ORG/1356

                                                            31 July 2002

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN AUGUST 2002

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

24 June-2 August      United Nations Administrative Tribunal, Geneva

22 July-9 August      International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), fifty-fifth session, New York

22 July-16 August      International Law Commission, fifty-fourth session, Geneva

29 July-9 August      Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, New York

29 July-16 August      Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, fifty-fourth session, Geneva

29 July-13 September      Conference on Disarmament, third part, Geneva

Meetings beginning in August:

5-16 August                         International Seabed Authority, Assembly, eighth session, Kingston

5-23 August                         Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, extraordinary session, New York

5-23 August                         Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, sixty-first session, Geneva

19-22 August      Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), eighteenth session, Vienna

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19-23 August      Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, sixty-seventh session, New York

19-30 August      Committee for Programme and Coordination, forty-second session, second part, New York

19-30 August      Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Communications, Geneva

26 August                           United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, twenty-first session, Berlin

26 August-4 September      World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg

26 August-13 September      Preparatory Commission for the CTBTO, Working Group B and informal/expert meetings, Vienna

27 August-5 September      Eighth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Berlin

29 August                           Twelfth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, New York

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