| 2003 CALENDAR OF UN EVENTS |
| The following lists some of the UN meetings and events that are due to take place in 2003. Please note that dates may be subject to change. Not all meetings listed below are open to NGO participation.OCUS |
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Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 12th session,
13 - 22 May, Vienna
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Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of a Convention Against Corruption |
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| Disarmament | ||
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WEAPONS l Annual Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, 10 - 14 November, Geneva Contact: Department for Disarmament Affairs, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, website (www.un.org/Depts/dda) CHEMICAL WEAPONS Contact: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Johan de Wittlaan 32, NL-2517 JR The Hague, Netherlands, e-mail <inquiries@opcw.org>, website (www.opcw.nl) CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISARMAMENT COMMISSION LANDMINES NUCLEAR WEAPONS Contact: CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 1200, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, e-mail <info@ctbto.org>, website (www.ctbto.org) |
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Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) —Resumed organizational session, 29-30 April, New York — Substantive session, 30 June-25 July, Geneva l Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, 2003 session — 8 - 24 January 2003, New York —5 - 23 May, New York —June (1 day, TBA), New York Contact: NGO Section, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Room DC1-1480, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, e-mail <mezoui@un.org>, website (www.un.org/esa/coordination.ngo) l Committee for Development Policy (CDP), 5th session, 7-11 April, New York Contact: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Room DC2-2150, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, tele phone +1-212/963 4867, fax +1-212/963 1061 l General Assembly, 58th session, September-December, New York |
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| Food and Agriculture | ||
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Committee on World Food Security, 29th session, 12 - 16 May, Rome,
UN Food and Agriculture Organization l FAO/WHO Codex Alimertarius Commission, 25th session, 30 June - 5 July l FAO Conference, 29 November - 10 December, Rome Contact: FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, I-00100 Rome, Italy, website (www.fao.org) |
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| Health | ||
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WHO, World Health Assembly, 56th
session, 19 - 28 May, Geneva Contact: WHO, 20 avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, website (www.who.int) l 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health - Global Action for a Tobacco Free Future, 3 - 8 August 2003, Helsinki, Finland Contact: Conference Secretariat, PO Box 762, 00101 Helsinki, Finland, telephone +358-9/4542 190, fax +358-9/4542 1930, e-mail <wctoh2003@congcreator.com>, website (www.wctoh2003.org) |
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| HIV/AIDS | ||
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II Forum on HIV/AIDS/STD (sexually transmitted diseases) in Latin
America and the Caribbean, 7 - 12 April, Havana l 13th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmit ted Diseases in Africa (ICASA), 21 - 26 September, Nairobi l 11th International Conference for People Living with HIV/AIDS, 26-31 October, Kampala, Uganda Contact: UNAIDS, 20 avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, e-mail <unaids@unaids.org>, website (www.unaids.org) |
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| Human Rights | ||
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Working Group on Structural Adjustment, March (date TBA), Geneva l Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination —62nd session, 3 - 21 March, Geneva —63rd session, 4 - 22 August, Geneva l Commission on Human Rights, 59th session, 17 March - 24 April, Geneva l Human Rights Committee —77th session, 17 March – 4 April, Geneva —78th session, 14 July - 7 August, Geneva —79th session, 20 October - 7 November, Geneva l Rights of the Child —33rd session, 19 May - 6 June, Geneva —34th session, 15 September - 3 October, Geneva l Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances —69th session, 21-24 April, New York —70th session, 11- 15 August, Geneva —71st session, 10-19 November, Geneva l Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, —30th session, 5 - 23 May, Geneva —31st session, 10 - 28 November, Geneva l Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 12 - 23 May, New York l Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Minorities, 12 - 16 May, Geneva l Working Group on Arbitrary Detention —36th session, 5 - 9 May, Geneva —37th session, 1-5 September, Geneva —38th session, 19 - 28 November, Geneva l Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection and Human Rights, Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, 16 - 20 June, Geneva l Meeting of persons chairing human rights treaty bodies 23 - 27 June, Geneva l Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, 16 - 27 June, New York l Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Indigenous Populations, 21 - 25 July, Geneva l Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, 28 July - 15 August, Geneva l Intergovernmental Working Group on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Durban Declaration), 18-19 August, Geneva l Intergovernmental Working Group on the effective implementa tion of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, 18- 29 August, Geneva l Ad Hoc Committee on an International Convention Against the Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings, 29 September - 3 October, New York Contact: OHCHR, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/917 9000, fax +41-22/917 9012, website (www.unhchr.ch) |
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| Information and Communication | ||
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ITU, World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), Third Preparatory
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ITU, World Summit on the Information Society, 10 - 12 December,
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| International Law | ||
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International Criminal Court —1st resumed session , 3 - 7 February 2003, New York —2nd resumed session, 21 - 23 April, New York —Second Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC, 8 - 12 September, New York Contact: Office of the Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, UN, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 1942, fax +1-212/963 3386, website (www.un.org/law/icc/index.htm) l Meeting of the States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, 9 - 13 June, New York Contact: UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, Room DC2-0450, UN, New York NY 10017, USA, e-mail <doalos@un.org>, website (www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm) l UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNICTRAL), 36th session, 30 June - 18 July, Vienna Contact: UNICTRAL, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, e-mail <unictral@unictral.org>, website (www.unictral.org) |
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Commission on Narcotic Drugs, —46th session, 8 - 17 April, Vienna —resumed 46th session, 8 -1 0 December, Vienna Contact: Commission on Narcotic Drugs, UNODC, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, website (www.unodc.org/odccp/cnd.html) l International Narcotics Control Board, —77th session, 26 May - 6 June, Vienna —78th session, 29 October - 14 November, Vienna Contact: International Narcotics Control Board, UNODC, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, e- mail <secretariat@incb.org>, website (www.incb.org) |
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| Population and Development | ||
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Commission on Population and Development, |
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Office of the UN High commissioner
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| Regional Commissions | ||
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Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Joint Conference of African
Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Economic Development and Planning,
36th session, May (date TBA), Addis Ababa Contact: ECA, PO Box 3001, Addis, Ababa, Ethiopia, e-mail <ecainfo@uneca.org>, website (www.uneca.org) l Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), 58th session, 4 - 6 March, Geneva Contact: Information Unit, UNECE, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, e-mail <info.ece@unece.org), web site (www.unece.org) l Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean(ECLAC), Committee of the Whole, 26th session, (date TBA), Santiago Contact: ECLAC, Information Services Unit, Casilla de Correo 179-D, Santiago, Chile, e-mail <dpisantiago@eclac.cl>, web site (www.eclac.org) l Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), 59th session, 24 - 30 April, Bangkok Contact: ESCAP, United Nations Building, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand, website (www.unescap.org) l Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), —Preparatory Committee, 8 - 9 April, Beirut —22nd session, 10 - 11 April, Beirut Contact: ESCWA, P.O. Box 11-8575, Riad el-Solh Square, Beirut, Lebanon,e-mail <unescwa@escwa.org.lb>, website (www.escwa.org.lb) |
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Commission for Social Development, 41st Session, 10 - 21 February
2003, New York Contact: Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Room DC2-1376, UN, New York NY 10017, USA, e-mail <ngoran@un.org>, website (www.un.org/esa/socdev/csd) l International Labour Organization —Governing Body and its committees, June (TBA), Geneva —General Conference, 3 - 19 June, Geneva —Governing Body and its committees, November (TBA), Geneva Contact: Bureau for External Relations and Partnerships, ILO, 4 route des Morillons, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland, e-mail <aumont@ilo.org>, website (www.ilo.org) |
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Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) |
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Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) l Trade and Development Board, 50th session, 6 - 17 October, Geneva l Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development, 15 - 19 December, Geneva Contact: UNCTAD, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, e-mail <info@unctad.org>, website (www.unctad.org) International Monetary Fund (IMf) and World Bank l Annual Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and IMF, 12 - 13 April, Washington DC l Annual Spring Meeting between ECOSOC, the Bretton Woods Institutions and the World Trade Organization, 14 April, New York l Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and IMF, 23 - 24 September, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Contact: IMF, 700 19th Street NW, Washington DC 20431, USA, Website (www.imf.org) or World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington DC 20433, USA, website (www.worldbank.org) l General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development, October (3 days), New York |
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) —29th session, 30 June - 25 July, New York —Optional Protocol, 28 July - 1 August, New York Contact: Women’s Rights Unit, Division for the Advancement of Women, DESA, UN, New York NY 10017, USA, e-mail <daw@un.org>, website (www.un.org/womenwatch/daw) l Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 47th session, 3 - 14 March, New York Contact: Division for the Advancement of Women, DESA, UN, New York NY 10017, USA, e-mail <daw@un.org>, website (www.un.org/womenwatch/daw) |
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African Union, Council of Ministers, 13-15 March, Addis Ababa Contact: African Union, e-mail <tpst@africa-union.org>, web site (www.africa-union.org). l Organization of American States (OAS), General Assembly, 1-3 June, Santiago Contact: OAS, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington DC 20006, USA, e-mail <pimultimedia@oas.org>, website (www.oas.org). l Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development —Council Meeting (Ministerial Level), 29-30 April, Paris —OECD Forum 28-29 April, Paris Contact: Media Relations, OECD, 2 rue André-Pascal, F-75775 Paris-Cédex 16, France, e-mail <contact@oecd.org>, website (www.oecd.org). l G-7/8 Evian Summit, 1-3 June, Evian-les-Bains, France Contact: website (www.g7.utoronto.ca) l Group of 77, 27th Annual Ministerial Meeting, September, New York Contact: website (www.g77.org) l Fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, 10-14 September 2003, Cancun, Mexico |
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