19-24 April 1999, Geneva (Switzerland) -- UNCTAD expert meeting on examining trade in the agricultural sector, with a view to expanding the agricultural exports of developing countries. Tel (41-22) 907-5816, fax 907-0057/0043.
21-28 April, Washington, DC (US) -- World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings. Contact Merrell Tuck, tel (1-202) 473-9516, fax 522-2632, e-mail <mtuckprimdahl@worldbank.org>.
12-13 May, London (UK) -- Oil and Gas investments in Africa, conference organized by the Centre for Global Energy Studies and CWC Associates. One-day symposia on Angola and Nigeria will also be held on 11 and 14 May, respectively. Tel (44-171) 704-6161, fax 704-8440.
17-28 May, New York (US) -- Preparatory Committee for the UN General Assembly Special Session on follow-up to the 1995 Social Summit. Fax (1-212) 963-3062.
24-27 May, Nairobi (Kenya) -- Africa Water Resources Policy Conference, sponsored by the World Bank. Contact François-Marie Patorni, tel (1-202) 473-6265, e-mail <fmpatorni@worldbank.org>.
25-27 May, Cairo (Egypt) -- African Development Bank Annual Meetings. Tel (225) 20.44.44, fax 20.40.06, e-mail <afdb@afdb.org>.
14-18 June, Geneva -- UNCTAD meeting of governmental experts from land-locked and transit developing countries and representatives of donor countries and financial and development institutions. Tel (41-22) 907-5816, fax 907-0057/0043.
17-18 June, Cologne (Germany) -- G-7 Summit on a new international financial "architecture" and other global economic priorities.
30 June-2 July, New York -- UN General Assembly Special Session on follow-up to the 1994 Population Conference. Tel (1-212) 297-5020, fax 557-6416.
20-23 September, Accra (Ghana) -- Regional conference on brain drain and capacity building in Africa, organized by UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Contact Peter da Costa, tel (251-1) 51.58.26, fax 51.03.65.
28-30 September, Washington, DC -- World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings. Contact Merrell Tuck, tel (1-202) 473-9516, fax 522-2632, e-mail <mtuckprimdahl@worldbank.org>.
25-28 October, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- Africa Development Regional Forum: The Challenge to Africa of Globalization and the Information Age, organized by ECA. Contact Peter da Costa, tel (251-1) 51.58.26, fax 51.03.65.
12-16 November, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) -- High-level workshop on the role of the public and private sectors in infrastructure development in Africa. Organized by ECA. Contact Peter da Costa, tel (251-1) 51.58.26, fax 51.03.65.
26-27 March, Palisades, New York (US) -- Financial Markets and Development: Preventing Crises in Emerging Markets, organized by the World Bank and the Brookings Institute. Contact Charlene Mui, tel (1-202) 797-6159, fax 797-6181.
25 March, 1999, New York -- Africa's Economies in the Age of Globalization, a roundtable discussion held by the Council on Foreign Relations. Contact Chikondi Mseka, tel (1-212) 518-3421, fax 986-2984.
3-5 March, Dakar (Senegal) -- Forum on the Competitiveness of African Economies, organized by the government of Senegal and UNDP's "African Futures" project. Contact Obi Emekekwue, tel (1-202) 906-5322, fax 906-9364.
2-3 March, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) -- Cinema, women and poverty, seminar organized by UNDP and the Pan-African Festival of Film. Contact Françoise Gerber, tel (1-212) 906-5326.
15-24 February, Cartagena (Colombia) -- International talks on a biosafety protocol for the reduction of risks related to bioengineered organisms crossing national borders through trade or accidental releases. Contact Michael Williams of the UN Environment Programme, tel (41-22) 917-8242/8244, fax 797-3464, e-mail <mwilliams@unep.ch>.
28 January-2 February, Davos (Switzerland) -- World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Tel (41-22) 869-1212, fax 786-2744, e-mail <contact@weforum.org>.
