TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MAY 2002

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

15 April-3 May                      International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee, Montreal

22 April-2 May                      Committee on Information, twenty-fourth session, New York

22 April-3 May                      International Telecommunications Union, Council, Geneva

22 April-10 May                     International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), fifty-fourth session, Rome (FAO headquarters)

29 April-2 May                      United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Trade and Development Board, nineteenth special session (mid-term review), Bangkok

29 April-17 May                     Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, twenty-eighth session, Geneva

29 April-17 May                     Committee against Torture, twenty-eighth session, Geneva

29 April-7 June                     International Law Commission, fifty-fourth session, Geneva

30 April-2 May                      United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Board of Trustees, fortieth session, Geneva

Meetings beginning in May:

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

May/June                            United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Executive Board, Paris

2 May                               Committee for Programme and Coordination, organizational session, New York

2-5 May                             Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Joint Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Economic Development and Planning, thirty-fifty session of the Commission, South Africa (tentative)

6-9 May                             International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee, Vienna

6-10 May                            Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, sixty-sixth session, Geneva

6-10 May                            United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, fifty-first session, Vienna

6-10 May                            Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), twenty-ninth session, Brasilia

6-17 May                            International Narcotics Control Board, seventy-fourth session, Vienna

7-10 May                            Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), fifty-seventh session, Geneva

7-24 May                            Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York

8-10 May                            General Assembly, special session on children, New York

11-22 May                           World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Executive Council, Geneva

13-14 May                           Investments Committee, New York

13-17 May                           United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group on Insolvency Law, twenty-sixth session, New York

13-17 May                           Commission on Human Rights, group of experts on the use of mercenaries, Geneva

13-17 May                           Executive Board of the World Food Programme. second regular session, Rome

13-18 May                           World Health Organization, World Health Assembly, fifty-fifth session, Geneva

13-24 May                           Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, New York

13-24 May                           Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, New York

13-27 May                           United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, Board of Trustees, twenty-first session, Geneva

13-31 May                           General Assembly, Fifth Committee, resumed session, New York

13 May-28 June                      Conference on Disarmament, second part, Geneva

14-16 May                           Regional seminar to review the situation in Non-Self-Governing Territories under the Second Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, Nadi, Fiji

15-16 May                           United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Industrial Development Board, twenty-fifth session, Vienna

16-22 May                           Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), fifty-eighth session, Bangkok

20-24 May                           United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group on Security Interests, first session, New York

20-24 May                           Group of governmental experts on the feasibility study of developing an international instrument to identify and trace illicit small arms, first session, New York

20-24 May                           Executive Board of World Food Programme (WFP), annual session, Rome

21-24 May                           Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, pre-sessional working group, Geneva

21 May-14 June                      International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Council, Montreal

21 May-7 June                       Committee on the Rights of the Child, thirtieth session, Geneva

21 May-7 June                       International Law Seminar, Geneva

21 May-7 June                       Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Working Group B and informal/expert meetings, Vienna

23 May                              Committee of Permanent Representatives to United Nations-Habitat, Nairobi

27-31 May                           Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Minorities, Geneva

27-31 May                           Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Geneva

27-31 May                           Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, Geneva

27 May-7 June                       Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, ministerial level, fourth session, Bali

29-30 May                           Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, New York

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