News and Events

Events 2009

January

20–23 January 2009: Multi-year expert meeting on Enterprise Development Policies and Capacity-building in Science, Technology and Innovation. Geneva.
23 January 2009 - EMPRETEC Africa Forum: Advisory Board Meeting Geneva.
27 January 2009 - International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
09 January 2009 -TCB Cluster and Seco
12 January 2009 - ITC / UNCTAD: Briefing of Ms Fiori and Mr. Vento.
13 January 2009 -14 January 2009: Stakes and Role in Global Trading System - Doha Round and Beyond
19 - 27 January 2009 - WHO: 124th Session of the Executive Board
20 - 23 January 2009 - UNCTAD Expert meeting on-Enterprise Development policies and Capacity-building in science
27 - 28 January 2009 - ITC / UNCTAD: Non Tariff Barriers Meeting - MAST
27 January 2009 - UN Ceremony on the International Day of commemoration in Memory of Victims of the Holocaust
28 January 2009 - UNIDO Office Geneva - Meeting with Ambassador of DRC Congo (Brazzaville)
30 January 2009 WTO: 2nd meeting of the AfDB Technical Working Group, Tunis

February

4-5 February 2009 - Expert Meeting on International Cooperation: South-South Cooperation and Regional Integration - Geneva
16-18 February 2009 - Multi-year expert meeting on transport and trade facilitation - Geneva
04 - 06 February 2009 - UNCTAD Multi-year meeting on International Cooperation: South-South Coop and Regional
04 February 2009 - 10th CEB Cluster Meeting
04 - 06 February 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Guatemala
05 February 2009 – WAIPA: Meeting with WAIPA President Mr. Texeira and his mission to UNIDO Headquarters in Vienna
06 February 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review of Guatemala
09 February 2009 - UNCTAD – Investment Policy Review of Vietnam
12 February 2009 - UNOG: Managers meeting
16 February 2009 - Human Rights Council: Organizational Meeting
16 - 19 February 2009 - UNCTAD Expert meeting on Transport and Trade Facilitation, Maritime Transport and Climate
26 27 February 2009 - HLCP: High Level Committee of Programmes
27 February 2009 – WTO: 9th CTD - AfT Session
27 February 2009 - WTO: Standard Trade Development Facility – Working group

March

02 - 04 March 2009 -NECE/GFP: Bi-Annual meeting of the Global Facilitation Partnership for Transportation and Trade
03 - 06 March 2009 -UNCTAD: Expert meeting on commodities and development
09 - 11 Narch 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Brazil
10 - 12 March 2009 -UNCTAD: Expert meeting on mainstreaming gender in trade policy
16 - 18 March 2009 -WTO: TBT Committee Workshop on the role of international Standards in Economic Development
17 - 19 March 2009 - UNCTAD: Expert Meeting 0n 'Services, Development and Trade: The regulatory and Institutional Dimension'
18 - 20 March 2009 - WTO TBT Committee Meeting
25 - 27 March 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Fiji

April

02 April 2009 - WTO: Meeting of the AfT Advisory Group
02 April 2009 - WTO: 10TH CTD - AfT Session
22 - 24 April 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Mozambique

May

5 May 2009 - UNCTAD: Investment Policy Review of Nigeria
04 - 16 May 2009 - UNHCHR: 5th session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group
06 - 08 May 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Solomon Islands
11 - 15 May 2009 - ILO: Tripartite Meeting on Social Dialogue and Good Industrial Relations from Oil and Gas Exploration to Oil and Gas Distribution
11 - 15 May 2009 - UNCTAD: Trade and Development Commission 1st session
18 May 2009: UNIDO Official visit to H.E Mr Babacar Carlos Mbaye, Senegal Ambassador
18 - 19 May 2009 -UNCTAD: Public Symposium, The global Economic Crisis and Development, the way forward
18 - 22 May 2009 - ITU: WSIS Forum 2009 - The Cluster of World Summit on Information Society
18 - 22 May 2009 - WHO: 62nd World Health Assembly
20 May 2009 - WTO/WORLD BANK: Diversifying Exports: Breaking into New Markets
20 May - 21 May 2009 - ILO: Automotive Industry Roundtable - ILO Responding to the Crisis
25 May 2009: UNOG Managers Meeting
25 - 29 May 2009 - UNCTAD: Commission on Science and Technology for Development
26 May 2009: UNIDO Official visit to Mr Jean-Claude Pierre, Haiti Permanent Mission to Geneva
26 May 2009 - WMO: GCSP Public Discussion: "Towards a Renaissance of Multilateral Disarmement?"
27 May 2009 - AFRICAN UNION DAY: First African Forum for Dialogue
28 May 2009: UNIDO Official visit to H.E Mr Yong Chanthalangsy, Lao Ambassador
28 May 2009: UNIDO Official visit to H.E Mr Ibrahim Saied Mohamed, Yemen Ambassador
28 - 29 May 2009 - WHO: 125th Session of the Executive Board

June

02 - 19 June 2009 - UNHCHR: 11th Session of the Human Rights Council
03 - 19 June 2009 - ILO: 98th Session of the International Labour Conference
03 June 2009: UNIDO Official visit to H.E. Mr Suon Sun, Cambodia Ambassador
03 June 2009: UNIDO Official visit to Mr Naï Akibou, Chargé d'affaires of Benin Permanent Mission
05 June 2009: UNIDO Official visit to H.E. Mr Schinichi Kitajima, Japan Ambassador
05 June 2009 - PNUE: Roundtable on World Environment Day 2009
09 June 2009 : UNIDO Official visit to H.E. Ms Frances Rodrigues, Mozambique Ambassador
10 June 2009 : UNIDO Official visit to H.E. Mrs Marie-Claire Sward Capra, Sweden Ambassador
11 June 2009 - WTO/CTD: 11th dedicated Session on Aid for Trade
12 June 2009 - WTO: 53rd Session of the Sub-Committee on LDCs
12 June 2009 - WTO/WORLD BANK Seminar
14 June - 17 June 2009 - WHO: 32nd session of the Joint Coordinating Board of the special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
15 June 2009 - WMO: GCSP Invitation to a Public Discussion: "China 's growing Impact on World Affairs"
16 - 19 June 2009 - UNISDR: 2nd Session of the Global Platform for disaster Reduction
22 June 2009 - UNCTAD:Investment policy Review of Burkina-Faso
23 - 26 June 2009 - WTO: Executive Committee of Codex alimentarius Commission (62nd Session)
24 - 26 June 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Morocco
24 - 25 June 2009 – WTO/TBT Committee Meeting (Discussion of substantive proposals)
30 June 2009 - UNCTAD: 47th Session of Trade and Development Board

July

06 - 07 July 2009 - WTO: 2nd Global Review on Aid for Trade
06 - 09 July 2009 - ECOSOC: High Level Segment
06 - 31 July 2009 - ECOSOC: Substantive Session
07 July 2009 - ILO: Meeting of Chief Executives on the Joint Crisis Initiative
07 July 2009 - High Level Briefing of the CEB Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity on Rwanda
07 - 09 July 2009 - UNCTAD: Tenth Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law
08 - 10 July 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Guyana
08 - 10 July 2009 - EIF Global Workshop
09 - 10 July 2009 - IOM: Intersessional of the Workshop of Dialogue on Migration
14 July 2009 - WTO: 28th Session of the Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology
15 July 2009 - WTO: Commission on Trade and Development: 2nd Session on Regional Trade Agreement
15 July 2009 - ICCG: Conference on Innovation in Brazil, India and South Africa
21 July 2009 - WTO: Meeting of the WTO Technology Transfer Working
27 - 29 July 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Zambia
27 July 2009 - UNCTAD: Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on the Contribution of Migrants to Development.

August

03 August 2009 - UNIDO Official meeting with Mr Kingsley Moghalu, CEO of Sogato Strategies
04 August 2009 - UNIDO Official visit to H.E Mr Seraphin Lissassi, Benin Ambassador
04 August 2009 - UNIDO Official meeting with Mr Nagib Hamin, Yemen Representative to the EIF
10 August - 14 August 2009 - UN: 2nd Session for the Expert Mechanism on the rights of Indigeneous Peoples
11 August 2009 - UNIDO Official visit to H.E Mr Abdul Hannan, Bangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative
12 August 2009 - WMO: GSCP-Public Discussion: Strenghtening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: a Blueprint for Progress
18 August 2009 - UNIDO Official visit to H.E Mrs Frances Rodrigues, Mozambique Ambassador
18 August 2009 - UNIDO Official visit to H.E Mr Guy Rajemison, Madagascar Ambassador
26 August 2009 - UNIDO Official meeting with Mrs Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of the IUCN
31 August - 04 September 2009 - WMO: World Climate Conference 3
31 August 2009 - 02 september 2009 - UN: the 2009 Social Forum of the Human Rights Council

September

31 August - 2 September 2009 - Human Rights Council: The 2009 Social Forum
31 August - 04 September 2009 - WMO: World Climate Change Conference 3
04 September 2009 - UNESCO: 4th UN Science and Technology Cluster Meeting
14 - 25 September 2009 - UNCTAD: The Trade and Development Board (56th Session)
14 - 15 September 2009 - WIPO: Forum on Intellectual Property and SMEs (7th Session)
21 September 2009 - WMO: World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change
22 September 2009 - UN: Private Forum Sector on Climate Change
22 - 24 September 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — South Africa Customs Union (SACO)
23 September 2009: UNCTAD - High level dialogue video conference
23 - 25 September 2009 - WTO: workshop on Environmental Goods and Services
25 September 2009: ITC - RWANDA DTIS
28 September 2009 - UNHCR: 60th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner Programme

October

07 - 09 October 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Chile
26 - 28 October 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Maldives

November

03 - 04 November 2009 - UNECE: Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies
03 - 06 November 2009 - UNECE: Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards (WP.7)
04 - 06 November 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Senegal and Niger
25 - 27 November 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of El Salvador
04 - 05 November 2009 - WTO: TBT Committee meeting (Adoption of the Review)

December

08 - 10 December 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Georgia
16 - 18 December 2009 - WTO: Trade Policy Review Body of Croatia