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. 

More information about meetings and conferences planned for 2002 can be 
found on the Conference of NGOs website at: http://www.congo.org or 
http://www.conferenceofngos.org

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, not-for-profit 
membership association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in 
United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major 
objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the 
world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global 
concern. For more information visit the CONGO website or email: 
inquiries@congo.org

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