, through adjusted implementation of the 2022 work programme, and to reflect the Bridgetown Covenant in the planned deliverables and linked resources distribution in the proposed programme plan for 2023;
    
4. Underlines the importance of the context and lessons learned from its recent work on programme planning and of reflecting these appropriately in the 2023 programme plan document, ensuring their link to the chosen highlighted results;
    
5. Emphasizes the importance of reflecting the work across all three pillars in the 2023 planned results and ensuring objective and measurable performance measures;
    
6. Highlights the importance of coordination and cross-fertilization among divisions of the secretariat, and invites UNCTAD to ensure coherence and a harmonized narrative to better reflect the overall objectives and proposed actions for the programme plan and programme performance for 2023;
    
7. Commends the adjustments made by the UNCTAD secretariat to deliver its output through virtual and hybrid means, and requests that such modalities continue to be used, where appropriate, as they facilitate participation of capital-based experts;
    
8. Notes the limitations imposed through shorter duration of meeting units when interpretation is provided with remote participation, and calls on the UNCTAD secretariat and the United Nations Office at Geneva to coordinate to ensure adequate and effective use of conference services for UNCTAD intergovernmental meetings;
    
9. Calls upon the secretariat to implement the terms of reference in respect of the duration of the session.