MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
2011 Calendar of Events
JANUARY
- 24 January – 4 February
UN Forum on Forests (New York)
FEBRUARY
- 2 February
Launch of the International Year of Forests (New York) - 21 – 25 February
26th Session of the UNEP Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum (Nairobi, Kenya) - 22 February – 4 March
55th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (New York) - 24 February
Launch of UN Women
MARCH
- 1 March
Launch of the 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report (Paris)
- 8 March
International Women's Day
- 10-11 March
Special high-level meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods institutions, WTO and UNCTAD
- 11 March
UN General Assembly thematic debate on Least Developed Countries
- 16 March
UN General Assembly interactive dialogue with the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability
- 22 March
World Water Day -- Water for Cities
- 23 March
World Meteorological Day -- Climate for You
- 24 March
World Tuberculosis Day
APRIL
- 16 – 17 April
Spring Meeting of the Bretton Wood Institutions (Washington, DC)
- 25 April
World Malaria Day
MAY
- 2 – 13 May
19th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (New York)
- 9 – 13 May
Fourth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (Istanbul, Turkey)
- 16 – 25 May
64th World Health Assembly (Geneva, Switzerland)
- 16 – 27 May
10th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (New York)
- 16 May – 3 June
Sixteenth World Meteorological Congress (Geneva, Switzerland) - 19 May
UN General Assembly thematic debate on international migration and development
JUNE
JULY
- Early July
Launch of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2011 - 4-8 July
Annual Ministerial Review and High-level segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (Geneva)
- 11 July
World Population Day
SEPTEMBER
- 3 – 5 September
64th Annual DPI/NGO Conference (Bonn, Germany)
- 13 September
Opening of the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly (New York) - September
Launch of the MDG Gap Task Force Report 2011 - September
Report on Commitment to the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health - 19 - 20 September
High-level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases - 20 September
UN General Assembly High-level Event on Desertification
- 23 September
Annual Meeting of the Bretton Wood Institutions (Washington, DC)
OCTOBER
- 10 – 21 October
Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea)
- 16 October
World Food Day
- 17 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
NOVEMBER
- 25 November
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- 28 November– 9 December
Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Durban, South Africa)
DECEMBER
- 1 December
World AIDS Day
- 7– 8 December
UN General Assembly High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development