26-28 April 2000, Dakar (Senegal) -- World Forum on Education for All, hosted by the government of Senegal and sponsored by UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, the World Bank and donor governments. Contact UNESCO Press Office, tel (33-1) 45.68.18.51, fax 45.68.56.51, Web site <www.unesco.org>; Maris O'Rourke, World Bank, tel (1-202) 473-7096, e-mail <morourke@worldbank.org>; or Hilda Paqui, UNDP, tel (1-212) 906-5305.
16-19 May 2000, Nairobi (Kenya) -- First Regional Conference on Medicinal Plants, Traditional Medicines and Local Communities in Africa. Contact Dr. Barbara Gemmill, Environment Centre International, fax (254-2) 562-175, e-mail <herren@africaonline.co.ke>; or Ernest Rukangira, tel (254-2) 562-022/576-114, fax 572-175, e-mail <erukangira@iconnect.co.ke>.
30 May-2 June, New York (US) -- Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Follow-up to the 1990 World Summit for Children. Contact Alfred Ironside, tel. (1-212) 326-7261, fax 326-7768.
31 May-1 June 2000, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank. Tel (225) 20.44.44, fax 20.40.06, e-mail <afdb@afdb.org>.
5-9 June, New York (US) -- UN General Assembly Special Session on follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women. Tel (1-212) 963-3062, fax 963-1186, e-mail <vasic@un.org>.
26-30 June, Geneva (Switzerland) -- UN General Assembly Special Session on follow-up to the 1995 World Summit for Social Development. Tel (1-212) 963-2080 or 963-3771, fax 963-3062 or 963-1186, e-mail <vasic@un.org>.
9-14 July, Durban (South Africa) -- The XIII International AIDS Conference, organized by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, the International AIDS Society and others. Tel (27-31) 301-0400, fax 301-0191, e-mail <aids2000@aids2000.com>, Web site <www.aids2000.com>.
18-19 July, Lomé (Togo) -- Regional training seminar for women entrepreneurs in information technology, organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Contact Peter Da Costa, tel (251-1) 51.58.26, e-mail <dacosta@igc.apc.org>.
September, New York (US) -- United Nations Millennium Summit of Heads of State and Government
10-12 September, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- Eighth session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance. Contact Peter Da Costa of the ECA, tel (251-1) 51.58.26, e-mail <dacosta@igc.apc.org>.
8-17 October, Antananarivo and Tamatave (Madagascar) -- Facing the New Millennium: Gender in Africa and the African Diaspora -- Retrospection and Prospects. Contact Obioma Nnaemeka of Indiana University, tel (1-317) 278-2038, 274-7611 or 274-0062; fax 274-2347; e-mail <nnaemeka@iupui.edu>; web site <www.iupui.edu/~aaws/>.
22-26 October, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- "AIDS: The Greatest Leadership Challenge" is the theme of the 2nd African Development Forum, organized by ECA, UNAIDS and the World Bank. Contact <dacosta@igc.apc.org>
11-17 April, Washington, DC (US) -- World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings. Contact Graham Newman, tel (1-212) 623-7063, fax 623-6772, e-mail <gnewman@imf.org>; or Caroline Anstey, tel (1-202) 473-1800, fax 522-2632.
10-14 April, Havana (Cuba) -- The first South Summit, a gathering of heads of state and government from the developing countries' Group of 77. Tel (1-212) 963-3816/0192, fax 963-3515/0050, e-mail <g77_office@together.org>.
23-24 February, Washington, DC (US) -- IMF conference on Capital Flow and Debt Statistics. Tel (1-202) 623-7059, fax 623-6772.
22-24 February, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- Regional conference on brain drain and capacity building in Africa, organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Contact Peter Da Costa, tel (251-1) 51.58.26, e-mail <dacosta@igc.apc.org>.
15-18 February, Harare (Zimbabwe) -- African Forum on the
Role of Traditional Medicine in Health Systems organized by
the World Health Organization. Contact Dr. O.M.J. Kasilo, tel
(1-407) 733-9354 or (263-4) 703-580/703-684, ext. 3541, e-mail
<kasiloo@whoafr.org>.
