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Programme of meetings and agenda

Thursday, 17 January 2019

Official meetings

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General Assembly Security Council Seventy-third session 10:00 8446th meeting Security Council Chamber 10:00 Informal Conference [webcast] consultations Room 1 Adoption of the agenda (closed) Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and 15:00 Informal Conference South Sudan consultations Room 1 (closed) 15:00 8447th meeting Economic and On the outcome document of the Second High- (closed) Social Council level United Nations Conference on South-South Chamber Cooperation Adoption of the agenda Letters from the President of the General Meeting of the Security Council with the troop- Assembly, dated 12 December 2018 and and police-contributing countries pursuant to 3 January 2019, were sent to all permanent resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B representatives and permanent observers. United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus

Document: S/2019/37

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Security Council should be delivered to the Office of the President of the Security Council or emailed to the secretariat of the Council.

For communications to be published as an official document of the Security Council, please email its text in a Microsoft Word format. For more information, please visit the website of the Presidency of the Security Council. Link: Website Contacts: SCAD SCSB (S-2472); dppa- [email protected] and 212-963-5258

Launch of the digital Journal of the United Nations In accordance with General Assembly resolution 71/323, a digital version of the Journal of the United Nations is available at https://journal.un.org. This multilingual user-friendly website is also compatible with smart phones and tablets. Pursuant to the same resolution, all content related to official meetings, including summaries, is available in the six official languages, in compliance with rule 55 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, while other meetings and general information will continue to be published in English and French only.

Economic and Social Council Session 2019 Commission for Social Development Fifty-seventh session 10:00 Informal briefing Conference Room 4 Convened by the Acting Chair (Iraq), on the preparations of the 57th session of the Commission All are invited to attend.

Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund 10:00 - 13:00 Informal briefing Conference Room 11 The humanitarian situation in the Middle East and Northern Africa Update on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/279 All interested delegations are invited to attend. Link: Website

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Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund/ United Nations Office for Project Services 10:00 - 11:30 Informal consultations (closed) Conference Room 5 UNFPA country programme documents Africa region: Niger Asia and Pacific region: Cambodia All member and observer delegations are invited to attend. 15:00 - 17:00 Informal consultations (closed) Conference Room 6 UNDP Draft Country Programme Documents Africa region: Togo, Niger and Burundi Asia and the Pacific: Cambodia Latin and Caribbean region: Ecuador and Chile All member and observer delegations are invited to attend.

Forthcoming official meetings General Assembly Economic and Social Council 31 January 2019 10:00 Joint briefing by the Presidents of the General Trusteeship Council Chamber Assembly and the Economic and Social Council A joint letter from the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Economic and Social Council, dated 8 January 2019, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.

Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf Forty-ninth session 4 to 8 February 2019 10:00 – 13:00 Plenary meeting (closed) Conference Room 6 15:00 – 18:00 Plenary meeting (closed) Conference Room 6 There will be closed meetings of the subcommissions established by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf from Monday, 28 January 2019 to Friday, 1 February 2019, from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00, at the Geographic Information System laboratories of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DC2 Building, 4th Floor).

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There will be closed plenary meetings of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf from Monday, 4 February 2019 to Friday, 8 February 2019, from 10:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to 18:00, in Conference Room 6.

Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women First regular session 12 February 2019 10:00 2nd plenary meeting Conference Room 2 Executive Board members, observers and other organizations attending the session are requested to e-mail their credentials (names and titles of each delegation member, on official letterhead) to the Board secretariat. A list of speakers will be prepared only for Update on the implementation of General Assembly Resolution 72/279 on repositioning of the United Nations development system. For inscription on the list of speakers, please contact the Board secretariat by email, as early as possible, but no later than 8 February 2019. There will be no lists of speakers for any of the other agenda items. The time limit set for delivering statements during the general discussion is 5 minutes for speakers on behalf of groups and three minutes for individual delegations. Delegations are invited to send electronic copies of their statements by e-mail to the PaperSmart secretariat at least 2 hours in advance of their speaking slot. The statements will be accessible electronically via the PaperSmart Portal at the time of delivery and will be under embargo until then. Delegations are kindly requested to provide 15 hard copies of official statements for interpretation and other services, and are encouraged to carry their laptops, tablets and/or other mobile devices to be able to access the official documents and statements from the Executive Board PaperSmart Portal. Documents: UNW/2019/L.1, UNW/2019/L.2, UNW/2018/7, UNW/2018/8, A/73/5/Add.12 and A/73/353/Add.1 Link: Website Contact: UN-Women Executive Board Secretariat ([email protected])

General Assembly Security Council Peacebuilding Commission Twelfth session Country-Specific Configuration on Sierra Leone 22 January 2019 10:00 – 13:00 Meeting (at the ambassadorial level) Conference Room 6

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Security Council 22 January 2019

10:00 [webcast] Security Council Chamber Open debate in connection with the item entitled “The situation in the Middle-East, including the Palestinian question” Member States wishing to inscribe their names on the list of speakers should send a letter addressed to the President of the Security Council requesting to participate in accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure (e-mail [email protected]), starting on Thursday, 17 January 2019, at 09:30. Please note that only scanned copies of signed letters will be accepted by e-mail. Delegations are kindly requested to limit their statements to no more than four minutes. Delegations are reminded that the list of speakers will not be available by telephone or e-mail, but only in hard copy in the Chamber, shortly before the beginning of the meeting. Communications addressed to the President of the Security Council should be delivered to the Office of the President of the Security Council or emailed to the secretariat of the Council. For communications to be published as an official document of the Security Council, please email its text in a Microsoft Word format. For more information, please visit the website of the Presidency of the Security Council. Contacts: SCAD SCSB (S-2472); [email protected] and 212-963-5258

Economic and Social Council Session 2019 Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Regular session (21-30 January 2019) 21 January 2019

10:00 - 13:00 1st plenary meeting [webcast] Conference Room 1 The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations will hold its 2019 substantive session from Monday, 21 January 2019, to Wednesday, 30 January 2019. The opening meeting will take place on Monday, 21 January 2019 at 10:00, in Conference Room 1. Members of the Committee, as well as observers, who wish to attend the session are kindly requested to communicate the composition of their delegations in a note verbale to the secretariat of the Committee. Please note that only scanned copies of notes verbales will be accepted by e-mail. Background information on the Committee (its procedures, forms and documentation) is available on the website of the NGO Branch of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

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Members of the Committee are strongly encouraged to use the online Paperless Committee System, where detailed information about upcoming applications can be found, as well as applications from previous sessions. Document: E/C.2/2019/1 Link: Website Contacts: Alexander Lomaia, Secretary ([email protected]), Henry Breed, Deputy Secretary ([email protected]), Lidija Komatina ([email protected]), Victor Leu (List of Participants) ([email protected])

Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund Regular session 1 (5-7 February 2019) 5 February 2019 10:00 - 13:00 2nd plenary meeting Conference Room 3 Member States, as well as observers and representatives of other organizations attending the session, are requested to send their credentials, by fax or email, to the Office of the Secretary of the Executive Board, as early as possible, but no later than 1 February 2019. Advance copies of all documentation for the session are available on the Executive Board website. The UNICEF Executive Board homepage will also provide a link to the PaperSmart portal. In accordance with rule 50 (2) of the rules of procedure and its annex, observer delegations are also requested to communicate in writing, with their credentials, their special interest in the items of the provisional agenda on which they intend to intervene. Delegations planning to present statements at the session are kindly requested to submit electronic versions to the Office of the Secretary of the Executive Board. The intended agenda item should be indicated in the heading of the statement and in the subject line of the email. These statements will remain embargoed until delivery of the statement and then posted to the PaperSmart portal. Delegations are kindly requested to bring 10 copies of their statements to the conference officers for interpretation. The Western European and Other States Group will meet daily from 08:30 to 09:30, in Conference Room A. For information on procedural matters and additional information for delegations planning to present statements at the session, please see the information note on the PaperSmart portal. Links: Advance Documentation for the Session and Information Note for Participants Contacts: Hikari Arai, Secretariat, Credentials and Indicative order of speakers ([email protected]) and Dillon Leano, Secretariat, Statement Submission ([email protected])

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Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund/ United Nations Office for Project Services 18 January 2019 10:00 - 13:00 Informal consultations (closed) Conference Room 11 All member and observer delegations are invited to attend.

Summary of official meetings

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Resumed Twenty-eighth Meeting 208th meeting Opening of the resumed twenty-eighth Meeting by the President – Item 1 His Excellency Sven Jürgenson (Estonia), President of the twenty-eighth Meeting of States Parties opened the Meeting. Minute of silent prayer or meditation - Item 2 The Meeting observed a minute of silence. Adoption of the agenda - Item 3 The President made a statement. The Meeting adopted, with amendments, the agenda to be included in the report of the Meeting as document SPLOS/327. The Meeting thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 3. Credentials of representatives to the twenty-eighth Meeting of States Parties – Item 4 The President made a statement. The Vice-Chair of the Credential Committee, serving as Acting Chair, made a statement on the additional credentials received since the Meeting of States Parties in June 2018. The Meeting took note of the statement and accepted the additional credentials mentioned therein, to be reflected in the report of the Meeting as document SPLOS/327. The Meeting thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 4. Election of two members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf - Item 5 The President made a statement. The Meeting proceeded with the balloting.

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In the one round of balloting, Mr. Yong Tang (China), obtained the required majority of two-thirds of States Parties present and voting. Mr. Tang was elected as a member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for a term of office commencing on the date of the election and ending on 15 June 2022. The President congratulated Mr. Tang on behalf of States Parties. The Vice-Chair of the Credential Committee made a statement. The President made a statement. A statement was made by the Chair of the Group of Eastern European States. The Meeting confirmed its decision at the twenty-eight Meeting in June 2018, that the election of one member in the Commission from the Group of Eastern European States will be held at the twenty-ninth Meeting of States Parties if the President received information about potential candidates no less than 14 weeks prior to the commencement of that Meeting. The Meeting thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 5. Other matters - Item 6 The President made a statement. The twenty-eighth Meeting of States Parties was adjourned on the understanding that it may be further resumed as required, before the convening of the twenty-ninth Meeting of States Parties.

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 Security Council [archived video] 8444th meeting The situation in the Middle East Letter dated 31 December 2018 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2019/28) The agenda was adopted without objection. The President invited the representative of Yemen to participate in the meeting in accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure. The President drew attention to the text of a draft resolution contained in document S/2019/46, submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Council proceeded to vote on the draft resolution (S/2019/46) before it. Decision: The draft resolution (S/2019/46) received 15 votes in favour, none against and no abstentions and was adopted unanimously as resolution 2452 (2019). The Council heard a statement by the representative of Yemen. 8445th meeting The situation in Mali Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali (S/2018/1174)

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The agenda was adopted without objection. The President invited the representative of Mali to participate in the meeting in accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure. The President invited Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant-Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, to participate in the meeting in accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure. The Council began its consideration of the item and heard a briefing by Ms. Keita. Statements were made by the representatives of France, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Russian Federation, South Africa, China, Peru, Indonesia, Equatorial Guinea, Poland, Côte d’Ivoire, the United States, Belgium and by the President, speaking in his capacity as the representative of the Dominican Republic. The Council heard a statement by Her Excellency Kamissa Camara, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali.

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Press conferences

Press Briefing Room (S-0237) [webcast] For the complete list of press conferences, please click on the link below www.un.org/sg/spokesperson/confschedule.asp.

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Forthcoming other meetings The information below is reproduced as received and does not imply any opinion or endorsement by the Secretariat of the United Nations. The meetings under this header are open unless otherwise indicated. Group of 77 (at the ambassadorial level) 18 January 2019 10:00 - 13:00 Closed meeting Trusteeship Council Chamber

Alliance of Small Island States (plenary meeting) 22 January 2019 15:00 - 18:00 Closed meeting . Conference Room 6

Group of Least Developed Countries (at the ambassadorial level) 23 January 2019 10:00 - 13:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 8

Event entitled “Leaving No One Behind: the Opioid Epidemic as a Global Challenge” (A/RES/73/192) (organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)) 24 January 2019 13:15 - 14:30 Conference Room 5 Contact: Mr. Daniel Schatz ([email protected]; 212-963-2667)

Asia Pacific Group (at the ambassadorial level) 29 January 2019 15:00 - 18:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 3

New York Presentation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2019 (A/RES/72/195) (organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)) 29 January 2019 15:00 - 17:00 Conference Room 11 Contact: Mr. Daniel Schatz ([email protected]; 212-963-2667)

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