TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN FEBRUARY 2002

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:

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

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-1 February               Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, 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 peoples, Geneva

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

Meetings beginning in February:

February/March                      Consultative Committee on the United Nations Development Fund for Women, forty-second session, New York

February/March                      Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, New York

4-8 February                        Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, pre-sessional working group, New York

4-8 February                        Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Optional Protocol, New York

4-8 February                        Committee on the Rights of the Child, pre-sessional working group, Geneva

4-8 February                        United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, Geneva

4-8 February                        International Narcotics Control Board, seventy-third session, Vienna

4-15 February                       Ad Hoc Committee on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Properties, New York

4-21 February                       Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Working Group B and informal/expert meetings, Vienna

5 February-28 March                 Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York

11-15 February                      Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Situations, Geneva

11-15 February                      Executive Board of World Food Programme (WFP), first regular session, Rome

11-21 February                      Commission for Social Development, fortieth session, New York

11-21 February                      Commission on Human Rights, open-ended working group on the right to development, Geneva

11 February-8 March                 Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and its working group, substantive session, New York

12-15 February                      Economic and Social Council, organizational session, New York

12-15 February                      United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), special session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, Cartagena

18-19 February                      Investments Committee, Accra

18-21 February                      United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development, Geneva

18 February-15 March                International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Council, Montreal

20-21 February                      International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Governing Council, Rome

25 February-1 March                 Commission for Social Development acting as the preparatory committee for the Second World Assembly on Ageing, second session, New York

25 February-1 March                 Ad Hoc Committee on an international convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings, New York

25 February-8 March                 Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Structural Adjustment, Geneva

25 February-8 March                 Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, thirty-ninth session, Vienna

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