General Assembly of the United Nations

President of the 79th session

Intergovernmental processes (79th session)

Co-facilitators and Co-chairs for the intergovernmental processes in the
79th session of the General Assembly

 

Appointment date


Function and process


Co-chairs / Co-facilitators


10 September 2024 Co-facilitators for the intergovernmental preparatory process of the Summit of the Future: negotiations to conclude the outcome document entitled “A Pact for the Future”

H.E. Ms. Antje Leendertse (Germany)

H.E. Mr. Neville Melvin Gertze (Namibia)

Co-facilitators for the intergovernmental consultations on a Global Digital Compact

H.E. Ms. Anna Karin Eneström (Sweden)

H.E. Mr. Chola Milambo (Zambia)

Co-facilitators for the intergovernmental consultations on a Declaration on Future Generations

H.E. Mr. Brian Christopher Manley Wallace (Jamaica)

H.E. Ms. Yoka Brandt (Netherlands)

4 October 2024 Co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council

H.E. Mr. Alexander Marschik (Austria) (until Jan 2025)

H.E. Mr. Tareq M. A. M. Albanai (Kuwait)

8 October 2024 Co-facilitators on a political declaration of the “World Social Summit” under the title “the Second World Summit for Social Development”

H.E. Mr. Philippe Kridelka (Belgium)

H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale (Morocco)

17 January 2025 H.E. Ms. Sophie Jang De Smedt (Belgium, replacing Mr. Kridelka)
21 October 2024 Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

H.E. Mr. Cornel Feruță (Romania)

H.E. Ms. Mathu Joyini (South Africa)

25 October 2024 Co-facilitators on the declaration to be adopted at the 2025 high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

H.E. Mr. James Martin Larsen (Australia)

H.E. Ms. Tania Serafim Yvonne Romualdo (Cape Verde)

8 November 2024 Co-facilitators to identify the terms of reference and modalities for the establishment and functioning of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence and the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance

H.E. Ms. Maritza Chan Valverde (Costa Rica)

H.E. Mr. Héctor José Gómez Hernández (Spain)

19 November 2024 Co-facilitators for the intergovernmental consultations on the organizational arrangements and modalities for the high-level plenary meeting to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth

H.E. Mr. Fergal Mythen (Ireland)

H.E. Ms. Agnes Mary Chimbiri Molande (Malawi)

2 December 2024 Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole of the General Assembly on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects in accordance with General Assembly resolution 75/239 of 31 December 2020

H.E. Ms. Bahia Tahzib-Lie (Netherlands)

Ms. Kimberly K. Louis (Saint Lucia)

9 December 2024 Co-chairs of the Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

H.E. Mr. François Jackman (Barbados)

H.E. Ms. Anna Jóhannsdóttir (Iceland)

18 December 2024 Co-facilitators to prepare for a high-level meeting in 2025 on a comprehensive review of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being

H.E. Mr. Olivier Maes (Luxembourg)

H.E. Ms. Inga Rhonda King (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

23 December 2024 Co-facilitators to conduct consultations to finalize the organizational arrangements for the high-level meeting to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud (Jordan)

H.E. Ms. Isabelle F. Picco (Monaco)

30 December 2024 Co-chairs of the Steering Committee on Partnerships for Small Island Developing States

H.E. Ms. Sanita Pavļuta-Deslandes (Latvia)

H.E. Mr. Ali Naseer Mohamed (Maldives)

30 December 2024 Co-facilitators to arrange a high-level meeting on the progress achieved in the implementation of the Global Plan of Action to combat trafficking in persons

H.E. Ms. Maria Michail (Cyprus)

H.E. Mr. Jonibek Ismoil Hikmat (Tajikistan)

30 December 2024 Co-facilitators to finalize the organizational arrangements for the high-level conference on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar

H.E. Ms. Elina Kalkku (Finland)

H.E. Mr. Ahmad Faisal Muhamad (Malaysia)

13 January 2025 Co-facilitators for the intergovernmental consultations during the formal phase of the process of a comprehensive review of United Nations peacebuilding to be conducted in 2025

H.E. Mr. Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud (Egypt)

H.E. Mr. Samuel Žbogar (Slovenia)

17 January 2025 Co-facilitators on the scope and modalities of a high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in 2026

H.E. Mr. Maurizio Massari (Italy)

H.E. Mr. Hoang Giang Dang (Viet Nam)

20 January 2025 Co-facilitators to finalize the modalities for the overall review by the General Assembly of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society

H.E. Mr. Erastus Lokaale (Kenya)

H.E. Mr. Rytis Paulauskas (Lithuania)

As of 7 February 2025