International events

EXREL

Events in the international community

	Major recent events
	Other recent events: 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001
	Calendars of events of other organizations
	ILO programme of meetings

Major international events

The following is a selection of recent and forthcoming events organized by other international bodies of relevance to the social and labour field.

ILO meetings (general)
ILO meetings: detailed programme (Acrobat format)
ILO meetings in Asia and the Pacific
ILO meetings in the Caribbean
ILO meetings in Japan

2007

20-25 January

Nairobi

WSF

World Social Forum

22-23 January

Rüschlikon, Switzerland

WEF

Social Entrepreneurs Summit - World Economic Forum regional meeting

24-28 January

Davos,
Switzerland

WEF

World Economic Forum annual meeting

25-26 January

Georgetown,
Guyana

UN-
CARICOM

4th General Meeting between the UN system and CARICOM and its associated institutions

ILO Port-of-Spain

5-9 February

Nairobi

UNEP

24th session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum 2007)

7-16 February

New York

Commission for Social Development: 45th Session – Review Segment

Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly:

(a) Priority theme: promoting full employment and decent work for all;
(b) Review of relevant United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social groups:

(i) World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons;

(ii) World Programme of Action for Youth;

(iii) Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002;

(iv) Family issues, policies and programmes;

ED/EMP: J.M. Salazar Xirinachs
INTEGRATION: D. Campbell

19 February-
9 March

Geneva

UNHCHR

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 68th session

ED/NORM: L. Swepston

26 February-
9 March

New York

Commission on the Status of Women: 51st session
The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child

GENDER: R. Crowe

8-9 March

Bangkok

OECD/UN

Developing Sustainability Strategies in Asia

10-17 March

Sharm El-Sheikh

ALO

Arab Labour Conference

BEIRUT: Y. Qaryouti

3-4 April

Paris

OECD

High-level meeting of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

9-13 April

New York

Commission on Population and Development: 40th session
The changing age structures of populations and their implications for development

EXREL: A. Dale

14 April

Washington

WB-IMF

IMF International Monetary and Financial Committee: Spring Meeting

INTEGRATION: D. Campbell

15 April

Washington

WB-IMF

IMF-World Bank Development Committee: Spring meeting

INTEGRATION: D. Campbell

16 April

New York

ECOSOC

ECOSOC: Special High-level Meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions, UNCTAD and the World Trade Organization: Coherence, coordination and cooperation in the context of the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus

INTEGRATION: D. Campbell

23-27 April

Geneva

OHCHR

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families: 6th session

MIGRANT: I. Awad

30 April-
11 May

New York

Commission on Sustainable Development:
Policy Session (CSD-15)

EXREL: A. Dale

6-8 May

Dresden,
Germany

Meeting of G8 Labour Ministers

14-25 May

New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:
Indigenous peoples and the Millennium Development Goals

ED/NORM: L. Swepston

14-15 May

Paris

OECD

OECD Forum 2007: Innovation, Growth and Equity

EMP/ELM: P. Auer

6-8 June

Heiligendamm Germany

G8 Summit

2-27 July

Geneva

ECOSOC

Economic and Social Council: Substantive Session

High-level Segment (2-5 July)

Strengthening efforts at all levels to promote pro-poor sustained economic growth, including through equitable macro-economic policies
Annual Ministerial Review (AMR): Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through the global partnership for development

Dialogue with the Executive Secretaries of the regional commissions (6 July)

Coordination segment (6-10 July)