3. Mr. D. Mariyasin, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECE and Acting Director of the Sustainable Transport Division, acknowledged the importance and impact of the work carried out by WP.29 in general and GRSP in particular. He informed GRSP about the ongoing liquidity crisis within the United Nations system because of which vacant posts in the WP.29 secretariat remained vacant and non-post expenditures, including travel, were cut. He also updated GRSP on pillar I of the UN80 initiative which focused on enhancing operational efficiency through cost reduction and process streamlining. In the framework of this pillar, UN entities had been requested to provide revised budget estimates for 2026. Following the request, UNECE had proposed 28 positions for abolishment, including the P3 post in the Sustainable Transport Division dealing with GRSP. Mr. D. Mariyasin informed that the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) had recently concluded their deliberations and recommended that the post should not be abolished (A/80/7/Add.9, paragraph V.58), but that the final decision belonged to the UN Member States in the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. He stated that should the final decision be to abolish the P3 post, this would reduce the ability of the WP.29 secretariat to service WP.29 and its subsidiary bodies, but clarified that GRSP would continue to be serviced by the secretariat. Separately, he also mentioned that a 13 per cent cut in meetings and documentation may be expected in the Programme Plan and Budget for 2027, on top of already existing reductions due to the liquidity crisis. In this scenario, WP.29 would need to take decisions on how to prioritise the use of available resources. Finally he shared that the Division was exploring alternative funding models that could bring more budgetary stability and independence in the medium and long term.