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2001	Venue	Organizer	Title	Website	ILO contacts	Details

15 January- 2 February	New York	UN	Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): 24th Session		EGALITE: C. Thomas
5-9 February	New York	UN	Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC III): Preparatory Committee		ED/EMP: S. Radwan
5-9 February	Manila	ADB	Asian Development Bank: Asia and Pacific Forum on Poverty		EXREL: S. Taylor
13-23 February	New York	UN	UN Commission for Social Development (CSD), 39th Session Priority theme: enhancing social protection and reducing vulnerability in a globalising world		EXREL: C. Perrin ED/PROTECT: A. Bonilla
26 February- 3 March	New York	UN	2nd World Assembly on Ageing (2002): Preparatory Committee (CSD)		IFP/SKILLS: M. Fortuny
19-21 February	Teheran	UN	World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance: Asian Regional Preparatory meeting		EGALITE: C. Thomas
26-27 February	Vienna	UN	Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC): High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP)		PROGRAM: D. Skerrett
1-2 March	Tripoli, Libya	OAU	5th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity		ABIDJAN: R. Amadi-Njoku
5-16 March	New York	UN	UN Commission on the Status of Women, 45th Session		GENDER: L. Wirth
12 March-27 April	Geneva	UN	UN Commission on Human Rights: 57th Session Provisional agenda		EGALITE: L. Swepston
15-17 March	Naples	UN	Third Global Forum dedicated to fostering democracy and development through E-Government		EMP/STRAT: D. Campbell
19-21 March	Santiago de Chile	IDB	Inter-American Development Bank: Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors 16-18 March: Programme of seminars		EXREL: S. Taylor
23-24 March	Stockholm	EU	European Council (European Union)
1-7 April	Havana, Cuba	IPU	105th Inter-Parliamentary Conference and related meetings		EXREL: L. Tchalykh
2-9 April	Amman, Jordan	ALO	Arab Labour Conference
2-6 April	New York	UN	Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC III): Preparatory Committee		ED/EMP: S. Radwan
2-3 April	Nairobi	UN	Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC): Spring session		EXREL: M. Ducci IPG: E. Lee
20-22 April	Quebec	Regional	Third Summit of the Americas
22-24 April	London	EBRD	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors 22 April onwards: Business Forum, programme of seminars, 10th anniversary events		EXREL: S. Taylor
29 April	Washington	IMF-WB	IMF International Monetary and Financial Committee: Spring Meeting		EXREL: S. Taylor
30 April	Washington	IMF-WB	IMF-World Bank Development Committee: Spring meeting		EXREL: S. Taylor
30 April-2 May	New York	UN	World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10): First Preparatory Committee meeting		IPG: S. Pursey SAFEWORK: I. Obadiah
May	Malaysia	ASEAN	15th ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting
May	Jakarta	G-15	11th Summit of the Group of Fifteen
1 May	New York	UN	ECOSOC: Special High-level Meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions		IPG: E. Lee
2-8 May	New York	UN	International Conference on Financing for Development: Preparatory Committee: Third Substantive Session (Part I)		IPG: E. Lee
9-11 May	Honolulu	ADB	Asian Development Bank: Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors 7 May onwards: Programme of seminars		EXREL: S. Taylor
14-20 May	Brussels	UN	Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC III) Statement by Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General Decent Work for Poverty Reduction: An Agenda for Development in the Least Developed Countries – ILO Issues Paper for the Interactive Thematic Session on Human Resources Development and Employment (English) Français ILO Deliverables for LDCIII (English) Français		EXREL: M. Ducci, C. Perrin ED/REGIONS: F. Trémeaud ED/EMP: S. Radwan CODEV: P. Rademaker
14-16 May	Paris	OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): OECD Forum: Sustainable Development and the New Economy (in conjunction with the annual meeting [17-18 May] of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level)		IPG: S. Pursey
21 May-1 June	Geneva	UN	World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance: Second session of the Preparatory Commmitee		EGALITE: C. Thomas
29-31 May	Valencia (Spain)	AfDB	African Development Bank: Annual Meetings		EXREL: S. Taylor
30 May	New York	ILO	High-Level Panel on Poverty and Employment in Africa (a preparatory meeting to discuss the ILO contribution to the ECOSOC High-Level Segment on Africa)		ABIDJAN: R. Amadi-Njoku NYLO: G. Howell
6-8 June	New York	UN	Special Session of the General Assembly: Istanbul+5: Reviewing and Appraising Progress Five Years After Habitat II in June 2001		EXREL: M. Ducci NYLO: G. Howell
15-16 June	Gothenburg	EU	European Council (European Union)
25-27 June	New York	UN	Special Session of the UN General Assembly on HIV/AIDS: Global Crisis, Global Action Statement by Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General (Acrobat) ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work (English - français - español)		ILO/AIDS: F. Lisk EXREL: M. Ducci
1-4 July	Bahamas	CARICOM	CARICOM: 22nd Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government
2-24 July	Geneva	UN	ECOSOC 2001 Substantive Session		EXREL: M. Ducci E. Davydov NYLO: G. Howell
16-18 July			High-Level Segment on Africa ¤ Preparatory process		ABIDJAN: R. Amadi-Njoku
			Coordination Segment: Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)		EMP/STRAT: D. Campbell
16 July	Geneva	UN	High-Level Network on Youth Employment		EXREL: M. Ducci IFP/SKILLS: G. Sziraczki
20-22 July	Genoa	G7-G8	G7-G8 Summit
31 August-7 September	Durban	UN	World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance		EGALITE: C. Thomas EXREL: M. Ducci
[Postponed]	New York	UN	Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Children ILO: Note on the Fourth Revised Draft Outcome Document: A World fit for children		IPEC: F. Roselaers EXREL: M. Ducci
Sep-Dec	New York	UN	General Assembly: 56th Regular Session		EXREL: M. Ducci NYLO: G. Howell
[Cancelled]	Washington	IMF-WB	IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors		EXREL: S. Taylor
17-18 October	Shanghai	APEC	APEC: 13th Ministerial Meeting
17-19 October	Ottawa	OAS	XIIth Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour (IACML) Declaration and Plan of Action Third Summit of the Americas (Quebec City, 20-22 April 2001)
19-20 October	New York	UN	Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC): Autumn session		EXREL: M. Ducci IPG: E. Lee
Oct-Nov	New York	UN	International Conference on Financing for Development: Preparatory Committee: Third Substantive Session (Part II)		EXREL: M. Ducci IPG: E. Lee
8-9 November	New York	UN	Expert Group Meeting on Globalization and Poverty Reduction: Can the Rural Poor Benefit from Globalization?		ED/EMP: S. Radwan EXREL: M. Ducci IPG: E. Lee
9-13 November	Qatar	WTO	World Trade Organization (WTO): Fourth Ministerial Meeting NGO briefings		IPG: E. Lee
14 November	Paris	G24	G24 Ministers: 66th Meeting
16-17 November	Ottawa	G20	G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
17 November	Ottawa	IMF	IMF International Monetary and Financial Committee: Autumn Meeting		EXREL: S. Taylor
18 November	Ottawa	IMF-WB	IMF-World Bank Development Committee: Autumn meeting		EXREL: S. Taylor
28-29 November	New York	UN	UNOPS Conference and workshops on UN partnerships		NYLO: G. Howell

Other calendars of events: ILO meetings (general) ILO meetings: detailed programme (Acrobat format) Meetings in 2001 of UN-system intergovernmental and expert bodies in the economic, social and related fields (ECOSOC website -- Acrobat format) UN Conferences and events (general) World Bank: Events Calendar International conferences in Geneva (Mandat International)

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