TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JULY 2003

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

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

June/July  Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (6-8 meetings per week, up to 30 meetings), New York

9 June-3 July   Committee for Programme and Coordination, forty-third session, New York

23 June-25 July  United Nations Administrative Tribunal, Geneva

30 June-4 July  Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Geneva

30 June-11 July  United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, thirty-sixth session, Vienna

30 June-18 July  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, twenty-ninth session, New York

30 June-25 July  Economic and Social Council, substantive session, Geneva

Meetings beginning in July:

2-4 July   United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy, Geneva

7-9 July   Subcommittee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, Geneva

7-11 July  Biennial meeting of States to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action on Small Arms, New York

7-11 July  United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, Standing Committee, New York

7-11 July  Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Communications, Geneva

7-25 July  International Law Seminar, Geneva

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

8-9 July   Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean, New York

9-11 July  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), expert meeting on environmental goods and services, Geneva

14-18 JulySixteenth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Okinawa

14-25 JulyInternational Civil Service Commission (ICSC), fifty-seventh session, New York

14 July-8 AugustHuman Rights Committee, seventy-eighth session, Geneva

15-16 JulyUnited Nations seminar on assistance to the Palestinian people, Geneva

15-18 JulyGeneral meeting on cooperation between the representatives of the secretariats of the United Nations system and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and its specialized organizations, Vienna

16-18 JulyAdvisory Board on Disarmament Matters, Geneva

21-25 JulyCommittee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, pre-sessional working group, New York

21-25 JulyCommission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Geneva

21 July-1 AugustGroup of Governmental Experts on the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, New York

21 July-8 AugustAd Hoc Committee on the elaboration of a convention against corruption, sixth session, Vienna

28-31 JulyVoluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, Board of Trustees, Geneva

28 July-15 August     Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, fifty-fifth session, Geneva

28 July-10 September  Conference on Disarmament, third part, Geneva

28 July-8 AugustInternational Seabed Authority, Assembly, ninth session, Kingston

29-31 JulyUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), expert meeting on market access issues, Geneva

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