United Nations, New York, 03 April 2020 – In light of the updated guidance severely limiting in-person meetings, as a result of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the President of the General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has decided to:
- Postpone the plenary meeting for the Seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, scheduled for 6 May 2020;
- Postpone the High-level thematic debate to take stock of progress on the impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, scheduled for 11 May 2020;
- Postpone the informal interactive dialogue on commodity markets, scheduled for 22 May 2020;
- Cancel all in-person meetings of General Assembly mandated processes, scheduled to be held between 17 April 2020 and the end of May 2020.
Meanwhile, the Office of the President of the General Assembly, will regularly, continue to update Member States on the state of affairs via webinars.
More on the work of committees and mandated processes:
https://www.un.org/pga/74/2020/04/03/postponement-of-meetings-in-april-and-may/
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