Home> UN Connections> UN Calendar     Conferences and Meetings   2008 Events   2007 Events   2006 Events   January 2006 Commission on Human Rights, Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, 24th Session Geneva 30 January - 1 February Commission on Human Rights, open-ended working group on the right to development Geneva 9 - 13 January Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, regular session New York 19 - 27 January Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, thirty-fourth session New York 16 January - 3 February Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol to the Convention New York 11 - 13 January UNICEF, Executive Board, first regular session New York 16 - 19 January Consultative Committee on the United Nations Development Fund for Women, forty-sixth session New York January February 2006 Commission for Social Development, forty-fourth session New York 8 - 17 February Commission on Human Rights, open-ended working group to elaborate an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Geneva 6 - 17 February Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Situations Geneva 6 - 10 February Commission on the Status of Women, fiftieth session New York 27 February - 10 March Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, pre-sessional working group New York 6 - 10 February ECE, sixty-first session Geneva 20 - 24 February Economic and Social Council, organizational session New York 7 - 10 February IFAD, Governing Council Rome 14 - 15 February UNCTAD, Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development Geneva 21 - 24 February UNCTAD, Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities Geneva 6 - 10 February March 2006 Commission on Human Rights, sixty-second session Geneva 13 March - 21 April Committee for Development Policy, eighth session New York 20 - 24 March Committee of Experts on Public Administration New York 27 - 31 March ECLAC, thirty-first session Montevideo 20 - 24 March Human Rights Committee, eighty-sixth session New York 13 - 31 March Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Communications New York 6 - 10 March ICSC, sixty-second session International Civil Service Commission Vienna 13 - 31 March ILO, Governing Body and its committees Geneva 16 - 31 March UNCTAD, Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues Geneva 6 - 10 March Committee for the United Nations Population Award (2 days) New York March/April April 2006 Commission on Population and Development, thirty-ninth session New York 3 - 7 April Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat Nairobi April Committee on Information, twenty-eighth session New York 24 April - 5 May ESCAP, sixty-second session Jakarta 6 - 12 April IFAD, Executive Board Rome 19 - 20 April Special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD (1 day) New York April May 2006 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, pre-sessional working group Geneva 22 - 26 May Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, thirty-sixth session Geneva 1 - 19 May Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, resumed session New York 10 - 19 May Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, thirty-fifth session New York 15 May - 2 June ECA, Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, twenty-fifth meeting Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 10 - 12 May ECA, Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, thirty-ninth session of the Commission Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 13 - 14 May Economic and Social Council, resumed organizational session New York 10 - 11 May ILO, General Conference Geneva 29 May - 15 June International Law Commission, fifty-eighth session (also 3 July-11 August 2006 Geneva 1 May - 9 June WHO, World Health Assembly, fifty-ninth session Geneva 22 - 26 May Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Minorities (5 days) Geneva May Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, pre-sessional (1 week) New York May/June UNCTAD, Working Party on the Medium-term Plan and the Programme Budget (5 days) Geneva May June 2006 Fourteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women New York 23 June ILO, Governing Body and its committees Geneva 16 June UNICEF, Executive Board, annual session New York 5 - 9 June UNIDO, Industrial Development Board Vienna 6 - 7 June United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, thirty-ninth session New York 19 June - 7 July July 2006 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, pre-sessional working group New York 31 July - 4 August Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol to the Convention New York 31 July - 4 August Economic and Social Council, substantive session Geneva 3 - 28 July Human Rights Committee, eighty-seventh session Geneva 10 - 28 July Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Communications Geneva 3 - 7 July ICSC, sixty-third session New York 10 - 28 July International Law Commission, fifty-eighth session Geneva 3 July - 11 August International Law Seminar (3 weeks) Geneva July/August UNCTAD, Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy Geneva July August 2006 Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, fifty-eighth session Geneva 7 - 25 August Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Communications Geneva 28 August - 8 September Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, thirty-sixth session New York 7 - 25 August Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, intersessional forum on economic, social and cultural rights (Social Forum) Geneva 3 - 4 August September 2006 Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat Nairobi September Committee on the Rights of the Child, forty-third session Geneva 11 - 29 September General Assembly, high-level dialogue on international migration and development New York 14 - 15 September General Assembly, high-level meeting on the midterm comprehensive global review of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 2001-2010 New York 19 - 20 September General Assembly, high-level meeting on the midterm comprehensive global review of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 2001-2010, preparatory expert meeting New York 4 - 6 September IFAD, Executive Board Rome 13 - 14 September Twenty-fifth Meeting of States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights New York 7 September UNCTAD, Trade and Development Board, fifty-third session Geneva 25 September - 6 October UNDP and UNFPA, Executive Board, second regular session** New York 11 - 15 September UNICEF, Executive Board, second regular session New York 5 - 8 September UNIDO, Programme and Budget Committee, twenty-second session Vienna 5 - 6 September Commission on Human Rights, working group of experts on people of African descent (1 week) Geneva September UNCTAD, Working Party on the Medium-term Plan and the Programme Budget (5 days) Geneva September October 2006 Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Fifth Session Geneva 30 October - 3 November Committee on the Rights of the Child, pre-sessional working group Geneva 2 - 6 October Human Rights Committee, eighty-eighth session Geneva 16 October - 3 November Human Rights Committee, Pre-sessional Working Group on Communications Geneva 9 - 13 October November 2006 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, thirty-seventh session Geneva 13 November - 1 December FAO, Council Rome 20 – 25 November ILO, Governing Body and its committees Geneva 2 - 17 November UNIDO, Industrial Development Board Vienna 28 - 30 November December 2006 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, pre-sessional working group Geneva 4 - 8 December IFAD, Executive Board Rome 13 - 14 December UNCTAD, Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development Geneva December   Dates to be determined Informal Open-ended Working Group on an Agenda for Peace and/or its subgroups New York Dates to be determined Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics New York Dates to be determined Commission on Sustainable Development, organizational session (1 day) New York Dates to be determined Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, organizational session (1 day) New York Dates to be determined Economic and Social Council, informal consultations New York Dates to be determined UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development Geneva Dates to be determined UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues Geneva Dates to be determined UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities Geneva Dates to be determined UNDP and UNFPA, Executive Board, briefings and informal consultations New York Dates to be determined Executive Board Paris Dates to be determined UNICEF, Executive Board, briefings and informal consultations New York Dates to be determined UNITED NATIONS EVENTS 2006   January, 2006 19 January 2006 Country : Thailand, Bangkok Event Type : Conferences and meetings Event Name : Asia and the Pacific Regional Implementation Meeting Event Description : Regional Implementation Meeting will provide inputs from the Asia-Pacific region to CSD-14. Location : United Nations Conference Centre Room 4 Bangkok, Thailand UN Sponsor : Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Event URL : http://www.unescap.org/esd/rim/ Date & Time :   From : 19-Jan-2006 TO : 20-Jan-2006 Contact Information : Name : Phone No : Yang Yefei (662) 288 1545 19 January 2006 Country : Chile, Santiago Event Type : Conferences and meetings Event Name : Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Implementation Meeting Event Description : First Regional Implementation Forum on Sustainable Development Location : ECLAC UN Sponsor : Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Event URL : http://www.unescap.org/esd/rim/ Date & Time :   From : 19-Jan-2006 TO : 20-Jan-2006 Contact Information : Name : Phone No : Yang Yefei (662) 288 1545     Home | BPW International Newsletters | BPW Business Pages | BPW Roster Online | BPW Online | Projects | Calendar | Site Map BPW International International Federation of Business and Professional Women Contact : member.services@bpw-international.org Copyright © BPW International. 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