Economic and Social Council

United Nations E/2002/INF/1 Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 11 January 2002 Original: English Calendar of conferences and meetings for 2002 Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat is circulating herewith a list of meetings of intergovernmental and expert bodies in the economic, social and related fields to be held in 2002 (see annex). 02-20887 (E) 180102 *0220887*

Annex Meetings of the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary bodies scheduled to be held in 2002 14 January Economic and Social Council, election of Bureau [Charter] New York 14-25 January Preparatory Committee for the international conference on New York financing for development, final preparatory meeting [General Assembly resolution 55/213] 14-25 January Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, resumed 2001 New York session [Economic and Social Council decision 2001/296] 14-25 January Commission on Human Rights, open-ended working group on a Geneva draft optional protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [Economic and Social Council decision 2001/265] 14 January- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, New York 1 February twenty-sixth session [General Assembly resolutions 34/180 and 51/68] 14 January- Committee on the Rights of the Child, twenty-ninth session Geneva 1 February [General Assembly resolutions 44/25, 47/112 and 49/211] 14-18 January UNCTAD, Working Party on the medium-term plan and the Geneva programme budget, thirty-ninth session [UNCTAD resolution 114 (V)] 15-18 January Commission on Narcotic Drugs, meeting of heads of national Vienna drug law enforcement agencies, European region [Economic and Social Council resolution 1993/36] 17 January States Parties to the International Convention on the New York Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, nineteenth meeting [General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX)] 21-25 January UNICEF, Executive Board, first regular session [General New York Assembly resolutions 57 (I) and 48/162] 21-25 January United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms Geneva of Slavery, eighth session, Board of Trustees [General Assembly resolution 46/122] 2

21-25 January UNCTAD, Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Geneva Financial Issues [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/67] 21 January- Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of a convention against Vienna 1 February corruption, first session [General Assembly resolution 55/61] 22 January UNEP, Committee of Permanent Representatives, extraordinary Nairobi meeting [Governing Council decision 13/2] 23 January Committee of Permanent Representatives to United Nations- Nairobi Habitat, organizational session [General Assembly resolution 56/206] 28 January Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA, New York UNICEF and WFP [General Assembly resolution 52/12 B] 28 January- Executive Board of UNDP and UNFPA, first regular session New York 8 February [General Assembly resolutions 2029 (XX) and 48/162] 28 January- Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the New York 8 February preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, second session [General Assembly resolution 55/199] 28 January- Commission on Human Rights, working group on a draft Geneva 8 February declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples [Economic and Social Council decision 2001/270] 4-8 February Committee on the Rights of the Child, pre-sessional working Geneva group [General Assembly resolutions 44/25, 47/112 and 49/211] 4-8 February Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, New York pre-sessional working group [General Assembly resolutions 45/124, 47/94 and 51/68] 4-8 February Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, New York Optional Protocol [General Assembly resolution 51/68] 4-8 February UNCTAD, Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Geneva Commodities [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 4-8 February International Narcotics Control Board, seventy-third session Vienna [Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, article 11] 3

11-15 February Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Situations Geneva [Economic and Social Council resolution 1990/41] 11-15 February Executive Board of WFP, first regular session [Economic and Rome Social Council decision 1995/227 and General Assembly resolution 50/8] 11-21 February Commission for Social Development, fortieth session New York [Economic and Social Council resolutions 10 (II), 1139 (XLI) and 1996/7] 11-21 February Commission on Human Rights, open-ended working group on Geneva the right to development [Economic and Social Council decision 2001/247] 12-15 February Economic and Social Council, organizational session [Charter] New York 12-15 February UNEP, special session of the Governing Council/Global Cartagena Ministerial Environment Forum [General Assembly resolution 53/242] 18-21 February UNCTAD, Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Geneva Development [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 25 February- Commission for Social Development acting as the preparatory New York 1 March committee for the Second World Assembly on Ageing, second session [General Assembly resolution 54/262] 25 February- Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Structural Geneva 8 March Adjustment [Economic and Social Council decision 2001/260] February/ Consultative Committee on the United Nations Development New York March Fund for Women, forty-second session [General Assembly resolutions 31/133 and 39/125] 4-15 March Commission on the Status of Women, forty-sixth session New York [Economic and Social Council decision 1999/257] 4-15 March United Nations Forum on Forests, second session [Economic San Jose, and Social Council resolution 2000/35 and decision 2001/292] Costa Rica 4-22 March Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Geneva sixtieth session [General Assembly resolution 2106 A (XX)] 4

5-8 March Statistical Commission, thirty-third session [Economic and New York Social Council resolutions 8 (I), 8 (II), 1566 (L) and 1999/8] 7 March Committee of Permanent Representatives to United Nations- Nairobi Habitat [General Assembly resolution 56/206] 7 March and Committee for the United Nations Population Award [General New York 10 April Assembly resolution 36/201] 11-15 March Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Communications New York [General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI)] 11-15 March Commission on Narcotic Drugs, forty-fifth session [Economic Vienna and Social Council resolutions 9 (I) and 1991/39] 11-15 March Committee of the Whole of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs Vienna [Economic and Social Council resolution 1991/39] 18-22 March International Conference on Financing for Development Monterrey, [General Assembly resolutions 55/213 and 55/245] Mexico 18 March- Human Rights Committee, seventy-fourth session [General New York 5 April Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI)] 18 March- Commission on Human Rights, fifty-eighth session [Economic Geneva 26 April and Social Council resolution 9 (II)] 25-27 March Panel of Eminent Personalities on African Development New York [General Assembly resolution 46/151] 25 March- Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the New York 5 April preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, third session [General Assembly resolution 55/199] March/April INSTRAW, Board of Trustees, twenty-second session [General Santo Domingo (1 week) Assembly resolutions 33/187 and 34/157] March/April UNEP, Committee of Permanent Representatives, seventy-eighth Nairobi meeting [Governing Council decision 13/2] 1-5 April Commission on Population and Development, thirty-fifth session New York [Economic and Social Council resolutions 150 (VII), 87 (LVII) and 1995/55] 3-5 April United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations, Geneva Board of Trustees [General Assembly resolution 40/131] 5

8-9 April United Nations System s Chief Executives Board for Rome (FAO Coordination, first regular session [Economic and Social Headquarters) Council decision 2001/321]* 8-12 April Advisory Group of the United Nations Trust Fund for the Geneva International Decade of the World s Indigenous People [General Assembly resolution 48/163] 8-12 April Committee for Development Policy, fourth session [Economic New York and Social Council resolution 1998/46] 8-12 April Second World Assembly on Ageing [General Assembly Madrid resolution 55/58] 15-19 April Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations [Economic New York and and Social Council resolutions 3 (II) and 1296 (XLIV) and 13-24 May decisions 1995/304 and 1997/297] 16-25 April Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, eleventh Vienna session [Economic and Social Council resolution 1992/1] 16-25 April Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, parallel Vienna (12 meetings) meetings for informal consultations and working groups [Economic and Social Council decision 1997/232] 22-26 April Committee of Experts on Public Administration [Economic and New York Social Council resolution 2001/45] 22-26 April Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Enforced or New York Involuntary Disappearances, sixty-sixth session [Economic and Social Council decision 2001/221] 22-26 April Committee against Torture, pre-sessional working group Geneva [General Assembly resolution 56/144] 23 April Special high-level meeting between the Economic and Social New York Council and the Bretton Woods institutions [General Assembly resolution 50/227] 29 and Economic and Social Council, resumed organizational session New York 30 April [Charter] 29 April- UNCTAD, Trade and Development Board, nineteenth special Bangkok 2 May session (mid-term review) [General Assembly resolution 56/178] 6

29 April- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, twenty- Geneva 17 May eighth session [Economic and Social Council resolutions 1982/33, 1985/17 and 1995/39] 29 April- Committee against Torture, twenty-eighth session [General Geneva 17 May Assembly resolution 39/46 A] April (1 week) UNITAR, Board of Trustees, fortieth session [General Assembly resolutions 1934 (XVIII) and 47/227] Geneva 6-10 May ECE, fifty-seventh session [Economic and Social Council Geneva resolution 36 (IV)] 6-10 May ECLAC, twenty-ninth session [Economic and Social Council Brasilia resolution 106 (VI) and decision 1985/188 and ECLAC resolution 465 (XX)] 6-17 May International Narcotics Control Board, seventy-fourth session Vienna [Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, article 11] 8-10 May General Assembly, special session on children [General New York Assembly resolution 56/222] 13-17 May Executive Board of WFP, second regular session [Economic Rome and Social Council decision 1995/227 and General Assembly resolution 50/8] 13-24 May Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, first annual session New York [Economic and Social Council resolution 2000/22 and decision 2001/316] 13-27 May United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, Board of Geneva Trustees, twenty-first session [General Assembly resolution 36/151] 16-22 May ESCAP, fifty-eighth session [Economic and Social Council Bangkok resolutions 37 (IV), 69 (V) and 723 B (XXVIII)] 20-24 May WFP, Executive Board, annual session [Economic and Social Rome Council decision 1995/227 and General Assembly resolution 50/8] 21-24 May Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva pre-sessional working group [Economic and Social Council resolutions 1982/33, 1985/17 and 1995/39] 7

21 May- Committee on the Rights of the Child, thirtieth session [General Geneva 7 June Assembly resolutions 44/25, 47/112 and 49/211] 23 May Committee of Permanent Representatives to United Nations- Nairobi Habitat [General Assembly resolution 56/206] 27-31 May Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Geneva Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery [Economic and Social Council decision 16 (LVI)] 27-31 May Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion Geneva and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Minorities [Economic and Social Council resolution 1998/246] 27 May- Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the Jakarta 7 June preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, ministerial level, fourth session [General Assembly resolution 55/199] May (1 day) Committee for Programme and Coordination, organizational New York session [Economic and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX) and General Assembly resolution 31/93] 3-6 June Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Geneva Rights, Board of Trustees [Economic and Social Council decision 1993/283] 3-7 June UNICEF, Executive Board, annual session [General Assembly New York resolutions 57 (I) and 48/162] 3-14 June United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn meetings of subsidiary bodies of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention [General Assembly resolution 56/199] 3-21 June Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, New York twenty-seventh session [General Assembly resolutions 34/180 and 51/68] 5 June Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole on the final review and appraisal New York of the New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, organizational session [General Assembly resolution 56/218] 10-14 June Committee on the Rights of the Child, pre-sessional working Geneva group [General Assembly resolutions 44/25, 47/112 and 49/211] 8

10 June- Committee for Programme and Coordination, forty-second New York 5 July session, first part [Economic and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX) and General Assembly resolution 31/93] 12-14 June UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Investment, Geneva Technology and Related Financial Issues [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 17-21 June Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Arbitrary Geneva Detention, thirty-third session [Economic and Social Council decision 2000/263] 17-28 June Executive Board of UNDP and UNFPA, annual session [General Geneva Assembly resolutions 2029 (XX) and 48/162] 17-28 June Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of a convention against Vienna corruption, second session [General Assembly resolution 55/61] 24-28 June Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, New York pre-sessional working group [General Assembly resolutions 45/124, 47/94 and 51/68] 24-28 June Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, New York Optional Protocol [General Assembly resolution 55/70] 24-28 June Meeting of persons chairing human rights treaty bodies [General Geneva Assembly resolutions 46/111 and 49/178] 26-28 June UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Trade in Goods Geneva and Services, and Commodities [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] June (1 day) Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, organizational New York session [Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31] June/July UNEP, Committee of Permanent Representatives, seventy-ninth Nairobi meeting [Governing Council decision 13/2] 1-5 July Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Communications Geneva [General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI)] 3-5 July UNCTAD, Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Geneva Law and Policy [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 9

1-26 July Economic and Social Council, substantive session [Charter] New York 1-10 and Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Geneva 10-12 July (1-10 July) and Subcommittee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (10-12 July) [Economic and Social Council resolution 1999/65] 8 July- Human Rights Committee, seventy-fifth session [General Geneva 2 August Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI)] 10-12 July UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Enterprise, Geneva Business Facilitation and Development [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 22-26 July Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion Geneva and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Indigenous Populations [Economic and Social Council resolution 1982/34] 29 July- Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion Geneva 16 August and Protection of Human Rights, fifty-fourth session [Economic and Social Council resolution 9 (II)] 29 July- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Geneva 16 August sixty-first session [General Assembly resolution 2106 A (XX)] 5-23 August Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, New York extraordinary session [General Assembly resolution 56/229] 19-30 August Committee for Programme and Coordination, forty-second New York session, second part [Economic and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX) and General Assembly resolution 31/93] 19-30 August Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion Geneva and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Communications [Economic and Social Council resolution 1503 (XLVIII)] 26 August- World Summit on Sustainable Development [General Assembly Johannesburg 4 September resolution 55/199] 26 August and United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, Berlin 6 September twenty-first session [Economic and Social Council resolutions 715 A (XXVII) and 1314 (XLIV)] 10

27 August- Eighth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Berlin 5 September Geographical Names [Economic and Social Council decision 1999/9] 29 August Twelfth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the New York Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women [General Assembly resolution 34/180] August Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Enforced or Geneva (1 week) Involuntary Disappearances, sixty-seventh session [Economic and Social Council decision 2001/221] 2-4 September UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Trade in Goods and Geneva Services, and Commodities [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 9-13 Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Arbitrary Geneva September Detention, thirty-fourth session [Economic and Social Council decision 1997/260] 9-13 Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole on the final review and appraisal New York September and of the New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the l990s, 7-9 October substantive session [General Assembly resolution 56/218] 16 September General Assembly, high-level plenary meeting on the final review New York and appraisal of the New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the l990s [General Assembly resolution 56/218] 16-20 UNICEF, Executive Board, second regular session [General Assembly New York September resolutions 57 (I) and 48 (162)] 16-20 UNCTAD, Working Party on the medium-term plan and the Geneva September programme budget [UNCTAD resolution 114 (V) and Trade and Development Board decision 156 (XVII)] 16 September- Committee on the Rights of the Child, thirty-first session [General Geneva 4 October Assembly resolutions 44/25, 47/112 and 49/211] 19 September Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat [General Nairobi Assembly resolution 56/206] 23-27 Executive Board of UNDP and UNFPA, third regular session, New York September [General Assembly resolutions 2029 (XX) and 48/162] 25-27 UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Investment, Geneva September Technology and Related Financial Issues [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 11

30 September- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Executive Geneva 4 October Committee, fifty-third session [General Assembly resolution 1166 (XII)] 30 September- Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of a convention against Vienna 11 October corruption, third session [General Assembly resolution 55/61] September/ UNEP, Committee of Permanent Representatives, eightieth meeting Nairobi October [Governing Council decision 13/2] 7-11 October Human Rights Committee, Working Group on Communications Geneva [General Assembly resolution 2200 A (XXI)] 7-11 October Committee on the Rights of the Child, pre-sessional working group Geneva [General Assembly resolutions 44/25, 47/112 and 49/211] 7-18 October UNCTAD, Trade and Development Board, forty-ninth session Geneva [General Assembly resolution 1995 (XIX) and UNCTAD resolution 114 (V)] 14 October- Human Rights Committee, seventy-sixth session [General Assembly Geneva 1 November resolution 2200 A (XXI)] 21-25 October WFP Executive Board, third regular session [Economic and Social Rome Council decision 1995/227 and General Assembly resolution 50/8] 23 October- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn 1 November Conference of the Parties to the Convention, eighth session, and meetings of subsidiary bodies [General Assembly resolution 56/199] 28-30 October UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Enterprise, Geneva Business Facilitation and Development [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 30 October- International Narcotics Control Board, seventy-fifth session [Single Vienna 15 November Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, article 11] October/ United Nations System s Chief Executives Board for New York November Coordination, second regular session [Economic and Social Council (2-3 days) decision 2001/321]* 4-8 November Committee against Torture, pre-sessional working group [General Geneva Assembly resolution 56/144] 12

6-8 November UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Investment Geneva Technology and Related Financial Issues [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 11-22 Committee against Torture, twenty-ninth session [General Geneva November Assembly resolution 39/46 A] 11-29 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, twenty-ninth Geneva November session [Economic and Social Council resolutions 1982/33, 1985/17 and 1995/39] 13-15 UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Trade in Goods and Geneva November Services, and Commodities [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 11-14 Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Geneva November Rights, Board of Trustees [Economic and Social Council decision 1993/283] 18-29 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Committee Bonn November for the review of the implementation of the Convention to Combat Desertification [General Assembly resolution 56/196] 25-27 UNCTAD, expert meeting of the Commission on Enterprise, Business Geneva November Facilitation and Development [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] 25 November- Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Arbitrary Geneva 4 December Detention, thirty-fifth session [Economic and Social Council decision 2000/263] November Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Enforced or Geneva (8 days) Involuntary Disappearances, sixty-eighth session [Economic and Social Council decision 2001/221] November United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities New York (1 day) [General Assembly resolution 32/197] November/ UNDP, Inter-Agency Consultative Meeting [General Assembly New York December resolution 32/197] (3 days) 13

2-6 December Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, pre-sessional Geneva working group [Economic and Social Council resolutions 1982/33, 1985/17 and 1995/39] 2-6 December Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Geneva [Economic and Social Council resolution 1999/65] 5 December Committee of Permanent Representatives to UN-Habitat [General Nairobi Assembly resolution 56/206] 9-20 December Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for Development, New York third session [Economic and Social Council resolution 1998/46 and decision 1999/276] 11-13 Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on Geneva December the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals [Economic and Social Council resolution 1999/65] December United Nations University, Council, forty-ninth session [General Tokyo (1 week) Assembly resolution 3081 (XXVIII)] December Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcement Geneva (1 meeting) of Voluntary Contributions to the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [General Assembly resolution 55/75] As required UNCTAD, other commodity conferences and commodity meetings Geneva (up to 30 [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive meetings) session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] As required UNCTAD, seminars and study groups [Trade and Development Board Geneva (up to 30 decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General meetings) Assembly resolution 51/167] As required UNCTAD, consultations of the Secretary-General and of the Geneva (up to 20 President of the Trade and Development Board [Trade and meetings) Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] As required UNCTAD, executive sessions of the Trade and Development Board Geneva (3 days) [Trade and Development Board decision at its thirteenth executive session (8 July 1996) and General Assembly resolution 51/167] As required Executive Board of UNDP and UNFPA, briefings and informal New York consultations [General Assembly resolutions 2020 (XX) and 48/162] As required UNICEF, Executive Board, briefings and informal consultations New York [General Assembly resolutions 57 (I) and 48/162] 14

As required ECE, committees and working groups [Economic and Social Geneva Council resolution 36 (IV)] To be Commission on Human Rights, open-ended working group to Geneva determined elaborate a draft legally binding instrument for the protection of all (2 weeks) persons against enforced disappearances [Economic and Social Council decision 2001/221] To be Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Subcommission on Illicit Drug A capital in determined Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East [Economic the region (1 week) and Social Council resolution 1776 (LIV)] To be Commission on Sustainable Development, organizational session New York determined [Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/63] (1 day) To be Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics [Economic and New York determined Social Council decision 2001/24] To be Joint meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Special New York determined Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples [Economic and Social Council resolution 2001/28] To be Commission on Narcotic Drugs, meeting of heads of national drug Addis Ababa determined law enforcement agencies, African region [Economic and Social (1 week) Council resolution 1985/11] To be Commission on Narcotic Drugs, meeting of heads of national drug Bangkok determined law enforcement agencies, Asia and the Pacific region [Economic (1 week) and Social Council resolutions 1985/11 and 1988/15] To be Commission on Narcotic Drugs, meeting of heads of national drug Santiago determined law enforcement agencies, Latin America and the Caribbean region (1 week) [Economic and Social Council resolutions 1987/34 and 1988/15] To be Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Geneva determined Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories [General Assembly resolution 2443 (XXIII)] To be Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a convention on the rights of persons New York determined with disabilities [General Assembly resolution 56/168] (2 weeks) 15

To be Commission on Human Rights, group of experts on the use of Geneva determined mercenaries as a means of violating human rights [General Assembly (1 week) resolution 56/232] * The former Administrative Committee on Coordination. 16