01/05/2002
Press Release
United Nations
ORG/1350

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MAY 2002


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


Meetings continued from previous month:


15 April-3 May��������������������� International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee, Montreal


22 April-2 May��������������������� Committee on Information, twenty-fourth session, New York


22 April-3 May��������������������� International Telecommunications Union, Council, Geneva


22 April-10 May�������������������� International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), fifty-fourth session, Rome (FAO headquarters)


29 April-2 May��������������������� United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Trade and Development Board, nineteenth special session (mid-term review), Bangkok


29 April-17 May�������������������� Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, twenty-eighth session, Geneva


29 April-17 May�������������������� Committee against Torture, twenty-eighth session, Geneva


29 April-7 June�������������������� International Law Commission, fifty-fourth session, Geneva


30 April-2 May��������������������� United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Board of Trustees, fortieth session, Geneva


Meetings beginning in May:


May�������������������������������� Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, Geneva

May/June��������������������������� United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Executive Board, Paris


2 May������������������������������ Committee for Programme and Coordination, organizational session, New York


2-5 May���������������������������� Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Joint Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Economic Development and Planning, thirty-fifty session of the Commission, South Africa (tentative)


6-9 May���������������������������� International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee, Vienna


6-10 May��������������������������� Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, sixty-sixth session, Geneva


6-10 May��������������������������� United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, fifty-first session, Vienna


6-10 May��������������������������� Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), twenty-ninth session, Brasilia


6-17 May��������������������������� International Narcotics Control Board, seventy-fourth session, Vienna


7-10 May��������������������������� Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), fifty-seventh session, Geneva


7-24 May��������������������������� Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York


8-10 May��������������������������� General Assembly, special session on children, New York


11-22 May�������������������������� World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Executive Council, Geneva


13-14 May�������������������������� Investments Committee, New York


13-17 May�������������������������� United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group on Insolvency Law, twenty-sixth session, New York


13-17 May�������������������������� Commission on Human Rights, group of experts on the use of mercenaries, Geneva


13-17 May�������������������������� Executive Board of the World Food Programme. second regular session, Rome


13-18 May�������������������������� World Health Organization, World Health Assembly, fifty-fifth session, Geneva


13-24 May�������������������������� Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, New York


13-24 May�������������������������� Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, New York


13-27 May�������������������������� United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, Board of Trustees, twenty-first session, Geneva


13-31 May�������������������������� General Assembly, Fifth Committee, resumed session, New York


13 May-28 June��������������������� Conference on Disarmament, second part, Geneva


14-16 May�������������������������� Regional seminar to review the situation in Non-Self-Governing Territories under the Second Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, Nadi, Fiji


15-16 May�������������������������� United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Industrial Development Board, twenty-fifth session, Vienna


16-22 May�������������������������� Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), fifty-eighth session, Bangkok


20-24 May�������������������������� United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group on Security Interests, first session, New York


20-24 May�������������������������� Group of governmental experts on the feasibility study of developing an international instrument to identify and trace illicit small arms, first session, New York


20-24 May�������������������������� Executive Board of World Food Programme (WFP), annual session, Rome


21-24 May�������������������������� Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, pre-sessional working group, Geneva


21 May-14 June��������������������� International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Council, Montreal


21 May-7 June���������������������� Committee on the Rights of the Child, thirtieth session, Geneva


21 May-7 June���������������������� International Law Seminar, Geneva


21 May-7 June���������������������� Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Working Group B and informal/expert meetings, Vienna


23 May����������������������������� Committee of Permanent Representatives to United Nations-Habitat, Nairobi


27-31 May�������������������������� Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Minorities, Geneva


27-31 May�������������������������� Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Geneva


27-31 May�������������������������� Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, Geneva


27 May-7 June���������������������� Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, ministerial level, fourth session, Bali


29-30 May�������������������������� Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, New York


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