26-28 August 1998, Hurghada (Egypt) -- International Conference on Coping with Water Scarcity, organized by UNESCO. Tel (33-1) 45.68.17.46, fax 45.68.56.51.
9 September-December, New York -- UN General Assembly, 53rd session.
4-8 October, Harrisburg, Virginia (US) -- Worldwide Humanitarian Demining Conference, hosted by James Madison University. Contact Dr. Kay Knickrehm, tel (1-540) 568-2918, fax 568-8021.
6-8 October, Washington -- World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings. Tel (1-202) 473-9516, fax 522-2632.
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) 979-9242/44, fax 797-3464, e-mail <mwilliams@unep.ch>.
9-12 November, Lyon (France) -- Markets and Development, will be the theme of the first meeting of UNCTAD's Partners for Development initiative, which aims to bring together the private sector, governments, NGOs and international organizations for joint projects through which market forces may help promote development. Tel (41-22) 907-5555, fax 907-0022, email <partners@unctad.org>.
30 November-4 December, Kampala (Uganda) -- General conference of the Group of 77 Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Contact the office of the Chairman of the G77, tel (1-212) 963-0192, fax 963-3515.
30 November-11 December, Dakar (Senegal) -- Conference of the Parties to the International Convention on Desertification, second session. Tel (41-22) 979-9011, fax 979-9030, e-mail <secretariat@ccd.ch>.
25-28 June, New York -- First meeting of the 15 councils of the Microcredit Summit. Contact Alistair Hodgett, tel (1-202) 546-1900, fax 546-3228, e-mail <hodgett@microcreditsummit.org>.
22-23 June, London -- Symposium on Children Affected by Armed Conflict organized by the UN Information Centre in London and the UK National Committee for UNICEF. Tel (44-171) 630-1981, fax 976-6478.
22-23 June, Geneva -- Conference on the impact of information technology on the lives of ordinary people, organized by the UN Research Institute for Social Development. Tel (41-22) 798-8400, fax 740-0791.
3-6 June, Bremen (Germany) -- Food and Agriculture Organization meeting on world fish trade. Tel (39-6) 5705-3259, fax 5705-5924.
6 May, New York -- Perspectives from the South on Financing for Development in the Globalization Process. Conference sponsored by the Group of 77 and the Society for International Development. Tel (39-6) 487-2172, fax 487-2170, e-mail <info@sidint.org>.
