World Summit on Sustainable Development
 

Johannesburg Summit 2002 – the World Summit on Sustainable Development – improving people's lives and conserving our natural resources in a world that is growing in population, with ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security.

 
 

Calendar

LIST OF MEETINGS RELATED TO THE WORLD SUMMIT
ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (WSSD)

(2001-2002)


A. Regional Prepcoms

B. Regional Roundtables

C. Other Relevant Meetings


A. REGIONAL PREPCOMS

Dates

Venue

Title

Region

15–18 Oct 01 UNON, Nairobi, Kenya Regional Prepcom Africa
1–3 Oct 01 Abidjan, Cote Ivoire Sub-regional Prepcom West Africa
17–19 Sep 01 Port Louis, Mauritius Sub-regional prepcom South Africa
17–19 Sep 01 Libreville, Gabon Sub-regional Prepcom East Africa
10–12 Sep 01 Nairobi, Kenya Sub-regional prepcom Northern Africa
5–7 Sep 01 Tunis, Tunisia Sub-regional prepcom Northern Africa
       
27–29 Nov 01 Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
Regional Prepcom Asia Pacific
17–19 Oct 01 Manila,
Philippines
Sub-regional Prepcom South-east Asia
27–29 Sep 01 Colombo, Sri Lanka Sub-regional Prepcom South Asia
19–21 Sep 01 Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Sub-regional Prepcom Central Asia/Europe
5–7Sep 01 Apia, Samoa Sub-regional Prepcom Pacific
26–28 Jul 01 Beijing, China Sub-regional Prepcom North-east Asia
       
24–25 Oct 01 Cairo, Egypt Regional Prepcom West Asia
       
23–24 Oct 01 Rio de Janeiro Regional Prepcom Latin America & Caribbean
17–18 Jul 01 San Salvador,
El Salvador
Sub-regional Prepcom
Meso-America
(Central America
and Mexico)
02–03 Jul 01 Quito, Ecuador Sub-regional Prepcom Andean Zone
28–29 Jun 01 Havana, Cuba Sub-regional Prepcom
Caribbean
14–15 Jun 01 Santiago, Chile Sub-regional Prepcom
Report:   
Southern Cone
       
24–25 Sep 01 Geneva,
Switzerland
Regional Prepcom
As a Special Session
of ECE
Europe
19–21 Sep 01 Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Sub-regional Prepcom Falls under both
Asian and European
regions
27–28 Jun 01 Bucharest,
Romania
Sub-regional Prepcom Central Eastern
Europe



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B. REGIONAL ROUNDTABLES

   
24–25 Oct 01 Cairo, Egypt Regional Roundtable Africa
30 Jul–1 Aug 01 Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan
Regional Roundtable Central and
South Asia
09–11 Jul 01 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Regional Roundtable East Asia and
the Pacific
18–20 Jun 01 St. Philip,
Barbados
Regional Roundtable Latin America
and the Caribbean
06-08 Jun 01 Vail, Colorado Regional Roundtable
Europe and
North America
09-11 Apr 01 Beirut, Lebanon Regional Roundtable
West Asia
(organized by ESCWA
andUNEP ROWA)


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C Other relevant Meetings


C. OTHER RELEVANT MEETINGS

April to December 2001
Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct


April 2001
17–20 Apr 01 Costa, Rica Local Authorities Regional Consultations for Latin America (ICLEI)
30 Apr–02 May 01 New York, USA CSD acting as Prepcom 1 for the WSSD (UN/DESA)

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May 2001    
3–6 May 01 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Local Authorities Regional Consultations for Asia and the Pacific (ICLEI)
Contact
10–11 May 01 Brussels, Belgium Europe and the WSSD (European Commission)
Contact
14–16 May 01 Paris, France OECD Forum 2001 - Sustainable Development in the New Economy
16–18 May 01 Paris, France OECD Environment Ministers Meeting and Annual OECD Council Meeting at Ministerial Level
14–20 May 01 Brussels, Belgium Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries
21–27 May 01 Borgholm, Sweden Borgholm Youth Summit (Gov't. of Sweden/UNEP/Nature Youth of Sweden
23–27 May 01 Borgholm, Sweden Youth Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development
28–29 May 01 Cambridge, U.K. Expert Consultations on International Environmental Governance


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June 2001    
4–8 Jun 01 Tokyo, Japan Fourth Expert Working Group Meeting on Environmental Management Accounting (organized by DESA/Gov't. of Japan)
5–15 Jun 01 Greece Conference on Islands and Renewable Energies
6–8 Jun 01 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Canadian Conference on Oceans Stewardship
6–8 Jun 01 New York, USA Istanbul +5: UN Special Session on Habitat
9–12 Jun 01 Stavenger, Norway Think Tank Meeting and Stavenger Forum for Rio +10 (ICLEI)
Report of Meeting
11 Jun 01 Rovaniemi, Finland 10th Anniversary of Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS)Outcome
11–22 Jun 01 New York, USA First substantive session of UN Forum on Forests
14–16 Jun 01 Cape Town, South Africa Preparation of the African Civil Society and NGOs to the WSSD (NESDA)
15–16 Jun 01 Gothenburg, Sweden EU Summit Meeting
2nd wk Jun 01 Bangkok, Thailand Expert Group Meeting on approaches to water resources
18–20 Jun 01 Marseilles, France International Symposium on frontiers in Urban Water Management
20–22 Jun 01 Gland, Switzerland Fifth Global Environmental Governance Dialogue (IUCN/Yale Univ.)
20–22 Jun 01 Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA North American Local Government Conference ((ICLEI)
27–29 Jun 01 Copenhagen, Denmark Partnerships and Social Responsibility in New Economy (Copenhagen Center)


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Jul 2001    
2–6 Jul 01 Denmark 2001 European Energy Conference (for issues related to SIDS)
9–10 Jul 01 Zambia OAU Summit
16–18 Jul 01 Geneva, Switzerland Second Meeting of the CSD-10 Bureau
16–27 Jul 01 Bonn, Germany Resumed UNFCC Conference of the Parties (COP-6)
17 Jul 01 Bonn, Germany Second Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or their representatives on Int'l. Environmental Governance (UNEP)
20–22 Jul 01 Genoa, Italy G-8 Summit
     

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Sep 2001    
2–9 Sep 01 Baku, Azerbaijan Youth Earth Summit, YES2001 (Peace Child International)
5–7 Sep 01 Jakarta, Indonesia Third meeting of the CSD-10 Bureau
9–10 Sep 01 Algiers, Algeria Third Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or their representatives on Int'l. Environmental Governance (UNEP)
17–28 Sep 01 Bonn, Germany Fifth COP UN Convention to Combat Desertification
19–21 Sep 01 New York, USA UN Special Session on Children
20–21 Sep 01 London, U.K. Accelerating Local Sustainability: Evaluating European Local Agenda 21 Processes (ICLEI)
23–27 Sep 01 Bahrain Regional Stakeholder Roundtable and Regional Preparatory meeting (Prep. 2002 WSSD-West Asia Region) (organized by UNEP/CAMRE Technical Secretariat/ESCWA)
27–28 Sep 01 Paris, France UNEP Consultative Meeting with Industry Associations 2001
27–28 Sep 01 Kouvola, Finland The Sustainable Information Society - Values and Everyday Life Conference (Town of Kouvola)
     

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C Other relevant Meetings  

October 2001    
Oct 01 To be confirmed Expert Group Meeting on Mitigation of Natural Disasters: A Gender Perspective
Oct 01
Bangkok, Thailand Asian Women's Conference on Gender, Finance and Sustainable Development (Asian Women's Network)
01–02 Oct 01 New York, USA Fourth Meeting of the CSD Bureau
01–04 Oct 01 Reykjavik, Iceland The Reykjavik Conference on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem (jointly organized and sponsored by FAO and the Governments of Iceland and Norway)
04–05 Oct 01 New York, USA Workshop organized by UNITAR/DESA as a contribution to the prep. process for WSSD
06–09 Oct 01  
WSSD

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