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Please send it to Anselmo Lee at acasia@acasia.info or Rashid Kang hrd@forumasia.org
Major International Meetings by UN and NGOs
2005
Dates
Venue
Meetings
Jan. 5-18
New York
ECOSOC Committee on NGOs
www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo
Jan. 18-22
Kobe
World Conference on Disaster Reduction
www.unisdr.org/eng/wcdr/wcdr-index.htm
Jan. 26-30
Davos
World Economic Forum (WEF)
www.weforum.org
Jan. 26-31
Porto Alegre
World Social Forum (WSF) - 5th
www.forumsocialmundial.org.br
Jan.
Ad-hoc Committee on the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities - 5th Session
www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/
Jan. 24 - Apr. 1
UN Conference on Disarmament - 1st Part
disarmament2.un.org/cd
Feb. 9-18
UN Commission for Social Development (CSD) - 43rd Session (Copenhagen+10)
www.un.org/esa/socdev/csd
Feb. 17-25
Geneva
PrepCom 2 of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2nd Phase (Nov. 16-18, 2005)
www.itu.int/wsis
Feb. 19-20
Nairobi
UNEP Global Civil Society Forum - 6th
www.unep.org
Feb. 21-25
UNEP Governing Council - 24th Session
Feb. 28 - Mar. 11
UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) - 49th Session (Beijing+10)
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw
Mar. 9-10
CONGO Board Meeting
www.ngocongo.org
Mar. 14 - Apr. 22
UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) - 61st
www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/sessions
Apr. 1
ECOSOC Meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs) and World Trade Organization (WTO)
www.un.org/esa/coordination/ecosoc
Apr. 11-22
UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) - 13th Session
www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd
Apr. 18-25
Bangkok
UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - 11th (10th Congress: Vienna, 2000)
www.unodc.org/unodc/en/crime_cicp_congresses.html
Apr.
Washington D.C.
Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Groups
www.imf.org/external/spring/2004
Launch of Social Watch Report on MDGs
www.socialwatch.org
May 2-27
Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
www.disarmament2.un.org/wmd/npt
May 4-6
Santiago
Council for a Community of Democracies - 3rd
(Warsaw, 2000 / Seoul, 2002)
www.ccd21.org www.santiago2005.org
May 9-20
ECOSOC Committee on NGOs - Resumed Session
May 16-27
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - 4th Session
www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii
May 18-27
Vienna
UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) - 14th Session
www.unodc.org/unodc/en/crime_cicp_commission.html
May 29 - Jun. 1
Montreal
Forum International de Montreal (FIM) Global Conference
www.fimcivilsociety.org www.G05.org
May
WHO World Health Assembly (WHA) - 58th
www.who.int
WTO Annual Public Symposium
www.wto.org
May 30 - Jul. 15
UN Conference on Disarmament - 2nd Part
May 31 - Jun. 16
ILO International Labor Conference - 93rd Session
www.ilo.org
Jun. 20-24
Annual Meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies - 17th session
www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/icm-mc/index.htm
Jun. 26
60th Anniversary of the Signing of the UN Charter
Jun.
Annual Meeting of Special Procedures of the Commission on Human Rights - 12th
www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/meeting.htm
Jun. 28 - Jul. 23
ECOSOC Substantive Session
Jul. 6-8
Gleneagles
Scotland
Group of 8 Industrialized Countries (G8 Summit)
www.g8online.org
Jul. 19-21
International Conference on the Prevention of Armed Conflict
www.gppac.org
Jul. 25 - Aug. 12
UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights - 57th Session
www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/subcom/sessions.htm
Aug. 8 - Sep. 23
UN Conference on Disarmament - 3rd Part
Sep. 9
Helsinki
Helsinki Conference on Globalization and Democracy
www.helsinkiprocess.fi
Sep. 26-27
Washington
D.C.
Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group
www.imf.org/external/am/index.htm
Sep.
UN DPI/NGO Annual Conference - 58th
www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/confhome.htm
"Millennium Summit+5" at UN General Assembly
PrepCom 3 of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2nd Phase (Nov. 16-18, 2005)
Sep. - Oct.
Paris
UNESCO General Conference - 33rd
www.unesco.org
Oct.
UNHCR Executive Committee - 56th
www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/excom
Oct. 24
60th Anniversary of UN
Nov. 16-18
Tunis
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) - 2nd Phase
Dec. 13-18
Hong Kong
WTO Ministerial Conference - 6th
2006
Sep. 19-20
Singapore
www.singapore2006.org
Finland
Asia-Europe Meeting - 6th
(ASEM 5: Hanoi, 2004 / ASEM 4: Copenhagen, 2002)
www.asem5.gov.vn
Nov. 13-15
Qatar
International Conference on New and Restored Democracy (ICHRD) - 6th (5th ICNRD: Ulaanbattar, 2003)
www.icnrd5-mongolia.mn
