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Schedule of meetings of the General Assembly plenary and other related meetings

LAST UPDATE: 25 August 2020

For the official programme of meetings of the General Assembly and other meetings held at Headquarters in New York, please refer to

the Journal of the United Nations.

The President of the General Assembly, in his letter dated 17 March 2020, stated that in light of the recent guidance severely limiting the

number of persons attending in-person meetings as a result of the continuing evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, he has decided to

cancel all in-person meetings of the General Assembly mandated processes for the seventy-fourth session scheduled to be held between

17 March and 17 April 2020.

The President of the General Assembly, in his letter dated 3 April 2020, stated that further to his letter dated 17 March 2020, he has decided

to cancel all in-person meetings of the General Assembly mandated processes scheduled to be held between 17 April and the end of May

2020.

The President of the General Assembly, in his letter dated 1 May 2020, informed delegations that the limitations on holding large in-person

meetings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic will have to be maintained until the end of June 2020.

The President of the General Assembly, in his letter dated 9 June 2020, informed delegations that it is expected that there will be continued

limitations on holding large in-person meetings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic until the end of July 2020.

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74th session

Date Topic

Monday, 16 March 2020

10:00 a.m. - Trusteeship Council

Chamber – CANCELLED Informal consultations on the review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism

Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 13 March 2020 and 19 March 2020,

were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 17 March 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. -

Conference Room 6 -

POSTPONED

Informal informal consultations on the alignment of the agendas of the General Assembly and

the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiary bodies as they relate to the 2030 Agenda

for Sustainable Development, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 73/341

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 18 March 2020

Thursday, 19 March 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. -

Trusteeship Council Chamber -

CANCELLED

Intergovernmental consultations on the declaration for the 2020 United Nations Conference to

Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 13 March 2020 and 19 March 2020,

were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 19 March 2020

3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 2 -

POSTPONED Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

Interactive dialogue between permanent missions and the Secretariat

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Monday, 23 March 2020

3:00 p.m. – General Assembly Hall

- POSTPONED Plenary meeting

Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: Commemorative

meeting on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [item

68]

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2020 , was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 24 March 2020

10:00 a.m. – General Assembly

Hall - POSTPONED

Plenary meeting

Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade: commemorative

meeting of the General Assembly to make the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of

Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade [item 119]

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2020 , was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 25 March 2020

10:00 a.m. - Economic and Social

Council Chamber - POSTPONED Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing on the United Nations Global Counter-

Terrorism Strategy

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Thursday, 26 March 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. -

Trusteeship Council Chamber -

CANCELLED

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question

of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and

other matters related to the Council

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 20 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 27 March 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. -

Trusteeship Council Chamber -

CANCELLED

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question

of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and

other matters related to the Council

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 20 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 31 March 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. – General

Assembly Hall – POSTPONED

TO THE BEGINNING OF

SEPTEMBER 2020 (74th session)

Youth Plenary in preparation for the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the

United Nations

[A joint letter from the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Economic and

Social Council, dated 10 March 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent

observers.]

Monday, 6 April 2020

10:00 a.m. - Trusteeship Council

Chamber - POSTPONED Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

Thematic debate on the selection process of the Secretary-General

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Wednesday, 8 April 2020

10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

- POSTPONED Plenary meeting

Prevention of armed conflict: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the

International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution

of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the

Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 [item 31 (a)] (resolution 73/182)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 13 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 13 April 2020

3:00 p.m. - Trusteeship Council

Chamber - POSTPONED Joint thematic event, convened by the President of the General Assembly and the President of

the Economic and Social Council, on the theme "Accelerated implementation of the 2030

Agenda in the Least Developed Countries to leave no one behind" (resolution 74/232)

[A joint letter from the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Economic and

Social Council, dated 19 March 2020 , was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent

observers.]

Tuesday, 14 April 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. –

Trusteeship Council Chamber – ON

HOLD

High-level interactive panel on anti-microbial resistance

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

Thursday, 16 April 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. -

Conference Room 1 -

CANCELLED

Intergovernmental consultations on the declaration for the 2020 United Nations Conference to

Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2020 , was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Thursday, 16 April 2020

10 a.m. - General Assembly Hall -

POSTPONED Plenary meeting

Improving global road safety: note by the Secretary-General (A/74/304) [item 12]

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 21 April 2020

10:00 a.m. - Economic and Social

Council Chamber - POSTPONED Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

Thematic debate on the Office of the President of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 22 April 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. -

Economic and Social Council

Chamber - CANCELLED

Interactive dialogue of the General Assembly on Harmony with Nature during the

commemoration of International Mother Earth Day (resolution 74/224 and decision 74/547)

10:00 a.m. Opening segment

10:30 a.m. Technical session 1: A transformative pathway to agenda 2030: rethinking the human-nature

relationship

3:00 p.m. Technical session 2: Eco-literacy and behavioural changes towards living in harmony with

nature

5:30 p.m. Closing segment

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[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 April 2020 and 13 April 2020, were

sent to all permanent representative and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 23 April 2020

10:00 a.m. - Economic and Social

Council Chamber - POSTPONED Intergovernmental consultations on the alignment of the agendas of the General Assembly and

the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiary bodies as they relate to the 2030 Agenda

for Sustainable Development, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 73/341

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 April 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 24 April 2020

10 a.m. and 3 p.m. - Trusteeship

Council Chamber – ON HOLD High-level event to commemorate and promote the International Day of Multilateralism and

Diplomacy for Peace

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 27 April 2020

11:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual town hall meeting on COVID-19 related initiatives convened by the co-coordinators

appointed by the President of the General Assembly

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 20 April 2020 and 22 April 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Friday, 1 May 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Informal virtual meeting to discuss decision-making of the General Assembly by vote

(excluding elections) without a plenary meeting during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

pandemic

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 April 2020 and 28 April 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 5 May 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

Informal virtual meeting to discuss the way forward for the remaining part of the work of the Ad

Hoc Working Group

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 April 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday - 6 May 2020

10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

- POSTPONED Plenary meeting

Seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War [item 131]

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 April 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 8 May 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL TOWN

HALL MEETING Virtual town hall meeting for a presentation by the Under-Secretary-General for General

Assembly and Conference Management on alternative mechanisms to hold elections without

plenary meetings during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 5 May 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

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Friday, 8 May 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Virtual informal consultation convened by the facilitators on the review of the arrangements

contained in resolution 72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council and

the implementation of resolutions 70/299 and 67/290 on the high-level political forum on

sustainable development

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 April 2020 and 5 May 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 11 May 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. -

Trusteeship Council Chamber –

POSTPONED TO 11 JUNE 2020

High-level thematic debate to take stock of progress on the impact of rapid technological

change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (resolution 73/17)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 April 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 11 May 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Virtual informal consultation on decision-making of the General Assembly by vote (excluding

elections) without a plenary meeting during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 4 May 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. –

VIRTUAL MEETING Virtual town hall meeting with youth representatives for input to the zero draft declaration for

the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 6 May 2020 and 12 May 2020, were sent

to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Friday, 15 May 2020

11:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Informal interactive dialogue with the candidate for the position of President of the General

Assembly for the seventy-fifth session, held in accordance with General Assembly resolution

71/323

11:00 Mr. Volkan Bozkir, Turkey (A/74/777)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 April 2020 and 8 May 2020, were sent

to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 18 May 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Virtual informal consultation on the General Assembly voting process (excluding elections)

during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 12 May 2020 and 14 May 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 21 May 2020

9:30 a.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Virtual town hall meeting on COVID-19 related initiatives convened by the co-coordinators

appointed by the President of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 May 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 21 May 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Virtual informal consultation on the General Assembly voting process (excluding elections)

during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 12 May 2020 and 20 May 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Friday, 22 May 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual informal consultations on the draft declaration for the high-level meeting of the

General Assembly to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 15 May 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 22 May 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. -

Trusteeship Council Chamber -

POSTPONED

Informal interactive dialogue on commodity markets (resolution 74/204)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 April 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 28 May 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual informal informal consultations to enhance synergies and coherence by addressing

gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agendas of the General

Assembly, especially of its Second and Third Committees, and the Economic and Social

Council and its subsidiary bodies, as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development as a whole

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 28 May 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Virtual informal consultation on the General Assembly voting process (excluding elections)

during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 12 May 2020, 14 May 2020, 22 May

2020 and 27 May 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Friday, 29 May 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Virtual joint informal meeting of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council

to hear a briefing on the high-level week of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly,

the high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council and the high-level political forum

on sustainable development

[A joint letter from the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council,

dated 22 May 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 2 June 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual informal consultations on the review of the United Nations human rights treaty body

system

Launch of the process

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 8 April 2020 and 22 May 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 4 June 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Informal informal consultations on the review of the United Nations human rights treaty body

system

Technical briefing on the review

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

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Thursday, 4 June 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Virtual informal consultation on the General Assembly voting process (excluding elections)

during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

[Letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 29 May 2020 and 1 June 2020, were sent

to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 8 June 2020

3:00 to 4:30 p.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual informal consultations on the draft declaration for the high-level meeting of the

General Assembly to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations

Presentation of the revised draft declaration

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 5 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

Thematic debate on the Office of the President of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 2 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

3:00 p.m. - Trusteeship Council

Chamber – POSTPONED TO

THE 75th SESSION

High-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought (resolution 74/220 and

decision 74/551)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 February 2020, 1 May 2020,

11 May 2020 and 14 May 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent

observers.]

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Wednesday, 10 June 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING

CANCELLED Virtual informal consultation on the General Assembly voting process (excluding elections)

during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

Thursday, 11 June 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual high-level thematic debate on rapid technological change and its impact on the

Sustainable Development Goals and targets (resolution 73/17)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2020 and 1 June 2020, were sent

to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 12 June 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING

Virtual town hall meeting on COVID-19 related initiatives convened by the co-coordinators

appointed by the President of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 5 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 12 June 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING

Virtual informal meeting of the plenary on the high-level week of the seventy-fifth session of

the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 15 June 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING

Informal briefing on the International Law Commission

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 June 2020 and 12 June 2020, was sent

to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Monday, 15 June 2020

3:00 p.m. – RESCHEDULED TO

18 JUNE AT 11:00 AM

Virtual informal consultation on the review of the arrangements contained in resolution 72/305

on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council and the implementation of

resolutions 70/299 and 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 12 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

Thematic debate on the selection process of the Secretary-General

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 2 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall -

POSTPONED

Plenary meeting

Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and

development: report of the Secretary-General (A/74/_) [item 32]

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 May 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

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Wednesday, 17 June 2020

9:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall Elections by secret ballot without a plenary meeting

Election of the President of the General Assembly [item 4] (General Assembly decision 74/557)

Election of non-permanent members of the Security Council [item 113 (a)] (General Assembly

decision 74/557)

Election of members of the Economic and Social Council [item 113 (b)] (General Assembly decision

74/557)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 2 June 2020, 9 June 2020, 11 June 2020,

and 15 June 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 18 June 2020

9:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall Elections by secret ballot without a plenary meeting

Election of non-permanent members of the Security Council [item 113 (a)] (General Assembly

decision 74/557)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

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Friday, 26 June 2020

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.–

VIRTUAL MEETING Commemoration of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations (resolution 73/299)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 May 2020, 8 June 2020, 23 June 2020

and 24 June 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Member States who wish to actively participate in the panel discussion on the day of the event are

invited to post questions and comments in the chat box via the following link:

https://charterday.un.org/

Monday, 29 June 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual town hall meeting on COVID-19 related initiatives convened by the co-coordinators

appointed by the President of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 29 June 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Informal consultations on the International Law Commission

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 29 June 2020

10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

–POSTPONED TO THE 75TH

SESSION

Plenary meeting

The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: report of the Secretary-General (A/74/677)

[item 118]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 May 2020, 15 May 2020 and 20 May

2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Tuesday, 30 June 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual high-level meeting on poverty eradication on the theme “Trends, options and strategies

in poverty eradication across the world”

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 May 2020, 25 June 2020, 29 June

2020 and 30 June 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 2 July 2020

11:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual informal consultation on the review of the arrangements contained in resolution 72/305

on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council and the implementation of

resolutions 70/299 and 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 6 July 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 13 July 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual town hall meeting on COVID-19 related initiatives convened by the co-coordinators

appointed by the President of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 June 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 13 July 2020

4:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Virtual informal joint informal meeting of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social

Council to hear a briefing on the phased return to the premises at United Nations

Headquarters

Briefing by the Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary General of the United Nations

[A joint letter from the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council,

dated 10 July 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Monday, 13 July 2020

10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

- POSTPONED Plenary meeting

Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the

Olympic ideal: solemn appeal by the President of the General Assembly [item 11]

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 May 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 20 July 2020

10:00 a.m. - Economic and Social

Council Chamber – VIRTUAL

MEETING

Informal meeting of the plenary on the observance of the annual Nelson Mandela

International Day

Formal recognition of the two 2020 United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize

Laureates, held in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 68/275 and 69/269, will

take place during the meeting.

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 June 2020, 2 July 2002, 8 July 2020

and 10 July 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. –

VIRTUAL MEETING

Multi-stakeholder hearing in preparation for the high-level meeting on the twenty-fifth

anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (resolution 73/340)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 5 June 2020, 25 June 2020 and

10 July 2020 and 17 July 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 24 July 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual town hall meeting on COVID-19 related initiatives convened by the co-coordinators

appointed by the President of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 20 July 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

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Monday, 27 July 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Virtual informal consultations on the review of the United Nations human rights treaty body

system

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 20 July 2020 and 23 July 2020, were sent

to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

3:00 p.m. – VIRTUAL MEETING Informal consultations on the International Law Commission

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 July 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 7 August 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING

Town hall meeting on the high-level week of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 August 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 14 August 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-

General on Myanmar (resolution 74/246)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 4 August 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 18 August 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING

Intergovernmental consultations to enhance synergies and coherence by addressing gaps,

overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agendas of the General Assembly,

especially of its Second and Third Committees, and the Economic and Social Council and its

subsidiary bodies, as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 12 August 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Friday, 21 August 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING

Intergovernmental consultations to enhance synergies and coherence by addressing gaps,

overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agendas of the General Assembly,

especially of its Second and Third Committees, and the Economic and Social Council and its

subsidiary bodies, as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 20 August 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 24 August 2020

3:00 p. m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

Informal consultations on the zero draft

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 August 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING

High-level meeting of the Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day

against Nuclear Tests (resolution 72/51)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 4 August 2020 and 24 August 2020,

were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 28 August 2020

10:00 a.m. – PALAIS DE

NATIONS IN GENEVA (ROOM

XX)

(In-person and virtual)

Informal consultations on the review of the United Nations human rights treaty body system

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 20 August 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 31 August 2020

VIRTUAL MEETING

Informal meeting of the plenary on the annual report of the Security Council (A/74/2)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 4 August 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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9 September 2020

10:00 a.m. - VIRTUAL

MEETING

Youth Plenary in preparation for the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the

United Nations

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 5 August 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 10 September 2020

10:00 a.m. – VIRTUAL

MEETING

High-level forum on the Culture of Peace (resolution 71/21)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 August 2020 and 13 August 2020,

were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Plenary items to be scheduled for consideration during the resumed part of the session:

Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declaration on HIV/AIDS [item 10]

Report of the Security Council (A/74/2) [item 27]

Report of the Peacebuilding Commission: report of the Secretary-General (A/74/668) [item 28]; Peacebuilding and sustaining peace: reports of

the Secretary-General (A/74/_ and A/74/_) [item 62]; Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund: report of the Secretary-

General (A/74/688) [item 111]: joint debate

Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies [item 29]

Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution [item 31 (b)]

Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic [item 33]

The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan [item 37]

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Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago

from Mauritius in 1965: report of the Secretary-General (A/74/834) [item 86]

Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the consequences of legal obligations of States under different

sources of international law with respect to immunities of Heads of State and Government and other senior officials [item 87]

Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations: note by the Secretary-General

(A/74/300) [item 112]

Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter Parliamentary Union: report of the Secretary-General (A/74/759)

[item 125]

Sexual exploitation and abuse: implementing a zero-tolerance policy: report of the Secretary-General (A/74/705) [item 129]

The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity [item 130]

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Other meetings that have been postponed as a result of the continuing evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic

Date Topic

23 March to 3 April 2020 -

POSTPONED

Fourth session of the Intergovernmental conference on an international legally binding

instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation

and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

General Assembly decision 74/543

6 April 2020 - POSTPONED

Eleventh session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2020, was sent to all

permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

6 to 24 April 2020 - POSTPONED

Substantive session of the Disarmament Commission

(General Assembly decision 74/546)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2020, 30 March 2020 and

2 April 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

20 to 27 April 2020 -

POSTPONED

Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

(General Assembly decision 74/550)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 April 2020 and 13 April 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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24 April 2020 - POSTPONED

Fourth Conference of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia

(General Assembly decision 74/549)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 April 2020 and 13 April 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

27 April to 5 June 2020 -

POSTPONED

Seventy-second session of the International Law Commission (first part)

(General Assembly decision 74/545)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2020, 30 March 2020, and

2 April 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

May 2020 – POSTPONED

Twentieth session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation

(General Assembly decision 74/553)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 May 2020 and 14 May 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

2 to 6 June 2020 - POSTPONED

2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development

Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable

development

(General Assembly decision 74/548)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 April 2020 and 13 April 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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15 to 19 June 2020 –

POSTPONED

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

(General Assembly decision 74/552)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 May 2020 and 14 May 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

22 to 26 June 2020 –

POSTPONED

Twenty-first meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on

Oceans and the Law of the Sea

(General Assembly decision 74/554)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 May 2020 and 14 May 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

29 June to 7 August 2020 -

POSTPONED

Seventy-second session of the International Law Commission (second part)

(General Assembly decision 74/559)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 June 2020 and 23 June 2020, were

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

No date was identified –

POSTPONED

Informal interactive hearing with indigenous peoples (resolution 71/321)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 2 July 2020, was sent to all permanent

representatives and permanent observers.]