Report 2020
2020
First, second, third and fourth quarter of 2020
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. Pedro Penha Brasil, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Brazil
Plenary meetings
11.6. Virtual meeting/dialogue with Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi with G-77 Ambassadors (text)
Task Force meetings
4.2. Informal Programme Budget Committee, 5 February 2020
2.3. IAEA: Board of Governors Meeting, 9-13 March 2020
4.3. IAEA: Board of Governors Meeting, 9-13 March 2020
23.4. IAEA: Programme and Budget Committee Meeting, 11 May 2020
27.4. IAEA: Programme and Budget Committee Meeting, 11 May 2020
5.5. IAEA: Technical Briefing with the TC Secretariat in preparation of the virtual PBC Meeting, 11 May 2020
7.5. IAEA: Programme and Budget Committee Meeting, 11 May 2020
22.5. IAEA: 64th General Conference, Draft Resolutions
3.6. IAEA: Board of Governors, starting on 15 June 2020
8.6. IAEA: Board of Governors, starting on 15 June 2020
9.7. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64
28.7. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64
17.8. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64
20.8. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64
24.8. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64 consultations with interested Non-G-77 Members
31.8. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64
31.8. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64 consultations with interested Non-G-77 Members
3.9. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64
4.9. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64 consultations with interested Non-G-77 Members
7.9. IAEA: Board of Governors Meeting, 14-18 September 2020
8.9. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64
8.9. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64 consultations with interested Non-G-77 Members
10.9. IAEA: Board of Governors Meeting, 14-18 September 2020
11.9. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64 consultations with interested Non-G-77 Members
16.9. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64 consultations with interested Non-G-77 Members
18.9. G-77 and China Draft Resolutions for GC.64 consultations with interested Non-G-77 Members
28.9. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 28 September 2020
14.10. Group’s position on the TACC Report
21.10. ZODIAC Draft
5.11. IAEA Board of Governors: Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC), 16-18 November 2020
9.11. IAEA Board of Governors: Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC), 16-18 November 2020
12.11. IAEA Board of Governors: Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC), 16-18 November 2020
Working Group
7.7. Meeting with TC Department on technical updates for G-77 and China TC Draft Resolution for GC.64
14.9. G-77 and China TC Draft Resolution for GC.64
15.9. G-77 and China TC Draft Resolution for GC.64
18.9. G-77 and China TC Draft Resolution for GC.64
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Hazem Zaki, Minister, Permanent Mission of Egypt
Plenary meetings
12.2. Handover Ceremony of the G-77 Vienna Chapter
1.9. G-77 Plenary on all VBO issues, G-77 Chapters Meeting
Task Force meetings
29.7. UNIDO’s response to COVID-19, Calendar of UNIDO events between July and December 2020
11.9. UNIDO PBC.36 session, 29-30 September 2020
22.9. UNIDO PBC.36 session, 29-30 September 2020
23.9. UNIDO PBC.36 session, 29-30 September 2020
10.11. UNIDO IDB.48 session, 23-25 November 2020
18.11. UNIDO IDB.48 session, 23-25 November 2020
Working Group meetings
United Nations Office at Vienna (UNODC)
Task Force Leader: Ms. Safa Shabat, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Palestine
Plenary meetings
2.3. UNODC: Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 63rd session, 2-6 March 2020
9.6. Virtual meeting on Coordination for 3rd Formal FinGov virtual meeting on 17 June 2020; scheduling of 2020 UNODC meetings under the current situation of COVID-19 and the Group’s priorities
23.6. Virtual meeting/dialogue with Ms. Ghada Waly, Director General and Executive Director of UNOV/UNODC with the G-77 Ambassadors (text)
Task Force meetings
18.2. UNODC: Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 63rd session, 2-6 March 2020
20.2. UNODC: Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 63rd session, 2-6 March 2020
24.2. UNODC: Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 63rd session, 2-6 March 2020
26.2. UNODC: Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 63rd session, 2-6 March 2020
9.6. Virtual meeting on Coordination for 3rd Formal FinGov virtual meeting on 17 June 2020; scheduling of 2020 UNODC meetings under the current situation of COVID-19 and the Group’s priorities
3.7. Organizational arrangements for the July 2020 meetings of the subsidiary bodies of the Conference of Parties of UNTOC in view of COVID-19 restrictions
9.7. a.m. Organizational arrangements for the July 2020 meetings of the subsidiary bodies of the Conference of Parties of UNTOC in view of COVID-19 restrictions
9.7. p.m. Organizational arrangements for the July 2020 meetings of the subsidiary bodies of the Conference of Parties of UNTOC in view of COVID-19 restrictions
22.7. Expert Group Meeting to Conduct a Comprehensive Study of the Problem of Cybercrime, from 27-29 July 2020
23.7. Expert Group Meeting to Conduct a Comprehensive Study of the Problem of Cybercrime, from 27-29 July 2020
22.9. UNODC: Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 10th session, 12-16 October 2020
1.10. UNODC: Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 10th session, 12-16 October 2020
7.10. UNODC: Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 10th session, 12-16 October 2020
8.10. UNODC: Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 10th session, 12-16 October 2020
9.10. UNODC: Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 10th session, 12-16 October 2020
20.11. UNODC: 29th regular and reconvened sessions of the CCPCJ, 3-4 December 2020
24.11. UNODC: 29th regular and reconvened sessions of the CCPCJ, 3-4 December 2020
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Mahmoud Movahed, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Plenary meetings
Task Force meetings
27.1. Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee, 57th session, 3-14 February 2020
7.2. Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee, 57th session, 3-14 February 2020
10.2. Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee, 57th session, 3-14 February 2020
9.3. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: Legal Subcommittee, 59th session, 23 March – 3 April 2020
27.5. Briefing to the G-77 by the UNOOSA Secretariat on LSC and COPUOS + Space2030 agenda
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Zainal Izran Zahari, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Malaysia followed by Mr. Bolivar Bao, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Philippines
Task Force meetings
21.1. Briefing by Ms. Kinda Mohamadieh and Professor Jane Kelsey from the Third World Network on UNCITRAL Working Group III
26.2. Exchange of views among G-77 members on the enlargement of UNCITRAL
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Arsi Dwinugra Firdausy, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Indonesia
Plenary meetings
3.11. Presentation by Dr. Robert Bruce Floyd regarding his candidature for the position of Executive Secretary of CTBTO
6.11. Presentation by Dr. Lassina Zerbo regarding his candidature for the position of Executive Secretary of CTBTO
Task Force meetings
10.2. Working Group B, 54th session, 17-28 February 2020
19.5. Working Group A, 57th session, 1-2 June 2020
26.5. Briefing to the G-77 by the Chairpersons of the PrepCom, Working Group A and Working Group B
28.5. Working Group A, 57th session, 1-2 June 2020
19.6. Preparatory Commission, 54th session, 25-26 June 2020
23.6. Preparatory Commission, 54th session, 25-26 June 2020
29.6. G-77 and China letter to the Chairperson of the PrepCom
17.8. Working Group B, 55th session, 24 August – 4 September 2020
7.9. Resumed Fifty-Fourth session of the PrepCom, 9-10 September 2020
8.9. Resumed Fifty-Fourth session of the PrepCom, 9-10 September 2020
20.10. Working Group A, 58th session, 28-30 October 2020
13.11. CTBTO: Preparatory Commission, 25-27 November 2020