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List of Past Conferences, Meetings and Events for 2012
January
The global financial and economic crisis – what next?
11 - 12 January, Manama, Bahrain
Working Group on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum, 4th Meeting
11 - 13 January, Geneva, Switzerland
Multi-year expert meeting on enterprise development policies and capacity-building in science, technology and innovation, 4th Session
16 - 18 January, Geneva, Switzerland
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 59th Session
16 January - 3 February, Geneva, Switzerland
International Expert Group Meeting on combatting violence against indigenous women and girls
18 - 20 January, New York, USA
International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust: Children and the Holocaust
18 - 27 January
Forum on flood management
19 - 20 January, Bangkok, Thailand
Global Commodities Forum 2012
23 - 24 January, Geneva, Switzerland
Working Group on the Review of the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, 2nd Session
23 - 27 January, Vienna, Austria
World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12)
23 January - 17 February, Geneva, Switzerland
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, Manila, Philippines
UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, 35th Session
25 January - 3 February
World Economic Forum
25-29 January, Davos, Switzerland
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations
31 January - 9 February, New York, USA
February
Conference on the Role of Intellectual Property Offices in Promoting Innovation, Business Competitiveness and Economic Growth
2 - 3 February, Toyota, Japan
USRIO+2.0 - Bridging Connection Technologies and Sustainable Development
2 - 4 February, Palo Alto, USA
ECOSOC 2012 e-discussion: Jobs, Decent Work and Inclusive Growth
8 February - 14 March
Building a partnership for disaster risk management based on climate knowledge in Africa
13 February, Nairobi, Kenya
International Conference on Global Organic Market Access in 2012 and Beyond
13 - 14 February, Nuremberg, Germany
Business Perspective on Sustainable Growth: Preparing for Rio+20
12 - 14 February, New York, USA
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 51st session
13 February - 2 March, Geneva, Switzerland
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 80th session
13 February - 9 March, Geneva, Switzerland
The Media World after WikiLeaks and News of the World
16 - 17 February, Paris, France
Third International Conference on Doping Prevention
16 - 18 February, Tunis, Tunisia
Fourth global meeting of the Farmers' Forum
18 - 23 February, Rome, Italy
Working Group on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum, 5th Meeting
20 - 22 February, Geneva, Switzerland
UNEP Governing Council, 12th Special Session
20 - 22 February, Nairobi, Kenya
Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, 8th Session
20 - 24 February, Geneva, Switzerland
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 16th session
20 - 24 February, Geneva, Switzerland
Webinar on Women’s Entrepreneurship Development
21 February
Rio+20: Green Bridge projects - practical contribution to a green economy
22 - 23 February, Astana, Kazakhstan
Global Dialogue Forum on Conditions of Personnel in Early Childhood Education
22 - 23 February, Geneva, Switzerland
IFAD Governing Council, 35th Session - Sustainable smallholder agriculture: Feeding the world, protecting the planet
22 - 23 February, Rome, Italy
Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum, 30th Session
27 - 29 February, Kigali, Rwanda
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice
27 February - 2 March, Geneva, Switzerland
Commission on the Status of Women, 56th Session
27 February - 9 March, New York, USA
UNESCO Executive Board, 189th Session
27 February - 10 March, Paris, France
Human Rights Council, 19th Session
27 February - 23 March, Geneva, Switzerland
Expert Meeting of LDCs: Challenges and Opportunities for LDCs - Graduation and Structural Transformation
28 February - 1 March, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
March
Connect Arab Summit
5 - 7 March, Doha, Qatar
IAEA Board of Governors
5 - 9 March, Vienna, Austria
Special High-level Meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods Institutions, WTO and UNCTAD
12 - 13 March, New York, USA
Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, 96th session
12 - 16 March, Geneva, Switzerland
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
12 - 16 March, Geneva, Switzerland
Sixth World Water Forum
12 - 17 March, Marseille, France
Special high-level meetings of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD
13 - 14 March, New York, USA
Symposium on Disaster Communications
16 March, Sendai, Japan
30th International Congress on Occupational Health
18 - 23 March, Cancún, Mexico
Building cities' resilience to disasters: protecting cultural heritage and adapting to climate change
19 - 20 March, Venice, Italy
International Experts' Meeting on Reactor and Spent Fuel Safety in the Light of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
19 - 22 March, Vienna, Austria
Rotterdam Convention Chemical Review Committee (8th Meeting)
19 - 23 March, Geneva, Switzerland
Strengthening our cities' resilience: Protecting our cultural heritage
20 March, Venice, Italy
International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions, 25th Session
20 - 22 March, Geneva, Switzerland
Implementation of the Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 3rd Meeting
22 - 23 March, Nagoya, Japan
9th International Climate and Weather Forum
22 - 23 March, Geneva, Switzerland
Forum on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge
22 - 23 March, Manila, Philippines
April
IFAD Executive Board, 105th Session
3 - 4 April, Rome, Italy
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, 21st Session
16 - 20 April, Geneva, Switzerland
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 7th Session
16 - 20 April, Geneva, Switzerland
Executive Committee of the Ozone Secretariat, 66th Meeting
16 - 20 April, Montreal, Canada
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 16th Session
16 - 27 April, Geneva, Switzerland
12th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference: Quality, Honesty and Beauty in science and technology communication
18 - 20 April, Florence, Italy
World Investment Forum 2012
20 - 23 April, Doha, Qatar
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 13th Session (UNCTAD XIII)
21 - 26 April, Doha, Qatar
Joint FAO/OECD Workshop : Building Resilience in the Agriculture Sector; Cooperation between OECD and FAO
23 - 24 April, Rome, Italy
World Agriculture Watch Workshop
23 - 25 April, Rome, Italy
Intergovernmental open-ended Working Group on the Right to Development, 13th Session
23 - 27 April, Geneva, Switzerland
Africa Water Science, Policy and Management Conference
23 - 27 April, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, 11th Session
30 April - 4 May, Geneva, Switzerland
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, 63rd Session
30 April - 4 May, Geneva, Switzerland
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 48th Session
30 April - 18 May, Geneva, Switzerland
May
Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, 9th Session
7 - 11 May, Geneva, Switzerland
FAO Programme Committee , 110th Session
7 - 11 May, Rome, Italy
Committee on World Food Security, 38th Special Session (FAO)
11 May, Rome, Italy