2002 CALENDAR OF UN ACTIVITIES

The following lists some of the UN meetings and events that are due to take place in 2002. Please note that dates may be subject to change. Not all meetings listed below are open to NGO participation.

AGEING

Second World Assembly on Ageing

—Commission for Social Development Acting as the Preparatory Commission for the Second World Assembly on Ageing, 25 February-1 March, New York

Contact: Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Room DC2-1316, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 0500, fax +1-212/963 3062, e-mail <sidorenko@un.org>, website (www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/waa/index.html)

—Second World Assembly on Ageing, 8-12 April, Madrid (Spain)

Contact: Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Room DC2-1316, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 0500, fax +1-212/963 3062, e-mail <sidorenko@un.org>, website (www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/waa/index.html)

CHILDREN

Special session on Children

—General Assembly Special Session on Children, 8-10 May, New York

Contact: Margaret Kyenkya-Isabirye or Sabeen Rana, Secretariat for the Special Session on Children, UNICEF, UNICEF House, 3 UN Plaza, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/824 6570 or 824 6323, fax +1-212/824 6466, e-mail <mkisabirye@unicef.org>, website (www.unicef.org/specialsession)

Rights of the Child (see under Human Rights)

CRIME

—Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 11th session, 16-25 April, Vienna

Contact: United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, telephone +43-1/260600, fax +43-1/26060 5866, e-mail <odccp@odccp.org>, website (www.odccp.org)

DISARMAMENT

Chemical Weapons

—Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, May, The Hague

Contact: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Johan de Wittlaan 32, NL-2517 JR The Hague, Netherlands, telephone +31-70/416 3300, fax +31-70/306 3535, e-mail <inquiries@opcw.org>, website (www.opcw.nl)

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

—Conference on Disarmament

      –1st part, 21 January-29 March, Geneva

      –2nd part, 13 May-28 June, Geneva

      –3rd part, 29 July-13 September, Geneva

Contact: E. Roman-Morey, Conference on Disarmament, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/917 3440, fax +41-22/917 0034, website (www.unog.ch/disarm/dconf.htm)

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION

—Disarmament Commission,

      –April/May (3 weeks), New York

      –Organisational session, December (2 days), New York

      Contact: K.C. Lin, Disarmament Commission, Room S-2977-H, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 5595, fax +1-212/963 1121,  (www.un.org/Depts/dda/undiscom.htm)

Landmines

—Fourth meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Landmines and on Their Destruction, September, Geneva

Contact: Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Office of Mine Action Service, Room S-3630, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 8079, fax +1-212/963 9222, website (www.un.org/Depts/dpko)

Nuclear Weapons

—Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty Organization

      –17th session, 8-12 April, Vienna

      –18th session, 20-23 August, Vienna

      –19th session, 11-15 November, Vienna

Contact: CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 1200, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, telephone +43-1/26030 6375, fax  +43-1/ 26030 5823, e-mail <info@ctbto.org>, website (www.ctbto.org)

—Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1st session, 8-19 April, New York

Contact: Department for Disarmament Affairs, Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch, Room S-3140, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 9309, fax +1-212/963 1121, website (www.un.org/Depts/dda/WMD)

ECOSOC/GENERAL ASSEMBLY

—Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

      –Resumed organizational session, 29-30 April, New York

      –Substantive session, 1-26 July, New York

—Special High-Level Meeting between ECOSOC and the Bretton Woods Institutions, April (1 day), New York

—Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations,  2002 session

      –15-19 April New York

      –13-24 May, New York

Contact: NGO Section, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Room DC1-1480, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 4842, fax +1-212/963 9248, e-mail <mezoui@un.org>, website (www.un.org/esa/coordination.ngo)

—Committee for Development Policy (CDP), 4th session, 8-12 April, New York

Contact: Anatoly Smyshlyaev, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Room DC2-2150, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 4867, fax +1-212/963 1061, e-mail <smyshlyaev@un.org>

—General Assembly, 57th session, September-December, New York

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Address for FAO contact persons: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, I-00100 Rome, Italy, website (www.fao.org)

—World Food Summit: five years later, 10-13 June, Rome

Contact: Nora McKeon, NGO Programme Officer, Unit for Cooperation with Private Sector and NGOs, FAO, telephone +39-06/5705 3852, fax +39-06/5705 5175, e-mail <nora.mckeon@fao.org>

—Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, acting as the interim committee for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, October, Rome

Contact: Emma Wittekind, FAO, telephone +39-06/5705 2208, fax +39-06/5705 6347, e-mail <emma.wittekind@fao.org>

HEALTH

—World Health Assembly, 55th meeting, 13-18 May, Geneva

Contact: Gregory Hartl, Spokesperson, World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/791 2599, fax +41-22/791 4858, e-mail <hartlg@who.int>, website (www.who.int)

HIV/AIDS

—XIV International Conference on AIDS, 6-13 July, Barcelona (Spain)

Contact: Calle Almedal or Bai Bagasao, NGO Liaison Unit, UNAIDS, 20 avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/791 4570 or 791 4654, fax +41-22/791 4188, e-mail <almedalc@unaids.org> or <bagasaob@unaids.org>, website (www.unaids.org)

HUMAN RIGHTS

—Working Group on Structural Adjustment, 4-15 February, Geneva

—Working Group on the Right to Development, 18-22 February, Geneva

—Human Rights Committee

      –74th session, 18 March-5 April, New York

      –75th session, 8-26 July, New York

—Commission on Human Rights, 58th session, 18 March-26 April, Geneva

—Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

      –66th session, 22-26 April, New York

      –67th session, August (1 week), Geneva

—Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 26th session, 22 April-10 May, Geneva

—Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII), 1st session, 6-17 May, New York

—Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, 27-31 May, Geneva

—Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Indigenous Populations, 22-26 July, Geneva

—Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, 54th session, 29 July-16 August, Geneva

—Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Communications, 19-30 August, Geneva

—Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 61st session, August (3 weeks)

—Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

      –34th session, 9-13 September, Geneva

      –35th session, 25 November-6 December, Geneva

—Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 27th session, 11-29 November

Contact: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Palais des Nations, CH-1211  Geneva 10, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/917 9000, fax +41-22/917 9012, website (www.unhchr.ch)

Rights of the Child

—Committee on the Rights of the Child

      –30th session, 20 May-7 June, Geneva

      –31st session, 16 September-4 October, Geneva

Contact: S. Raadi-Azarakhchi or P. David, OHCHR, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/917 9252 or 917 9301, fax +41-22/917 9022

INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS

—Organization of American States (OAS), General Assembly, 2-4 June, Bridgetown (Barbados)

Contact: OAS, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington DC 20006, USA, telephone +1-202/458 3000, e-mail <pimultimedia@oas.org>, website (www.oas.org)

—Organization of African Unity (OAU), 38th Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 8-10 July, South Africa

Contact: OAU, PO Box 3243, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, telephone +251-1/517700, fax +251-1/512622, website (www.oau-oua.org)

—Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

      –OECD Forum, 13-15 May, Paris

      –OECD Council Meeting at Ministerial Level, 15-16 May, Paris

Contact: Media Relations, OECD, 2 rue André-Pascal, F-75775 Paris Cédex 16, France, fax +33-1/45 24 80 03, e-mail <contact@oecd.org>, website (www.oecd.org)

—G-7/8 Meeting, 26-28 June,Kamanaskis (Canada)

Contact: website (www.g7.utoronto.ca)

—Group of 77 (G-77), 26th Annual Ministerial Meeting, date and venue to be decided

Contact: Office of the Chair of the Group of 77, Room S-3959, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 0192, fax +1-212/963 0050, e-mail <g77off@unmail.org>, website (www.g77.org)

international law

—Preparatory Commission for the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, 9th session, 8-19 April, New York

Contact: Mona Khalil, NGO Liaison, Office of the Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 1942, fax +1-212/963 3386, website (www.un.org/law/icc/index.htm)

—Meeting of the States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, 12th session, 13-24 May, New York

Contact: United Nation Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, Room DC2-0450, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 3968, fax +1-212/963 5847, e-mail <doalos@un.org>, website (www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm)

NARCOTIC DRUGS

—Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 45th session, 11-22 March, Vienna

Contact: Jonathan Lucas, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, telephone +43-1/26060 3400, fax +43-1/26060 5885

—International Narcotics Control Board

      –74th session, 6-17 May, Vienna

      –75th session, 30 October-15 November

Contact: International Narcotics Control Board, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Room E-1339, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, telephone +43-1/260600, fax +43-1/26060 5867,  e-mail <secretariat@incb.org>, website (www.incb.org)

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

—Commission on Population and Development, 35th session, 1-5 April, New York

Contact: Joseph Chamie, Population Division, DESA, Room DC2-1950, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 3179, fax +1-212/963 2147, e-mail <chamiej@un.org>, website (www.un.org/esa/population/cpd/cpd.htm)

REFUGEES

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Address for UNHCR contact persons: UNHCR, Case postale 2500, CH-1211 Geneva 2 Dépôt, Switzerland, website (www.unhcr.org)

—Global Consultations on International Protection, 22-24 May, Geneva

Contact: Walpurga Englbrecht, Focal Point for the Global Consultations, Department of International Protection, telephone +41-22/739 7883

—Pre-Executive Committee Consultations with NGOs, 25-27 September, Geneva

—Executive Committee, 53rd session, 30 September- 4 October, Geneva

Contact: Craig Sanders, Coordinator, NGO Unit, Division of Communication and Information, telephone +41-22/739 7944, fax +41-22/739 7302, e-mail <hqng00@unchr.ch>

REGIONAL COMMISSIONS

—Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), 58th session, March/April (7 days), Bangkok

      Contact: ESCAP, United Nations Building, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand, telephone 66-2/288 1234, fax +66-2/288 1000, e-mail <thampi.unescap@un.org>, website (www.unescap.org)

—Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 57th session, 7-10 May, Geneva

Contact: Information Unit, UNECE, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/917 4444, fax +41-22/917 0505, e-mail <info.ece@unece.org>, website (www.unece.org)

—Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 29th session, 6-10 May, Brazil

Contact: Laura López, ECLAC, Information Services Unit, Casilla de Correo 179-D, Santiago, Chile, telephone +56-2/210 2380 or 210 2149, fax +56-2/228 1947 or 210 2238, e-mail <dpisantiago@eclac.cl>, website (www.eclac.org)

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Commission for Social Development

—40th session, 11-21 February, New York

Contact: Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Room DC2-1376, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 3175, fax +1-212/963 3062, e-mail <ngoran@un.org>, website (www.un.org/esa/socdev/csd)

International Labour Organization (ILO)

—Governing Body and its committees, 283rd session, 7-22 March, Geneva

—ILO General Conference, 90th session, 4-20 June, Geneva

Contact: Bureau for External Relations and Partnerships, ILO, 4 route des Morillons, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/799 6495, fax +41-22/799 7146, e-mail <aumont@ilo.org>, website (www.ilo.org)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Basel Convention

—Conference of Parties, 6th session, 9-13 December

Contact: Secretariat of the Basel Convention, Geneva, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/979 8218, fax +41-22/797 3454, website (www.unep.ch/basel)

Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)

—CSD, Acting as the Third Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 25 March-5 April, New York

—CSD, Fourth Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Ministerial and Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Segments, 27 May-7 June, Bali (Indonesia)

—World Summit on Sustainable Development, 26 August-4 September, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Contact: Zehra Aydin-Sipos, Division for Sustainable Development, DESA, Room DC2-2262, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 8811, fax +1-212/963 1267, e-mail <aydin@un.org>, website (www.un.org/esa/sustdev)

Convention on Biodiversity (CBD)

—Conference of Parties, 6th session, 8-26 April, The Hague (Netherlands)

Contact: CBD Secretariat, 393 Saint Jacques Street, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1N9, telephone +1-514/288 2220, fax +1-514/288 6588, e-mail <secretariat@biodiv.org>, website (www.biodiv.org)

Convention on Migratory Species

—Conference of Parties, Conference of Parties, 7th session, 15-28 September, Bonn (Germany)

Contact: CMS Secretariat, Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), Martin-Luther-King-Strasse 8, D-53175 Bonn, Germany, telephone +49-228/815 2401, fax +49-228/815 2449, e-mail <cms@unep.de>, website (www.wcmc.org.uk/cms)

Framework Convention On Climate Change

—First sessional period, 3-14 June, Bonn (Germany)

—Conference of Parties, 8th session, Second sessional period, 28 October-8 November, Bonn (Germany)

Contact: Barbara Black, Meetings Services Officer, Conference and Information Support, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, PO Box 260 124, Haus Carstanjen, Martin-Luther-King-Strasse 8, D-53175 Bonn, Germany, telephone +49-228/815 1000, fax +49-228/815 1999, e-mail <secretariat@unfccc.de>, website (www.unfccc.int)

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

—Conference of Parties, 8th session, 18-26 November, Valencia (Spain)

Contact: Ramsar Secretariat, rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Geneva, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/999 0170, e-mail <ramsar@hq.iucn.org>, website (www.ramsar.org.index_cop8.htm)

United Nations FORUM ON fORESTS

—2nd session, 4-15 March, San José, Costa Rica

Contact: Tina Vahanene, Division for Sustainable Development, DESA, 2 UN Plaza, 12th Floor, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 3262, fax +1-212/963 3463, e-mail <tina.vahenen@un.org>, website (www.un.org/esa/sustdev/forests.htm)

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

— NGO Consultation

      –14 May, Washington DC

      –13 October, Beijing

—GEF Council Meeting

      –15-17 May, Washington DC

      –14-15 October, Beijing

—GEF Council Meeting, 16-18 October, Beijing

Contact: GEF Secretariat, 1818 H Street NW, Washington DC 20433, USA, telephone +1-202/473 0508, fax +1-202/522 3240 or 522 3245, website (www.gefweb.org)

TOBACCO

—Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, 4th session, 18-23 March, Geneva

Contact: Derek Yach, Tobacco-Free Initiative, World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/791 2108, fax +41-22/791 4832, e-mail <tfi@who.int>, website (tobacco.who.int)

TRADE, FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

Financing for Development

—International Conference on Financing for Development, 18-22 March, Monterrey (Mexico)

Contact: Federica Pietracci, FFD Coordinating Secretariat, DESA, Room DC2-2336, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, telephone +1-212/963 8497, fax +1-212/963 0443, e-mail <ffd@un.org>, website (www.un.org/esa/ffd)

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank

—Annual meetings of the World Bank Group and IMF, 1-3 October, Washington DC

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)

UN Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD)

—Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development, 18-22 February, Geneva

—Trade and Development Board, 49th session, 7-18 October, Geneva

Contact: Gloria-Veronica Koch, Chief, Civil Society Outreach, UNCTAD, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, telephone +41-22/907 5690, fax +41-22/907 0122, e-mail <gloria-veronica.koch@unctad.org>, website (www.unctad.org)

Women

—Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 27th session, 3-21 June, New York

—CEDAW Optional Protocol, 24-28 June, New York

—12th Meeting of States Parties to the CEDAW, 29 August, New York

      Contact: Women's Rights Unit, Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), DESA, United Nations, New York NY 10017, USA, fax +1-212/963 3463, e-mail <connorsj@un.org>, website (www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw)

—Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 46th session, 4-15 March, New York

      Contact: DAW, DESA, United Nations, Room DC2-1204, New York NY 10017, USA, fax +1-212/963 3463, e-mail <daw@un.org>, website (www.un.org/womenwatch/daw)