Report 2023
2023
First, second, third and fourth quarter of 2023
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. Matheus ULLER, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Brazil
Plenary meetings
01.09 G-77 Plenary with IAEA Dg Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi
Task Force meetings
22.02 IAEA Board of Governors, 6-10 March 2023
03.03 IAEA Board of Governors, 6-10 March 2023
14.03 IAEA Informal Programme and Budget Committee, 16 March 2023
22.03 IAEA First Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2024–2025
27.03 IAEA Second Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2024–2025
04.04 IAEA Third Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2024–2025
13.04 IAEA Fourth Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2024–2025
19.04 IAEA Briefing by Ms. Lydie Evrard, DDG of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security (NS) to the Group of 77
20.04 IAEA Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee, 2 – 4 May 2023
28.04 IAEA Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee, 2 – 4 May 2023
22.05 IAEA Board of Governors, 5-9th June 2023
23.06 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions
06.07 IAEA Briefing by the NS and SG Departments to the Group of 77
09.08 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions
11.08 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions
17.08 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions
22.08 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions
23.08 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions
24.08 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions
25.08 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions
29.08 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions – Open Consultations with interested delegations outside the Group
31.08 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions – Open Consultations with interested delegations outside the Group
04.09 Board of Governors, 11 -15 September
05.09 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions – Open Consultations with interested delegations outside the Group
06.09 Board of Governors, 11 -15 September
07.09 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions – Open Consultations with interested delegations outside the Group
18.09 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions
19.09 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions – Open Consultations with interested delegations outside the Group
21.09 IAEA G-77 General Conference Draft Resolutions – Open Consultations with interested delegations outside the Group
08.11 IAEA G-77 and China draft statements for the Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC) (starting on 20 November 2023) and for the November meeting of the Board of Governors (starting on 22 November 2023).
Working Group meetings
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Gustav Kwaku Sefe DOVLO, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Ghana
Plenary meetings
26.01 G-77 Handover Ceremony
Task Force meetings
17.04 UNIDO Programme and Budget Committee, 39th session, 15-17 May 2023
20.04 UNIDO Programme and Budget Committee, 39th session, 15-17 May 2023
10.05 UNIDO Programme and Budget Committee, 39th session, 15-17 May 2023
15.06 UNIDO Industrial Development Board, 51st session, 3-6 July 2023
19.06 UNIDO Industrial Development Board, 51st session, 3-6 July 2023
31.10 Draft G-77 and China working approach for the UNIDO General Conference, 20th session (27 November – 1 December).
08.11 G-77 and China statement for the 20th session of the UNIDO General Conference (27 November – 1 December 2023).
10.11 G-77 and China statement for the 20th session of the UNIDO General Conference (27 November – 1 December 2023).
15.11 G-77 and China statement for the 20th session of the UNIDO General Conference (27 November – 1 December 2023).
16.11 G-77 and China statement for the 20th session of the UNIDO General Conference (27 November – 1 December 2023).
17.11 G-77 and China statement for the 20th session of the UNIDO General Conference (27 November – 1 December 2023).
22.11 G-77 and China statement for the 20th session of the UNIDO General Conference (27 November – 1 December 2023).
Working Group meetings
United Nations Office at Vienna (UNODC)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Fernando MARQUES, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Angola
Plenary meetings
Task Force meetings
03.03 UNODC: Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 66th session, 13-17 March 2023
05.04 UNODC: Fifth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, 11-21 April 2023
11.04 UNODC: Fifth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, 11-21 April 2023
13.04 UNODC: Fifth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, 11-21 April 2023
17.04 UNODC: Fifth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, 11-21 April 2023
19.04 UNODC: Fifth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, 11-21 April 2023
03.05 UNODC: Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 32nd session, 22 -26 May 2023
08.05 UNDOC: Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 32nd session, 22 -26 May 2023
20.11 UNODC: Joint Meeting of the Commission Narcotic Drugs, reconvened 66th session, and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, reconvened 32nd session (7-8 December)
22.11 UNODC: Joint Meeting of the Commission Narcotic Drugs, reconvened 66th session, and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, reconvened 32nd session (7-8 December)
24.11 UNODC: Joint Meeting of the Commission Narcotic Drugs, reconvened 66th session, and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, reconvened 32nd session (7-8 December)
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Hasan ABBAS, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Pakistan
Plenary meetings
Task Force meetings
31.01 Sixtieth session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, 6-17 February 2023
22.02 Sixty-second session of the Legal Subcommittee, 20-31 March 2023
27.02 Sixty-second session of the Legal Subcommittee, 20-31 March 2023
01.03 Sixty-second session of the Legal Subcommittee, 20-31 March 2023
29.03 Sixty-second session of the Legal Subcommittee, 20-31 March 2023
29.03 Sixty-second session of the Legal Subcommittee, 20-31 March 2023
08.05 Sixty-sixth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 31 May – 9 June 2023
11.05 Sixty-sixth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 31 May – 9 June 2023
19.05 Sixty-sixth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 31 May – 9 June 2023
Working Group Meetings
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Bolivar L. BAO, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Philippines
Plenary meetings
08.05 UNCITRAL: Briefing by Ms. Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary of the United Nations Commission on International Trade (UNCITRAL) on the 56th session of the Commission, 3-21 July 2023, the new mandate of the WG VI (Negotiable Multimodal Transport Documents) and the the new mandate of the WG IV (Electronic Commerce / Artificial Intelligence)
Task Force meetings
05.10 UNCITRAL: Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform), 46th session.
13.11 UNCITRAL: Briefing by UNCITRAL Secretariat on the work of Working Group VI (Negotiable Cargo Documents), to be held in Vienna, 27 November to 1 December 2023.
Working Group meetings
13.11 Briefing with UNCITRAL Secretariat on Working Group VI
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Flavio MEDINA, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic
Plenary meetings
Task Force meetings
02.03 CTBTO Working Group B, 60th session, 13-24 March 2023
14.04 Briefing with the Director of the Division of Administration of CTBTO
12.05 CTBTO Working Group A, 63rd session, 24 May 2023 – 25 May 2023
01.06 CTBTO Preparatory Commission, 60th session, 12 – 13 June 2023
08.06 CTBTO Preparatory Commission, 60th session, 12 – 13 June 2023
10.08 Briefing on the CTBT verification regime delivered by CTBTO Technical Directors (On-Site Inspection Division, International Monitoring System Division, International Data Centre Division)
15.08 CTBTO Working Group B, 61st Session, 21 August – 1 September 2023
09.10 Draft of the G-77 and China statement for the Working Group A 64th session 16-18 October 2023
11.10 Draft of the G-77 and China statement for the Working Group A 64th session 16-18 October 2023
02.11. CTBTO PrepCom, 61st session, 13-15 November 2023
07.11. CTBTO PrepCom, 61st session, 13-15 November 2023
Working Group meetings
Plenary Meetings
26.01 Handover Ceremony of the G-77 Vienna Chapter Chairmanship
31.05 27th Anniversary Celebrations of the G-77 Vienna Chapter
16.06 G-77 Plenary Meeting
30.08 G-77 Plenary Meeting