Report 2021
2021
First, second, third and fourth quarter of 2021
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: Ms. Masenoametsi LETLALA, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of South Africa (January-end June) & Mr. Mahmoud HAMDY, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt (July-December)
Plenary meetings
18.6. Briefing by the IAEA Secretariat on NUTECH Plastics Initiative
Task Force meetings
3.2. IAEA: The Agency’s Draft Programme and Budget 2022–2023
16.2. Briefing with acting DDG Mr. Tristan Bauswein and Director of Division of Budget and Finance on The Agency’s Draft Programme and Budget 2022-2023
18.2. First Meeting of the Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2022-2023
22.2. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 1-5 March 2021
19.2. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, 1-5 March 2021
4.3. Second Meeting of the Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2022-2023
18.3. Third Meeting of the Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2022-2023
6.4. Exchange of views preparatory to the meeting with the Co-Chairs of the Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2022-2023
9.4. Fourth Meeting of the Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2022-2023 on Monday, 12 April 2021
19.4. Fifth Meeting of the Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2022-2023 on Tuesday, 20 April 2021
21.4. Informal Consultations regarding the IAEA Nuclear Security Plan 2022–2025
22.4. IAEA Board of Governors Programme Budget Committee, 4-6 May 2021
23.4. IAEA Board of Governors Programme Budget Committee, 4-6 May 2021
26.4. IAEA Board of Governors Programme Budget Committee, 4-6 May 2021
27.4. Sixth Meeting of the Working Group on the Regular Budget and TCF Targets for 2022-2023 on Wednesday, 28 April 2021
19.5. Discuss the Group’s position on the General Conference 65th G-77 Draft Resolutions
25.5. IAEA Board of Governors, 7-11 June 2021
26.5. IAEA Board of Governors, 7-11 June 2021
27.5. IAEA Board of Governors, 7-11 June 2021
1.6. Discuss the Group’s position on the General Conference 65th G-77 Draft Resolutions
3.6. IAEA Board of Governors, 7-11 June 2021
28.6. Discuss the G-77 and China statement for the Informal Consultation Meeting on the Draft Nuclear Security Plan 2022-2025 on 29 June 2021
29.6. IAEA GC.65, 20-24 September 2021 – G-77 and China draft resolutions
5.7. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions
8.7. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions
10.8. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions (virtual)
12.8. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions (virtual)
17.8. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions (virtual)
24.8. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions (in person)
24.8. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions with interested delegations outside the Group (in person)
25.8. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions and discussions on NSP (virtual)
27.8. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions (virtual)
31.8. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions with interested delegations outside the Group (in person)
1.9. IAEA Board of Governors, 13-17 September 2021
2.9. IAEA Board of Governors, 13-17 September 2021
6.9. Technical briefing to the G-77 by the Division of Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT), Department of Technical Cooperation
7.9. IAEA Board of Governors, 13-17 September 2021
10.9. IAEA General Conference: G-77 and China Draft Resolutions (virtual)
9.11. IAEA Board of Governors, Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee, 22-26 November 2021
11.11. IAEA Board of Governors, Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee, 22-26 November 2021
17.11. Briefing by Ms. Lydie Evrard, DDG of the deapartment of Nuclear Safety and Security (NS) to the Group of 77
19. 11. IAEA Board of Governors, 24-26 November 2021
Working Group
23.6. Coordination meeting on G-77 and China draft resolutions
8.7. Meeting with the IAEA Secretariat (TC) Department in preparation of the IAEA General Conference
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Bolivar BAO, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Philippines
Plenary meetings
15.1. G-77 Handover Ceremony
30.3. Presentation of Dr. Arkebe Oqubay (Ethiopia), candidate for the post of the Director General of UNIDO
7.5. Presentation of Mr. Bernardo Calzadilla Sarmiento (Bolivia, Plurinational State of), candidate for the post of the Director General of UNIDO
23.6. Presentation of Dr. Gerd Müller (Germany), candidate for the post of the Director General of UNIDO
1.7. Exchange of views on a possible endorsement of G-77 candidates for the post of Director General for UNIDO
12.7. UNIDO DG election process and exchange of views on a possible endorsement of a G-77 candidate
Task Force meetings
11.5. UNIDO PBC, 37th session, 26-28 May 2021
17.5. UNIDO PBC, 37th session, 26-28 May 2021
18.5. UNIDO PBC, 37th session, 26-28 May 2021
24.5. UNIDO PBC, 37th session, 26-28 May 2021
30.6. UNIDO IDB, 49th session, 12-15 July 2021
5.7. Presentation of Dr. Arkebe Oqubay (Ethiopia), candidate for the post of the Director General of UNIDO with the Task Force
5.7. UNIDO IDB, 49th session, 12-15 July 2021
8.7. Presentation of Mr. Bernardo Calzadilla Sarmiento (Bolivia, Plurinational State of), candidate for the post of the Director General of UNIDO
29.10. UNIDO General Conference, 19th session, 29 November – 3 December 2021
5.11. UNIDO General Conference, 19th session, 29 November – 3 December 2021
10.11. UNIDO General Conference, 19th session, 29 November – 3 December 2021
12.11. UNIDO General Conference, 19th session, 29 November – 3 December 2021
15.11. Briefing by Dr. Agung Firman Sampurna, Chairman of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia for the post of External Auditor of UNIDO for 2022-2024
17.11. UNIDO General Conference, 19th session, 29 November – 3 December 2021
23.11. UNIDO 9th LDC Ministerial Conference, 25-26 November 2021
Working Group meetings
26.1. Meeting of all the G-77 Task Force Coordinators on the work programme for 2021 and the Chairperson of the Group
United Nations Office at Vienna (UNODC)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Carlos GARCÍA REYES, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Guatemala
Plenary meetings
2.3. Exchange views and explore ways on the way forward to be able to come up with common positions in the coming months
7.4. Presentation of H.E. Ambassador Julia Emma Villatoro Tario, Permanent Representative of El Salvador, as candidate for the chairmanship for the “Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes”, to the members of the Group
Task Force meetings
18.2. a.m. UNODC: Fourteenth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Kyoto, Japan 7-12 March 2021
18.2. p.m. UNODC: Fourteenth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Kyoto, Japan 7-12 March 2021
25.2. UNODC: Fourteenth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Kyoto, Japan 7-12 March 2021
25.3. UNODC: 64th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), 12-16 April 2021
29.3. UNODC: 64th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), 12-16 April 2021
6.5. UNODC: 30th session of the Crime Commission and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), 17-21 May 2021
10.5. UNODC: 30th session of the Crime Commission and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), 17-21 May 2021
11.5. UNODC: 30th session of the Crime Commission and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), 17-21 May 2021
30.11. UNODC: Ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, Sharm-El Sheikh, Egypt, 13-17 December 2021
6.12. UNODC: Joint meeting of the reconvened 64th session of the CND and the reconvened 30th session of the CCPCJ
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Patricio URUEÑA PALACIO, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Argentina
Plenary meetings
Task Force meetings
7.4. UNOOSA: Scientific and Technical Subcommittee: 19–30 April 2021
13.4. UNOOSA: Scientific and Technical Subcommittee: 19-30 April 2021
21.5. UNOOSA: Legal Subcommittee, 60th session: 31 May – 11 June 2021
26.5. UNOOSA: Legal Subcommittee, 60th session: 31 May – 11 June 2021
18.8. UNOOSA: Committee on the Peaceful uses of Outer Space, 64th session: 25 August – 3 September 2021
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Zainal Izran ZAHARI, Minister, Permanent Mission of Malaysia
Task Force meetings
15.2. Briefing by the Secretariat on the work of UNCITRAL in 2021
15.6. Briefing by the Secretariat on the work of the 54th Commission session, 28 June – 16 July 2021
29.6. Briefing with Ms. Kinda Mohamadieh, Third World Network Geneva, on the work of the 54th Commission session, 28 June – 16 July 2021 (Working Group III)
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
Task Force Leader: Mr. Elyes LAKHAL, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Tunisia, followed by Mr. Mfundo Patrick Majozi, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of South Africa
Plenary meetings
16.6. Briefing by H.E. Mr. Mikhail Ivanovich ULYANOV, Permanent representative of the Russian Federation on the Procedure for the appointment of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Advisory Group – Russian proposal to be shared with G-77 Members
19.11. Briefing session with Dr. Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary CTBTO and the Group of 77
Task Force meetings
22.1. CTBTO resumed 55th session of the PrepCom, 27 January 2021
25.1. CTBTO resumed 55th session of the PrepCom, 27 January 2021
2.3. CTBTO Working Group B, 56th session, 8-19 March 2021
27.5. CTBTO Working Group A, 59th session, 31 May – 4 June 2021
17.6. CTBTO Preparatory Commission, 56th session, 21-25 June 2021
18.8. CTBTO Working Group B, 57th session, 18 August – 3 September 2021
4.10. CTBTO Working Group A, 60th session, 18-22 October 2021
12.10. CTBTO Working Group A, 60th session, 18-22 October 2021
4.11. CTBTO Preparatory Commission, 57th session, 10-12 November 2021