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Organizations of the United Nations system, civil society organizations and other institutions arranged a number of millennium-related events for the Assembly and the Summit.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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EVENT

22 Oct. 1999 New York Launch of United Nations Millennium Web Site
24 Oct. 1999 New York Message of the Secretary-General on the occasion of United Nations Day
3-5 Dec. 1999 Tampere, Finland Citizen's Agenda 2000 NGO Forum
8-11 Dec. 1999 Montreal, Canada World Civil Society Conference
16 Dec. 1999 New York UNHQ NGO Briefing on Millennium Events: live teleconferenced briefing for NGOs in New York, Geneva, Vienna and San Francisco
17 Dec. 1999 – 28 Feb. 2000 New York UNHQ "Visions of the New Millennium": an international exhibit of artwork of young people aged 5-10 years sponsored by the UN Department of Public Information and International Paint Pals
27- 29 Dec. 1999 New York UNHQ "UN 2000" in lights
Picture           Press release
30 Dec. 1999 New York UNHQ Secretary-General's Millennium Message launch, 7 p.m. GMT
31 Dec. 1999 Worldwide Jubillennium's Just a Minute of Peace; one day in Peace; and United Religions Initiative's Seventy Two Hours of Peace activities: Commemoration for the United Nations International Year and Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World.
1 Jan. 2000 Bangkok, Thailand UN World Peace Day Celebration & World Light of Peace Celebration launching the Millennium of Peace and Justice.
5-6 Feb. 2000 Ibiza, Spain The United Nations Association of Spain: Millennium People's Assembly
10 Feb. 2000 UNHQ, New York  International Council of Caring Communities (ICCC): "Caring Communities for the 21st Century: Imagining the possible "International Conference addressing the Age of Longevity"
12-19 Feb. 2000 Bangkok, Thailand UNCTAD X
12-19 Feb. 2000 Tokyo, Japan "On the Threshold: The United Nations and Global Governance in the New Millennium", conference organized by United Nations University.
21 March 2000 UNHQ, New York UN Department of Public Information/The Walt Disney Company/ McDonald's Corporation: Millennium Dreamers Project Launch
22 March 2000 UNHQ, New York  UN Department of Public Information: National High School Model UN
25 March UNHQ, New York  UN Department of Public Information: National High School Model UN
2-8 April  2000 Apia , Samoa  United Nations Association of Samoa: Founding Global Peoples Assembly in Samoa - Letagaloa@usa.net
3 April 2000 New York, UNHQ Millennium Report of the Secretary-General - "We, the Peoples: the role of the United Nations in the 21st Century"
6 April  2000 UNHQ.New York UN Department of Public Information/Millennium Forum: Briefing on the Millennium Forum and the Millennium Assembly
10-17 April 2000 Vienna Tenth UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders
12-23  April  2000 UNHQ,New York World Health Organization: Photo exhibit for the Preparatory Committee for the 2000 Review Conference of parties to the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
22 April 2000 UNHQ, New York UN Department of Public Information National Model UN
22 April  2000 UNHQ,New York DPI/UNEP/UNDP/UNICEF/ Children Uniting Nations: Launch of the World Environment Day Project 
24 April-19 May 2000 New York, UNHQ Review Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
1-31 May  2000 UNHQ,New York United Nations Environment Program: Winners of an international cartoon competition on the environment
10-28 May  2000 UNHQ, New York Exhibit: "Children of war and Children of Hope"
22-24 May 2000 Easbourne, United Kingdom Millennium International Children's Conference on Environment (ICC) Tore.brevik@unep.org
22-26 May 2000 New York, UNHQ Millennium Forum
1 June-31 Oct. 2000 Hannover, Germany Hannover Expo: UN Pavilion "Humankind, Nature & Technology"
5-9 June 2000 UNHQ, New York 23rd General Assembly Special Session: Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the twenty-first century
8-29 June 2000 UNHQ, New York UNIFEM: Art and photo exhibit on the 23rd Special Session of the General Assembly
26-30 June 2000 Geneva 24th Special Session of the General Assembly: World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Ahieving Development for All in a Globalized World
5-8 July 2000
 		 UNHQ,New York Exhibit - "Development and International Cooperation in the 21st Century: The role of information technology in the context of a knowledge-based global economy".
12 July - 28 Aug. 2000 UNHQ, New York "DPI/UNICEF - "Our World in the Year 2000" - UN Millennium Exhibition in aid of UNICEF. Over 125 paintings selected from more than 22,000 entries in a worldwide contest
21-30 July 2000 Adelaide, Australia Peaceways: "Young General Assembly" - Delegates under 18 will meet in a founding session of the Young General Assembly representing youth organizations - Peaceways@igc.apc.org.
11-13 August 2000 New York, UNHQ Model UN: Students from all regions of the world engage in a simulation exercise of the proceedings of the main organs of the United Nations
28-31 Aug. 2000 New York "World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders"
28-30 Aug. 2000 UNHQ, New York UN Department of Public Information/NGO Forum: "Global Solidarity: The Way to Peace and International Cooperation"
30 Aug. -1 Sept. 2000 New York, UNHQ Conference of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments <www.ipu.org>
4-10 Sept. 2000 New York Hilton, NY State of the World Forum  - "Forum 2000"
5 Sept. 2000 UNHQ, New York Opening of the Millennium Assembly of the United Nations
6-8 Sept. 2000 UNHQ, New York Millennium Summit