UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL EVENTS CALENDAR 2009

JANUARY 2009

January – March (Geneva)
Conference on Disarmament, first part (10 weeks)
http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpHomepages)/6A03113D1857348E80256F04006755F6

12 – 30 January (Geneva)
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 50th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/

19 – 28 January (New York)
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (ECOSOC), 2009 regular session
http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/

19 January – 6 February (Geneva)
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, 43rd session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/cedaws43.htm

26 - 30 January (Geneva)
Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, 2nd session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/advisorycommittee/ngo_participation.htm

27 January – 1 February (Belem, Brazil)
World Social Forum

28 January – 1 February (Davos, Switzerland)
World Economic Forum
http://www.weforum.org/en/events/AnnualMeeting2009/index.htm

FEBRUARY 2009

2 – 13 February (Geneva)
Human Rights Council, Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, 4th session
NGOs’ deadlines for submitting information: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/NewDeadlines.aspx

3 February (New York)
Civil Society Forum for the Commission for Social Development
NGO representatives interested in attending the Forum may get directly in touch with the NGO Committee on Social Development at the following email: csocdcivilsocietyforum09@gmail.com

4-13 February (New York)
Commission for Social Development
Theme: “Promoting Social Integration”
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ngo/csdinfonote09.html

14 – 20 February (Nairobi)
14th – 15th: Tenth Session of the Global Civil Society Forum (GCSF – 10)
http://www.unep.org/civil_society/GCSF/indexGCSF10.asp
16th – 20th: UNEP, Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, 25th session
http://www.unep.org/civil_society/About/accreditation.asp

16 February – 6 March (Geneva)
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 74th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/cerds74.htm

MARCH 2009

2-13 March (New York)
53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Theme: “The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS”
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/53sess.htm

2 – 27 March (Geneva)
Human Rights Council, 10th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ngo.htm

9 March – 27 March (New York)
Human Rights Committee, 95th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/hrcs95.htm

11-20 March (Vienna)
Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 52nd session and high-level segment
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/index.html

29 March – 8 April (Bonn)
UNFCCC: 7th session of the AWG-KP and 5th session of the AWG-LCA
Civil Society and the Climate Change Process: http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/ngo/items/3667.php

30 March – 3 April (New York)
Commission on Population and Development, 42nd session
Theme: "Contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals"
http://www.un.org/esa/population/cpd/ngopart.htm

30 March – 3 April (Geneva)
Human Rights Council, Working group on the question of the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, 6th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/mercenaries/index.htm

31 March – 2 April (Bonn)

World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development: Moving into the Second Half of the UN Decade (UNESCO)

http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=55176&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

APRIL 2009

13 April – 1 May (New York) Disarmament Commission http://disarmament.un.org/undiscom.htm

15-24 April (Vienna) Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 18th session http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/index.html

20 April (New York) Special high-level meetings of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD

20-24 April (Geneva)
Durban Review Conference http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/DurbanReview/index.htm

20 April – 1 May (New York) United Nations Forum on Forests, 8th session http://www.un.org/esa/forests/

20 April – 1 May (Geneva) Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 10th session http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/faqs.htm

22-23 April (Paris) B4E, the Business for Environment Global Summit “The Climate Imperative: Leadership, Technology and Innovation” http://www.b4esummit.com/index.html

27 April – 15 May (Geneva) Committee against Torture, 42nd session http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/index.htm

MAY 2009

May – June (Geneva)
Conference on Disarmament, second part (7 weeks)
http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpPages)/2D415EE45C5FAE07C12571800055232B?OpenDocument

4 -  15 May (New York)
Commission for Sustainable Development, CSD-17
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/policy.htm

4 – 15 May (Geneva)
Human Rights Council, Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, 5th session
NGOs’ deadlines for submitting information for the UPR: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/NewDeadlines.aspx

4 – 15 May (New York)
Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 3rd session
http://www.un.org/NPT2010/index.html

4 – 15 May (New York)
Committee on Information, 31st session
http://www.un.org/ga/coi/

4 – 22 May (Geneva)
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 42nd session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/

5 - 8 May (Seoul)
World Civic Forum (WCF)
http://www.wcf2009.org/sub_01.html

18 – 27 May (New York)
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (ECOSOC), resumed session

18 – 29 May (New York)
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 8th session
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/session_eighth.html

24-26 May (Copenhagen)
World Business Summit on Climate Change
http://www.copenhagenclimatecouncil.com/world-business-summit/about-the-summit.html

25 May – 12 June (Geneva)
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 51st session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/

JUNE 2009

June (Nairobi)
International Forum on Remittances (IFAD)
http://www.ifad.org/events/remittances/index.htm

1 – 12 June (Bonn)
UNFCCC, meetings of subsidiary bodies of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention
30th sessions of the UNFCCC Convention subsidiary bodies - SBSTA and SBI, 6th session of the AWG-LCA and 8th session of the AWG-KP
http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/ngo/items/3667.php

2 – 5 June (New York)
High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation, 16th session
http://tcdc.undp.org/hlc.aspx

2 – 18 June (Geneva)
Human Rights Council, 11th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/

3 – 19 June (Geneva)
ILO, General Conference, 98th session
http://www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/Officialmeetings/ilc/lang--en/index.htm

22 – 26 June (Geneva)
Committee against Torture, Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 8th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/index.htm

24-25 June (Paris)
OECD annual Ministerial Council Meeting

JULY 2009

July – September (Geneva)
Conference on Disarmament, third part (7 weeks)
http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpPages)/2D415EE45C5FAE07C12571800055232B?OpenDocument

6 July – 8 July (Paris)
The World Conference on Higher Education
Theme : “The New Dynamics of Higher Education”
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=40215&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

6 – 31 July (Geneva)
Economic and Social Council, substantive session
http://esango.un.org/event/ecosoc.html?page=viewEvent&nr=969

8 – 10 July (La Maddalena, Italy)
G8 Summit
G8 Information Centre, University of Toronto: http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/

13 – 14 July (Geneva)
Conference on Intellectual Property and Global Challenges
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2009/ip_gc_ge/

13 – 31 July (Geneva)
Human Rights Committee, 96th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/

20 July – 7 August (New York)
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 44th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/cedaws44.htm

July
United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace (2 days)

AUGUST 2009

3 – 7 August (Geneva)
Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, 3rd session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/advisorycommittee.htm

3 – 21 August (Geneva)
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 75th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/

28 – 31 August (Montreal)
9th CIVICUS World Assembly
http://www.civicusassembly.org/

31 August – 2 September (Geneva)
Human Rights Council, intersessional forum on economic, social and cultural rights
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ngo.htm

SEPTEMBER 2009

3 – 4 September (Geneva)
Human Rights Council, Forum on Minority Issues, second session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/minority/forum.htm

7 – 25 September (Geneva)
Human Rights Council, 12th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/

14 September – 2 October (Geneva)
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 52nd session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/

21 September – 2 October (Geneva)
UNCTAD, Trade and Development Board, 56th session
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1906&lang=1

28 September – 2 October (Geneva)
Human Rights Council, Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/ExpertMechanism/index.htm

OCTOBER 2009

6 – 23 October (Paris)
35th Session of UNESCOs’ General Conference
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=39369&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

12 – 30 October (Geneva)
Human Rights Committee, 97th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/index.htm

27 October – 13 November (Vienna)
International Narcotics Control Board, 96th session
http://www.incb.org/incb/index.html

27 – 30 October (Busan, Korea)
3rd OECD World Forum on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”
http://www.oecd.org/document/59/0,3343,en_40033426_40033828_41350843_1_1_1_1,00.html

October (New York)
General Assembly, high-level dialogue on financing for development (2 or 3 days)

NOVEMBER 2009

2 – 20 November (Geneva)
Committee against Torture, 43rd session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/

2 – 20 November (Geneva)
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 43rd session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/

14 – 21 November (Rome)
FAO, Conference, 35th session
http://www.fao.org/unfao/govbodies/Conffinal_en.asp

23 – 27 November (Geneva)
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 11th session
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/faqs.htm

30 November – 4 December (The Hague)
Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 14th session
http://www.opcw.org/documents-reports/conference-of-the-states-parties/

30 November – 11 December (Geneva)
Human Rights Council, Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, 6th session
NGOs’ deadlines for submitting information for the UPR: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/NewDeadlines.aspx

7 December – 18 December  2009 (Copenhagen)
UNFCCC: Conference of the Parties to the Convention, 15th session, and meetings of subsidiary bodies
http://unfccc.int/parties_and_observers/ngo/items/3667.php
http://en.cop15.dk

DECEMBER 2009

3 – 4 December (Vienna)
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, resumed 18th session
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/index.html