Congresses 2012

Congresses 2012

• 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 Day of Commemoration in memory of the
  victims of the Holocaust: Children and the Holocaust
  (18 - 27 January)

• 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)

• World Economic Forum
  (25-29 January, Davos, Switzerland)

• International Conference on Global Organic Market Access in 2012 and Beyond
  (13 - 14 February, Nuremberg, Germany)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Global Dialogue Forum on Conditions of Personnel in Early Childhood Education
  (22 - 23 February, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Governing Council, 35th Session - Sustainable smallholder
  agriculture: Feeding the world, protecting the planet
  (22 - 23 February, Rome, Italy)

• 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 - 10 March, Paris, France)

• Human Rights Council, 19th Session
  (27 February - 23 March, Geneva, Switzerland)

• IAEA Board of Governors
  (5 - 9 March, Vienna, Austria)

• Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, 96th session
  (12 - 16 March, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Sixth World Water Forum
  (12 - 17 March, Marseille, France)

• 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)

• 9th International Climate and Weather Forum
  (22 - 23 March, Geneva, Switzerland)

• 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)

• 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)

• Joint FAO/OECD Workshop: Building Resilience in the Agriculture Sector;
  Cooperation between OECD and FAO
  (23 - 24 April, Rome, Italy)

• Intergovernmental open-ended Working Group on the Right to Development, 13th Session
  (23 - 27 April, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, 11th Session
  (30 April - 4 May, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 48th Session
  (30 April - 18 May, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, 9th Session
  (7 - 11 May, Geneva, Switzerland)

• FAOProgramme Committee , 110th Session
  (7 - 11 May, Rome, Italy)

• Committee against Torture, 48th Session
  (7 May - 1 June, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Committee on World Food Security, 38th Special Session (FAO)
  (11 May, Rome, Italy)

• 2012 Forum of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS 2012)
  (14 - 18 May, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Climate Change Conference
  (14 - 25 May, Bonn, Germany)

• Conference on Disarmament, Part II
  (14 May - 29 June, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Thirteenth Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology
  (20 - 25 May, Montpellier, France)

• FAOCommittee on Agriculture, 23rd Session
  (21 - 25 May, Rome, Italy)

• Commission on Science and Technology for Development, 15th Session (UNCTAD)
  (21 - 25 May, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Youth Employment Forum
  (23 - 25 May, Geneva, Switzerland)

• 2012 Tech4Dev International Conference: Technologies for
  Sustainable Development - A Way to Reduce Poverty?
  (29 - 31 May, Lausanne, Switzerland)

• Committee on the Rights of Child, 60th Session
  29 May - 15 June, Geneva, Switzerland)

• UNESCO Conference 2012: “Labour Rights as Human Rights? Migration, Labour Market Restructuring, and the Role of Civil Society in Global Governance”
  (30 May - 1 June, Norrköping, Sweden)

• FAOProgramme Committee , 111th Session
  (31 May - 1 June, Rome, Italy)

• International Hydrological Programme Intergovernmental Council (20th Session)
  (4 - 7 June, Paris, France)

• FAOCouncil, 144th Session
  (11 - 15 June, Rome, Italy)

• Organic@UNCTAD- Celebrating partnerships for sustainable development
  13 June, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 17th session
  (18 - 22 June, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Human Rights Council, 20th Session
  (18 June - 6 July, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Launch of a Higher Education Initiative for Sustainable Development
  (19 June, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

• Trade and Development Board, Resumed 26th Special Session (UNCTAD)
  (20 June, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, 98th Session
  (31 October - 9 November, Geneva, Switzerland)

• 2012 Education for All High Level Forum
  (1 - 29 November)

• Committee on Enforced Disappearances, 3rd Session
  (5 - 9 November, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 18th session
  (12 - 16 November, Geneva, Switzerland)

• Trade and Development Commission, 4th Session (UNCTAD)