TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JANUARY 2002

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

Meetings beginning in January:

January                             United Nations Staff Pension Committee, New York

January                             Economic and Social Council, election of

(1 day)                             Bureau, New York

4 January, once                     Military Staff Committee, New York

every fortnight thereafter

14-18 January                       United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Working Party on the medium-term plan and the programme budget, thirty-ninth session, Geneva

14-21 January                       World Health Organization (WHO), Executive Board, Geneva

14-25 January                       Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on Financing for Development, final preparatory meeting, New York

14-25 January                       Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, resumed 2001 session, New York

14-25 January                       Commission on Human Rights, open-ended working group on a draft optional protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, Geneva

14 January-1 February               Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, twenty-sixth session, New York

14 January-1 February               Committee on the Rights of the Child, twenty-ninth session, Geneva

14 January-1 February               International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee, Montreal

15-18 January                       Commission on Narcotic Drugs, meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies, European region, Vienna

17 January                          States Parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, nineteenth meeting, New York

21 January                          International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee, Vienna

21-25 January                       United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Executive Board, first regular session, New York

21-25 January                       United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Board of Trustees, Geneva

21-25 January                       UNCTAD, Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues, Geneva

21 January-1 February               Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of a convention against corruption, first session, Vienna

21 January-28 March                 Conference on Disarmament, first part, Geneva

28 January                          Joint meeting of the Executive Board of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP), New York

28 January-1 February               Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December, New York

28 January-8 February               Executive Board of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), first regular session, New York

28 January-8 February               Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, second session, New York

28 January-8 February               Commission on Human Rights, working group on a draft declaration on the rights of indigenous people, Geneva

30 January-1 February               Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, New York