16-20 March 1998, (Senegal) -- Africa Regional Literacy Forum, on "New Directions for the Year 2000." Organized by the International Literacy Institute, which is co-sponsored by UNESCO and the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Tel (1-215) 898-9979, fax 898-9804, e-mail <ILI@literacy.upenn.edu>.
2 April, London (UK) -- African Health: Progress, Perils and Potential. Meeting organized by the Nairobi-based African Medical Research Foundation. Contact Tom Noel, tel (44-171) 233-0066.
13-16 April, Havana (Cuba) -- International Women's Conference organized by the Federation of Cuban Women. Will discuss women vis-à-vis: economy and sustainable development; political participation and decision-making; health, education, culture and social security; the media; violence and discrimination. Tel (1-212) 627-0444.
13-17 April, Washington (US) -- World Bank/IMF spring meetings. Tel (1-202) 458-5204.
28 April-1 May, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- African Women and Economic Development: Investing in Our Future. International conference organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa, and sponsored by UNDP and the World Bank among others. Tel. (251-1) 51.89.19, fax 51.22.33, e-mail <eca40th@un.org> or <ecainfo@un.org>.
20-22 May, Accra (Ghana) -- The West African Computer and Telecommunications Exhibition. Contact African Information Technology Exhibitions and Conferences, tel (44-1480) 407-477, fax 407-677, e-mail <aitec.admin@dial.pipex.com>.
27-31 May, Columbia, Missouri (US) -- International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Contact the University of Missouri. Tel (1-573) 882-9558, fax 882-1953.
9-12 June, Maputo (Mozambique) -- Regional Conference for Africa on soil fertility and fertilizers, organized by the Paris-based International Fertilizer Industry Association. Tel (33-1) 53-930-500, fax 53-930-545/6/7, e-mail <ifamail@worldnet.fr>, Web <http://www.fertilizer.org>.
19-21 October, Tokyo (Japan) -- Second Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD II), organized by the UN, the government of Japan and the Global Coalition for Africa. Contact Ms. Kimiku Uno. Tel (1-212) 963-2166.
2-13 November, Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Fourth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Contact Michael Williams, tel (41-22) 979-9242, fax 797-3464, e-mail <mwilliams@unep.ch>.
9 February 1998, New York -- High-level United Nations/International Chamber of Commerce meeting on boosting investment flows to least developed countries. Tel (1-212) 963-6896.
14-18 December 1997, Dakar (Senegal) -- Seminar on the media and poverty, sponsored by UNDP, the government of Senegal and the Pan African News Agency. Tel (1-212) 906-5324, fax 906-5364.
9-11 December, Tehran (Iran) -- Eighth Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Tel (98-21) 241-3162/3/4/5, fax 241-3161.
8-10 December, Cape Town (South Africa) -- International consultations on partnership in the water sector for cities in Africa. Organized by the UN Centre for Human Settlement (Habitat), UNDP and the South African government. Tel (254-2) 623.039, fax 624.265/623.588, e-mail <kalyan.ray@unchs.org>.
9-11 December, Nairobi (Kenya) -- International Workshop on Municipal Waste Management in Africa, organized by UNEP and UNIDO. Tel (254-2) 624.288/623.181, fax 623.928, e-mail <kamar@unep.org> or <lumber@unep.org>.
7-11 December, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) -- Tenth International Conference on AIDS in Africa, organized by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Tel (1-212) 864-6643.
26-27 November, Cairo (Egypt) -- First African Transport Forum organized by the ECA and Egypt's Ministry of Transport and Communication. Fax (251-1) 51.44.16.
29 September-10 October, Rome (Italy) -- First Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Tel (41-22) 979-9111, fax 979-9030.
16 September-22 December, New York -- UN General Assembly, 52nd session.
