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ORG/1279

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN FEBRUARY

4 February 1999


Press Release
ORG/1279


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN FEBRUARY

19990204 The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in February, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month

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

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

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

Meetings beginning in February

February Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, Geneva

1-2 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

1-5 February Committee on the Rights of the Child -- Pre-sessional Working Group, Geneva

1-5 February Commission on Narcotic Drugs -- Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East, Lucknow, India

1-5 February United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) -- Governing Council, twentieth session, Nairobi

1-12 February Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Working Group B, Vienna

2-5 February Economic and Social Council, organizational session, New York

2 February-31 March Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York

8-10 February Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women -- Pre- sessional Working Group, New York

8-12 February Committee on Contributions, special session, New York

8-12 February Commission on Human Rights -- Working Group on Migrants and Human Rights, Geneva

8-12 February Universal Postal Union -- Postal Operations Council, Berne

8-19 February Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council, New York

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8-19 February United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) -- Working Group on Electronic Commerce, thirty-fourth session, Vienna

9-19 February Commission for Social Development, thirty- seventh session, New York

15-19 February Universal Postal Union -- Council of Administration, Berne

16 February Seventh Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, New York

16-26 February Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court, first session, New York

17-18 February International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -- Governing Council, Rome

17-19 February United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) -- Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting, Geneva

18-19 February Bethlehem 2000 International Conference on the Question of Palestine, Rome

22-23 February Investments Committee, New York

22-23 February Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

22-24 February Latin American and Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, San José

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22-26 February Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, second session, Geneva

22-26 February Commission on Human Rights -- Working Group on Situations, Geneva

22-26 February Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space -- Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, thirty-sixth session, Vienna

22 February-5 March Commission on Sustainable Development -- Inter-sessional ad hoc open-ended working groups, New York

22 February-19 March ICAO -- Council, one hundred and fifty- sixth session, Montreal

25 February Committee for the United Nations Population Award, New York

February/March 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

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