Geneva, 3 March 2020
Office of the
Secretary General
Dear Madam,
Dear Sir,
The Sixty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women was to be held
from 9 to 20 March 2020 at the UN Headquarters in New York. I regret having to
inform you that, in the light of the COVID-19 situation, the CSW has now decided to
scale down the Session to a one-day procedural meeting and in the process has
cancelled all side events.
Consequently, please note that the annual IPU-UN Women Parliamentary Meeting
scheduled for 11 March 2020 at the UN Headquarters in New York is cancelled as
well as the two related side events on online harassment and on women in politics that
were to be held on 10 and 12 March respectively.
I am counting on your understanding and regret any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Martin Chungong
Secretary General