19 January 2026, New York - Statement on behalf of the European Union and its Member States by H.E. Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, at the Meeting of the Informal Ad-hoc Working Group on UN80 to hear general statements in response to the zero draft   Distinguished co-chairs, colleagues,   I deliver this statement on behalf of the EU and its member states.   The Candidate Countries North Macedonia * , Montenegro*, Albania*, Ukraine, the