Schedule

Schedule of Meetings

Upcoming Issues

Caucus Position Papers

Meeting Reports

CSD NGO Women's Caucus

For a list of International Days / Observances
on the Toolkit for Women site.

Schedule of Upcoming Meetings
of the UN CSD and other bodies

Calendar of UN Events of Special relevance to Women and Development Activities, Jan - Sept 2002

Calendar of International Events Leading up to Earth Summit 2002

Calendar of UN Events of Special relevance to Women and Development Activities, Jan - Sept 2002

JANUARY 14 - February 1, 2002
CEDAW 26th Session: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Countries Reporting:
1. Estonia: Combined initial, second and third periodic report
2. Fiji: Initial report
3. Iceland: Combined third and fourth periodic report
4. Portugal: Fourth and fifth periodic reports
5. Russian Federation: Fifth periodic report
6. Sri Lanka: Combined third and fourth periodic report
7. Trinidad & Tobago: Combined initial, second and third periodic report
8. Uruguay: Combined second and third periodic report

JANUARY 14 - 25, 2002, New York
International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) Final PrepCom
During the PrepCom, the FfD-NGO Ad Hoc Working Group is facilitating several events. These events are open to all NGOs. For more information, please contact Wendy Flannery (Sisters of Mercy) at email: [email protected]] or UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS) at email: [email protected]

JANUARY 28 - February 8, New York
World Summit on Sustainable Development: PrepCom 2
Documents for the informal meeting and for PrepCom 2 can be found on the Summit website at: http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/prepcom2.html

Women's Caucus Strategy Session : Sunday, 27h January, 1-4 pm. Location to be announced; details from [email protected].
The session will develop priorities for the MSHD participants to negotiate directly with governments during the four MSHD sessions.

Women's Caucus meetings Daily at 10am.

Panel on Women's Action Agenda Monday, 1/28 1:15-2:45pm

Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Sessions
Opening plenary Tuesday 1/29 3-6pm
Parallel dialogues Wednesday 1/30 10-1pm
Parallel dialogues Wednesday 1/30 3-6pm
Final plenary Thursday 1/31 10-1pm

MARCH 4-15, 2002, New York
UN Commission on the Status of Women: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/46sess.htm
(See IWTC website: http://www.iwtc.org for further details)

APRIL 8-12, 2002
Second World Assembly on Aging (WAA2), Madrid, Spain http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/waa/
To subscribe to the Aging Assembly Listserve, please e-mail: [email protected]

APRIL 5-9, 2002
World NGO Forum on Aging, Madrid, Spain
Information about the Forum including registration form can be found on the official NGO Forum website at: http://www.forumageing.org/index.htm

MAY 8-10, 2002
UN Special Session on Children, New York.
http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/

MAY 6-10, 2002
Children's NGO Forum:
NGO information can be found on the NGO Committee on UNICEF site at: http://www.ngosatunicef.org/

JUNE 3 - 21, 2002, New York (Tentative)
CEDAW 27th Session: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Countries Reporting:
1. Belgium: Combined third and fourth periodic report
2. Costa Rica: Initial report
3. Denmark: Fourth and fifth periodic reports
4. Tunisia: Combined third and fourth periodic report
5. Ukraine: Combined fourth and fifth periodic report
6. Zambia: Combined third and fourth periodic report

SEPTEMBER 2-11, 2002
The World Summit on Sustainable Development will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre just outside Johannesburg.
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/

Calendar of International Events Leading up to Earth Summit 2002

2001
6^th � 8^th June	Eminent Persons Roundtable � Europe & North America	Vail, USA
11^th � 22^nd June	UN Forum on Forests (1^st Session)	UNHQ, New York
14^th � 15^th June	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Southern Cone	Santiago, Chile
17^th � 24^th June	Sustainable Development: Fact or Dream 10 Years After the Rio Summit	Havana, Cuba
18^th � 20^th June	Eminent Persons� Roundtable � Latin America & Caribbean	Bridgeport, Barbados
20^th �22^nd June	North America Local Government Conference (ICLEI)	Ann Arbor, USA
25^th � 27^th June	Eminent Persons� Roundtable � Africa	Cairo, Egypt
25^th � 27^th June	Special Session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS	UNHQ, New York
27^th � 28^th June	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Central & Eastern Europe	Bucharest, Romania
28^th � 29^th June	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Caribbean	Havana, Cuba
2^nd � 3^rd July	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Andean	Quito, Ecuador
2^nd � 4^th July	7^th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment	San Francisco, USA
9^th � 11^th July	Regional Roundtable for East Asia & Pacific	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
10^th � 13^th July	Challenges of a Changing Earth: Global Change Open Science Conference	Amsterdam, N�lands
12^th � 13^th July	Regional Consultative Meeting - Europe	Geneva, Switzerland
17^th � 18^th July	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Meso-America Region	San Salvador, El S�dor
25^th � 27^th July	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � North East Asia (Senior Environment Official Meeting ASPEC)	Beijing, China
30^th July � 1^st August	Eminent Person�s Roundtable � Central & South Asia	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
August (Week 1)	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Southeast Asia	Manila, Philippines
19^th � 23^rd August	World Assembly � CIVICUS � World Alliance for Citizen Participation	Vancouver, Canada
August (Week 4)	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � South Asia	Bhutan or Kathmandu
31^st August � 7^th Sept	World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia & Related Intolerance	Durban, South Africa
2^nd � 9^th Sept	Youth Earth Summit (YES2001) (Peacechild)	Baku, Azerbaijan
5^th � 6^th Sept	Global Round-Table on Inter-Linkages (for Rio +10)	Tokyo, Japan
3^rd � 5^th Sept	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � South Africa (South African Development Community (SADC))	Gaborone, Botswana
5^th � 7^th Sept	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Central Asia	Almaty, Kazakhstan
5^th � 7^th Sept	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Northern Africa	Tunis, Tunisia
Sept (Mid)	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Pacific (during South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Ministerial Governing Council Meeting, 10^th � 14^th?)	Apia, Samoa
10^th � 12^th Sept	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � East Africa (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD))	Djibouti, Djibouti
11^th Sept	General Assembly (56^th Session)	UNHQ, New York
17^th � 19^th Sept	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Central Africa (Economic Commission for Central African States (ECCAS))	Libreville, Gabon
20^th � 21^st Sept	Accelerating Local Sustainability: Evaluating European Local Agenda 21 Processes (ICLEI)	London, UK
24^th � 25^th Sept	Regional Preparatory Meeting � Europe & North America	Geneva, Switzerland
23^rd � 25^th Sept	Regional Stakeholder Roundtable � West Asia	Manama, Bahrain
24^th � 26^th Sept	Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � West Africa (Economic Commission For West African States (ECOWAS) and Inter State Committee on Fight Against Drought in the Sahel (CILSS))	Abuja, Nigeria
2^nd � 4^th October	World Bank Group & IMF Annual Meeting	Washington, USA
8^th � 10^th October	Southern NGO Summit	Algiers, Algeria
15^th � 18^th October	Regional Preparatory Meeting � Africa	Nairobi, Kenya
21^st � 24^th October	13^th Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America & Caribbean	Rio, Brazil
23^rd � 24^th October	Regional Preparatory Meeting � Latin America & Caribbean	Rio, Brazil
28^th � 29^th October	Special Session of the Joint Committee on Environment & Development / Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment / part of Rio +10 Preparations	Cairo, Egypt
November (early)	Regional Preparatory Meeting � West Asia	Cairo, Egypt
5^th � 9^th November	Rome +5 (World Food Summit: Five Years Later)	Rome, Italy
9^th � 13^th November	WTO Fourth Ministerial Meeting	Qatar
12^th � 13^th November	Equity for a Small Planet: An International Forum on the WSSD 2002 (IIED)	Canada
27^th � 29^th November	Regional Preparatory Meeting � Asia & Pacific	Phnom Penh, Camb�ia
3^rd � 7^th December	International Conference on Freshwater	Bonn, Germany
5^th December	GEF Council Meeting � NGO Consultation Meeting	Washington, USA
6^th � 7^th December	GEF Council Meeting	Washington, USA
22^nd � 24^th December	Special CAMRE / Economic Council / Ministers of Planning Rio +10 Meeting	Cairo, Egypt
2002
14^th � 25^th January	International Conference on Financing for Development (PrepCom 4)	UNHQ, New York
9^th � 11^th February	Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2002: Ensuring Sustainable Livelihoods: Challenges for Governments, Corporates and Civil Society at Rio +10 (TERI)	New Delhi, India
March	Global Youth Forum	Copenhagen, Dmk
18^th � 22^nd March	International Conference on Financing for Development	Monterrey, Mexico
*28^th Jan � 8^th Feb*	*World Summit on Sustainable Development (10^th Session � PrepCom 2)*	*UNHQ, New York*
*25^th Mar � 5^th April*	*World Summit on Sustainable Development (10^th Session � PrepCom 3)*	*UNHQ, New York*
22^nd � 24^th May	4^th UNEP International Children�s Conference on Environment	Victoria, Canada
*27^th May � 7^th June*	*World Summit on Sustainable Development (10^th Session � PrepCom 4 � Ministerial)*	*Bali, Indonesia*
5^th June	World Environment Day	-
26 August � 4^th Sept	Earth Summit 2002 � WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT	Jo�burg, South Africa

CSD NGO Women's Caucus

Schedule of Upcoming Meetings of the UN CSD and other bodies

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Caribbean

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Andean

Regional Consultative Meeting - Europe

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Meso-America Region

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Southeast Asia

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � South Asia

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Central Asia

Sept (Mid)

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � East Africa (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD))

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting � Central Africa (Economic Commission for Central African States (ECCAS))

Accelerating Local Sustainability: Evaluating European Local Agenda 21 Processes (ICLEI)

Regional Preparatory Meeting � Europe & North America

Earth Summit 2002 � WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Schedule of Upcoming Meetings
of the UN CSD and other bodies