TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN FEBRUARY
Press Release
ORG/1262
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN FEBRUARY
19980130 The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held beginning in February, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:Meetings continued from previous month:
January/February Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, New (4 days) York
January/February Special Committee on the Situation with (as required) regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, New York
19 January-27 March Conference on Disarmament, first part, Geneva
19 January-6 February International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Committee (153rd session), Montreal
19 January-6 February Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, (eighteenth session), New York
26 January-6 February Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, New York
Meetings beginning in February:
February United Nations Conference on Trade and (1 day) Development (UNCTAD) -- Working Party on the Medium-term Plan and the Programme Budget (thirty-first session), Geneva
February Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, Geneva
February International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Governing Council, Rome
February Inter-sessional Open-ended (1 week) Intergovernmental Group of Experts for the purpose of elaborating a preliminary draft of a possible comprehensive international convention against organized transnational crime, Warsaw
February United Nations Environment Programme (2 days) (UNEP) -- High-Level Committee of Ministers and Officials, Nairobi
February Commission on Narcotic Drugs -- (1 week) Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East, (a capital in the region)
February/March Committee for the United Nations (2 days) Population Award, New York
2-3 February Consultations of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People with representatives of NGO coordinating committees on the question of Palestine, New York
2-13 February Commission on Human Rights -- Working Group on a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts, Geneva
3-6 February Economic and Social Council (organizational session), New York
3 February-27 March Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York
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4-6 February Executive Board of the World Food Programme (first regular session), Rome
9-20 February Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space -- Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (thirty-fifth session), Geneva
10-13 February Statistical Commission -- Working Group on International Statistical Programmes and Coordination (nineteenth session), New York
10-20 February Commission for Social Development (thirty- sixth session), New York
11-13 February UNCTAD -- Meeting of Experts within the framework of the Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues, Geneva
16-20 February Commission on Human Rights -- Working Group on Migrants and Human Rights (second session), Geneva
16-20 February Commission on Human Rights -- Open-ended Working Group established to elaborate policy guidelines on the effects of structural adjustment programmes on the full enjoyment of human rights, Geneva
16-27 February Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210, New York
17 February Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (tenth session), New York
23-24 February Consultative Committee on the United Nations Development Fund for Women (thirty-eighth session), New York
23-24 February Investments Committee, Mexico City
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23-27 February Commission on Population and Development (thirty-first session), New York
23 February-4 March Commission on Human Rights -- Open-ended Working Group on a draft declaration on the right and responsibility of individuals, groups and organizations of society to promote and protect universally recognized human rights and freedoms, Geneva
25-27 February Meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies (extraordinary session), Geneva
23 February-20 March ICAO Council, (153rd session), Montreal
24-26 February United Nations Conference in Support of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and European NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine, Brussels.
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