This is an abridged excerpt from the IWC 68B meeting in May 2020, prepared for the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch Meeting, September 2020. This excerpt includes an update on IWC engagement with Inter-governmental organisations, including the FAO and the IOTC and the cetacean bycatch discussions of the IWC Scientific Committee (Sub-Committee on Non-deliberate Human-Induced Mortality of cetaceans). The full report of this meeting is available at https://archive.iwc.int/?r=17766