Letters

Letter dated 28 April 2020 addressed to the Chairs of Regional Group regarding the need to explore alternative mechanisms to hold elections without plenary meetings and inviting to a virtual meeting on Thursday, 30 April 2020, at 03:00 p.m.

Letter dated 28 April 2020 inviting Member States and Observers to participate in a virtual meeting on
Friday, 1 May 2020, at 3:00 p.m discuss and explore ways of taking decisions in the General Assembly by vote (excluding elections), within the context of the current restrictions surrounding the holding of large in-person gatherings in plenary during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Letter dated 27 April 2020 from the co-facilitators of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (AHWG), inviting Member States to a meeting of the AHWG on 5 May 2020

Letter dated 24 April from the co-facilitators for the intergovernmental negotiations for the review process of the Economic and Social Council and the High-level Political Forum, conveying the zero draft resolution for the HLPF/ECOSOC Review

Letter dated 23 April 2020 regarding decision-making of the General Assembly by a vote (excluding elections) without a plenary meeting during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

letter dated 23 April 2020 enclosing an updated participant guide from the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), providing guidance on how to join the virtual town hall meeting to be held Monday, 27 April 2020, at 11:00 a.m.

Letter dated 22 April regarding the Virtual Event being organized by the International Peace Institute (IPI), in partnership with Office of the President of the General Assembly and the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), on “The Importance of Multilateralism in the Time of a Global Pandemic: Responding to COVID-19.”

Letter dated 22 April 2020 from the co-coordinators for the General Assembly on COVID-19-related initiatives regarding the virtual town hall meeting to take place on Monday, 27 April 2020, at 11:00 a.m.

Letter dated 22 April 2020 on the draft resolution “Declaration of solidarity of the United Nations in the face of the challenges posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)” (A/74/L.51/Rev.1), informing that the silence procedure was broken.

Letter dated 22 April 2020 on the Draft resolution “United response against global health threats: combating COVID-19” (A/74/L.57), informing that the silence procedure was broken.

Letter dated 21 April 2020 informing that the silence procedure (placing the list of 395 organizations that have applied to participate in the conference and its preparatory meeting), has been extended until 6 p.m. on Monday, 27 April 2020

Letter dated 20 April 2020 transmitting an invitation from the co-chairs of the International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (FACTI) Panel to a virtual consultation

Letter dated 20 April 2020 sharing the summary report of the Annual Parliamentary Union Hearing held under theme, “Education as a key to peace and sustainable development: Toward the implementation of SDG 4’’, on 17 and 18 February 2020

Letter dated 20 April 2020 announcing the appointment of H.E. Mrs. Adela Raz, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, and H.E. Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations, as co-coordinators for the General Assembly on COVID-19-related initiatives

Letter dated 17 April 2020 transmitting a memorandum of the President of the General Assembly’s meeting with the President of the Economic and Social Council

Letter dated 17 April 2020 from the Secretary-General António Guterres regarding the ongoing global UN75 conversation and preparations for the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations

Letter dated 17 April 2020 regarding Draft resolution entitled “Declaration of solidarity of the United Nations in the face of the challenges posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)” (A/74/L.51/Rev.1), which is under silence procedure until Wednesday, 22 April 2020 at noon

Letter dated 17 April 2020 regarding Draft resolution entitled “United response against global health threats: combating COVID-19” (A/74/L.57), which is under silence procedure, until Wednesday, 22 April 2020 at noon

Letter dated 15 April 2020 on Draft resolution entitled “International cooperation to ensure global access to medicines,
vaccines and medical equipment to face COVID-19” (A/74/L.56), which is under silence procedure, until Monday, 20 April 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

Letter dated 15 April 2020 on Draft resolution entitled “International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda” (A/74/L.40), which is now under silence procedure, until Monday, 20 April 2020 at 5:00 p.m

Letter dated 13 April 2020 regarding the upcoming virtual informal meeting of the General Committee scheduled for Wednesday, 15 April 2020, at 10:00 a.m.

Letter dated 13 April 2020 on the UN Ocean Conference. Sharing a list of 395 nongovernmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions, the scientific community, the private sector and philanthropic organizations that have applied to participate in the conference and its preparatory meeting