28 July – 15 August

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

8-26 September

9^th Session of the Human Rights Council

15 September – 3 October

49^th Session on the Committee on the Rights of the Child

20 October – 7 November

42ns session of the Committee on the Elimination of  all Forms of Discrimination against Women

17-21 November

Committee against Torture

1-12 December 2008

3rd session of the Universal Peer Review: Botswana, Bahamas, Burundi, Luxembourg, Barbados, Montenegro, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Liechtenstein, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Colombia, Uzbekistan, Tuvalu

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 Paris

3-5 September 2007

61^st  Annual DPI/NGO Conference: 60^th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

New York

14 April 2008

Special high level meetings of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD (New York)

21 April - 2 May, 2008

Permanent Forum on Indigenous IssuesClimate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges

5-16 May 2008

16^th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development

Themes:  Focus on Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Drought, Desertification and Africa; Review session on Water and Sanitation and Habitation policies adopted by CSD-13.

10-11 June

General Assembly, review of progress on declaration of commitment – HIV/AIDS

30 June- 18 July 2008

41st session Session of the Commission on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Nigeria, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Yemen

30 June – 25 July

Economic and Social Council – Substantive session including the Annual Ministerial Review, Development Cooperation Fair and the Economic and Social Council : Three segments- High level ministerial segment, coordination segment

16 September – December

63^rd session of the General Assembly:  Note: NGOs will probably not be allowed into the UN building until the first week in October.

29 November - 2 December 2008

Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus

2009

4-13 February

47 th Session of Commission for Social Development

Theme to be announced

2 March – 13 March 2008

53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

Theme: Sharing of responsibilities of women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS

7 – 11 April

42^st Session of the Commission on Population and Development

Theme: TBA

20 April – 1 May 2009

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Theme:  TBA

4-15 May 2009

17^th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development

Themes: Policy session:  Focus on Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Drought, Desertification and Africa;