Letters

Letter dated 14 May 2020 regarding the draft resolution entitled “Special session of the General Assembly against corruption” (A/74/L.58/Rev.1), informing that the silence procedure has been extended until 18 May 2020

Letter dated 12 May 2020 from H.E. Ambassador Courtenay Rattray, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations and facilitator for the e-voting process (excluding elections). The letter informs Member States and Observers of the facilitator’s suggested next steps.

Letter dated 12 May 2020 regarding the draft decision entitled “Extension of the procedure for taking decisions of the General
Assembly during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic” (A/74/L.65), placing it under silence procedure

Letter dated 12 May 2020 regarding the virtual town hall meeting with young representatives from youth organizations and networks from all regions of the world, to be convened by H.E. Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of Qatar, and H.E. Anna Karin Eneström, Permanent Representative of Sweden, the co-facilitators overseeing the intergovernmental negotiations on the Declaration for the Commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations.

Letter dated 11 May 2020 regarding the draft decision entitled “Twenty-first meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea” (A/74/L.63), placing it under silence procedure

Letter dated 11 May 2020 on the draft decision entitled “Twentieth session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation” (A/74/L.64), placing it under silence procedure

Letter dated 11 May 2020 regarding draft resolution entitled “Special session of the General Assembly against corruption” (A/74/L.58/Rev.1), placing it under silence procedure

Letter dated 11 May 2020 regarding draft decision entitled “Seventh Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects” (A/74/L.62), placing it under silence procedure.

Letter dated 11 May 2020 regarding draft decision entitled “High-level dialogue to assess the progress made in the fight against desertification, land degradation and drought and to map the way forward” (A/74/L.60), placing it under silence procedure

Letter dated 8 May 2020 regarding the informal interactive dialogue with the candidate for the position of President of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkir, to be held via a virtual platform on Friday, 15 May 2020, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m

Letter dated 8 May 2020 from the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and matters related to the Security Council (IGN). Informing the postponement of scheduled meetings of the process until further notice

Letter dated 7 May 2020 regarding a virtual event to be held in June to launch an Alliance for Poverty Eradication.

Letter dated 6 May 2020 regarding the virtual town hall meeting with young representatives from youth organizations and networks from all regions of the world, to be held 13 May 2020 by the co-facilitators overseeing the intergovernmental negotiations on the Declaration for the Commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations

Letter dated 5 May 2020 from the co-facilitators for the intergovernmental negotiations for the review process of the Economic and Social Council and the High-Level Political Forum

Letter dated 5 May 2020 regarding the upcoming virtual informal meeting of the General Committee to be held on Wednesday, 6 May 2020

Letter dated 5 May 2020 regarding the virtual town hall meeting to be held on Friday, 8 May 2020 to explore alternative mechanisms to hold elections without plenary meetings.

Letter dated 4 May 2020 regarding e-voting, inviting Member States and Observers to participate in the first virtual informal consultation on Monday, 11 May 2020.

Letter dated 4 May 2020 regarding the postponement of the 7th biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter Terrorism Strategy

Letter dated 1 May 2020 regarding the postponement of meetings scheduled for the month of June.

Letter dated 1 May 2020, regarding the twenty-first meeting of the Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, informing that it will be postponed to 2021, at a date to be later decided by the Assembly.

Letter dated 30 April 2020 transmitting the revised draft of the 2020 UN Ocean Conference Declaration, which captures the written inputs submitted by Member States.

Letter dated 30 April 2020 regarding the intergovernmental consultations on the alignment of the agendas of the General Assembly and ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies, sharing the substantive inputs received from the Group of 77 and China, and the European Union, regarding the different elements of the alignment process

Letter dated 30 April 2020 providing an update on the organizational arrangements for the “Scope, modalities, format and organization of the summit on biodiversity”

Letter dated 29 April 2020 with the final list of organisations that have been approved for special accreditation to attend the 2020 UN Ocean Conference