[governance] the matter of MAG rotation 2010

[Avri Doria]

On 18 Jan 2010, at 08:06, Parminder wrote:

> i meant to say, 'erosion in the decision making capacity of the MAG'

>From where I sit, I don't see this - and I have been observing since day 1.  If anything i think its decision making capacity has grown.

While it is true that the New York office of the UN makes the final decisions, it is the MAG that makes all the decisions regarding the program in its recommendations.  And I do not know of an instance where the UNSG's offices or the DESA USG has contradicted those recommendation.

I have watched the MAG carefully deliberate the options, taking into account the comments from contributions and the consultations.  And even when the secretariat has made recommendations to the MAG on certain scheduling options based on its understanding from the contributions, the MAG has felt free to shoot these down or alter them, as the consensus in the MAG wished.

>From my view, I have seen the MAG remain consistent in its capacity to make decisions under the consensus building leadership of its chair.  Some people may not be happy when their ideas and suggestions are not adopted by the MAG, but when that has happened it has been the consensus of the MAG that made the recommendation.

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