TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MAY 2003

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:

14 April-2 May      International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee, Montreal

28 April-2 May      Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, New York

28 April-9 May      Commission on Sustainable Development, eleventh session, New York

28 April-9 May      Committee on Information, twenty-fifth session, New York

28 April-9 May      Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, second session, Geneva

28 April-9 May      Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, First Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention, The Hague

28 April-16 May      Committee against Torture, thirtieth session, Geneva

29 April-1 May      United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Board of Trustees,
forty-first session, Geneva

Meetings beginning in May:

May                                 Committee for Programme and Coordination, organizational session (1 day), New York

5-8 May                             International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee, Vienna

5-9 May                             United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group on Electronic Commerce, forty-first session,
New York

5-9 May                             Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, thirty-sixth session, Geneva

5-9 May                             Commission on Science and Technology for Development, sixth session, Geneva

5-9 May                             Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, nineteenth session, Nairobi

5-16 May                            International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Council, Geneva

5-23 May                            Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, New York

5-23 May                            Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, thirtieth session, Geneva

5-24 May                            World Meteorological Congress, Geneva

5-30 May                            General Assembly, Fifth Committee, resumed session, New York

5 May-6 June      International Law Commission, fifty-fifth session (also 7 July-8 August), Geneva

6 May-18 July      Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York

12-13 May                           Investments Committee, New York

12-16 May                           United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group on Arbitration, thirty-eighth session, New York

12-16 May                           Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Minorities, Geneva

12-16 May                           Preparatory process meetings for the eleventh session of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva

12-23 May                           Group of Governmental Experts on the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms,
New York

12-23 May                           Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, New York

12-28 May                           United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, Board of Trustees, twenty-second session, Geneva

12 May-27 June      Conference on Disarmament, second part, Geneva

13-14 May                           United Nations International meeting in support of Middle East peace on the question of Palestine, Kyiv

13-22 May                           Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, parallel meetings for informal consultations and working groups
(12 meetings), Vienna

13-22 May                           Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, twelfth session, Vienna

15 May                              United Nations Non-Governmental Organization event in support of Palestinian people, Kyiv

19-28 May                           World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Assembly, fifty-sixth session, Geneva

19 May-6 June      Committee on the Rights of the Child,
thirty-third session, Geneva

20-22 May                           Regional seminar to review the situation in Non-Self-Governing Territories under the Second Decade on the Eradication of Colonialism, Anguilla

20 May-13 June      International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Council, Montreal

21-23 May                           United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Working Party on the medium-term plan and the programme budget, fortieth session, second part, Geneva

26-28 May                           World Meteorological Organization, Executive Council, Geneva

26-30 May                           Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, pre-sessional working group, Geneva

26-30 May                           World Food Programme (WFP), Executive Board, annual session, Rome

26 May-6 June      United Nations Forum on Forests, Geneva

26 May-6 June      International Narcotics Control Board, seventy-seventh session, Vienna

26 May-6 June      Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Working Group B and informal/expert meetings, Vienna

27-30 May                           High-level Committee on the Review of Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, thirteenth session, New York

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