2007 Meetings and Events of ECOSOC and its Subsidiary Bodies

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Please note that this list provides information on the upcoming meetings and events of the Economic and Social Council, and the annual sessions of its subsidiary bodies. All meetings are open to Member States, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, and the civil society. For further information, please contact ecosocinfo@un.org for ECOSOC events, and see also the internet links of the subsidiary bodies of ECOSOC.

January

17

ECOSOC Organizational session for 2007: Economic and Social Council, election of Bureau (New York)- ECOSOC Chamber, 3 p.m.

22 ECOSOC Organizational session for 2007, 2nd meeting (New York)- ECOSOC Chamber, 3 p.m.
22 Jan-2 Feb Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, regular session (New York)
29 Jan-2 Feb International Narcotics Control Board, eighty-eighth session (Vienna)
   
February
6-9 Economic and Social Council, Organizational session (New York)
6 ECOSOC Chamber, 10 a.m.
  Briefing by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, on the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007- ECOSOC Chamber, 11 a.m.
7-16 Commission for Social Development, forty-fifth session (New York)
14 Feb-16 Mar E-discussion on ‘Strengthening Efforts to Eradicate Poverty and Hunger’
26 Feb-2 Mar Intergovernmental preparatory meeting for the fifteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (New York)
26 Feb-9 Mar

Commission on the Status of Women, fifty-first session (New York)

27 Feb-2 Mar Statistical Commission, thirty-eighth session (New York)
   
March
2 Economic and Social Council, Organizational session (New York):
  Formal Meeting on themes for the 2007 High-level Segment of the Council- ECOSOC Chamber, 11 a.m.
  Informal briefing on preparations for the special high-level meeting of the Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-ECOSOC Chamber, 3 p.m.
12-16

Commission on Narcotic Drugs, fiftieth session (Vienna)

19-23 Committee for Development Policy, ninth session (New York)
29 Mar-2 Apr

ECA, Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, fortieth session of the Commission ( Addis Ababa )

   
April
2 ECOSOC informal event for the 2007 Annual Ministerial Review
9-13 Commission on Population and Development, fortieth session (New York)
10-13 Committee of Experts on Public Administration, sixth session (New York)
16 Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (New York)
16-27 United Nations Forum on Forests, seventh session (New York)
19-20

High-level Symposium - Development Cooperation Forum (Vienna)

23-27

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, sixteenth session (Vienna)

25 Elections to subsididary bodies of the Council (resumed organizational session for 2007) (New York)
25-27 UNECE sixty-second annual session (Geneva)

30 Apr-11 May

Commission on Sustainable Development, fifteenth session ( New York )
30 Apr-18 May Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, thirty-eighth session (Geneva)
   
May
................ Committee for Programme and Coordination, organizational session (New York)
7-18 International Narcotics Control Board, eighty-ninth session (Vienna)
14-18 Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, resumed session (New York)
14-25 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (New York)
17-18 Latin American And The Caribbean Regional Consultations on ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (Brasilia)
17-23

ESCAP, sixty-third session (Almaty Kazakhstan)

21-25

Commission on Science and Technology for Development, tenth session (Geneva)

21-25 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, pre-sessional working group , thirty ninth session (Geneva)
   
June
11 Jun-6 July

Committee for Programme and Coordination, forty-seventh session (New York)

   
July
2-27 Substantive Session of ECOSOC (Geneva):
2-5 High-level Segment
6 Dialogue with the Executive Secretaries of the regional commissions
6-10 Coordination Segment
10-13 Operational Activities Segment
16-18 Humanitarian Affairs Segment
19-26 General Segment
27 Conclusion of the work of ECOSOC
   
August
20 and 31 United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, twenty-fourth session ( New York )
21-31 Ninth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (New York)
   
September
17-21 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa, 17th session (Addis Ababa)
   
October
15-19 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Latin America and the Caribbean, 17th session (Santiago)
29 Oct -2 Nov Third session of Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (Geneva)
30 Oct-16 Nov International Narcotics Control Board, ninetieth session (Vienna)
   
November
5-23 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, thirty-ninth session (Geneva)
13-16 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Asia and the Pacific, 31st session (Bangkok)
26-30 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, resumed fiftieth session (Vienna)
26-30 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, pre-sessional working group, fortieth session (Geneva)
   
December
3-7 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East, 42nd session
3-12 Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Geneva)
12-14 Subcommittee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, fourteenth session (Geneva)