External Relations - Events in 2005

External Relations in 2004

Forthcoming events of relevance to ILO concerns in 2005

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

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Place and dates to be determined

General meeting on cooperation between the representatives of the secretariats of the United Nations system and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, (3 days)

ECLAC, Committee of the Whole, twenty-sixth session, Santiago, (2 days)

General meeting of representatives of the United Nations system and of the Organization of American States

January

14th International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA),
Abuja, 5 9 January

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, thirty-second session,
New York, 10-28 January

Committee on the Rights of the Child, thirty-eighth session, Geneva, 10-28 January

UNICEF, Executive Board, first regular session, New York, 17-21 January

World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 18-22 January

'Education for a Sustainable Future' – An International Conference, Ahmedabad, India, 18-20 January

UNDP and UNFPA, Executive Board, first regular session, New York, 24-28 January

United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Board of Trustees,
Geneva, 24-28 January

Second training workshop on Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP),
Maastricht, The Netherlands, 24 - 29 January

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, pre-sessional working group,
New York, 31 January-4 February

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol to the Convention, New York, 31 January-4 February

Committee on the Rights of the Child, pre-sessional working group, Geneva, 31 January-4 February

WFP, Executive Board, first regular session, Rome, 31 January-4 February

UNCTAD, Working Party on the medium-term plan and the programme budget, forty-fourth session, first part,
Geneva, January (1 week)

Joint Meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA, UNICEF and WFP,
New York, January (1 day) New York

Consultative Committee on the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), forty-fifth session,
New York, January

UNCTAD, Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues, Geneva, January

Commission on Human Rights, Intergovernmental Working Group on Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, Geneva, January/February (2 weeks)

United Nations Staff Pension Committee, New York, January/February

February

Economic and Social Council, organizational session, New York, 1-4 February

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York, 1 February-24 March

Group of governmental experts to conduct a study on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security, second session, New York, 7-11 February

Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Situations, Geneva, 7-11 February

Commission for Social Development, 43rd Session, New York, 9-18 February: Comprehensive review of the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 ten-year review of the World Summit for Social Development by the Commission for Social Development
Declaration on the tenth anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development

Intergovernmental preparatory meeting for the thirteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, New York, 28 February-4 March

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations, Board of Trustees, Geneva, 28 February-4 March

Commission on the Status of Women, forty-ninth session, New York, 28 February-11 March

Tenth meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, New York, February (1 day)

Investments Committee, New York, February

UNCTAD, Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, Geneva, February

Commission on Human Rights, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, Geneva, February

Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, New York, February/March

March

Statistical Commission, thirty-sixth session, New York, 1-4 March

Advisory Group of the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, Geneva, 7-11 March

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, sixty-sixth session, Geneva, 7-25 March

4th Joint UN House Public Forum on International Women's Day (topic to be decided), Tokyo, 8 March

Commission on Sustainable Development, thirteenth session, New York, 14 March-1 April

Commission on Human Rights, sixty-first session, Geneva, 14 March-22 April

International Conference on "International Criminal Accountability and the Rights of Children",
The Hague, 17-18 March

4th World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights, Cape Town, 20–23 March

Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Communications, New York, March (1 week)

UNITAR, Board of Trustees, forty-third session, first part, Geneva, March (2-3 days)

General Assembly, Fifth Committee, resumed session, New York, March

UN Economic Commission for Europe, sixtieth session, Geneva, March Geneva

Human Rights Committee, eighty-third session, New York, March/April (3 weeks)

INSTRAW, Executive Board, Santo Domingo, March/April (1 week)

United Nations Staff Pension Committee, New York, March/April (1 meeting)

April

Commission on Population and Development, thirty-eighth session, New York, 4-8 April

Committee for Development Policy, seventh session, New York, 4-8 April

Committee of Experts on Public Administration, New York, 4-8 April

Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf [annex II, article 2 (5), of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea], New York, 4-8 April

United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, first regular session, 8-9 April, Geneva (ILO)

ICSC, sixtieth session, 11-22 April

Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Bangkok, 18-25 April

Committee on Information, twenty-seventh session, New York, 18-28 April

Second UNU-WIDER Project Conference: The Impact of Globalization on the Poor in Asia, Tokyo, 25-26 April

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, thirty-fourth session, Geneva, 25 April-13 May

International Law Commission, fifty-seventh session, Geneva, 25 April-3 June and 4 July-12 August

Economic and Social Council, resumed organizational session, New York, 27-28 April

ESCAP, sixty-first session, Bangkok, April (7 days)

Economic and Social Council, Special High-Level Meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions and the World Trade Organization, New York, April (1 day)

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, organizational session, New York, April (1 day)

Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat, Nairobi, April

ESCWA, Preparatory Committee and twenty-third session, Beirut, April

May

Committee against Torture, pre-sessional working group, Geneva, 2-5 May

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), New York, 3 May-15 July

Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Minorities, Geneva, 9-13 May

Committee against Torture, thirty-fourth session, Geneva, 9-20 May Geneva

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, Board of Trustees, twenty-fourth session,
Geneva, 9-25 May Geneva

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, New York, 9-27 May

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, pre-sessional working group, Geneva, 16-20 May

United Nations Forum on Forests, fifth session, New York, 16-27 May

UNFCCC, meetings of subsidiary bodies of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, Bonn, 16-27 May

Committee on the Rights of the Child, thirty-ninth session, Geneva, 16 May-3 June

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, fourteenth session and parallel meetings for informal consultations and working groups, Vienna, 18-27 May

WSSI process/Africa Day Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 23-27 May 2005

Commission on Science and Technology for Development, eighth session, Geneva, 24-28 May

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Geneva, 30 May-3 June

WFP, Executive Board, annual session, Rome, 30 May-3 June

High-Level Committee on the Review of Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, fourteenth session, New York, 31 May-3 June

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, New York, May (2 weeks)

Regional seminar to review the situation in Non-Self-Governing Territories under the Second Decade on the Eradication of Colonialism, May (3 days) (place to be determined)

Committee for Programme and Coordination, organizational session, New York, May (1 day)

General Assembly, Fifth Committee, resumed session [Charter], New York, May

Investments Committee, New York, May

UNCTAD, Working Party on the medium-term plan and the programme budget, forty-fourth session, second part, Geneva, May

Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), twentieth session, Nairobi, May

June

Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, Board of Trustees, Geneva, 6-8 June

UNICEF, Executive Board, annual session, New York, 6-10 June

Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, New York, 6-10 June

Committee on the Rights of the Child, pre-sessional working group, Geneva, 6-10 June

Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Geneva, 6-10 June

WFP, Executive Board, second regular session, Rome, 6-10 June

UNDP and UNFPA, Executive Board, annual session, New York, 13-24 June

Meeting of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, New York, 13-24 June

UNU/UNESCO Conference on "Globalization and Education for Sustainable Development",
Nagoya, 27-28 June

United Nations Board of Auditors, New York, 27-29 June

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol to the Convention, New York, 27 June-1 July

Economic and Social Council: Substantive Session
	High-Level Segment, 29 June-1 July Achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration, as well as implementing the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits: Progress made, challenges and opportunities
	Coordination Segment, 5- 7 July Towards achieving internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration
Operational Activities Segment, 8-13 July Humanitarian Affairs Segment, 14-18 July General Segment, 19-25 July Conclusion 26 - 27 July

Childhoods 2005 Conference: 'Children and Youth in Emerging and Transforming Societies',
Oslo, 29June-3 July

Committee on Contributions, sixty-fifth session, New York, June (3 weeks)

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, Committee of Actuaries, New York, June (1 week)

Committee of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Nairobi, June

ECA, Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, twenty-fourth meeting, Addis Ababa, June

ECA, Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, thirty-eighth session of the Commission, Addis Ababa, June

Committee for Programme and Coordination, forty-fifth session, New York, June/July (4 weeks)

International Law Seminar, Geneva, June-July (3 weeks)

Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Geneva, June/July (1week)

Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, New York, June/July

July

Seventh International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, Kobe, 1-5 July

Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Communications, Geneva, 4-8 July

Group of governmental experts to conduct a study on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security, third session, New York, 4-15 July

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, thirty-eighth session, Vienna, 4-22 July

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, thirty-third session, New York, 5-22 July

ICSC, sixty-first session, New York, 11-22 July

Human Rights Committee, eighty-fourth session, Geneva, 11-29 July

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, pre-sessional working group, New York, 25-29 July

Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, fifty-seventh session, Geneva, 25 July-12 August

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, Standing Committee, New York, July (1 week)

Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Geneva, July (1 week)

Subcommittee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, Geneva, July (3 days)

UNCTAD, Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy, Geneva, July

August

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, sixty-seventh session, Geneva, 1-19 August

Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Communications, Geneva, 15-26 August

Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf [annex II, article 2 (5) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea], New York, 29 August-2 September

Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, intersessional forum on economic, social and cultural rights (Social Forum), Geneva, August (2 days)

UNCCD, Conference of the Parties to the Convention, seventh session, and meetings of subsidiary bodies, Bonn, August/September (2 weeks)

September

Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit: Report of the Secretary-General on the modalities, format and organization of the high-level plenary meeting of the 60th session of the General Assembly, New York, September 2005

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York, 6 September-23 December

UNICEF, Executive Board, second regular session, New York, 12-16 September

Committee on the Rights of the Child, fortieth session, Geneva, 12-30 September

General Assembly, sixtieth session, New York, 13 September-December

UNDP and UNFPA, Executive Board, second regular session, New York, 19-23 September

Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Geneva, September (1 week)

UNITAR, Board of Trustees, forty-third session, second Part, Geneva, September (2-3 days)

UNRWA, Advisory Commission, Amman, September (1 day)

Centre for the Study of Regionalisation and Globalisation: Conference on Regionalism as a Strategic Response to Globalisation, September-October 2005

Investments Committee, New York, September

UNCTAD, Working Party on the Medium-term Plan and the Programme Budget, forty-fifth session, Geneva, September

UNCITRAL, Working Group on Security Interests, Vienna, September

Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat, Nairobi, September

United Nations Staff Pension Committee, New York, September/October (1 meeting)

UNCTAD, Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting, Geneva, September/October

October

Committee on the Rights of the Child, pre-sessional working group, Geneva, 3-7 October

UNCITRAL, Working Group on Arbitration, Vienna, 3-7 October

12th International Conference for PLWHA (People Living With HIV/AIDS), 7th International Conference: Home and Community Care for PLWHA, Lima, Peru, 9-14 October 2005

Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Communications, Geneva, 10-14 October

UNCITRAL, Working Group on Electronic Commerce, forty-second session, Vienna, 10-14 October

UNCITRAL, Working Group on Procurement, Vienna, 17-21 October

Human Rights Committee, eighty-fifth session, Geneva, 17 October-4 November

General Assembly, High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, New York, October (3 days)

Advisory Committee on the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, fortieth session, New York, October (2 days)

United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, second regular session, New York, October

UNHCR, Executive Committee, fifty-sixth session, General Assembly resolution, Geneva, October

UNCTAD, Trade and Development Board, fifty-second session, Geneva, October

United Nations Administrative Tribunal, New York, October/November (5 weeks)

November

Committee against Torture, pre-sessional working group, Geneva, 7-11 November

WFP, Executive Board, third regular session, Rome, 7-11 November

Committee against Torture, thirty-fifth session, Geneva, 7-18 November

UNFCCC, Conference of the Parties to the Convention, ninth session, and meetings of subsidiary bodies, Bonn, 7-18 November

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, thirty-fifth session, Geneva, 7-25 November

Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, Board of Trustees, Geneva, 14-16 November

World Summit on the Information Society - Second Phase, Tunis, 16-18 November

Tenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Geneva, 25 November-2 December

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, pre-sessional working group,
Geneva, 28 November-2 December

UNCITRAL, Working Group on Transport Law, Vienna, 28 November-9 December

Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Geneva, November (8 days)

United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities, New York, November (1 day)

Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, New York, November (1 meeting)

Investments Committee, New York, November

December

United Nations Board of Auditors, special session, 7 December (place to be determined)

UNCITRAL, Working Group on Insolvency Law, Vienna, 12-18 December

Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Geneva, December (7 days)

Subcommittee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, Geneva, December (3 days)

UNICEF, Executive Board, extraordinary budgetary session, New York, December (2 days)

Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, December (1 meeting)

UNCTAD, Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development, Geneva, December

Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat, Nairobi, December