January, February, March 2005

28 March World Telecommunication Day [observed on 17 May]
28 March UNMIS - United Nations Mission in the Sudan
28 March International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members [observed at UNHQ on 28 March] [Secretary-General's message]
22 March Launch of the International Decade for Action: Water for Life (2005-2015)
22 March World Water Day [observed at UNHQ on 22 March] [Additional resources from the UN Library and UNESCO]
21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 March Report of the Secretary-General: In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all
15 March Commission on Human Rights [61st session; Geneva, 14 March-22 April 2005]
15 March World TB Day [Brochure] [Secretary-General's message] [WHO's Health Topics: Tuberculosis] [observed on 24 March]
15 March Committee of Experts in Public Administration [Fourth Session, 4-8 April 2005]
11 March United Nations' UNIFEED
2 March UN Chronicle: A Review of the First Committee: Disarmament and International Security
1 March UN Works: Beijing+10 - Women Work for Equality, Family, Peace [Official site of the Beijing +10 Conference: 49th Session of the Commission of the Status of Women]
1 March International Women's Day - Gender Equality Beyond 2005: Building a More Secure Future [observed on 8 March]

28 February Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in March 2005
24 February State of World Population 2004 (revised report) [Press release]
23 February World No-Tobacco Day - Role of health professionals on tobacco control [observed on 31 May] [Tobacco Free Initiative]
23 February World Book and Copyright Day [observed on 23 April]
23 February World Health Day - Make every mother and child count [observed on 7 April]
23 February World Meteorological Day - Weather, climate, water and sustainable development [observed on 23 March]
22 February Beijing +10 Conference: 49th Session of the Commission of the Status of Women [New York, UN Headquarters, 28 February-11 March 2005] [Press release]
22 February Global Environment Outlook Year Book 2004/2005: Press release and Report [pdf]
18 February International Mother Language Day [observed on 21 February] [Resources from UNESCO]
17 February Synergies And Responses: Strategic Alliances In Crime Prevention And Criminal Justice [Bangkok, Thailand, 18-25 April 2005]
17 February Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [66th Session, Geneva, 21 February-11 March 2005] [Background Release]
15 February International Year of Physics 2005
15 February UN60 Outreach Calendar
14 February ILO Report: Global Employment Trends [Press release]
10 February World Day for Water - Resources from UNESCO [observed on 22 March]
10 February Fourth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues [UNHQ, New York, 16-27 May 2005]
4 February The United Nations and Civil Society (redesigned site)
4 February United Nations Peace Operations: Year in Review 2004
2 February 10-year review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome of the 24th special session of the General Assembly [Commission for Social Development, 43rd Session, 9-18 February]
1 February World Environment Day [observed on 5 June]

31 January Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in February 2005
31 January Security Council 2004 Round-up
31 January Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ): new site
31 January International Year of Sport and Physical Education 2005
24 January Conference on Disarmament (2005 Session - 1st part) [Geveva, Switzerland, 24 January- 1 April] [Press release]
24 January Conference on Biodiversity: Science and Governance [Paris, France, 24-28 January] [Secretary-General's message]
24 January World Conference on Disaster Reduction: Round-up [Kobe, Japan, 18-22 January]
18 January 28th Special Session of the General Assembly for the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Concentration Camps [24 January 2005]
18 January World Conference on Disaster Reduction [Kobe, Japan, 18-22 January 2005] [Press release]
15 January Year in Review 2004: 2004 in the headlines [top stories per month: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December]; video [14 minute programme]
7 January International Meeting for the 10-Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of the Small Island Developing States (Port-Louis, Mauritius, 10-14 January 2005) - Conference coverage


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