January 2018 Provisional calendar of key dates January December 2018 Dates Events Organizers Venue 18 Jan 15:30-17:30 1 Rome, 23-26 Jan Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) World Economic Forum Davos -Klosters 30-31 Jan Youth Forum February 2018 5 Feb Friends of the Forum Meeting Palais des Nations 6 Feb Roundtable Preparatory Meetings 7-13 Feb Ninth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) UN Habitat Palais des Nations Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre 12-14 Feb GMG Strategic Retreat 15-16 Feb 16 th UN Coordination Meeting on International Migration UN-DESA Greentree Estate, Long Island 15 Feb Reception hosted by the 2017-2018 Co-Chairs on the margins of the 16 th UN Coordination Meeting on International Migration Feb Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner meeting GMG + + SRSG Team Meeting 20 Feb Intergovernmental Negotiations on 1
21 Feb Half-day Fourth Multi-stakeholder Hearing on Migration Global Compact O- PGA 21 Feb Side Event on the margins of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the GCM 22-23 Feb Intergovernmental Negotiations on 26 Feb-23 37 th Session of the Human Rights Council 27 Feb-1 Operational Activities for Development Segment 2018 26 Feb-23 37 th Session of the Human Rights Council 2 Rome, 6-9 49 th Session of UN Statistical Commission 8-22 332 nd Session of the ILO Governing Body 12-15 Intergovernmental Negotiations on 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 UN Statistics Division ILO UN Women IOM Rabat April 3 Rome, 3-6 April Intergovernmental Negotiations on 2
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 Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group UN-DESA IMF World Bank Group Washington D.C. April Preparatory Meetings Troika Steering Group Friends of the Forum Roundtable Preparatory Meetings April Half-day Fifth Multi-stakeholder Hearing on Migration Global Compact O- PGA May 2018 May 4 Rome, 1-3 May Integration Segment 2 May Friends of the Forum Meeting 2 May GMG Principals Meeting London 3-4 May First Regular Session of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) 3 May Second 2018 Thematic Workshop: Labour Migration 4 May Roundtable Preparatory Meetings 14-18 May Intergovernmental Negotiations on CEB Secretariat London IMO HQ 21-26 May 71 st World Health Assembly WHO 3
28 May-9 June 107 th Session of the International Labour Conference ILO June 2018 4-8 June Intergovernmental Negotiations on 9 June 333 rd Session of the Governing Body ILO 16 June- 7 July 38 th Human Rights Council Session 16-17 June International Day of Family Remittances IFAD World Bank UN-DESA 18-22 June Labour Migration Academy: Enhancing protection, promoting sustainable development and facilitating fair and effective labour migration governance ILO 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 June/ July Half-day Sixth Multi-stakeholder Hearing on Migration Global Compact O- PGA July 2018 July 5 Rome, 9-13 July Intergovernmental Negotiations on 9-18 July High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 10-19 July High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 4
July Side Event at the margins of 2018 High Level Political Forum 30 July World Day Against Trafficking in Persons UN Global August 2018 19 August World Humanitarian Day UN Global September 2018 Sept 6 Rome, 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 Meetings 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 Oct 7 Rome, 12-14 Oct Annual Meetings 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 Dubai 5
the United Arab Emirates 24 Oct UN Day UN 25 Oct-8 334 th Session of the Governing Body ILO October Meetings Troika Steering Group Friends of the Forum Roundtable Preparatory Meetings Oct/ IOM SCPF IOM ember 2018 8 Rome, Second Regular Session, United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) CEB Secretariat GMG Principals Meeting 27 30 IOM Council IOM UNDG Principal-level Meeting UNDG 30-1 Dec G20 Leaders Summit Argentinean Presidency G20 December 2018 Buenos Aires 3-14 Dec Second sessional period 2018/ 24 th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties to the Convention and Meetings of Subsidiary Bodies Session Presidency of UNFCCC Secretariat 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 6
Dec GMG + Troikas + SRSG Meeting SRSG Morocco Dec Annual Global Migration Film Festival IOM Plural + UN Together Campaign & other Dec UNHCR High Commissioner s Dialogue on Protection Challenges UNHCR 18 Dec International Migrants Day GMG Rome, Key GMG meetings meetings 7