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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
|
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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 |
| |
|
|
|
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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 |
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|
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24–25
Oct 01
|
Cairo,
Egypt |
Regional
Prepcom |
West Asia |
| |
|
|
|
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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 |
| |
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24–25
Sep 01
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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
|
Go to A Regional Prepcoms B Regional Roundtables C Other relevant Meetings
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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) |
Go to A Regional Prepcoms B Regional Roundtables C Other relevant Meetings
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C. OTHER RELEVANT MEETINGS
April to December 2001
|
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) |
Go to A Regional Prepcoms B Regional Roundtables C Other relevant Meetings
|
|
May
2001 |
|
|
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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 |
Go to A Regional Prepcoms B Regional Roundtables C Other relevant Meetings
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June 2001 |
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4–8
Jun 01 |
Tokyo,
Japan |
Fourth Expert Working
Group Meeting on Environmental Management Accounting
(organized by DESA/Gov't. of Japan)
|
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5–15
Jun 01 |
Greece |
Conference on Islands
and Renewable Energies |
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6–8
Jun 01 |
Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada |
Canadian Conference
on Oceans Stewardship |
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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) |
Go to A Regional Prepcoms B Regional Roundtables C Other relevant Meetings
|
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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 |
Go to A Regional Prepcoms B Regional Roundtables C Other relevant Meetings
|
|
Sep
2001 |
|
|
2–9
Sep 01 |
Baku,
Azerbaijan |
Youth Earth Summit,
YES2001 (Peace Child International) |
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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) |
Go to A Regional Prepcoms B Regional Roundtables C Other relevant Meetings
|
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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 |
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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 |
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06–09
Oct 01 |
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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.
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