January 2018 Provisional calendar of key dates January December 2018 Dates Events Organizers Venue 23-26 Jan Annual Meeting of the World World Economic Forum Davos -Klosters Economic Forum (WEF) 30-31 Jan Youth Forum February 2018 5 Feb Friends of the Forum Meeting Palais des Nations 6 Feb Roundtable Preparatory 7-13 Feb Ninth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) 15-16 Feb 16 th UN Coordination Meeting on International Migration 15 Feb Reception hosted by the 2017-2018 Co-Chairs on the margins of the 16 th UN Coordination Meeting on International Migration 20 Feb Intergovernmental Negotiations on the UN Habitat UN-DESA Palais des Nations Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre 21 Feb Half-day Fourth Multi-stakeholder Hearing on Migration Global Compact O- PGA 22-23 Feb Intergovernmental Negotiations on the 26 Feb-23 37 th Session of the Human Rights Council 27 Feb-1 Operational Activities for Development Segment 2018 1
26 Feb-23 37 th Session of the Human Rights Council 6-9 49 th Session of UN Statistical Commission 8-22 332 nd Session of the Governing Body 12-15 Intergovernmental Negotiations on the 12-23 62 nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 26-27 IOM International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) 29 First 2018 Thematic Workshop on Migration and 2030 Agenda April 2018 3-6 April Intergovernmental Negotiations on the 9-13 April 51 st Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD): Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration 9-20 April 28 th Session of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 20-22 April Annual Spring of the IMF and World Bank Group May 2018 UN Statistics Division UN Women IOM UN-DESA IMF World Bank Group Rabat Washington D.C. 1-3 May Integration Segment 2 May Friends of the Forum Meeting 3 May Second 2018 Thematic Workshop: Labour Migration 3-4 May First Regular Session of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) CEB Secretariat London IMO HQ 2
4 May Roundtable Preparatory 14-18 May Intergovernmental Negotiations on the 21-26 May 71 st World Health Assembly WHO 28 May-9 June 107 th Session of the International Labour Conference June 2018 4-8 June Intergovernmental Negotiations on the 9 June 333 rd Session of the Governing Body 16 June- 7 July 38 th Human Rights Council Session 18-22 June Labour Migration Academy: Enhancing protection, promoting sustainable development and facilitating fair and effective labour migration governance Panama City 20 June World Refugee Day UN Global 19-21 June Humanitarian Affairs Segment 27-28 June IOM SCPF IOM 29 June IOM Special Council Session IOM July 2018 9-13 July Intergovernmental Negotiations on the 9-18 July High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 10-19 July High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 30 July World Day Against Trafficking in Persons August 2018 UN Global 19 August World Humanitarian Day UN Global 3
September 2018 3-12 Sept 29 th Session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 3 Sept Friends of the Forum Meeting 4 Sept Dialogue on the GC/M Implementation 5 Sept Roundtable Preparatory 18-30 Sept 73 rd Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 73) (General Debate opens on 25 September) UN GA 10-28 Sept 39 th Human Rights Council Session October 2018 12-14 Oct Annual of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and IMF World Bank IMF Bali Nusa Dua 16 Oct World Food Day FAO Rome 22-24 Oct Second UN World Data Forum Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority of the United Arab Emirates Dubai 24 Oct UN Day UN 25 Oct-8 Nov 334 th Session of the Governing Body November 2018 27 30 Nov IOM Council IOM 30 Nov-1 Dec G20 Leaders Summit Argentinean Presidency G20 Buenos Aires December 2018 3-14 Dec Second sessional period 2018/ 24 th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties to 4 Presidency of UNFCCC Secretariat TBC
the Convention and of Subsidiary Bodies Session 3-4 Dec 11 th Civil Society Days Marrakesh 5-7 Dec 11 th Summit Marrakesh 10-11 Dec Intergovernmental Conference to adopt a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Morocco 18 Dec International Migrants Day GMG Rome, & other locations 5