TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN OCTOBER 2001

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

September/October                   United Nations Staff Pension Committee, New

(1 meeting)                         York

4 September-21 December             Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York

11 September-December               General Assembly, fifty-sixth session, New York

24 September-3 October              World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Assemblies of Member States, Geneva

24 September-5 October              Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court, New York

24 September-12 October             Committee on the Rights of the Child, twenty-eighth session, Geneva

25 September-5 October              International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Assembly, thirty-third session, Montreal

Meetings beginning in October:

October                             Advisory Committee on the United Nations

(2 days)                            Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, thirty-sixth session, New York

October                             United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Executive Board, one hundred and sixty-second session, Paris

October/November                    United Nations Administrative Tribunal, New

(5 weeks)                           York

1-5 October                         United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Executive Committee, fifty-second session, Geneva

1-12 October                        Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, fifth session, and meetings of subsidiary bodies, Geneva

1-12 October                        United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Trade and Development Board, forty-eighth session, Geneva

2-4 October                         International Monetary Fund/World Bank, joint annual meetings of the Boards of Governors, Washington, D.C.

2-5 October                         Commission on Narcotic Drugs, meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies, Latin America and the Caribbean region, Panama City

8-12 October                        Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Communications, Geneva

5-19 October                        Committee on the Rights of the Child, Pre-sessional Working Group, Geneva

8-11 October                        Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Working Group A, and informal/expert meeting, Vienna

15-18 October                       Commission on Narcotic Drugs, meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies, Asia and the Pacific region, Sydney

15-19 October                       Preparatory Committee for the international conference on financing for development, resumed third substantive session, New York

15 October-2 November               Human Rights Committee, seventy-third session, Geneva

15 October-2 November               International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee, one hundred and sixty-fourth session, Montreal

16 October                          Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Day, Rome

17-19 October                       United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), expert meeting on consumer interests, competitiveness, competition and development, Geneva

18-26 October                       Universal Postal Union (UPU), Council of Administration, Berne

19-20 October                       Administrative Committee on Coordination, second regular session, New York

22-24 October                       United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), expert meeting on improving the competitiveness of SMEs in developing countries, Geneva

22-26 October                       Executive Board of World Food Programme (WFP), third regular session, Rome

22 October-10 November              United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), General Conference, thirty-first session, Paris

29 October-9 November               United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Conference of the Parties to the Convention, seventh session, and meetings of subsidiary bodies, Marrakesh

29 October-15 November              International Narcotics Control Board, seventy-second session, Vienna

30 October-1 November               Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Council, one hundred and twenty-first session, Rome

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