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ORG/1278

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JANUARY

11 January 1999


Press Release
ORG/1278


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JANUARY

19990111 The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held beginning in January, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings beginning in January:

January Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group (2 days) of the General Assembly established pursuant to resolution 52/179 of 18 December 1997, New York

January United Nations Staff Pension (1 meeting) Committee, New York

4-22 January Ad Hoc Group of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, thirteenth session, Geneva

11-15 January Group of Experts for the study on the problem of ammunition and explosives, second session, New York

11-15 January Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women -- Pre-sessional Working Group, New York

11-22 January Commission on Human Rights -- Working Group on a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on involvement of children in armed conflicts, Geneva

11-29 January Committee on the Rights of the Child, twentieth session, Geneva

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19-22 January United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) -- Executive Board, first regular session, New York

18 January-5 February International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) -- Committee, one hundred and fifty-sixth session, Montreal

19-29 January Open-ended Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Committee for the Purpose of Elaborating a Draft International Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Vienna

19 January-5 February Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, twentieth session, New York

19 January-26 March Conference on Disarmament, first part, Geneva

20 January Economic and Social Council -- Election of Bureau, New York

20-22 January Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, Geneva

20-22 January Executive Board of World Food Programme (WFP), first regular session, Rome

25 January Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF and WFP, New York

25-28 January International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -- Board of Governors, Vienna

25-29 January Executive Board of UNDP and UNFPA, first regular session, New York

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25-29 January United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) -- Working Party on the Medium-term Plan and the Programme Budget, thirty-third session, Geneva

25 January-3 February World Health Organization (WHO) -- Executive Board, one hundred and third session, Geneva

25 January-5 February Commission on Human Rights -- Working Group on a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Geneva

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