CALENDAR OF UNITED NATIONS AND INTER-GOVERNMENTAL

INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

PERTINENT TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

2004

DATE	EVENT	PLACE	CONTACT
25 February 2004	Launch of Innocenti Digest No. 11: Ensuring the Rights of Indigenous Children	New York, USA	UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/media/files/id11_mb_eng.pdf
March 2004	Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-7)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Phone: 514 288 2220 Fax: 514 288 6588 E-Mail: secretariat@biodiv.org Web: http://www.biodiv.org
20 March 2004	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	Paris, France	UNESCO http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php@URL_ID=3980&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
15 to 19 March, 2004	Sixth Session of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore	United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland	World Intellectual Property Organization http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/igc/documents/index.html
4 April	Election/Selection of membership of the Permanent Forum for 2005-2007 by ECOSOC	New York, USA	www.un.org/esa/coordination/ecosoc/
14 to 30 April, 2004	Commission on Sustainable Development	United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA	United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affsirs www.un.org/esa/sustdev/
8 to 15 April, 2004	60^th session of the Commission on Human Rights (Lunchtime panel to evaluate achievements and challenges of the Decade with the participation of indigenous peoples, NGOs, States, the Special Rapporteur and Chairpersons of the WGIP and Voluntary Funds)	Geneva, Switzerland	Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
19 to 23 April, 2004	WIPO: Preparatory Working Group of the Committee of Experts of the Nice Union for the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks	Geneva, Switzerland	World Intellectual Property Organization www.wipo.org
26 April 2004	World Intellectual Property Day	Celebrated throughout the world	World Intellectual Property Organization
9 May to 26 September 2004	Universal Forum of Cultures	Barcelona, Spain	http://www.barcelona2004.org/eng/
10 to 21 May, 2004	3^rd Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues	United Nations, New York, USA	IndigenousPermanent Forum@un.org www.un.org/esa/socdev/pfii/
10 to 14 May, 2004	Standing Committee on the Law of Patents	Geneva, Switzerland	http://www.wipo.int/documents/en/document/scp_ce/index_10.html
16 to 19 May 2004	World Forum for Human Rights	Nantes, France	UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/shs/human_rights/
22 May 2004	International Biodiversity Day	Celebrated all over the world	Convention on Biological Biodiversity http://www.biodiv.org/meetings/default.aspx?dur=upcoming&ord=sbjt
5 June 2004	World Environment Day	Barcelona, Spain	http://www.unep.org/wed/2004/About_WED_2004/index.asp
7 to 11 June 2004	WIPO: Standing Committee on Copyright and related Rights	Geneva, Switzerland	http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/events_e/events_e.htm
16 to 25 June 2004	20^th session of the subsidiary bodies of the UN Convention on Climate Change	Bonn, Germany	UN Convention on Climate Change http://www.unep.org/wed/2004/
19 to 23 July 2004	Twenty-second Session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on “Indigenous Peoples and Conflict Resolution”	United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) http://www.unhchr.ch/indigenous/main.html
23 July 2004	ECOSOC 2003 Regular Session Discussion of Indigenous Issues	Geneva, Switzerland	www.un.org/esa/coordination/ecosoc/
July 2004	UNITAR International Training Programme to Enhance the Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Capacities of Indigenous Peoples’ Representatives	United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland	UNITAR http://www.unitar.org/wcc/ http://www.unitar.org/peacemaking/ppd1.htm
9 August	International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples	New York, USA	www.un.org/depts/dhl/indigenous/ www.un.org/events/9august.htm
August 2004 (tentative)	Conference of Indigenous Children and Youth	Ecuador	UNICEF
13-17 September 2004	Second Session of the World Urban Forum	Barcelona, Spain	UN-HABITAT http://www.unhabitat.org/wuf/2004/default.asp
16 October, 2004	World Food Day 2004 on the topic of “Agricultural Biodiversity for Food Security”	Celebrated throughout the world	Food and Agriculture Organization
November 2004	UNITAR Regional Training Programme to Enhance the Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Capacities of Indigenous Peoples’ Representatives of Africa	To be determined	UNITAR http://www.unitar.org/peacemaking/ppd1.htm
6 to 17 December 2004	Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties	Buenis Aires, Argentina	United Nations Framework Conventuion on Climate Change http://unfccc.int/
2004	Human rights training workshop for “Community-led human rights training of indigenous peoples”	To be determined	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) www.unhchr.ch.
2004	The 2004 ILO Fellowship Programme for Indigenous and Tribal Peoples	Geneva, Switzerland	International Labor Organization http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/norm/egalite/itpp/activity/fellows/index
2004	Commemoration of the end of the UN Decade on Indigenous Peoples with workshop on "Indigenous People and Communal Land Use"	Manila, Philippines	Asian Development Bank
July 2005	UNITAR International Training Programme to Enhance the Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Capacities of Indigenous Peoples’ Representatives	Geneva, Switzerland	UNITAR http://www.unitar.org/peacemaking/ppd1.htm
2005	33^rd session of UNESCO General Conference	To be determined	UNESCO www.unesco.org
2005	2005 Regional Training Programme to Enhance the Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Capacities of Indigenous Peoples’ Representatives	To be determined	UNITAR http://www.unitar.org/peacemaking/ppd1.htm
11-15 April 2005	Twentieth Session of the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT	Nairobi, Kenya	UN-HABITAT http://www.unhabitat.org/governingbodies/governing_council.asp
2006	Fourth World Water Forum	To be determined	World Water Council http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/