Tentative calendar of events, international days, conferences, meetings and other activities of
United Nations bodies, intergovermental organizations, NGOs and civil society.

April

22 Apr		Earth Day
28 Apr -9 May		Commission on Sustainable Development, eleventh session, New York

May

5-9 May		89th Session of the Programme Committee and Joint Meeting with the Finance Committee, FAO, Rome
5-9 May		Commission on Science and Technology for Development, sixth session, Geneva
5-23 May		Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 30th session, Geneva
5-23 May		Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, New York
12-16 May		Committee on World Food Security, FAO, Rome
12-23 May		Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, New York
15 May		International Day of Families
18-20 May		World Agricultural Forum, St. Louis, MO, USA
22 May		International Day for Biological Diversity
29 May		DPI/NGO Briefing – “Issues on the Agenda of ECOSOC”

June

5 June		World Environment Day
12 June		World Day Against Child labour
16-18 June		Pan-Arab Regional Conference on WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society), Cairo, Egypt
16-27 June		Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, New York
20 June		Ad Hoc WFP/NGO Consultation, Rome
21-28 June		Africa Advocacy Workshop, Lusaka, Zambia
23-28 June		FAO Council, 124th Session, Rome
30 June -7 July		*FAO/WHO Codex Alimertarius Commission, 26th session, Rome
30 June -18 July		Commission on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, 29th Session, New York

July

21-25 July

Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Geneva

August

9 Aug		International Day of the World's Indigenous People
12 Aug		International Youth Day

September

8 Sept		International Literacy Day
8-10 Sept		The 56th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
10-11 Sept		IFAD, Executive Board, Rome
16 Sept		UN General Assembly - 58th Session
21 Sept		International Day of Peace
21-26 Sept		13th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Africa (ICASA), 21 - 26 September, Nairobi, Kenya

October

1 Oct		International Day of Older Persons
16 Oct		World Food Day
17 Oct		International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24 Oct		United Nations Day

November

29 Nov -10 Dec

32nd FAO Conference, Rome

December

1 Dec		World AIDS Day, theme: "Stigma and Discrimination"
3 Dec		International Day of Disabled Persons
10 Dec		Human Rights Day
11 Dec		International Day of the Mountains