Report 2016
2016
First, second, third and fourth quarter of 2016
Task forces for the UN Vienna-based Organizations were established in order to ensure better coordination of substantive matters related to the work programme of the various organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Deepak OJHA, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of India
Plenary meetings
13.4. Briefing of the Chairman of the Board on his consultations on the funding mechanism of the JCPOA
Task Force meetings
22.1. Informal meeting of the Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC)
25.1. Informal meeting of the Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC)
1.2. Informal meeting of the Informal Programme and Budget Committee Meeting (PBC)
3.2. Informal meeting of the Informal Programme and Budget Committee Meeting (PBC)
4.2. Informal meeting of the Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC)
11.2. Informal meeting of the Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC)
17.2. IAEA Board of Governors, 7-11 March 2016
23.2. IAEA Board of Governors, 7-11 March 2016
24.2. IAEA Board of Governors, 7-11 March 2016
25.2. IAEA Board of Governors, 7-11 March 2016
26.2. IAEA Board of Governors, 7-11 March 2016
2.3. IAEA Board of Governors, 7-11 March 2016
21.3. IAEA Informal Programme and Budget Committee Meeting, 22 March 2016
12.4. IAEA Programme and Budget Committee Meeting, 9-13 May 2016
18.4. IAEA Programme and Budget Committee Meeting, 9-13 May 2016 followed by a meeting with Mr. Khammar Mrabit, Director of the IAEA Division of Nuclear Security
20.4. IAEA Programme and Budget Committee Meeting, 9-13 May 2016
22.4. IAEA Programme and Budget Committee Meeting, 9-13 May 2016 and funding mechanism of the JCPOA
26.4. Funding Mechanism of the JCPOA
28.4. IAEA Programme and Budget Committee Meeting, 9-13 May 2016 and funding mechanism of the JCPOA
13.5. Chairman of the Board’s proposal on budget update
17.5. Budget update and Medium Term Strategy 2018-2023
27.5. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 6-10 June 2016
30.5. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 6-10 June 2016
31.5. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 6-10 June 2016
1.6. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 6-10 June 2016
3.6. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 6-10 June 2016 on the report of the PBC updates
16.6. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
27.7. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
12.8. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
16.8. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
19.8. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
26.8. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
30.8. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
31.8. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
5.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
6.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
7.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
8.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
9.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
14.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs with interested delegations from other regional groups
15.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs with interested delegations from other regional groups
19.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
21.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs
22.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs with interested delegations from other regional groups
23.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs with interested delegations from other regional groups
29.9. (am) IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs with interested delegations from other regional groups
29.9. (pm) IAEA 60th session of the General Conference, discussion on G-77 DRs with interested delegations from other regional groups
30.9. IAEA 60th session of the General Conference
10.10. IAEA Open-ended Working Group on the Medium Term Strategy
13.10. IAEA Open-ended Working Group on the Medium Term Strategy
14.10. IAEA Open-ended Working Group on the Medium Term Strategy
31.10. IAEA Open-ended Working Group on the Medium-term Strategy
7.11. IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee, starting on 14 November 2016
8.11. IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee, starting on 14 November 2016
15.11. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting (MTS), starting on 17 November 2016
Friends of the Chair Meetings
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Andrés LAMOLIATTE VARGAS, First Secretary, PM of Chile
Plenary meetings
11.2. Handover ceremony
3.6. Draft Rules/Regulations on the Chairmanship of the G-77 Vienna Chapter and establishment of a Troika and G-77 Task Force Coordinators
21.6. UNIDO Programme and Budget Committee Meeting, 32nd session, 21-22 June 2016
25.11. Engagement of Member States leaving UNIDO
Task Force Meetings
7.4. First Open-ended Working Group on the Draft rules/regulations on the Chairmanship of the G-77 Vienna Chapter
14.4. G-77 work ahead during 2016 on UNIDO matters
28.4. Second Open-ended Working Group on the Draft rules/regulations on the Chairmanship of the G-77 Vienna Chapter
2.6. UNIDO Programme and Budget Committee, 32nd session, 21-22 June 2016
9.6. UNIDO 50th anniversary UNIDO Programme and Budget Committee, 32nd session, 21-22 June 2016
22.6. UNIDO Programme and Budget Committee, 32nd session, 21-22 June 2016
22.6. UNIDO Programme and Budget Committee, 32nd session, 21-22 June 2016
8.11. UNIDO’s 50th Anniversary and Industrial Development Board, 44th session 22-24 November 2016
14.11. UNIDO’s 50th Anniversary and Industrial Development Board, 44th session 22-24 November 2016
16.11. UNIDO’s 50th Anniversary and Industrial Development Board, 44th session 22-24 November 2016
22.11. UNIDO Industrial Development Board, 44th session 22-24 November 2016
22.11. UNIDO Industrial Development Board, 44th session 22-24 November – informal informals with interested delegations on Draft Decisions
23.11. UNIDO Industrial Development Board, 44th session 22-24 November 2016
Working Group meetings
United Nations Office at Vienna (UNODC)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Haytham DIAB, Third Secretary, PM of Egypt (January – May 2016) and Mr. Ahmed Galaleldine Hussein ELGHOUL, Second Secretary (June – December 2016)
Plenary meetings
14.3. UNODC: Commission of Narcotic Drugs, 59th session, 14-22 March 2016
Task Force meetings
11.2. UNTOC – Sixteenth Extended Bureau Meeting (12/2/16), CCPCJ – First Extended Bureau Meeting and CND – 59th session – 14-22 March 2016
15.2. UNTOC – Sixteenth Extended Bureau Meeting (12/2/16), CCPCJ – First Extended Bureau Meeting and CND – 59th session – 14-22 March 2016
3.3. UNODC: Commission of Narcotic Drugs, 59th session, 14-22 March 2016
4.3. UNODC: Commission of Narcotic Drugs, 59th session, 14-22 March 2016
7.3. UNODC: Commission of Narcotic Drugs, 59th session, 14-22 March 2016
8.3. UNODC: Commission of Narcotic Drugs, 59th session, 14-22 March 2016
9.3. UNODC: Commission of Narcotic Drugs, 59th session, 14-22 March 2016
10.3. UNODC: Commission of Narcotic Drugs, 59th session, 14-22 March 2016
11.3. UNODC: Commission of Narcotic Drugs, 59th session, 14-22 March 2016
18.3. UNODC: Commission of Narcotic Drugs, 59th session, 14-22 March 2016
12.4. UNODC: UNGASS, 19-21 April 2016
25.4. UNODC: UNTOC: Follow-up of the “Report of the Chair on the open-ended intergovernmental meeting to explore all options regarding an appropriate and effective review mechanism for the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto held in Vienna from 28 to 30 September 2015”, particularly the salient points by the Chair contained in document CTOC/COP/WG.8/2015/3
26.4. UNTOC: Briefing by the Chair of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Meeting, H.E. Mr. Hussam AL-HUSSEINI, PR of Jordan, to explore all options regarding an Appropriate and Effective Review Mechanism for United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto
17.5. UNODC: CCPCJ: 25th session, 23-27 May 2016
1.6. UNTOC matters
3.6. UNTOC matters
3.10. UNTOC Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 8th session, 17-21 October 2016 – Review Mechanism (DR submitted by Italy and France)
5.10. UNTOC Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 8th session, 17-21 October 2016
7.10. UNTOC Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 8th session, 17-21 October 2016
COPUOS (Outerspace)
Task Force Leader: Ms. Laura María JAMSCHON MACGARRY, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Argentina
Plenary meetings
Task Force meetings
21.3. COPUOS: Fifty-fifth session of the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 4 to 15 April 2016
29.3. COPUOS: Fifty-fifth session of the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 4 to 15 April 2016
31.5. COPUOS: Fifty-ninth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 8-17 June 2016
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
Task Force Leader: Ms. Luz MELON, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Argentina
Plenary meetings
Task Force meetings
4.2. Briefing by Mr. Schulze, Chairperson of WGB on the structure of WGB Tasks
18.2. CTBTO Working Group B, 46th session, 22 February – 4 March 2016
17.5. CTBTO Working Group A, 49th session, 30 May – 1 June 2016
24.5. CTBTO Working Group A, 49th session, 30 May – 1 June 2016
19.8. CTBTO Working Group B, 47th session, 22 August – 2 September 2016
26.8. CTBTO Working Group B, 47th session, 22 August – 2 September 2016
31.8. CTBTO Joint Meeting of Working Group A and B, 1 September 2016
10.10. CTBTO Working Group A, 50th session, 17-19 October 2016
2.11. CTBTO PrepCom, 47th session, 7-9 November 2016
4.11. CTBTO PrepCom, 47th session, 7-9 November 2016