TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN SEPTEMBER 2004

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

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

23 August-3 September               Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, New York

30 August-3 September               Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, New York

30 August-3 September               United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group on Procurement, Vienna

30 August-10 September              Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Working Group B and informal/expert meetings, Vienna

Meetings beginning in September:

September                           Committee of Permanent Representatives to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Nairobi

September/October                   Committee of Permanent Representatives to

(1 day)                             United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi

6-10 September                      Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, The Hague

7-10 September                      Committee on Conferences (7, 8 and 10 September), New York

7-10 September                      United Nations Forum on Forests, ad hoc expert group on consideration with a view to recommending the parameters of a mandate for developing a legal framework on all types of forests, New York

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

8-9 September                       United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Programme and Budget Committee, twentieth session, Vienna

8-9 September                       International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Executive Board, Rome

8-9 September                       International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Governing Council, Rome

9 September                         Twenty-second Meeting of States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, New York

13 September                        Investments Committee, New York

13-14 September                     United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, New York

13-16 September                     International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Board of Governors, Vienna

13-17 September                     United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Executive Board, second regular session, New York

13-17 September                     Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, fortieth session, Geneva

13-17 September                     United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Working Party on Medium-term Plan and the Programme Budget, forty-third session, Geneva

13-17 September                     United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group on Arbitration, Vienna

13-24 September                     Commission on Human Rights, working group on a Draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples, Geneva

13 September-1 October              Committee on the Rights of the Child, thirty-seventh session, Geneva

14 September-December               General Assembly, fifty-ninth session, New York

15 September-5 October              Universal Postal Union (UPU) Congress, Bucharest

20-24 September                     United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Executive Board, second regular session, New York

20-24 September                     International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), General Conference, Vienna

21-23 September                     Security Council, Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission established pursuant to Security Council resolution 692 (1991), Geneva

27 September                        International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Board of Governors, Vienna

27 September-1 October              United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group on Security Interests, Vienna

27 September-5 October              World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Assemblies of Member States, Geneva

28 September-14 October             United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Executive Board, Paris

30 September                        United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Advisory Commission, Amman

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