WORLD GOVERNMENTS VARIABLE ACCOUNT, 497J, 2000-05-01

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497J, 2000-05-01

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                    MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY
             500 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116-3741
                                  617-954-5000





                                        May 1, 2000


VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

         Re:   Global  Governments  Variable  Account (File No.  33-19739)  (the
               "Variable Account")

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
please  accept this letter on behalf of the  Variable  Account as  certification
that the  Prospectus  and Statement of Additional  Information  for the Variable
Account do not differ from those  contained in  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 15
(the "Amendment") to the Variable Account's Registration Statement on Form N-1A.
The Amendment was filed electrically on April 28, 2000.

         Please call the  undersigned or Karen M. Ray at (617) 954-5000 or (800)
343-2829 with any questions you may have.

                                        Very truly yours,




                                        JAMES F. DESMARAIS
                                        James F. DesMarais
                                        Assistant General Counsel

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