Subject: [fem-women2000 769] Women's Globalnet #184: Calendar of UN Events
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IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #184 Initiatives and Activities of Women Worldwide By Anne S. Walker January 17, 2002 CALENDAR OF UN EVENTS OF SPECIAL RELEVANCE TO WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2002 (Some of the following information has been adapted from the CONGO Fact Sheet of January 11th, 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: mercyun@aol.com] or UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS) at email: ngls@un.org 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 MARCH 4-15, 2002, New York UN Commission on the Status of Women: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/46sess.htm (See Women's Globalnet #183 on 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: ageingassembly-subscribe@yahoogroups.com 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/ The NGO FORUM will be held at the Gallagher Estate near the Sandton Convention Centre http://www.earthsummit2002.org/default.htm Much of this calendar of UN meetings has been adapted from the CONGO Fact Sheet of January 11th, 2002. 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