TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN APRIL 2004

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

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MARCH 2004

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

UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATES

These are the 191 Member States of the United Nations with dates on which they joined the Organization, following the admission of Switzerland on

10 September 2002, and Timor-Leste (East Timor) on 27 September 2002:

Member	Date of Admission
Afghanistan	19 Nov. 1946

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN FEBRUARY 2004

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:

19 January-26 March

Conference on Disarmament, first part, Geneva

26 January-6 February

MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2004

General Assembly

The General Assembly is made up of 191 Member States.  The States and the dates on which they became Members are listed in Press Release ORG/1360 issued 4 October 2002.

Security Council

JOINT INSPECTION UNIT ELECTS CHAIRMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR 2004

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 21 January (UN Information Service) -- At the first meeting of its winter session on 20 January, the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) elected Inspector Ion Gorita (Romania) as its Chairman and Inspector M. Deborah Wynes (United States) as its Vice-Chairman for the current calendar year.

STAFF UNION COMMITTEE MOURNS FALLEN IN ‘ANNUS HORRIBILIS’ 2003

NEW YORK, 8 January (UN Staff Union) -- The United Nations Staff Council Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service mourns the many United Nations staff members who paid with their lives while serving the Organization in an “Annus Horribilis” marked by the horrific attack in Baghdad on 19 August.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JANUARY 2004

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

Meetings beginning in January

January

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee, Montreal

January-February

Summit on Staff Security

AM Meeting

THEME OF SIXTH SUMMIT ON STAFF SECURITY IS ‘AFTER BAGHDAD:

UN WORKERS UNDER THE GUN’

Speakers Call for Ratification of Convention on Protection of UN Staff,

Appropriate Investment in Security, Staff Involvement in Security Processes,

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN DECEMBER 2003

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

Meetings continued from previous month: