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Past Conferences, Meetings and Events

2012

• International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust: Children and the Holocaust (18-27 January 2012)
• UNEP Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (25-27 January 2012, Philippines, Manila)
• Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, regular session (31 January - 9 February, New York)
• Committee on the Rights of the Child, fifty-ninth session (16 January - 3 February, Geneva, Switzerland)
• Working Group on the Review of the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, second session (23 - 27 January, Vienna, Austria)
• Conference on Disarmament, first part (23 January - 30 March, Geneva, Switzerland)
• UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, 35th session (25 January - 3 February)

2011

• Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (12-21 December 2011, New York)
• Commission on Narcotic Drugs - Reconvened fifty-fourth session (12 - 13 December 2011, Vienna)
• Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - Reconvened twentieth session (12 - 13 December 2011, Vienna)
• Fourth UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum
  (11-13 December, Doha, Qatar)
• The High Commissioner for Human Rights hosted a global conversation on human rights through social media (9 December, New York)
• Special Event on Cybersecurity and Development
  (9 December 2011,
  New York)
• General Assembly, fifth high-level dialogue on financing for development
  
  (7-8 December 2011, New York)
• United Nations Climate Change Conference "Working Together, Saving Tomorrow Today"
  (28 November - 9 December, Durban)
• 14th Annual United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights (UNSCHR) (30 November – 2 December 2011)
• Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, sixteenth session (28 November - 2 December, The Hague)
• Human Rights Council, Forum on Minority Issues, fourth session (29 - 30 November, Geneva)
• Launch of Rio+20: The Future We Want ( 22 November 2011, New York)
• 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species -UNEP (20-25 November 2011, Bergen, Norway)
• Working Group on the Right to Development / 12th session (14-18 November 2011, Geneva)
• Committee against Torture, 47th Session (31 October - 25 November, Geneva)
• UNESCO, General Conference - 36th Session (25 October - 10 November, Paris)

• Human Rights Committee, 103rd Session ( 17 October - 4 November, Geneva)

• Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (Geneva, 24-28 October 2011)
• Working Group on the use of mercenaries (Geneva, 24-28 October 2011)
• Global Green Forum (Copenhagen, 11 - 12 October 2011)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Executive Council, 66th session (The Hague, 4 - 7 October 2011)
• 10th Anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (UN Headquarters, 22 September 2011)
• High-level meeting of the General Assembly on Desertification (UN Headquarters, 20 September 2011)
• IAEA, General Conference, 55th session (Vienna, 19 - 23 September 2011)
• High Level Meeting on Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (UN Headquarters, 19 – 20 September 2011)
• Human Rights Council, 18th session (Geneva, 12 - 30 September 2011)
• Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 15th session (Geneva, 12 - 23 September 2011)
• Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 4th session (UN Headquarters, 7 - 9 September 2011)
• Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
  (UN Headquarters, 6 September - 16 December 2011)
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  (Geneva, 8 August – 2 September 2011)
• 64th Annual DPI/NGO Conference (Bonn, Germany, 3 – 5 September 2011)
• Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, twenty-eighth session
  (UN Headquarters, 1 – 26 August 2011)
• Seventh session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
  (Geneva, 8 – 12 August 2011)
• Human Rights Committee, one hundred and second session
  (Geneva, 11 – 29 July 2011)
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
  49th session (UN Headquarters, 11 – 29 July 2011)
• Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Substantive Session
  (Geneva, 4 – 29 July 2011)
• High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth
  (UN Headquarters, 25 – 26 July 2011)
• United Nations Board of Auditors, sixty-fifth regular session
  (UN Headquarters, 12 July 2011)
• Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
  (UN Headquarters, 5 – 8 July 2011)
• Committee for Programme and Coordination
  (UN Headquarters, 6 June – 1 July 2011)
• UN Women, Executive Board, annual session
  (UN Headquarters, 27 – 30 June 2011)
• Human Rights Council, Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, ninety-fourth session
  (Geneva, 20 – 24 June 2011)
• IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety
  (Vienna, 20 – 24 June 2011)
• Committee against Torture, Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, fourteenth session
  (Geneva, 20 – 24 June 2011)
• Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention
  on the Law of the Sea (UN Headquarters, 13 – 17 June 2011)
• UNDP and UNFPA, Executive Board, annual session
  (UN Headquarters, 6 – 17 June 2011)
• 100th Session of the International Labour Conference
  (Geneva, 1 – 17 June 2011)
• UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on AIDS
  (UN Headquarters, 8 – 10 June 2011)
• Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Fifty-fourth session
  (Vienna, 1 – 10 June 2011)
• Sixteenth World Meteorological Congress (Geneva, 16 May – 3 June 2011)
• Committee against Torture (Geneva, 9 May – 3 June 2011)
• International Law Commission, Sixty-third session
  (Geneva, 26 April – 3 June 2011)
• Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD),
  fourteenth session (Geneva, 23 – 27 May 2011)
• United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation,
  fifty-eighth session (Vienna, 23 – 27 May 2011)
• UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Tenth session
  (UN Headquarters, 16 – 27 May 2011)
• UN General Assembly - Election of 15 members of the Human Rights Council
  (UN Headquarters, 20 May 2011)
• Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
  (Istanbul, 9 – 13 May 2011)
• Commission on Sustainable Development, nineteenth session
  (UN Headquarters, 2 – 13 May 2011)
  
• International Narcotics Control Board, one hundred and first session
  (Vienna, 2 – 13 May 2011)
• Committee on Information, 33rd session
  (UN Headquarters, 27 April – 6 May 2011)
• Committee for Programme and Coordination, organizational session
  (UN Headquarters, 28 April 2011)
• Economic and Social Council, Resumed Organizational Session
  (UN Headquarters, 27 – 28 April 2011)
• Special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly in observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe
  (UN Headquarters, 26 April 2011)
• Preparatory Committee for the Seventh Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (Geneva, 13 – 15 April 2011)
• Independent Audit Advisory Committee, fourteenth session
  (UN Headquarters 12 – 14 April 2011)
• Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, fifth session
  (Geneva, 11 – 15 April 2011)
• Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, twentieth session
  (Vienna, 11 – 15 April 2011)
  
• Second meeting of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee for the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
  (UN Headquarters, 4 – 8 April 2011)
• Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Geneva, 4 – 8 April 2011)
  
• Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, tenth session
  (Geneva, 28 March – 1 April 2011)
• Commission on Narcotic Drugs, fifty-fourth session
  (Vienna, 21 – 25 March 2011)
• International Labour Organization (ILO), Governing Body and its committees, three hundred and tenth session (Geneva, 3 – 25 March 2011)
• Human Rights Council, sixteenth session
  (Geneva, 28 February – 25 March 2011)
• Second Preparatory Committee Meeting for the UN Conference
  on Sustainable Development (UN Headquarters, 7 – 8 March 2011)
• Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations
  and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization
  (UN Headquarters, 28 February – 4 March 2011)
• Intergovernmental preparatory meeting for the nineteenth session
  of the Commission on Sustainable Development
  (UN Headquarters, 28 February – 4 March 2011)
• Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Organizational Session
  (UN Headquarters, 15 – 18 February 2011)
  
• Independent Audit Advisory Committee thirteenth session
  (UN Headquarters, 15 – 17 February 2011)
• Open-ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the
  Convention on the Rights of the Child
  (Geneva, 14 – 18 February 2011)
• UNICEF Executive Board, first regular session
  (UN Headquarters, 8 – 11 February 2011)
• Human Rights Council, 2nd Intergovernmental
  Working Group on the Council Review
  (Geneva, 7 – 9 February 2011)
• United Nations Forum on Forests, ninth session
  (UN Headquarters, 24 January – 4 February 2011)
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
  against Women, forty-eighth session
  (Geneva, 17 January – 4 February 2011)
• Committee on the Rights of the Child, fifty-sixth session
  (Geneva, 17 January – 4 February 2011)
• World Food Programme, Executive Board, first regular session
  (Rome, 17 January – 4 February 2011)
• Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee for the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
  (UN Headquarters, 10 – 14 January 2011)
• First anniversary of the Haiti earthquake  (12 January 2011)
• UNDP and UNFPA, Executive Board, election of Bureau
  (UN Headquarters, 12 January 2011)
  
• First Intersessional Meeting for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) (UN Headquarters, 10 – 11 January 2011)

2010

• Thirteenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN Headquarters, 21 December 2010)
• Independent Audit Advisory Committee, 12th session (UN Headquarters, 15 December 2010)
• United Nations Environment Programme, Committee of Permanent Representatives, one hundred and thirteenth meeting
  (Nairobi, 15 December 2010)
• Human Rights Council - Third Session of the Forum on Minority Issues - Minorities and effective participation in economic life
  (Geneva, 14-15 December 2010)
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP 16 and CMP 6
  (Cancun, 29 November – 10 December 2010)
• ILO, Governing Body and its committees, three hundred and ninth session
  (Geneva, 4 – 19 November 2010)
• Committee against Torture, forty-fifth session
  (1 – 19 November 2010)
  
• International Narcotics Control Board, ninety-ninth session
  (Vienna, 27 October – 12 November 2010)
• Fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
  Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
  (Vienna, 18 – 22 October 2010)
  
• Eighth Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
  (Geneva, 11 – 22 October 2010)
• 100th Session of the Human Rights Committee
  (Geneva, 11 – 29 October 2010)
• 185th Session of the UNESCO Executive Board
  (Paris, 5 – 21 October 201)
• 47th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of
  Discrimination against Women
  (Geneva, 4 – 22 October 2010)
• 62nd session of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
  (The Hague, 5 – 8 October 2010)
• Fourth Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  (Geneva, 4 – 8 October 2010)
• Human Rights Council, 15th Session
  (Geneva, 13 September – 1 October 2010)
• UN General Assembly, 65th Session, General Debate
  (UN Headquarters, 23-30 September 2010)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 54th General Conference
  (Vienna, 20 – 24 September 2010)
• High-level meeting of the General Assembly as a contribution
  to the International Year of Biodiversity
  (UN Headquarters, 22 September 2010)
• Summit on the Millennium Development Goals
  (UN Headquarters, 20 – 22 September 2010)
• Open-ended Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Expert Group on Forest Financing
  (Nairobi, 13 – 17 September 2010)
• UN General Assembly - 64th Session - Plenary Meetings and Events
  (UN Headquarters, 15 September 2009 – 14 September 2010)
• UNICEF Executive Board, second regular session (UN Headquarters, 7 – 9 September 2010)
• 63rd Annual UN Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organizations Conference (Melbourne, Australia, 30 August – 1 September 2010)
• UNDP and UNFPA, Executive Board, second regular session (UN Headquarters, 30 August – 3 September 2010)
• Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Working Group B and informal/expert meetings, thirty-fifth session (Vienna, 16 August – 3 September 2010)
• Meeting of experts of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction
  (Geneva, 23 – 27 August 2010)
• Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, twenty-sixth session
  (UN Headquarters, 2 – 27 August 2010)
  
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, seventy-seventh session
  (Geneva, 2 – 27 August 2010)
• United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, fifty-seventh session
  (Vienna, 16 – 20 August 2010)
• International Law Commission, sixty-second session, second part
  (Geneva, 5 July – 6 August 2010)
• International Civil Service Commission, seventy-first session
  (UN Headquarters, 26 July – 6 August 2010)
• Human Rights Committee, ninety-ninth session
  (Geneva, 12 – 30 July 2010)
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
  forty-sixth session (UN Headquarters, 12 – 30 July 2010)
• Economic and Social Council, Substantive Session 2010
  (UN Headquarters , 28 June – 23 July 2010)
  
• Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference
  on the Arms Trade Treaty, first session
  (UN Headquarters, 12 – 23 July 2010 )
• United Nations Board of Auditors, sixty-fourth regular session
  (UN Headquarters, 19 – 21 July 2010)
• Independent Audit Advisory Committee, eleventh session
  (UN Headquarters, 19 – 21 July 2010)
• Committee for Programme and Coordination - 50th session
  (UN Headquarters, 7 June – 2 July 2010)
• Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA
  (Geneva, 21 June – 2 July 2010)
• Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
  Treaty Organization, thirty-fourth session
  (Vienna, 28 – 29 June 2010)
• International Labour Conference, 99th Session
  (Geneva, 31 May – 18 June 2010)
• Human Rights Council, 14th Session
  (Geneva, 2 – 18 June 2010)
• Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly with Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Society Organizations and the Private Sector
  (UN Headquarters, 14 – 15 June 2010)
• 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
  (UN Headquarters, 3 – 28 May 2010)
• Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference
  on Sustainable Development
  (UN Headquarters, 17 – 19 May 2010)
• Commission on Sustainable Development, 18th Session
  (UN Headquarters, 3 – 14 May 2010)
• Committee on Information, 32nd Session
  (UN Headquarters, 26 April – 7 May 2010)
• Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - 9th session
  (UN Headquarters, 19 – 30 April 2010)
• Commission on Population and Development, 43rd Session
  (UN Headquarters, 12 – 16 April 2010)
• Twelfth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
  (Salvador, Brazil, 12 – 19 April 2010)
• World Urban Forum 5
  (Rio de Janeiro, 22-26 March 2010)
• Human Rights Council, 13th session
  (Geneva, 1-26 March 2010)
• Fourth High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development
  (UN Headquarters, 23-24 March 2010)
• 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women - "Beijing + 15"
  (UN Headquarters, 1-12 March 2010)
• Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization
  (1 – 9 March 2010, UN Headquarters)
• 48th session of the Commission for Social Development
  (UN Headquarters, 3-12 February 2010)
• Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, 2010 regular session
  (UN Headquarters, 25 January – 3 February 2010)
• UNDP and UNFPA Executive Board, first regular session
  (UN Headquarters, 19 – 22 January 2010)
• Sixth session of the high-level task force on the
  implementation of the right to development
  (Geneva, 14 – 22 January 2010)
• Committee on the Rights of the Child, 53rd session
  (Geneva, 11 – 29 January 2010)

2009

• UN Climate Change Conference (COP 15)
  (Copenhagen, 7 – 18 December 2009)
• High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation
  (Nairobi, 1 – 3 December 2009)
  
• Fourth High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development
  (UN Headquarters, 23 – 24 November 2009)
• World Summit on Food Security
  (Rome, Italy, 16 – 18 November 2009)
• Internet Governance Forum
  (Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 15 – 18 November 2009)
• Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive
  Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
  (UN Headquarters, 24 – 25 September 2009)
• Summit on Climate Change
  (UN Headquarters, 22 September 2009)
• Conference on Disarmament, Third Part
  (Geneva, 3 August - 18 September 2009)
• 62nd Annual DPI/NGO Conference
  (Mexico City, 9 - 11 September 2009)
• Third World Climate Conference (WCC-3)
  (Geneva, 31 August - 4 September 2009)
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 75th Session
  (Geneva, 3 - 28 August 2009)
• Global Model UN Conference
  (Geneva, 5 - 7 August 2009)
• Human Rights Committee, 96th Session
  (Geneva, 13 - 31 July 2009)
• Economic and Social Council Humanitarian Affairs Segment
  (Geneva, 20 - 22 July 2009)
• Economic and Social Council High-Level Segment
  (Geneva, 6 - 9 July 2009)
• United Nations Conference at the Highest Level on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development
  (UN Headquarters, 24 - 26 June 2009 )
• Forty-ninth session of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (UN Headquarters, 8 June - 1 July 2009)
• Eleventh session of the Human Rights Council (Geneva, 2 - 19 June 2009)
• Climate Change Talks (Bonn, 1 - 12 June 2009)
• Eighth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
  (UN Headquarters, 18 - 29 May 2009)
• General Assembly Committee on Information, thirty-first session
  (UN Headquarters, 4 - 15 May 2009)
• Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, third session (UN Headquarters, 4 - 15 May 2009)
• The 17th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (UN Headquarters, 4 - 15 May 2009)
  
• Durban Review Conference (Geneva, 20 - 24 April 2009)

2008

• High-Level Meeting - Mid-term Review of the Almaty Programme of Action (UN Headquarters, New York, 2-3 October 2008)
• Millennium Development Goal High-Level Event  (UN Headquarters, New York, 25 September 2008)
• High-Level Meeting on Africa's Development Needs (UN Headquarters, New York, 22 September 2008)
• 2008 High-Level Meeting on AIDS (UN Headquarters, New York, 10-11 June 2008)
• Human Rights Council Election (UN Headquarters, New York, 21 May 2008)
• 7th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UN Headquarters, New York 21 April - 2 May 2008)
• UNCTAD XII (Accra, Ghana 20-25 April 2008)

2007

• United Nations Climate Change Conference (Bali, Indonesia 3-14 December 2007)
• Second Internet Governance Forum (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 12 - 15 November 2007)
• Second International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism (Davos, Switzerland, 1-3 October 2007)
• High-Level Meeting "The Future in our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change" (UNHQ New York, 24 September 2007)
• Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol marksing the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol (Montreal, Canada, 15-21 September 2007)
• Human Rights Council (6th session) (Geneva, Switzerland, 10-18 September 2007)
• 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference "Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All" (UNHQ New York, 5-7 September 2007)
• Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Eighth session) (Madrid, Spain, 3-14 September 2007)
• 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit: "Facing Realities: Getting Down to Business" (Geneva, Switzerland, 5-6 July 2007)
• ECOSOC 2007 High-Level Segment: first Annual Ministerial Review and launch of the Development Cooperation Forum (Geneva, Switzerland, 2-5 July 2007)
• Seventh Global Forum on Reinventing Government (UNHQ Vienna, Austria, 26–29 June 2007)
• Committee on the Rights of the Child (45th Session) (UNHQ New York, 21 May–8 June 2007 2007)
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (38th Session) (UNHQ New York, 14 May-1 June 2007)
• United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (6th Session) (UNHQ New York, 14-25 May, 2007)

2006

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• World Tourism Forum - For peace and sustainable development (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 29 November-2 December 2006)
• Human Rights Council (resumed 2nd session; 3rd session) (Geneva, Swizerland, 27 November-8 December 2006)
• Web 4 Dev Conference (UNHQ New York, 20-22 November 2006)
• International Forum on the Eradication of Poverty (UNHQ New York, 15-16 November 2006)
• United Nations Climate Change Conference (Nairobi, Kenya, 6-17 November 2006)
• Internet Governance Forum (Athens, Greece, 30 October-2 November 2006)
• Human Rights Committee (88th Session) (Geneva, Swizerland, 16 October-3 November 2006)
• Human Rights Council (2nd Session) (Geneva, Switzerland, 18 September-6 October 2006)
• Mid-term Comprehensive Global Review of the Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 (UNHQ New York, 18-19 September 2006)
• High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
  (UNHQ New York, 14-15 September 2006)
• Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (8th Session) (UNHQ New York, 14-25 August 2006)
• Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (36th Session)
  (UNHQ New York, 7-25 August 2006)
• International Law Commission (58th Session)
  (Geneva, Swizerland, 3 July-11 August 2006)
• Human Rights Committee (87th Session)
  (Geneva, Swizerland, 10-28 July 2006)
• Annual Substantive Session on the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
  (Geneva, Swizerland, 3-28 July 2006)
• United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
  (UNHQ New York, 26 June-7 July 2006)
• Inaugural Peacebuilding Commission meeting
  (UNHQ New York, 23 June 2006)
• Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (47th session)
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 21-23 June 2006)
• Human Rights Council (First session)
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 19-30 June 2006)
• Meeting of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
  (UNHQ New York, 19-23 June 2006)
• World Urban Forum (3rd Session) - Our Future: Sustainable Cities - Turning Ideas into Action
  (Vancouver, Canada, 19-23 June 2006)
• Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development
  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , 19-20 June 2006)
• 2006 High-Level Meeting on AIDS: Uniting the world against AIDS
  (UNHQ New York, 31 May-2 June 2006)
• Review Conference on the Agreement relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
  (UNHQ New York, 22-26 May 2006)
• UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (5th Session)
  (UNHQ New York, 15-26 May 2006 2006)
• 28^th Session of the Committee on Information
  (UNHQ New York, 24 April-5 May 2006)
• Special General Assembly Commemorative Session on Chernobyl
  (UNHQ New York, 28 April 2006)
• Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (15th Session)
  (Vienna, Austria, 24-28 April 2006)
• Committee on Migrant Workers (4th Session)
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 24-28 April 2006)
• Conference on Disarmament (2006 Session)
  (Geneva, Swizerland - Opened on 24 January 2006)
• Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (8th Ordinary Meeting)
  (Curitiba, Brazil, 20-31 March 2006)
• Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (48th Session)
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 20-23 March 2006)
• Fourth World Water Forum
  (Mexico City, Mexico, 16-22 March 2006)
• Commission on Human Rights (62nd Session)
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 13 March-21 April 2006)
• Human Rights Committee (86th Session)
  (UNHQ New York, 13-31 March 2006)
• Commission on Narcotic Drugs (49th Session)
  (Vienna, Austria, 13-17 March 2006)
• World Conference on Arts Education, Building Creative Capacities for the 21st Century
  (Lisbon, Portugal, 6-9 March 2006)
• Commission on the Status of Women (50th Session)
  (UNHQ New York, 27 February-10 March 2006)
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (68th Session)
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 20 February-10 March 2006)
• United Nations Forum on Forests (6th Session)
  (UNHQ New York, 13-24 February 2006)
• Commission for Social Development (44th Session)
  (UNHQ New York, 8-17 February 2006)
• Open-ended working group to consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (3rd Session)
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 6-17 February 2006)

• International Conference “Age of Connectivity: Connecting the Generations?br> [Press release] [Programme] [Archived video: AM session; PM session]
  (UNHQ New York, 10 February 2006)

• 9th Special Session of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum
  (Dubai, UAE, 7-9 February 2006)
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (34th session)
  (UNHQ New York, 16 January-3 February 2006)
• Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (7th session)
  (UNHQ New York, 16 January-3 February 2006)
• Committee on the Rights of the Child (41st session)
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 9-27 January 2006)
• PrepCom for the UN Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
  (UNHQ New York, 9-20 January 2006)
• Conference on Disarmament (2006 Session) (Geneva, Swizerland - Opened on 24 January 2006)

2005

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• The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference
  (Hong Kong, China, 13 December 2005)
• The World Summit on the Information Society - Second phase [archived videos]
  (Tunis, Tunisia, 16-18 November 2005)
• World Electronic Media Forum II
  (Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005)
• The 2005 World Summit - High-Level Plenary Meeting of the 60th Session of the General Assembly
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 14-16 September 2005)
• Conference on Disarmament (2005 Session)
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 24 January-1 April 2005; 30 May-15 July 2005; 8 August-23 September 2005)
• 58th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 7-9 September 2005)
• From Reaction to Prevention: Civil Society Forging Partnerships to Prevent Violent Conflict and Build Peace
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 19-21 July 2005)
• Second Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 11-15 July 2005)
• Economic and Social Council 2005
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 29 June - 27 July 2005)
• Informal Hearings of the General Assembly with non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations and the private sector
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 23-24 June 2005)
• General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 2 June 2005)
• Caribbean Regional Seminar on Decolonization
  (Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 17-19 May 2005)
• Twenty-second sessions of the subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  (Bonn, Germany, 16-27 May 2005)
• United Nations Forum on Forests (fifth session)
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 16-27 May 2005)
• Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (fourth session): "Millennium Development Goals and indigenous peoples"
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 16-27 May 2005)
• The 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 2-27 May 2005)
• The Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
  (Bangkok, Tailand, 18-25 April 2005)
• Fourth Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 4-8 April 2005)
• 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 14 March-22 April 2005)
• Beijing +10 Conference: Forty-Ninth Session of the Commission of the Status of Women
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 28 February-11 March 2005)
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - 66th Session
  (Geneva, 21 February-11 March 2005)
• 10-year review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome of the 24th special session of the General Assembly
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 9-18 February 2005)
• Conference on Biodiversity: Science and Governance
  (Paris, France, 24-28 January 2005)
• Conference on Disarmament (2005 Session)
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 24 January-1 April 2005; 30 May-15 July 2005; 8 August-23 September 2005)
• 28th Special Session of the General Assembly for the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Concentration Camps
  (New York, UN Headquarters, 24 January 2005)
• World Conference on Disaster Reduction [Round-up]
  (Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 18-22 January 2005)
• International Meeting for the 10-Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of the Small Island Developing States (Port-Louis, Mauritius, 10-14 January 2005)

2004

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• Unlearning Intolerance: Confronting Islamophobia: Education for Tolerance and Understanding
  (New York, 7 December 2004)
• UNCTAD XI [webcast; photos; press releases (in English and French)]
  (São Paulo, Brazil, 13-18 June 2004)
• Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Third Session
  (New York, 10-21 May 2004)
• Commission on Sustainable Development - 12th Session (CSD-12)
  (New York, 14-30 April 2004)
• General Assembly plenary meeting and expert consultations on the Global Road Safety Crisis
  (New York, 14-15 April 2004)
• Global Forum on Internet Governance
  (New York, 25-27 March 2004)
• Convention on Biological Diversity
  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9-20 February 2004)
• International Conference on the Reconstruction of Liberia
  (New York, 5-6 February 2004)

2003

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• The World Summit on the Information Society
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 10-12 December 2003)
• World Electronic Media Forum
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 9-12 December 2003)
• High Level Political Conference for the Signature of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
  (Mérida, Mexico 9-11 December 2003)
• High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development
  (New York, 29-30 October 2003)
• 56th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
  (New York, 8-10 September 2003)
• International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation
  (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 28-29 August 2003)

2002

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• The World Summit on Sustainable Development
  (Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August - 4 September 2002)
• World Food Summit: five years later
  (Rome, Italy, 10-13 June 2002)
• General Assembly Special Session on Children
  (New York, 8-10 May 2002)
• Second World Assembly on Ageing
  (Madrid, Spain, 8-12 April 2002)
• International Conference on Financing for Development
  (Monterrey, 18-22 March)

2001

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• Conference on facilitating the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban treaty
  (New York - 11-13 November)
• World Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
  (Durban, South Africa, 31 August - 7 September)
• United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
  (New York, 9-20 July)
• Problem of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in all its aspects
  (Special Session of the General Assembly, New York, 25-27 June)
• Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)
  (Special Session of the General Assembly, New York, 6-8 June)
• Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (Brussels, 14-20 May)

2000

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• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo, Italy, 12-15 December)
• Millennium Summit : "The role of the United Nations in the 21st century" (New York, 6-8 September)
• 53rd Annual DPI/NGO Conference (New York, 28-30 August)
• World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for All in a Globalized World (Special Session of the General Assembly - Geneva, Switzerland, 26-30 June)
• Review the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action - Beijing +5 Review (Special Session of the General Assembly, 5-9 June)
• Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century (Vienna, Austria, 10-17 April)
• UNCTAD X - Tenth Session of the Conference on Trade and Development (Bangkok, 12-19 February)

1999

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• Small Island Developing States (Special Session of the General Assembly, 27-28 September)
• 52nd Annual DPI-NGO Conference - Challenges of a Globalized World: Finding New Directions  
  (New York, 15-17 September)
• Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space [UNISPACE III]
  (Vienna, 19-30 July)
• Webcast of the High- level segment of the substantive session of the Economic and Social Council (Geneva, 5-7 July)
• International Conference on Population and Development [ICPD+5] 
  (Special Session of the General Assembly, New York, 30 June - 2 July)
• Fighting Landmines : First Meeting of States Parties (Maputo, Mozambique, 3-7 May)

1998

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• World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, Portugal, 8-12 August)
• UN Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (Rome, Italy, 15 June-17 July)
• General Assembly Twentieth special session - World Drug Problem (New York, 8-10 June)

1997

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• Earth Summit+5 (23-27 June)

1996

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• Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT II) (Istanbul, Turkey, 3-14 June)

1995

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• Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, China - September)
• World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen, Denmark,  6-12 March)
• Conference on Straddling & Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

1994

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• Global Conference on Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (Barbados, 25 April - 6 May)
• International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) (Cairo, September)
• World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
• World Summit on Trade Efficiency