Meetings and Events
UN Headquarters
UN General Assembly, 64th session
The 64th session of the General Assembly began 15 September 2009 and continues. The General Debate was held 23-26 and 28-29 September. The President of the GA for the 64th session is H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki.
15 - 18 November 2009
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Internet Governance Forum 
(Live Webcast)
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is run by the IGF Secretariat, and supports the UN Secretary-General in carrying out the mandate from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) by convening a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on internet governance.
16 – 18 November 2009, Rome
World Summit on Food Security
The global food insecurity situation has worsened. The number of people suffering from hunger has been growing relentlessly. The global economic crisis is aggravating the situation. FAO estimates the number of hungry people could increase by 100 million in 2009 and pass the one billion mark. The World Summit on Food Security will agree on actions to tackle this crisis.
23 – 24 November 2009
UN Headquarters
Fourth High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development
6 November
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
14 November
World Diabetes Day
16 November
International Day for Tolerance
Conferences
19 – 20 November 2009, Moscow
First Global Ministerial Conference
on Road Safety
Requested by the UN General Assembly, the Conference represents an historic opportunity to make progress on addressing this important public health problem. As many as 1,000 participants are expected, including Ministers of Health, Transport, Education, Foreign Affairs and others; representatives of UN agencies; leaders from nongovernmental and civil society organizations; representatives from private companies, and many of the world's leading road safety experts.
1 – 3 December 2009, Nairobi
High-level United Nations Conference on
South-South Cooperation
The High-level UN Conference on South-South Cooperation is the outcome of a UN decision to convene such a conference on the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among developing countries (TCDC).
7 – 18 December 2009, Copenhagen
UN Climate Change Conference (COP 15)
This is a crucial year in the international effort to address climate change. A series of UNFCCC meetings are taking place thoughout the year, designed to culminate in an ambitious and effective international response to climate change, to be agreed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen.