21-24 May 1997, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Society for International Development (SID), 22nd World Conference. Contact SID World Conference, Barcelona (Spain), fax (34-3) 405-1390, e-mail
22-24 May, Bordeaux, France Africa, France and the United States. Conference organized by Centre d'ιtude d'Afrique noire and the African Studies Centre of Boston University. Contact F. Simonnet, tel (33-05) 5684-4282, fax 5684-4324, e-mail
28-30 May, Abidjan, Cτte d'Ivoire Annual meetings of the African Development Bank and African Development Fund. Contact tel (225) 204-818, fax 204-006.
4-6 June, Harare, Zimbabwe Organization of African Unity, annual summit meeting.
23-25 June, Geneva Pilot seminar on the Mobilization of the Private Sector in order to Encourage Foreign Investment Flows to the Least Developed Countries. Contact UNCTAD, Geneva, tel (41-22) 907-4815, fax 907-0056, e-mail
23-25 June, Toronto, Canada Knowledge for Development, conference hosted by the World Bank and Canada; co-sponsors include Switzerland, US, ECA, UNDP and UNESCO. Contact the World Bank, tel (202) 473-6442, fax 676-0858, e-mail
23-27 June, New York Earth Summit + 5, Special Session of the UN General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21.
30 June - 25 July, Geneva UN Economic and Social Council, substantive session.
14-18 July 1997, Hamburg, Germany Fifth International Conference on Adult Education to meet on theme "Adult Learning: A Key for the 21st Century." Contact UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg, tel (49-40) 448-0410, fax 410-7723, e-mail
16 September - December, New York UN General Assembly, 52nd session.
13-22 October, Antalya, Turkey 11th World Forestry Congress to meet on theme "Forestry for Sustainable Development: Towards the 21st Century." Contact 11th WFC Organizing Committee, tel (90-312) 417-7724, fax 417-9160, or FAO, Rome, tel (39-6) 522-55088, fax 522-55137, e-mail
10-11 November, Tokyo Preparatory meeting for the second Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD II).
WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE
18-20 November 1996, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Creating an Effective Interface between Civil Society, the Organization of African Unity and Governments in Africa, a conference on conflict resolution in the continent. Contact International Alert, London, tel (44-171) 793-8383, fax (44-171) 793-7975, e-mail
28-29 January, The Hague, The Netherlands Annual meeting of the European Network on Debt and Development (EURODAD). Contact Ted van Hees, Coordinator, EURODAD, Brussels, tel (32-2) 743-8795, fax 736-7271, e-mail
31 March - 3 April, Arusha, Tanzania First seminar on the protection of the child and elimination of child labour in Africa, organized by the OAU with the ILO, UNICEF and WHO.
6-7 April, New Delhi, India Non-aligned Movement, 12th ministerial conference.
14 April, Arusha, Tanzania Summit meeting of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
14-18 April, Dakar, Senegal Seminar on improving food security in African cities, organized by FAO and the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research.
22-29 April, Washington DC Spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank. Contact tel (202) 623-8357, fax 623-4943.