02/01/2002
Press Release
United Nations
ORG/1343

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JANUARY 2002


The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in January, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:


Meetings beginning in January:


January���������������������������� United Nations Staff Pension Committee, New�York


January���������������������������� Economic and Social Council, election of

(1 day)���������������������������� Bureau, New York


4 January, once�������������������� Military Staff Committee, New York

every fortnight thereafter


14-18 January���������������������� United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Working Party on the medium-term plan and the programme budget, thirty-ninth session, Geneva


14-21 January���������������������� World Health Organization (WHO), Executive Board, Geneva


14-25 January���������������������� Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on Financing for Development, final preparatory meeting, New York


14-25 January���������������������� Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, resumed 2001 session, New York


14-25 January���������������������� Commission on Human Rights, open-ended working group on a draft optional protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, Geneva


14 January-1 February�������������� Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, twenty-sixth session, New York


14 January-1 February�������������� Committee on the Rights of the Child, twenty-ninth session, Geneva


14 January-1 February�������������� International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee, Montreal



15-18 January���������������������� Commission on Narcotic Drugs, meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies, European region, Vienna


17 January������������������������� States Parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, nineteenth meeting, New York


21 January������������������������� International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee, Vienna


21-25 January���������������������� United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Executive Board, first regular session, New�York


21-25 January���������������������� United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Board of Trustees, Geneva


21-25 January���������������������� UNCTAD, Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues, Geneva


21 January-1 February�������������� Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of a convention against corruption, first session, Vienna


21 January-28 March���������������� Conference on Disarmament, first part, Geneva


28 January������������������������� Joint meeting of the Executive Board of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP), New York


28 January-1 February�������������� Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December, New�York


28 January-8 February�������������� Executive Board of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), first regular session, New York


28 January-8 February�������������� Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, second session, New York


28 January-8 February�������������� Commission on Human Rights, working group on a draft declaration on the rights of indigenous people, Geneva


30 January-1 February�������������� Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, New�York


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