2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (DIA/SER)

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1 2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (DIA/SER) DATE JANUARY LOCATION 17 OAS Policy Roundtable The Road to Cartagena: Hemispheric Cooperation to Promote Access to and Use of Technologies Regular Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) Washington D.C Washington D.C Council of Europe Winter Session Strasbourg, France African Union 2012 Annual Summit Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Joint Meeting of the Boards of the United Nations Funds New York, USA and Programmes (UNDP/UNFPA,UNICEF,UNOPS, UN-Women and WFP) FEBRUARY th Session of the Commission for Social Development of the United Nations 7 Meeting of the Committee on Inter-American Summits 8 OAS Policy Roundtable The Road to Cartagena: Hemispheric Cooperation to Promote Security New York, USA 9 Consultation Session with Social Actors Hemispheric Cooperation to Promote Access to and Use of Technologies & Security nd Dominican Model of the Inter-American System (MODOSI) for high school students 10 Thirteenth Regular Meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of the Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA) Regular Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) 15 OAS Policy Breakfast (In)security and Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2 16 Dialogue of the Secretary General with Permanent Observers on the VI Summit of the Americas, XLII General Assembly and Strategic Vision of the OAS Third Meeting of the REMJA Working Group of Officials Responsible for Penitentiary and Prison Policies Miranda Room, Kingston, Canada Winter Meeting - Parliamentary Assembly of the Vienna, Austria Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 27 OAS-European Union Dialogue Brussels, Belgium 29 Visit of Nicholas Bratza, President of the European Court of Human Rights MARCH 1 Dialogue with the Council of Europe 1-2 VII Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education Paramaribo, Suriname 6 Meeting of the Committee on Inter-American Summits 7 Twelfth Regular Session of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) th Model of the Permanent Council for OAS Interns 13 Lecture of the Americas: The Panama Canal: Furthering Development in the Americas Regular Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Intern-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Montevideo, Uruguay Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) 20 Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations New York (UN Headquarters) Third Conference of States Party to the CIFTA APRIL 7-13 Washington Model OAS for Universities (WMOAS) 9 Plenipotentiary Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) Civil Society Forum Connecting the Americas: Strengthening Partnerships for Action beyond Cartagena in the framework of the VI Summit of the Americas 13 Strengthening Partnerships for Prosperity: A Government and Social Actor Dialogue for Action (in the framework of the VI Summit of the Americas) OAS - Department of International Affairs (DIA/SER) 2

3 14-15 VI Summit of the Americas Connecting the Americas: Partners for Prosperity Annual Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and The World Bank Group Bureau Meeting of The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) IX Hemispheric Forum of Civil Society and Social Actors in preparation for the 42 nd regular session of the OAS General Assembly 27 Special Session with Civil Society of the Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS of the Permanent Council 30 XLI OAS Policy Roundtable Food Security: Towards a more just, equitable and inclusive order 30 May 1 Second Meeting of the Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy 30 May 2 Fourteenth Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus, of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples MAY 8 Dialogue between the Secretary General and Permanent Observers on the results of the VI Summit of the Americas and the upcoming XLII regular session of the OAS General Assembly XLVII Lecture of the Americas: The OAS: Working for the Benefit of the Citizens of the Americas Washington, DC Copenhagen, Denmark Jakarta, Indonesia ASEAN Secretariat Asunción, Paraguay Lima, Peru 15 Meeting of the Committee on Inter-American Summits th Model of the OAS General Assembly for universities of the Hemisphere (30th MOAS) Bolivia IX Inter American Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Quito, Ecuador OAS - Department of International Affairs (DIA/SER) 3

4 22 Meeting of the Committee on Inter-American Summits Fifth Meeting of the REMJA Working Group on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition Asuncion, Paraguay 30 -June st Session of the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) JUNE 2 Conversation between the Secretary General, Assistant Secretary General and Civil Society (in the framework of the XLII OAS General Assembly) 2 Civil Society Coordination Meeting (in the framework of the XLII OAS General Assembly) Geneva, Switzerland Cochabamba, Bolivia Cochabamba, Bolivia 3 Dialogue of the Heads of Delegation and the Secretary Cochabamba, Bolivia General with Workers, Private Sector, Civil Society and Social Actors Representatives (in the framework of the XLII OAS General Assembly) 3 Dialogue of the Heads of Delegation and the Secretary Cochabamba, Bolivia General with the Heads of Delegation of the Permanent Observers on the Theme of the General Assembly nd Regular Session of the OAS General Assembly Cochabamba, Bolivia 19 XLVIII Lecture of the Americas Education and Development in the Americas JULY Annual Session of the Organization for Security Monaco and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 11 OAS Policy Roundtable on combating violence against women. Launching of the Second Hemispheric Report on the Implementation of the Belem do Para Convention 18 Meeting organized by IDEA International Costa Rica th Model of the Permanent Council for OAS Interns AUGUST Meeting of the Selection Committee Premio Vidanta Los Cabos, México SEPTEMBER nd MOAS for Chilean High Schools (organized by the University of Chile) 6 OAS Policy Roundtable to present the publication () Financing of Political Parties in Latin America, 2 nd edition Santiago, Chile OAS - Department of International Affairs (DIA/SER) 4

5 11-13 Twentieth Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Tourism (SEDI) Quito, Ecuador 2nd or 3rd week () 67 th United Nations General Assembly New York, USA 2nd or 3rd week () The Clinton Global Initiative s Annual Meeting New York, USA 2 nd MOAS for n High Schools Barranquilla, XLIX Lecture of the Americas: Food Security in the Americas 50 th Lecture of the Americas with Heads of International Organizations OAS Policy Roundtable on trafficking of persons through domestic exploitation OAS Policy Roundtable on Citizenship Education OCTOBER 6-9 () 2nd Model OAS General Assembly for n high s schools, UNINORTE/OAS Barranquilla, 8-12 World Forum for Democracy Bridging the gap Strasbourg Democracy: between old models and new realities OAS Policy Roundtable on Political financing Washington, D. C. 2nd week () Programmatic Exchange between officials of the OAS and the ASEAN Secretariat Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group Tokyo, Japan XXII Cumbre Iberoamericana Cadiz, España World Economic Forum on Latin America 2012 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2012 Fall Meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) XXI Ibero-American Summit Cadiz, Spain 8-9 OAS Policy Roundtable on Education, Science and Technology NOVEMBER 14th Model of the Permanent Council for OAS Interns OAS - Department of International Affairs (DIA/SER) 5

6 28 de noviembre al 1 de diciembre 31st Model of the OAS General Assembly for high school students Policy Dialogue with the EU DECEMBER Bureau Meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) DATES TO BE CONFIRMED Fourth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and High- Brazil Level Authorities on Sustainable Development within the Framework of CIDI Third Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons Guatemala Ninth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA IX) OAS Policy Roundtable on Freedom of Expression 2013 January () EU-CELAC Summit January () 31ST MOAS for Universities of the Caribbean and the Hemisphere (with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and the University of West Indies) Trinidad and Tobago OAS - Department of International Affairs (DIA/SER) 6