United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Effectively Postponed on March 3 at 8:43 PM
The United Nations has virtually postponed the International Conference on Women's Status, which will be held over the next two weeks and will be attended by more than 1,000 governments and NGO representatives to discuss women's empowerment. .
A UN spokeswoman said at a press conference on Tuesday that "the Commission has decided to reduce the two-week session to one day to prevent the transmission of the new coronavirus."
In fact, next week, delegates from New York will gather and vote on a political declaration that is expected to be adopted at the UN General Assembly, putting off virtually all dates.
This committee marked the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, the norm for international gender equality, and the Chinese government was also planning to dispatch a large delegation. The UN ambassador said in a press conference on February 2 that "delegations can no longer be sent."
In addition, the Japanese government, which aims to build a society where women can shine, had also planned various side events according to the committee's session, but decided to cancel all, and Japan's United Nations Mission, Eriko Suzuki, "I am sorry for these results," he said.