2-4 November (Dakar, Senegal) -- Regional Preparatory Meeting for Africa, for the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Contact Alioune Tine, fax (221) 824-6052, e-mail <raddho@telecomlus.sn>.
9-10 November, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- ECA ad hoc expert group meeting on investment agencies in Africa. Contact Peter Da Costa, tel (251-1) 51.58.26, e-mail <dacosta@igc.apc.org>.
16-19 November, Nashville, Tennessee (US) -- Forty-third Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association of the US, on the theme "People and Power in 21st Century Africa." Tel (1-732) 932-8173, fax 932-3394, e-mail <callASA@rci.rutgers.edu>.
3-7 December, 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 Peter Da Costa of the ECA, tel (251-1) 51.58.26, e-mail <dacosta@igc.apc.org>.
11-22 December, Bonn (Germany) -- Fourth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought. Contact convention secretariat, tel. (49-228) 815-2800, fax 815-2898, e-mail <secretariat@unccd.de>; Web site <www.unccd.int>.
13-20 May 2001, Brussels (Belgium) -- Third UN Conference on Least Developed Countries. Tel (41-22) 907-5816, fax 907-0057/0043.
June 2001, New York (US) -- UN General Assembly Special Session on follow-up to the Second UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II). Tel (254-2) 623.151 or 613.153, fax 224.060, e-mail <habitat.press@unchs.org>.
31 August-7 September 2001, South Africa -- UN World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Contact conference secretariat, tel (41-22) 917-9290, fax 917-9022, e-mail <husbands@un.org>.
September 2001, New York (US) -- UN General Assembly Special Session on Children, to review achievements and results of the 1990 World Summit on Children. Tel (1-212) 326-7261, fax 326-7000; Web site <www.unicef.org/specialsession>.
10-13 October 2000, Bangkok (Thailand) -- International Conference on Health Research for Development, organized by WHO, the World Bank, the Global Forum for Health Research and the Council for Health Research for Development. Contact conference secretariat, tel (41-22) 917-8554, fax 917-8015, e-mail <conference2000@cohred.ch>, Web site <www.conference2000.ch>.
8-17 October, Antananarivo (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/>.
21-23 September, Washington, DC (US) -- Global Trade Issues in the New Millennium, a symposium hosted by the George Washington University Law School. Contact Mariya Talib, tel. (1-202) 676-3844, fax 676-3876, e-mail <mtalib@gwu.edu>; Web site <www.law.gwu.edu>.
4-7 September, Mbour (Senegal) -- FAO Expert Consultation on Fish Technology in Africa. Tel (39-06) 5705-3259, fax 5705-3924.
23 August, New York (US) -- Economic Development through Investment and Trade, workshop organized by the UN Institute for Training and Research with the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. Contact Maud Graham, tel (1-212) 963-9196.
1-3 August, Hyatt Fair Lakes (Virginia, US) -- 9th Annual Africa Telecommunications and Information Technology Conference. Fax (1-703) 691-3572, e-mail <afcom@afcomnet.com>, Web site <www.afcomnet.com>.
9-14 July 2000, 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>.
