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FUTURE EVENTS 5-9 February 2001, Nairobi (Kenya) — 2nd Global Environment Ministerial Forum. Contact B. Miller, UN Environment Programme, tel (254-2) 623411, e-mail <millerb@unep.org>. 5-6 April 2001, Ohio (US) — The African Girl Child: From Girl to Woman, a symposium organized by the Institute for the African Child. Contact Asma Abdel Halim, e-mail <aa14488@oaks.cats.ohiou.edu>. 21-22 April 2001, Glamorgan (UK) — Business Finance in Africa conference. Contact Dr. Astede Woldie, University of Glamorgan, Treforest, Pontypridd, CF 37101, UK. 23-25 April 2001, Algiers (Algeria) — ECA Conference of Planning and Finance Ministers. Contact Peter da Costa of the ECA, tel (251-1) 515826, e-mail <dacosta@igc.apc.org>. 25-27 April 2001, Abuja (Nigeria) — Special Summit of the Organization of African Unity on HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases. Tel (251-1) 517700, fax (251-1) 517844. 25-28 April 2001, Urbana-Champaign (US) — Technology and Development in Africa. Organized by the University of Illinois in collaboration with the African Academy of Science. Tel (217) 333-6335, e-mail <african@iuic.edu>. 28 May - 2 June 2001, Yaounde (Cameroon) — International Tropical Timber Council. Tel (81-45) 223-1110, fax (81-45) 223-1111, e-mail <itto@itto.or.jp>. 10-12 June 2001, Dallas, Texas (US) — Information Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa. Second annual Global Information Technology Management Conference. Contact Prashant Palvia, tel (336) 334-5666, fax 334-4083, e-mail <pcpalvia@uncg.edu>. 1-4 July 2001, Pretoria (South Africa) — Globalization, Inequality and Identity is the theme of the congress of the South African Sociological Association. Contact Elsa van Huyssteen, University of the Witwatersrand, tel (27-11) 717-4448, e-mail <sasa@lw.rau.ac.za>. 2-4 August 2001, Kalamazoo, Michigan (US) — Contemporary Development Issues in Ethiopia will be the theme of an international conference sponsored by the Ethiopian American Foundation. Contact Sisay Asefal, Department of Economics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008. 3-11 August 2001, Harare (Zimbabwe) — Zimbabwe International Book Fair. The theme this year is "Transformation and Changing Lives," promoting a reading culture in Africa. Contact Moses Samkange, tel (263-4) 702104/8, e-mail <zibf@samara.co.zw>.
WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE 8-12 January 2001, (Morocco) — African Conference on Environmentally Sound Management of Unwanted Stocks of Hazardous Wastes and Their Prevention. Tel (41-22) 917-8218, e-mail <sbc@unep.ch>. 8-11 January 2001, Johannesburg, (South Africa) - International Association for the Study of Forced Migration. The 7th international research and advisory panel on the theme "The Refugee Convention at 50," held at the Eskom Conference Centre. Contact Leslye Stephenson, Tel (27-11) 717-7031, e-mail <stephenson@egoli.min.wits>. 1 January 2001, Gaborone (Botswana) — African Universities in Crisis and the Promotion of a Democratic Culture. Contact Dr. Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Department of Sociology, University of Botswana, fax (267) 585099. 10-12 December 2000, Arusha (Tanzania) - Africa Midwives Research Network Conference. Tel/fax (255-51) 153506, e-mail <rmlay@ muchs.ac.tz>. 10-13 December 2000, Kampala (Uganda) — International Students Conference on HIV/AIDS, Makerere University. Contact Muganzi Alex Muganga, fax (256-41) 531364, e-mail <muganga@hotmail.com>.
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