A/72/PV.110 General Assembly

The Assembly will now consider draft decision A/72/L.66. I give the floor to the representative of the Secretariat.

This oral statement is made in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly. Under the terms of the draft decision A/72/L.66, the General Assembly would decide to transmit the draft decision contained in the annex to the present decision to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session for action. Given that the draft decision on scheduling the high-level meetings of the General Assembly in 2019 contained in the annex to draft decision A/72/L.66 will be transmitted to the seventy-third session for action, the Secretary-General would issue the related programme budget implications of the requirements in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly when the draft decision is taken up at the seventy-third session. Accordingly, the adoption of draft decision A/72/L.66 would not give rise to any budgetary implications under the programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019. Copies of the statement I have just read out will also be made available on the PaperSmart portal.

The Assembly will now take action on draft decision A/72/L.66, entitled “High-level meetings of the General Assembly in September 2019”. May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt draft decision A/72/L.66?

I would like to express my sincere thanks to Ambassador Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee of Ghana, facilitator of the informal consultations, who demonstrated great skill and patience in conducting discussions and complex negotiations on the draft decision. I would also like to thank Member States for their valuable contributions in reaching agreement on the draft text. The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 7.

The Assembly will now take action on draft resolution A/72/L.67, entitled “Modalities for the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration”. May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt draft resolution A/72/L.67?

The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda items 14 and 117.

We shall now proceed to consider draft decision A/72/L.65. I give the floor to the representative of the Secretariat.

This oral statement is made in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly. Under the terms of draft decision A/72/L.65, the General Assembly would decide to transmit the draft resolution contained in the annex to the present draft decision to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session for action. Given that the draft resolution on scheduling the high-level meeting on universal health coverage in 2019 contained in the annex to the draft decision A/72/L.65 will be transmitted to the seventy- third session for action, the Secretary-General would issue the related programme budget implications of the requirements, in accordance with rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, when the draft resolution is taken up at the seventy-third session. Accordingly, the adoption of draft decision A/72/L.65 would not give rise to any budgetary implications under the programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019. Copies of the statement that I have just read out will be made available on the PaperSmart portal.

We will now take a decision on draft decision A/72/L.65, entitled “Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high‑level meeting on universal health coverage”. May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt draft decision A/72/L.65?

I would like to express my sincere thanks to Ambassador Katalin Annamária Bogyay of Hungary and Ambassador Vitavas Srivihok of Thailand, who demonstrated great ability and patience in their conduct of the discussions and complex negotiations on the draft decision. I also thank Member States for their valuable contributions to reaching an agreement on the draft text. The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 127.