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for 1992-2008
2008
- High-Level Meeting - Mid-term Review of the Almaty Programme of Action (UN Headquarters, New York, 2-3 October 2008)
- Millennium Development Goal High-Level Event (UN Headquarters, New York, 25 September 2008)
- High-Level Meeting on Africa's Development Needs (UN Headquarters, New York, 22 September 2008)
- 2008 High-Level Meeting on AIDS (UN Headquarters, New York, 10-11 June 2008)
- Human Rights Council Election (UN Headquarters, New York, 21 May 2008)
- UNCTAD XII (Accra, Ghana 20-25 April 2008)
2007
- United Nations Climate Change Conference (Bali, Indonesia 3-14 December 2007)
- Second Internet Governance Forum (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 12 - 15 November 2007)
- Second International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism (Davos, Switzerland, 1-3 October 2007)
- High-Level Meeting "The Future in our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change" (UNHQ New York, 24 September 2007)
- Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol marksing the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol (Montreal, Canada, 15-21 September 2007)
- Human Rights Council (6th session) (Geneva, Switzerland, 10-18 September 2007)
- 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference "Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All" (UNHQ New York, 5-7 September 2007)
- Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Eighth session) (Madrid, Spain, 3-14 September 2007)
- 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit: "Facing Realities: Getting Down to Business" (Geneva, Switzerland, 5-6 July 2007)
- ECOSOC 2007 High-Level Segment: first Annual Ministerial Review and launch of the Development Cooperation Forum (Geneva, Switzerland, 2-5 July 2007)
- Seventh Global Forum on Reinventing Government (UNHQ Vienna, Austria, 26–29 June 2007)
2006
- World Tourism Forum - For peace and sustainable development (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 29 November-2 December 2006)
- Human Rights Council (resumed 2nd session; 3rd session) (Geneva, Swizerland, 27 November-8 December 2006)
- Web 4 Dev Conference (UNHQ New York, 20-22 November 2006)
- International Forum on the Eradication of Poverty (UNHQ New York, 15-16 November 2006)
- United Nations Climate Change Conference (Nairobi, Kenya, 6-17 November 2006)
- Internet Governance Forum (Athens, Greece, 30 October-2 November 2006)
- Human Rights Committee (88th Session) (Geneva, Swizerland, 16 October-3 November 2006)
- Report of the High-level Panel on System-wide Coherence (20 November 2006)
- Human Rights Council (2nd Session) (Geneva, Switzerland, 18 September-6 October 2006)
- Mid-term Comprehensive Global Review of the Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 (UNHQ New York, 18-19 September 2006)
- High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
(UNHQ New York, 14-15 September 2006) - Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (8th Session) (UNHQ New York, 14-25 August 2006)
- Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (36th Session)
(UNHQ New York, 7-25 August 2006) - International Law Commission (58th Session)
(Geneva, Swizerland, 3 July-11 August 2006) - Human Rights Committee (87th Session)
(Geneva, Swizerland, 10-28 July 2006) - Annual Substantive Session on the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
(Geneva, Swizerland, 3-28 July 2006) - United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made
in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit
Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
(UNHQ New York, 26 June-7 July 2006) - Inaugural Peacebuilding Commission meeting
(UNHQ New York, 23 June 2006) - Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (47th session)
(Geneva, Switzerland, 21-23 June 2006) - Human Rights Council (First session)
(Geneva, Switzerland, 19-30 June 2006) - Meeting of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
(UNHQ New York, 19-23 June 2006) - World Urban Forum (3rd Session) - Our Future: Sustainable Cities - Turning Ideas into Action
(Vancouver, Canada, 19-23 June 2006) - Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , 19-20 June 2006) - 2006 High-Level Meeting on AIDS: Uniting the world against AIDS
(UNHQ New York, 31 May-2 June 2006) - Review Conference on the Agreement relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
(UNHQ New York, 22-26 May 2006) - UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (5th Session)
(UNHQ New York, 15-26 May 2006 2006) - 28th Session of the Committee on Information
(UNHQ New York, 24 April-5 May 2006) - Special General Assembly Commemorative Session on Chernobyl
(UNHQ New York, 28 April 2006) - Uniting Against Terrorism: recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy - Report of the Secretary-General (26 April 2006)
- Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (15th Session)
(Vienna, Austria, 24-28 April 2006) - Committee on Migrant Workers (4th Session)
(Geneva, Switzerland, 24-28 April 2006) - Conference on Disarmament (2006 Session)
(Geneva, Swizerland - Opened on 24 January 2006) - Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (8th Ordinary Meeting)
(Curitiba, Brazil, 20-31 March 2006) - Mandating and Delivering: Analysis and recommendations to facilitate the review of mandates (30 March 2006)
- Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (48th Session)
(Geneva, Switzerland, 20-23 March 2006) - Fourth World Water Forum
(Mexico City, Mexico, 16-22 March 2006) - Commission on Human Rights (62nd Session)
(Geneva, Switzerland, 13 March-21 April 2006) - Human Rights Committee (86th Session)
(UNHQ New York, 13-31 March 2006) - Commission on Narcotic Drugs (49th Session)
(Vienna, Austria, 13-17 March 2006) - World Conference on Arts Education, Building Creative Capacities for the 21st Century
(Lisbon, Portugal, 6-9 March 2006) - Commission on the Status of Women (50th Session)
(UNHQ New York, 27 February-10 March 2006) - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (68th Session)
(Geneva, Switzerland, 20 February-10 March 2006) - United Nations Forum on Forests (6th Session)
(UNHQ New York, 13-24 February 2006) - Commission for Social Development (44th Session)
(UNHQ New York, 8-17 February 2006) - Open-ended working group to consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (3rd Session)
(Geneva, Switzerland, 6-17 February 2006) - International Conference “Age of Connectivity: Connecting the Generations? [Press release] [Programme] [Archived video: AM session; PM session] (UNHQ New York, 10 February 2006)
- 9th Special Session of the Governing Council /
Global Ministerial Environment Forum
(Dubai, UAE, 7-9 February 2006) - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (34th session)
(UNHQ New York, 16 January-3 February 2006) - Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International
Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (7th session)
(UNHQ New York, 16 January-3 February 2006) - Committee on the Rights of the Child (41st session)
(Geneva, Switzerland, 9-27 January 2006) - PrepCom for the UN Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
(UNHQ New York, 9-20 January 2006) - Conference on Disarmament (2006 Session) (Geneva, Swizerland - Opened on 24 January 2006)
2005
- The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference
(Hong Kong, China, 13 December 2005) - The World Summit on the Information Society - Second phase [archived videos]
(Tunis, Tunisia, 16-18 November 2005) - World Electronic Media Forum II
(Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005) - The 2005 World Summit - High-Level Plenary Meeting of the 60th Session of the General Assembly
(New York, UN Headquarters, 14-16 September 2005) - Conference on Disarmament (2005 Session)
(Geneva, Switzerland, 24 January-1 April 2005; 30 May-15 July 2005; 8 August-23 September 2005) - 58th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
(New York, UN Headquarters, 7-9 September 2005) - From Reaction to
Prevention: Civil Society Forging Partnerships to Prevent Violent Conflict and Build Peace
(New York, UN Headquarters, 19-21 July 2005) - Second Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects
(New York, UN Headquarters, 11-15 July 2005) - Economic
and Social Council 2005
(New York, UN Headquarters, 29 June - 27 July 2005) - Informal
Hearings of the General Assembly with non-governmental organizations,
civil society organizations and the private sector
(New York, UN Headquarters, 23-24 June 2005) - General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS
(New York, UN Headquarters, 2 June 2005) - Caribbean Regional Seminar on Decolonization
(Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 17-19 May 2005) - Twenty-second sessions of the subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(Bonn, Germany, 16-27 May 2005) - United Nations Forum on Forests (fifth session)
(New York, UN Headquarters, 16-27 May 2005) - Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (fourth session): "Millennium Development Goals and indigenous peoples"
(New York, UN Headquarters, 16-27 May 2005) - The 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
(New York, UN Headquarters, 2-27 May 2005) - The Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
(Bangkok, Tailand, 18-25 April 2005) - Fourth Session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration
(New York, UN Headquarters, 4-8 April 2005) - 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights
(Geneva, Switzerland, 14 March-22 April 2005) - In Larger Freedom: Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for decision by Heads of State and Government (21 March 2005)
- Beijing +10
Conference: Forty-Ninth Session of the Commission of the Status of Women
(New York, UN Headquarters, 28 February-11 March 2005) - Committee
on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - 66th Session
(Geneva, 21 February-11 March 2005) - 10-year
review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action and the
outcome of the 24th special session of the General Assembly
(New York, UN Headquarters, 9-18 February 2005) - Conference on Biodiversity: Science and Governance
(Paris, France, 24-28 January 2005) - Conference on Disarmament (2005 Session)
(Geneva, Switzerland, 24 January-1 April 2005; 30 May-15 July 2005; 8 August-23 September 2005) - 28th Special Session of the General Assembly for the Commemoration of the 60th
Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Concentration Camps
(New York, UN Headquarters, 24 January 2005) - World
Conference on Disaster Reduction [Round-up]
(Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 18-22 January 2005) - International Meeting for the 10-Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of the Small Island Developing States (Port-Louis, Mauritius, 10-14 January 2005)
2004
- Unlearning Intolerance: Confronting Islamophobia: Education for Tolerance and Understanding
(New York, 7 December 2004) - A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility - Report of the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (2 December 2004)
- UNCTAD
XI [webcast; photos; press releases (in English and French)]
(São Paulo, Brazil, 13-18 June 2004) - Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Third Session
(New York, 10-21 May 2004) - Commission
on Sustainable Development - 12th Session (CSD-12)
(New York, 14-30 April 2004) - General
Assembly plenary meeting and expert consultations on the Global Road
Safety Crisis
(New York, 14-15 April 2004) - Global Forum on Internet Governance
(New York, 25-27 March 2004) - Convention
on Biological Diversity
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9-20 February 2004) - International
Conference on the Reconstruction of Liberia
(New York, 5-6 February 2004)
2003
- The
World Summit on the Information Society
(Geneva, Switzerland, 10-12 December 2003) - World
Electronic Media Forum
(Geneva, Switzerland, 9-12 December 2003) - High
Level Political Conference for the Signature of the United Nations Convention
against Corruption
(Mérida, Mexico 9-11 December 2003) - High-Level
Dialogue on Financing for Development
(New York, 29-30 October 2003) - 56th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
(New York, 8-10 September 2003) - International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing
Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development
Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation
(Almaty, Kazakhstan, 28-29 August 2003)
2002
- The
World Summit on Sustainable Development
(Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August - 4 September 2002) - World
Food Summit: five years later
(Rome, Italy, 10-13 June 2002) - General
Assembly Special Session on Children
(New York, 8-10 May 2002) - Second
World Assembly on Ageing
(Madrid, Spain, 8-12 April 2002) - International
Conference on Financing for Development
(Monterrey, 18-22 March)
2001
- Conference on facilitating the entry into force of the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban treaty
(New York - 11-13 November) - World
Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance
(Durban, South Africa, 31 August - 7 September) - United
Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
in All Its Aspects
(New York, 9-20 July) - Problem of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in all its aspects - Special Session of the General Assembly (New York, 25-27 June)
- Report of the High-level Panel on Financing for Development (26 June 2001)
- Implementation
of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements
(Habitat II)
(Special Session of the General Assembly, New York, 6-8 June) - Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (Brussels, 14-20 May)
2000
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo, Italy, 12-15 December)
- Millennium Summit: "The role of the United Nations in the 21st century" (New York, 6-8 September)
- 53rd Annual DPI/NGO Conference (New York, 28-30 August)
- Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations (Brahimi Report) (21 August)
- World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for All in a Globalized World (Special Session of the General Assembly - Geneva, Switzerland, 26-30 June)
- Beijing +5: Review the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Special Session of the General Assembly, 5-9 June)
- Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century (Vienna, Austria, 10-17 April)
- We the Peoples: The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century - Millennium Report of the Secretary-General (March)
- UNCTAD X - Tenth Session of the Conference on Trade and Development (Bangkok, 12-19 February)
1999
- Small Island Developing States (Special Session of the General Assembly, 27-28 September)
- 52nd
Annual DPI-NGO Conference - Challenges of a Globalized World: Finding
New Directions
(New York, 15-17 September) - Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space [UNISPACE III] (Vienna, 19-30 July)
- Webcast of the High- level segment of the substantive session of the Economic and Social Council (Geneva, 5-7 July)
- International
Conference on Population and Development [ICPD+5]
(Special Session of the General Assembly, New York, 30 June - 2 July) - Fighting Landmines : First Meeting of States Parties (Maputo, Mozambique, 3-7 May)
1998
- World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, Portugal, 8-12 August)
- UN Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (Rome, Italy, 15 June-17 July)
- General Assembly Twentieth special session - World Drug Problem (New York, 8-10 June)
1997
- Earth Summit+5 - Special Session of the UN General Assembly, New York (23-27 June 1997)
1996
- Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT II) (Istanbul, Turkey, 3-14 June)
1995
- Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, China - September)
- World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen, Denmark, 6-12 March)
- Conference on Straddling & Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
1994
- Global Conference on Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (Barbados, 25 April - 6 May)
- International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) (Cairo, Egypt, 5-13 September)
- World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
- World Summit on Trade Efficiency
- Earth Summit - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992)
1992