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8-22 January 1999, Costa Rica :
NGO/GOVERNMENT OF COSTA RICA INITIATIVE ON UNDERLYING CAUSES OF
DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION. This meeting will be organized
by NGOs and the Government of Costa Rica in cooperation with UNEP.
For information contact: Global Secretariat, Simone Lovera, e-mail:
slovera@nciucn.nl
21 January 1999, Geneva: LA
MONDIALISATION EST-ELLE UNE GUERRE DE RELIGION?, with Fabrizio
Sebelli, sociologist. This conference will be held at 8.30 p.m. at
55 Ave Wendt, Geneva, Switzerland.
25-29 January 1999, Nairobi, Kenya: SECOND MEETING OF
THE POPS INC. This will be the Second Meeting of the
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for Persistent Organic
Pollutants. For information contact: UNEP Chemicals (IRPTC), tel:
(41-22) 979-9111, fax: 797-3460, e- mail: jwillis@unep.ch, web: http://irptc.unep.ch/pops/
27 January 1999, Geneva: Informal Inter-sessional
meeting of the Special Session of the General Council, on
recommendations concerning other possible future work on the basis
of the work programme initiated at Singapore; recommendations
arising from consideration of other matters concerning their
multilateral trade relations; and organisation of future work. For
information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
27 January 1999, Brussels: NGO
MEETING WITH THE EC ON INVESTMENT AND ENVIRONMENT. The European
Commission is inviting NGOs to two meetings (to be held back to back
on 27 January) on future WTO negotiations on investment and on
environment. Thus far there has been only lukewarm response from the
NGO community, and all NGOs are encouraged to attend. NGOs need to
reply as soon as possible if they wish to attend. For information
contact Brigitte Nau at the EC, tel: (32-2) 296-8332, fax:
296-9309.
28 January 1999,
London: CATHOLIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (CIIR)
CONFERENCE ON THE EUROPEAN AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE AND TRADE.
Participants include WTO, FAO and EU among others. For more
information contact Sabrina Varma, tel: (44-171) 354-0883.
28-29 January 1999, The Hague,
Netherlands: CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND THE
ENVIRONMENT. Organised by the OECD's Centre for Cooperation with
Non-Members and the Environment Policy Committee as part of the
Emerging Market Economy Forum. For information contact the CCNM at 2
rue André-Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France, tel: (33-1)
45-24-83-60, fax: (33-1) 45-24-91-77.
28 January-28 February 1999, Geneva: WTO FORUM ON
LOW-INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE GATT/WTO FRAMEWORK. If you
wish to register and participate in this event please write to tessa.jurin@wto.org . For
background information on the issue-area, and to enter the forum, go
to http://www.wto.org/forums/forum.htm
30-31 January 1999, New Delhi,
India: SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION:
LESSONS FROM TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES. Representatives from federal
and regional Indian governments, agricultural scientists, industry,
not-for-profit groups and farmers organisations will be attending.
Topics: crop production, seed development, plant protection,
storage, processing, water management, animal husbandry. For
information contact Rita Sharma at rita@krishi.delhi.nic.in
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1-2 February 1999, Geneva,
Switzerland: ICTSD DIALOGUE ON TRADE POLICY AND
SUSTAINABILITY: THE REGIONAL APPROACHES. The first in an annual
series of conferences in Geneva focusing on regional integration
approaches to issues of trade liberalization and sustainable
development. Policy-makers and civil society representatives
exchange information on the sustainability objectives and
performance of regional integration schemes; the management of
sustainable development at the regional level and their relation to
multilateral concerns and the global environment. For information
contact Miguel Jiminez-Pont, tel: (41-22) 979-9478, fax: (41-22)
979-9093, e-mail: mjimenez@ictsd.ch
1-5 February 1999, Nairobi: UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL
MEETING. For information contact: B. Miller, UNEP, tel: (254-2)
62-3411, fax: 62- 3748, e-mail: millerb@unep.org
5-7 February 1999, Brussels: CONFERENCE
ON THE SOCIAL, GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENTS OF THE WTO
NEGOTIATIONS. The International Coalition of Development Action
(ICDA), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-International), Oxfam UK,
and Greenpeace are jointly hosting this meeting. For information
contact ICDA at 115 Rue Stévin, B-1040 Bruxelles BELGIUM,
fax: (32-2) 230-0348, e-mail: icda@skynet.be , web: http://www.icda.be
6-7 February 1999, Nairobi, Kenya: INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION AND THE CONVENTION ON
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: AFRICA AND THE REVIEW AND REVISION OF THE
TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (TRIPs)
AGREEMENT. Organised by the African Centre for Technology Studies
(ACTS) and UNEP and sponsored by the Swedish International
Development Agency (SIDA). Objective: to prepare African delegations
to effectively participate in the TRIPs review through heightened
awareness of the issues at stake, particularly regarding synergies
and conflicts with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Corollary objective: formulation of a unified approach to the
review. Limited funding is available for authors from developing
countries to submit papers and for participation at the Conference.
For information contact: Robert Lettington or Mita Manek, ACTS, P.O.
Box 45917, Nairobi, Kenya; tel: (254-2) 521-450-5, fax: 52100, U.S.
tel: (1-650) 833-6645, U.S. fax: 833-6646, e-mail: acts@form-net.com
11 February 1999, Geneva: WTO DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT BODY INFORMAL MEETING to discuss the ongoing review of
the Dispute Settlement Understanding. For information contact Nuch
Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
17 February 1999, Geneva: WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY.
For information contact Nuch Nazeer as above.
18 February 1999, Brussels : NGO MEETING
WITH WTO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RUGGIERO ON WTO AND CIVIL SOCIETY:
"The New Multilateral Trade Negotiations--The European Union
and its Developing Country Partners: An Agenda for Action". For
information contact Alain Frank, WTO Director External Relations,
tel: (41-22) 739-5152, fax: 739-5777.
18-19 February 1999, Geneva: WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND
ENVIRONMENT. For information contact Hans-Peter Werner, WTO, tel:
(41-22) 739-5286.
22 February
1999: WTO COMMITTEE ON RULES OF ORIGIN. For information
contact Luis Ople, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5374.
22-26 February 1999, New York:
MEETINGS OF COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AD HOC
INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP. The CSD Ad hoc Working Group will meet
on matters related to Consumption and Production Patterns, including
recommendations for sustainable consumption for inclusion in the UN
Guidelines for Consumer Protection and Tourism. For information
contact Zehra Aydin-Sipos, Division for Sustainable Development,
tel: (1-212) 963-8811, fax: (1-212) 963- 1267, e-mail: aydin@un.org, web: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/
23 February 1999, Brussels:NGO MEETING WITH EC ON
"WTO NEW ROUND ISSUES" : Tariffs, Trade Facilitation and
Competition. For information contact H. Jouanjean (Chief of WTO
directorate), tel: (32-2) 299-1081, fax: 299-0900, e-mail: helen.beckman@dg1.cec.be
24 February 1999: WTO DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT BODY MEETING. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO,
tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
24-26
February 1999, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: ILUMEX SEMINAR ON
HIGH EFFICIENCY LIGHTING PILOT PROJECT.
Comision Federal de Electricidad, the main electric public
utility of Mexico, is organising an international seminar to
disseminate the results of ILUMEX (High Efficiency Lighting Pilot
Project) with emphasis on commercial aspects, laboratory tests, and
impacts on the electric system and the environment. For information
contact Mr. Francisco Rodriguez, fax: (3) 12443-98, e-mail: filumex@mail.udg.mx
24-26 February 1999, San Francisco,
U.S.A.: FROM FIELD TO FASHION: AN APPAREL AND TEXTILE
INDUSTRY FORUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN COTTON AGRICULTURE.
Sponsored by Levi Strauss & Co, Patagonia, and Eddie Bauer, this
conference will explore various approaches to addressing
environmental stewardship in cotton agriculture. Registration US$
500. For information contact Environmental Resource Specialists,
Inc., tel: (1-303) 690-4245, e-mail: lindas@nexus.interealm.com,
web: http://www.levistrauss.com/cotton
25-26 February 1999: SPECIAL SESSION OF THE WTO GENERAL
COUNCIL FOR THE THIRD MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE. For information
contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
26 February 1999: WTO COMMITTEE ON RULES
OF ORIGIN. For information contact Luis Ople, WTO, (41-22)
739-5374.
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1 March 1999, Geneva: WTO SUB-COMMITTEE ON
LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. For information contact Lucie Giraud,
WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5075.
1-3 March 1999, Toronto, Canada: CANADA'S NRTEE
WORKSHOP ON EMISSIONS TRADING CLIMATE CHANGE. Canada's National
Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) is holding an
international workshop entitled "Domestic Greenhouse Gas
Emissions Trading Programs, A Comparison of Progress Around the
World". It will examine emissions trading schemes under
consideration by a number of Annex 1 countries. For a preliminary
program and registration information contact Elizabeth Atkinson,
Senior Policy Advisor, NRTEE, 344 Slater Street, Suite 200, Ottawa,
Ontario K1R 7Y3, fax: (1-613) 992-7385, e-mail: atkinson@nrtee-trnee.ca
web: http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca
2 March 1999, Geneva: FUTURE MULTILATERAL TRADE
NEGOTIATIONS: A DEVELOPMENT ROUND? A public address by the Rt. Hon.
Ms. Clare Short, Secretary of State for International Development,
U.K. at a special meeting of the Trade and Development Board of the
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Will take place at
Palais des Nations, Room XVII (E-Building) 16:45-18:00. All are
welcome to attend and participate in the discussions following the
address. Interpretation into the six official languages of the UN
will be provided. For more information contact UNCTAD Secretariat at
(41-22) 917-5048.
2 March 1999,
Geneva: WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT. For
information contact Lucie Giraud, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5075,
e-mail: lucie.giraud@wto.org
3 March 1999, Geneva: WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY. For
information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
3 March 1999, Brussels:EC-NGO
MEETING ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE WTO. In
addition to presentations by DG I and DG VIII, issues to be
discussed include an agenda for the new round, Least-Developed
Countries, Coherence and Capacity-Building, and the process from now
until the third WTO Ministerial Meeting in November/December 1999.
For more information contact Helen Beckman at the European
Commission, tel: (32-2) 299-1081, fax: 299-0900, e-mail: helen.beckman@dg1.cec.be .
Participation is due to be confirmed by Friday 26 February.
4 March 1999, Geneva: WTO-NGO
BRIEFING. This briefing will take place from 3-4.30 p.m. and will
cover recent meetings of the Dispute Settlement Body, meetings of
the Special Session of the General Council, the Committee on Trade
and Environment of 18-19 February, and the High-Level Symposia on
Trade and Development and on Trade and Environment. The WTO
Secretariat will be represented by Gabrielle Marceau, from the Legal
Affairs Division, Jorge Vigano from the Trade and Environment
Division and Claude Trolliet, from the External Relations Division.
The briefing will take place at the Geneva Executive Centre,
Conference Room 2, 11-13 Chemin des Anémones (Chatelaine).
For information, contact Dagmar Timmer at ICTSD, (41-22) 917-8352 or
at dtimmer@ictsd.ch
5 March 1999, Brussels: THE CAP
REFORM/AGENDA 2000, THE AGRICULTURE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT, AND THE
NEXT WTO ROUND. This Public Conference is hosted by the Association
européenne de formation paysanne et rurale (European Training
Association for Farming and Rural Affairs). Venue: Salle Benelux,
Eurovillage, Bd Charlemagne 80, Brussels (Metro Schuman). For
information contact the AEFP at Rue Stevin 115, 1000 Bruxelles,
Belgium, tel: (32-2) 230-3694, fax: 230-9697. With the support of
the European Commission (DG VI - AII-1).
9 March 1999, Geneva: UNCTAD-NGO PREPARATORY MEETING
FOR UNCTAD X CONFERENCE. The broad theme for the Conference is:
Developmental Strategies in an increasingly interdependent world:
applying the lessons of the past to make globalization an effective
instrument for the development of all countries and all people. This
will form part of the organization's preparatory activities for its
tenth quadrennial Conference, UNCTAD X, to be held on 12-20 February
2000. The discussion seeks to inform non-governmental organizations
and other civil society bodies of the processes leading up to UNCTAD
X and issues to be addressed at the Conference, and to allow for the
formulation of ideas and input into the intergovernmental process.
For information contact Alisa Clarke, NGO Liaison Officer, tel:
(41-22) 917-5714, fax: 907 0043, e-mail: Alisa.Clarke@unctad.org .
10-11 March 1999, Geneva: WTO
COMMITTEE ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES. For
information contact Peter Ungphakorn, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5412.
11 March 1999, Geneva: WTO
COMMITTEE ON MARKET ACCESS. For information contact Luis Ople, WTO,
tel: (41-22) 739-5374.
11-13 March
1999, Ahmedabad, India: WORKSHOP ON CRITERIA AND INDICATORS
OF SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A NATURAL RESOURCE
PERSPECTIVE. Organized in collaboration with UNESCO. For information
contact Prof. Anil K. Gupta, IIM, Ahmedabad 380015, India, e-mail:
Anilg@iimahd.ernet.in , web: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~anilg/unesco
15 March, Geneva: INTERNATIONAL TRADE
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR: COMPATIBILITY
OR CONFLICT? From 17:45 - 19:45. Location: 69, rue de Lausanne,
third floor, Geneva. Speakers include Mr. Thorer IBSEN (Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Iceland - Department of Environment) and Mr.
Terry GARCIA (United States Department of Commerce - National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). For information contact
Miguel Jiménez-Pont, ICTSD, tel: 917 8492, email:
ictsd@ictsd.ch
15-16 March
1999, Geneva: HIGH-LEVEL SYMPOSIUM ON TRADE AND
ENVIRONMENT. For information contact WTO Trade and Environment
Division, tel: (41-22) 739-5383.
16 March, Geneva: THE SOCIAL DIMENSION IN INTERNATIONAL
TRADE RULES: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS. This event, organized in
collaboration with the Institute of International Workers'
Education, will take place from 13:45 to 15:45 in room 2 of the
Geneva Executive Centre, 13, ave. des Anémones. Speakers:
Carlos Lopez (Graduate Institute for International Studies) and
Brewster Grace (Quaker United Nations Office). For information
contact Miguel Jiménez-Pont, ICTSD, tel: 917 8492, email:
ictsd@ictsd.ch
17-18 March
1999, Geneva: HIGH-LEVEL SYMPOSIUM ON TRADE AND
DEVELOPMENT. For information contact WTO Development division,
tel: (41-22) 739-5119.
17-19 March
1999, Geneva: WTO
TEXTILES MONITORING BODY. For information contact Luis
Ople, WTO, (41-22) 739-5374.
19 March 1999, Geneva: WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY. For
information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
18-21 March, Geneva: STRATEGY
SESSION ON HOW TO STOP THE WTO "MILLENNIUM ROUND." For
information contact Olivier Hoedeman, Corporate Europe Observatory
(CEO), tel/fax: (31-20) 618-0297, e-mail: paxaran@antenna.nl
19 March, Geneva: WORKSHOP ON
HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACHES TO TRADE AND INVESTMENT. This workshop
will be facilitated by the UN Non- Governmental Liaison Service
(NGLS). Location: Palais des Nations, rm. XXVII at 14:30. To
register please contact NGLS no later than Wednesday 17 March. For
more information contact Anne Kawuki, tel: (41- 22) 917- 2090, fax:
917-0049, e-mail: anne.kawuki@unctad.org
19 March 1999, Boston, MA: COMPETING COMPETITION LAWS:
DO WE NEED A GLOBAL STANDARD? This programme will be presented by
the New England Centre for International Law & Policy at the New
England School of Law (American Society of International Law
Regional Meeting). Eleanor Fox of New York University will give an
introduction to "The Tension between National Laws and 'Global'
Trade." For information contact Michael P. Scharf, New England
School of Law, tel: (1-617) 457-3009; fax: 422-7453, e-mail: mscharf@fac.nesl.edu, web: http://www.asil.org/schmtg.htm
20 March 1999, Washington, DC: FOURTH INTERNATIONAL
WILDLIFE LAW CONFERENCE. The annual International Wildlife Law
Conference brings together members of the academic, governmental and
non-governmental communities to address critical issues related to
the role of international legal regimes to protect endangered
species of flora and fauna. For information contact the Washington
College of Law, American University, 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW,
Washington, DC, e-mail: JIWLP@earthling.net, web: http://www.eelink.net/~asilwildlife/
22-23 March 1999, Geneva: WTO COUNCIL
FOR TRADE IN SERVICES. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO,
tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
22-23 March
1999, Geneva: WTO WORKING GROUP ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
TRADE AND INVESTMENT. For information contact Luis Ople, WTO,
(41-22) 739-5374.
22-24 March,
Geneva: UNCTAD EXPERT MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
AGREEMENTS. For information contact Jo Elizabeth Butler, UN
Conference on Trade and Development, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva
10, Switzerland, tel: (41-22) 907-0043, e-mail: jo.butler@unctad.org, web: http://www.unctad.org
23-26 March 1999, Bangkok, Thailand: ECONOMIC
SOVEREIGNTY IN A GLOBALISING WORLD: CREATING PEOPLE-CENTRED
ECONOMICS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. Organised by FOCUS On The Global
South, this conference is being held on the campus of Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, Thailand. For information contact Geoffrey
Keele at tel: (66-2) 218-7363, e-mail: g.keele@focusweb.org. For those who
are interested there is also a conference web site at:http://nervousx.hypermart.net/focus
23 March 1999, Geneva: WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS.
For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
24-26 March, Geneva: EXPERT
MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS: CONCEPTS ALLOWING
FOR A CERTAIN FLEXIBILITY IN THE INTEREST OF PROMOTING GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT. The meeting will open at the Palais des Nations at
10:00. It will be in pursuance of paragraph 89 (b) of "A
Partnership for Growth and Development". The provisional
agenda, together with the secretariat's annotations thereto, will be
circulated as document TD/B/COM.2/EM.5/1. For more information or to
register, contact the UNCTAD secretariat, Intergovernmental Support
Services, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, fax: (41-22)
907-0056, e-mail: correspondence@unctad.org
24-25 March, New York, U.S.: FIFTH
EXPERT MEETING ON INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Hosted by
the United Nations DESA. For information contact Birgitte Bryld,
Focal Point for Indicators of Sustainable Development, tel: (1-212)
963-8400, fax: 963-1267 e-mail: bryld@un.org
24 and 26 March 1999, Geneva: GENERAL
COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION ON THIRD MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE. Suggested
focus: proposals on paragraph 9(a) of the Ministerial Declaration.
For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
25-26 March 1999, Leeds, U.K.:
FIFTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
CONFERENCE. The conference provides a forum for discussion and
debate on how to move forward toward a more sustainable future. For
information, contact: ERP Environment, P.O.Box 75, Shipley, West
Yorkshire BD17 6EZ, United Kingdom, tel. (44-1274) 530-408, fax:
(44-1274) 530-409.
25-26 March
1999, Geneva: WTO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. for information
contact Peter Ungphakorn, WTO, (41-22) 739-5412.
25-26 March 1999, Geneva: WTO COUNCIL
FOR TRADE IN SERVICES. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO,
(41-22) 739-5393.
30 March
1999, Geneva: WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS. For information
contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
31 March 1999, Geneva: WTO COMMITTEE ON
TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE. For information contact Luis Ople, WTO,
tel: (41-22) 739-5374.
31 March, Geneva: WTO GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING. For
information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
31 March, Geneva: WTO DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT BODY, Informal meeting on the Dispute Settlement Review.
For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
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5-9 April, Pretoria, South Africa:
ENVIRONMENT QUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS: PLANNING
OPPORTUNITY OR THREAT? For information contact the UPE 3-PTA
Symposium Organiser, tel: (27-12) 337-4167, fax: (27-12) 337- 4158,
e-mail: hneethl@gpmc.org.za,
web: http://upe3.up.ac.za/
6-8 April, Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire: COMMERCE
INTERNATIONAL, ENVIRONNEMENT ET DEVELOPPEMENT EN AFRIQUE
SUB-SAHARIENNE. For
information contact Stéphane Guéneau, Solagral, Parc
Scientifique Agropolis, Batiment 14, 34397 Montpellier cedex 5,
France, tel: (33-4) 99 23 22 80 or 99 23 22 86, fax: 99 23 24 61,
e-mail: stephane.gueneau@ensam.inra.fr,
web: http://www.rio.net/solagral
7-9 April, Geneva: WTO TEXTILES MONITORING BODY. For information contact Luis Ople,
WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5374.
8 April,
Geneva: WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY. Informal meeting on the Dispute Settlement
Review. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22)
739-5393.
12-13 April 1999, Geneva:
WTO GENERAL COUNCIL INFORMAL MEETING ON THIRD MINISTERIAL
CONFERENCE. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22)
739-5393.
14 April 1999, Geneva:
WTO GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel:
(41-22) 739-5393.
15 April,
Geneva:
WTO-NGO BRIEFING. On the agenda: Special Session of
the General Council preparation process of the Ministerial
Conference in November; and Regular Session of the General Council
expected to agree on the designation of the next WTO Director
General. Location: WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154,
Geneva, Room C, time: 15:00-16:30. For information contact Miguel
Jimenez-Pont, ICTSD, tel: (41-22) 979-9478, e-mail: mjimenez@ictsd.ch
15 April, Geneva : WTO DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT BODY. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel:
(41-22) 739-5393.
15 April,
Geneva : INFORMAL MEETING OF THE WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY,
on the Review of the DSU. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO,
tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
16-17 April
1999, Cambridge, U.K.: NEW FRONTIERS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW:
THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF THE WTO. This conference is presented by the Lauterpacht
Research Centre for International Law and the British Branch of the
International Law Association. Fees range from £50 to
£250. For more information contact Glen Howard, Lauterpacht
Research Centre for International Law, 5 Cranmer Road, Cambridge,
CB3 9BL, U.K., tel: (44-1223) 335-358, fax: 300-406, e-mail: gh10008@hermes.cam.ac.uk
17 April, Geneva : SYMPOSIUM ON
COMPETITION POLICY AND THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM: THE
RELEVANCE OF FUNDAMENTAL WTO PRINCIPLES, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF COMPETITION POLICY TO WTO OBJECTIVES. This
symposium, organised by will take place at the World Trade
Organization, 154 rue de Lausanne, Geneva, beginning at 9:15 a.m.
For information, contact Rob Anderson, tel (41-22) 739-5198.
19-20 April: WTO WORKING GROUP
ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TRADE AND COMPETITION POLICY. For information contact Hans-Peter
Werner, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5286.
19-[20] April, Geneva: WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN
SERVICES. For information
contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
19-30 April 1999, New York: COMMISSION
ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SEVENTH SESSION. The seventh session will
focus on, inter alia, the themes of consumption and production
patterns, including recommendations for sustainable consumption for
inclusion in the UN guidelines for consumer protection; tourism; and
preparations for CSD-9 on issues related to energy. For information
contact Zehra Aydin-Sipos, Division for Policy Co-ordination and
ECOSOC Affairs, UN, New York, NY 10017, U.S., tel: (1-212) 963-8811,
fax: 963-1267, e-mail: aydin@un.org, web: http://www.un.org/dpcsd/dsd/
21 April, Geneva: INFORMAL MEETING OF THE WTO DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT BODY, on the Review of the DSU. For information contact
Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
21-22 April: WTO
COUNCIL FOR TRIPs. For
information contact Peter Ungphakorn, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5075.
21-24 April, Brisbane, Australia:
SECOND ASIA-PACIFIC CLEANER PRODUCTION ROUNDTABLE AND TRADE
EXPO. For information contact the Queensland Cleaner Production Task
Force Association (QCPTA), e-mail: enquiry@globalgroup.com.au
22 April, Brussels: THE AGENDA
OF THE EU FOR THE MILLENNIUM ROUND.
This hearing is organised by the Committee on External
Economic Relations of the European Parliament in order to try to
create a wider debate on forthcoming WTO trade negotiations at the
WTO. It will have participation of representatives of the EC and
other governments (probably including Brazil and Canada) and NGOs.
To participate or for information contact the Secretariat of the REX
Committee (tel: (32) 284- 3629) or Paul-Emile Dupret, United Left
Group (GUE/NGL), European Parliament, fax: 284 9151, e-mail: pdupret@europarl.eu.int
26-27 April, Geneva: WTO
COMMITTEE ON ANTI-DUMPING PRACTICES (Ad-hoc Group on
Implementation). For information contact Luis Ople, WTO, tel:
(41-22) 739-5374.
26-27 April,
Geneva: WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES. For information
contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
26-28 April, Geneva: EXPERT MEETING ON
TRADE IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. Hosted by the UNCTAD Commission on
Trade in Goods and Services to "examine trade in the
agricultural sector, with a view to expanding the agricultural
exports of developing countries, and to assisting them in better
understanding the issues at stake in the upcoming agricultural
negotiations." For information contact UNCTAD secretariat,
Intergovernmental Support Services, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva
10, tel: (41-22) 907-5007, fax: 907-0056, e-mail: correspondence@unctad.org
27-28 April, Brussels: FROM THE
MAI TO THE MILLENNIUM ROUND; SETTING A DIFFERENT AGENDA FOR
FRAMEWORKS ON INVESTMENT AND TRADE. Hosted by The Green Group in the European Parliament.
This International Conference in the European Parliament will bring
together people opposing further economic and financial deregulation
and seeking alternatives. To register or for information contact
Gaby Küppers, The Greens in the European Parliament, rue
Wiertz, LEO 02 C 65, 1047 Bruxelles, tel: (32-2) 284-3392, fax:
(32-2) 284-4915, e-mail: gkuppers@europarl.eu.int
28 April, Geneva: WTO DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT BODY.
For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22)
739-5393.
29 April, Boulder,
Colorado, U.S.: LAUNCHING THE PEOPLE'S MILLENNIUM,
CHALLENGING CORPORATE CONTROL OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. Presented by Alliance For Democracy.
For information contact Alliance for Democracy, P.O. Box 683,
Lincoln, Mass. 01773, tel: (1-781) 259-9395, e-mail: Peoplesall@aol.com
28-29 April, Washington, DC:
DEMOCRATISING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: SETTING THE AGENDA. National
Environmental Policy Institute's (NEPI)'s Biennial Environmental
Policy Summit. The registration fee is $US 299.00 for Academic/
Government and $US 399.00 for others. To register or for information
contact Amy at tel: (1-202) 857-4784, e-mail: TDietzVT@AOL.COM, web: http://www.nepi.org
29 April, New York:UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
(ECOSOC) HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE WITH THE BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS.
For information contact the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service
(NGLS), Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, tel:
(41-22) 917-2078, fax: 917-0049, e- mail: ngls@unctad.org
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May-July, Université d'Anvers, Flanders,
Belgium: COURS EN PLANIFICATION, GESTION ET EVALUATION
PARTICIPATIVES DES ACTIONS DE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLES.
La date limitée d'inscription
est le 31 mars. Pour information contacter Karin Mercelis, Vakgroep
Ontwikkelingsstudies, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgique, tel:
(32-3) 220-4111, fax: 220-4420, e-mail: karin.mercelis@ufsia.ac.be
3-14 May, Geneva: THIRD SESSION
OF THE UN INTERGOVERNMENTAL FORUM ON FORESTS. For information
contact the Secretariat of the United Nations Intergovernmental
Forum on Forests, Two United Nations Plaza, 12th Floor, New York, NY
10017 USA, tel: (1-212) 963-3401: fax: 963-3463, web: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iff.htm
3-4 May, Geneva: WTO GENERAL
COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION (3rd MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE PREPARATIONS).
For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
4 May 1999, Washington, DC: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
FACILITY NGO CONSULTATION. For information contact GEF Secretariat,
1818 H Street NW, Washington D.C. 20433, U.S., tel: (1-202)
473-0508, fax: 522-3240 or 522 3245, web: http://www.gefweb.org
4-6 May 1999, Washington DC: IEA INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
ON TECHNOLOGIES TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. This workshop is
co-sponsored by the International Energy Agency and the U.S.
Department of Energy. For more information contact John Newman, IEA,
tel: (33-1) 4057-6715, fax: 4057-6749, e-mail: john.newman@iea.orgor Jeffery
Dowd, U.S. Department of Energy; tel: (1-202) 586-7258, fax:
586-4447, e-mail: jeff.dowd@hq.doe.gov. 6 May, Geneva: WTO
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO,
tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
9-10 May,
Berlin: EU TRADE MINISTER'S MEETING. On the agenda: the
proposed WTO Millennium Round. For information on NGO activities
around this event, contact Olivier Hoedeman at paxaran@antenna.nl
10-11 May, Brussels:THE COMMON
AGRICULTURAL POLICY (CAP): FINDING COMMON GROUND - PUTTING HEALTH,
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THE CORE OF A FOOD
POLICY FOR EUROPE. For information contact Jeanette Longfield,
e-mail: nationalfoodalliance@compuserve.com
17-18 May, Brussels: EU
MINISTERIAL MEETING ON AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL AFFAIRS (including
WTO). For information contact the European Council of
Ministers, tel: (32-2) 299-1111.
19-22 May, The Hague, Netherlands:CONFERENCE ON
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW A CENTURY AFTER THE HAGUE
PEACE CONFERENCE. Will include a session on "Globalisation: The
"WTO-Acquis" as Being Developed Through WTO-Panel
Decisions." Registration: US$ 525.00. For information contact
David Bederman, ASIL, PO Box 0164, Washington, DC, 20055-0164, fax:
(1-202) 797-7133, e-mail: lawdjb@law.emory.edu
18 May, Geneva: WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN
SERVICES. For information
contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5393.
19 May, Geneva: WTO INFORMAL MEETING ON REVIEW OF THE
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING. For information contact
Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
20-21 May, Geneva: WTO SPECIAL GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING,
on the 3rd Ministerial Conference. For information contact Nuch
Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
25 May, Managua, Nicaragua: SEMINAR: FOOD SAFETY AND
EXPORTING ISSUES FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM. Sponsored by the North-South Center, University of
Miami; Center for Agribusiness Policy Studies, Arizona State
University; Unión de Productores Agropecuarios de Nicaragua;
and Caribbean/Latin American Action. Location: Universidad
Americana, Managua, Nicaragua. For information contact Jerry Haar,
tel: (1-305) 284-8967, e-mail: jhaar@miami.edu
25-26 May 1999, Geneva: IUED COLLOQUIUM: SUSTAINABLE
TRADE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.
This conference will be hosted by the Institut
Universitaire D'Etudes du Developpement in partnership with E3
Funding and Technology and Le Temps. The colloquium is aimed
at anyone interested in sustainable trade, and--among others--aims
to clarify the emerging and alternative trade forms, their
characteristics, components and actors; and to assess the chances
for growth and contraction in the world trade system. For more
information contact E3, 14 avenue Trembley, 1209 Geneva, fax:
(41-22) 734-5484, e-mail: colcomdurable@gve.ch.
26 May, London: CONFERENCE: FROM
GLOBAL TO LOCAL: EXPLORING THE ALTERNATIVES TO GLOBALISATION. Organised by the Ecologist Magazine
in association with the International Society for Ecology and
Culture (ISEC). For information contact Ms. Renske van Staveren,
International Forum on Food & Agriculture (IFA), c/o Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), 2105 First Avenue South,
Minneapolis, MN, USA 55404-2505, tel: (1-612) 870-3423, fax: 4846,
rvanstaveren@iatp.org, web: http://www.iffah.org
26 May, Geneva: WTO MINISTERIAL
CONFERENCE - U.S. TASK FORCE MEETING WITH DELEGATIONS. For
information contact Peter Pedersen, WTO, (41-22) 739- 5848.
26 May, Geneva: WTO DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT BODY - Members will discuss, inter alia, the Beef-Hormone
Dispute and proposed nominations for the indicative list of
governmental and non-governmental panellists. For information
contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
28 May, Geneva: WTO-NGO BRIEFING. Topics include: preparations for the
Ministerial Conference in Seattle; Special Session of the General
Council (20 May); and Meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (26
May). Participants should confirm their attendance with the WTO
Secretariat. Contact either Alain Frank: alain.frank@wto.orgor Peter
Pedersen: peter.pedersen@wto.org . Time:
15:00. Place: WTO, 154 rue de Lausanne, Room 64.
28 May, Brussels:MEETING ON THE TRADE
AND CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MEXICO.
The meeting will include representatives of Mexican civil society
organisations, and will be an opportunity to learn about the nature
and implications of the agreement, and to discuss strategies for
joint lobbying initiatives. The working language will be Spanish,
although there will be assistance for French and English speakers.
For information and to confirm attendance contact Paul Wheeler,
CIFCA, Vlasfabriekstraat 11, B-1060 Brussels, Belgium, tel: (32-2)
536-1912, fax: 1943. e-mail: paul.wheeler@cifca.ngonet.be
30 May-18 June, Lund, Sweden:
EDUCATE THE EDUCATORS. Conference presented by the
International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at
Lund University and the UNEP Cleaner Production Working Group. For
information contact Jonathan Hobbs, UNEP Industry and Environment
Centre, Tour Mirabeau 39 43 quai André Citröen, 75739
Paris cedex 15, tel: (33-1) 4437-1450, fax: 1474, e-mail
unepie@unep.fr, web: http://www.unepie.org
30-31 May, Dresden, Germany: INFORMAL MEETING OF EU
MINISTERS ON AGRICULTURE (including CAP reform, WTO). For information contact the European
Council of Ministers, tel: (32-2) 299-1111.
31 May, Geneva:"COMPETITION POLICY
AT THE WTO - WHAT IS AT STAKE?" ICTSD will hold this informal
"café & croissants" meeting in the context of
current and forthcoming trade negotiations. Time: 10:00 - 12:30.
Place: Geneva Executive Centre, 13, chemin des Anémones, 1219
Geneva. For information contact Miguel Jiménez-Pont, ICTSD,
tel: (41-22) 917-8478, fax: 8093, e-mail: mjimenez@ictsd.ch
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1 June, Geneva: WTO GENERAL COUNCIL
MEETING. For information
contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
1-4 June, Geneva: WTO SPECIAL COURSE ON
THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY AND LDC
DELEGATIONS.
For information
contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
2 June, Geneva: SUB-COMMITTEE ON
LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES - on creation of a new sub-group for small
economies within LDCs and Developing Countries. For information
contact Lucie Giraud, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739- 5075.
2-4 June, Geneva:EXPERT MEETING ON
SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL AND NON- FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR SMALL MEDIUM
ENTERPRISES (SME) DEVELOPMENT. For information contact the UNCTAD
secretariat, tel: (41-22) 907-5007, fax: 0056, e-mail: correspondence@unctad.org
3 June, Geneva: WTO DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT BODY. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22)
739-5393.
3-4 June, Geneva:
WTO WORKING GROUP ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADE AND INVESTMENT. For
information contact Luis Ople, WTO, (41-22) 739-5374.
3-4 June, Cologne, Germany:
EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF HEADS OF EU STATES (including decisions
on agriculture, WTO) AND COUNTER-SUMMIT BY NGOs. For information
contact the European Council of Ministers, tel: (32-2) 299-1111, or
Myriam Vander Stichele, TNI, Paulus Potterstraat 20, NL-1071 DA
Amsterdam, Netherlands, tel: (31-20) 662-6608, fax: 675-7176,
e-mail: stichele@worldcom.nl
4 June, Geneva: COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND
DEVELOPMENT - on E-commerce and technical cooperation, and on CTD
input to Ministerial/forthcoming negotiations. For information
contact Lucie Giraud, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5075.
7-8 June, Geneva: INFORMAL MEETING OF
THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL (preparations for 3rd Ministerial Meeting).
For information contact Peter Pedersen, WTO, tel (41-22) 739-5848.
7-10 June 1999, Dundee,
Scotland: THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WATER CONFERENCE
"SECURING WATER RIGHTS AND MANAGING WATER SCARCITY: LAW AND
POLICY IN PRACTICE." Hosted by the Water Law and Policy
Programme, University of Dundee. Session 1: (7-8 June) National
Water Law and Policy; Session 2: (9-10 June) International Water Law
and Policy. Fee - £795 for 4 days - £495 for each two
day session.
10 June,
Brussels: UNCTAD-ICDA NGO BRIEFING ON UNCTAD X. This briefing
is in preparation for UNCTAD X, which will take place from 12 to 20
February 2000. It is mainly for Central and Southern European NGOs,
as briefings for Nordic and United Kingdom NGOs are also being
planned; but all NGOs are welcome to participate. For information
contact Hisako Nomura, ICDA, Rue Stévin 115, B-1000,
Brussels, tel: (32-2) 230-0430, fax: 230-5237, e-mail: icda@skynet.be, web: http://www.icda.be
10 June, Amherst, Massachusetts: SYMPOSIUM ON PUBLIC
HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING: APPLYING THE
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE. At this symposium, members of the public
and experts from public health, ecological, and agricultural
disciplines will discuss how the precautionary principle should
apply to genetic engineering technologies and organisms that have
public health implications. For information contact Lisa Foersom,
tel: (1-804) 828-1760, email: s2llfoer@atlas.vcu.edu
10-11 June, Geneva: WTO WORKING
GROUP ON TRADE AND COMPETITION POLICY. For information contact
Hans-Peter Werner, WTO, tel: (41-22) 739-5286.
11 June, Geneva: WTO COMMITTEE ON
TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE. For information contact Luis Ople, WTO,
tel: (41-22) 739-5374.
11-12 June,
Brussels:POLICY FORUM: GENDER FOCUS ON THE WTO--Advocacy and
Strategy Planning for the Third WTO Ministerial Conference. Jointly
hosted by ICDA and Global Publications Foundation. The purpose of
this Policy Forum is to focus on various angles of gender, human
rights and sustainable development in relation to international
trade. There is no Conference fee. For information contact ICDA, Rue
Stévin 115, B-1000, Brussels, Tel: (32-2) 230-0430, fax:
5237, email: icda@skynet.be, web: http://www.icda.be
12 June, Geneva: UNCTAD ANNUAL CONSULTATION WITH TRADE
UNIONS. Items on the agenda include preparations for the 3rd WTO
Ministerial, preparations for UNCTAD X to be held in February 2000,
and UNCTAD's role in corporate social responsibility. For
information contact Alisa Clarke, UNCTAD, tel: (41-22) 917-1234,
email: alisa.clarke@unctad.org
14-15 June, London, UK: IMPLEMENTING THE KYOTO
PROTOCOL. Hosted by the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
The issues to be covered will include both governmental and
industrial implementation initiatives, impacts on international
trade and the GATT, and the issues concerning developing countries,
the clean development mechanism and technology transfer.
Registration fee: £934.13. For information contact Georgina
Wright, RIIA Conference Unit, Chatham House, 10 St. James's Square,
London SW1Y 4LE, UK, tel: (44-171) 957-5700/957-5754, fax:
321-2045/957-5710, email: gwright@riia.org
14-25 June: SECOND ANNUAL EXECUTIVE
PROGRAM ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT. Organised by Harvard
Institute for International Development. For information contact
Theodore Panayatou, HIID, tel: (1- 617) 495-9173, fax: (1-617)
496-3956, email: tpanayot@hiid.harvard.edu, web:
www.hiid.harvard.edu
15 June, Geneva: WTO GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING - on
selection of new Director- General. For information contact Keith
Rockwell, (41-22) 739-5007.
16 June, Geneva: WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND
DEVELOPMENT. For information contact Lucie Giraud, WTO, (41-22)
739-5075.
16 June, Geneva:
WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY. For information contact Nuch Nazeer,
WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
17 June
(moved forwards from 21 June), Geneva: WTO GENERAL COUNCIL
SPECIAL SESSION (preparations for 3rd Ministerial Meeting).
Suggested focus of the meeting: organisation and management of the
work programme to be agreed on at Seattle, including structure and
time-frames. For information contact Peter Pedersen, WTO, tel
(41-22) 739-5848.
17-18 June,
Miami, Florida: SECOND MEETING OF THE FTAA COMMITTEE OF
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ON CIVIL SOCIETY. This Committee receives
inputs from civil society, analyses them and presents the range of
views to the FTAA Trade Ministers. For information contact the FTAA
Secretariat, 100 Chopin Plaza, Plaza Level, Miami, Florida
33131-2140 U.S.A., tel: (1-305) 381-9043, email: ftaadoc@bellsouth.net, web: http://alca-ftaa.org/
18 June, Geneva: WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY - Informal
Meeting on the Review of the Dispute Settlement Understanding. For
information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
18 June:A DAY OF PROTEST,
ACTION, AND CARNIVAL IN FINANCIAL CENTRES ACROSS THE GLOBE.
June 18th will be an international day of action aimed at the heart
of the global economy: the financial centres, banking districts and
multinational corporation power bases. The idea is to encourage as
many movements and groups as possible to organise their own
autonomous protests on the same day (June 18th), in the same
geographical locations around the world. For information send an
e-mail to listproc@gn.apc.org
with the following request: subscribe J18DISCUSSION Your Email
Address. Messages sent to the listserv will automatically go to
other interested groups around the world to facilitate wider
discussion. Or visit the website at http://www.gn.apc.org/june18
18 June, Brussels: 4TH ANNUAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE
WTO CONFERENCE. Speakers include Deputy USTR Rita Hayes and former
Chairman of the General Council of the WTO John Weekes. For
information contact Nick May, Cameron May Ltd., 69-71 Bondway,
London SW8 1SQ, UK, tel: (44-0) 171-582-7567, fax: 793-8353, email:
conferences@cameronmay.com,
web: http://www.cameronmay.com
21 June, Geneva: WTO WORKING PARTY ON GATS
RULES. For information contact
Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22) 739-5393.
21 June: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY, informal meeting on
DSU review. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22)
739-5393.
21-22 June, Brussels:
GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF MINISTERS (potentially discussing
the EU's WTO position). For information contact the European Council
of Ministers, tel: (32-2) 299-1111.
21-23 June 1999, Geneva: WORKSHOP ON AGRICULTURE, TRADE
AND THE WTO. A follow-up of last year's meeting, organised by the
German Protestant Farmers' Association (Rudi Buntzel-Cano) and IATP
(Sophia Murphy). The agenda includes: meeting the negotiators from
the various groups of the WTO; conceptualising an NGO strategy for
the Agricultural Negotiations of the Millennium Round; preparing for
the WTO Ministerial Conference in Seattle; discussion over the draft
NGO position paper. For information contact Sophia Murphy, Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2105 First Avenue South, Suite
303, Minneapolis MN 55404, USA, tel: (1-612) 870-0453, fax:
870-4846, email: smurphy@iatp.org
21-25 June, Washington, DC:WORKSHOP ON
MANAGING TRANSACTIONS AND LEGAL RISK IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE. Hosted by American University.
Registration fee: US$ 1 850.00. For information contact American
University-Washington College of Law, Office of Special Programs and
Advanced Legal Studies, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC 20016, USA, tel: (1-202) 274-4075, fax: 274-4079, email: spals@wcl.american.edu, web: http://www.wcl.american.edu/workshop
21-25 June, Dundee, Scotland: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR MINING DEVELOPMENT: INDUSTRY
CONSOLIDATION, THE ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION.Hosted by the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and
Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee. Fee - £975. For
information on these two events contact University of Dundee, DD1
4HN, Scotland, UK, tel: (44-1382) 344300, fax: 322578, email: cpmlp@dundee.ac.uk
22 June, Geneva: WTO SPECIAL GENERAL
COUNCIL (on 3rd Ministerial
Conference). For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22)
739-5393.
22 June, Brussels:
EC MEETING WITH NGOs, on preparations of the next WTO
negotations. The meeting, a "transparency exercise," is
intended to be an update of previous meetings on issues of interest
to EC negotiators. NGOs who have not been invited and who wish to
attend the meeting should urgently contact H. Jouanjean, Director DG
I, Directorate G, European Commision, tel: (32-2) 299-2210, fax:
296-6614. If you have comments or suggestions regarding the agenda
of the meeting, contact: ICDA, rue Stévin 15, 1000 Brussels,
tel: (32-2) 230- 0430, fax: (32-2) 230-5237, email: icda@skynet.be
22 June, Geneva: COUNCIL ON TRADE IN
SERVICES. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO, (41-22)
739-5393.
24 June, Geneva:
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. For information contact Peter
Ungphakorn, WTO, (41-22) 739-5412.
24 June, Geneva: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY, informal
meeting on DSU review. For information contact Nuch Nazeer, WTO,
(41-22) 739-5393.
24 June,
Geneva: COUNCIL ON TRADE IN SERVICES, meeting on electronic
commerce. For information contact Jean-Guy Carrier, WTO, (41-22)
739-5429.
25-26 June, San Francisco, U.S.: CHINA'S AGRICULTURAL
TRADE AND POLICY: ISSUES, ANALYSIS, AND GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES.
Sponsored by the International Agricultural Trade Research
Consortium. Registration fee is $US 200. For information contact
Laurie Treacher, Agricultural Issues Center, University of
California, Davis, CA 95616 USA, tel: (1-530) 752-2320, fax: 5451,
email: latreacher@ucdavis.edu, web: http://aic.ucdavis.edu
27-28 June, Banff, Canada: MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF
THE COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION (CEC). The environment
ministers for Canada, Mexico and the U.S., are all expected to
attend. There will, inter alia, be a public session and a round
table on CEC program initiatives. For detailed information on the
agenda see: http://cec.org/new/ For information contact Corrie
Castello, CEC Secretariat (until 25 June): 393 rue Saint-Jacques
Ouest, Bureau 200, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2Y 1N9, tel: (1-514)
350-4338; (from 26 June): The Rimrock Hotel Banff, Alberta, tel:
(1-403) 760-5529, email: ccastell@ccemtl.org, web: http://www.cec.org
28-29 June, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: FORO DE LA SOCIEDAD
CIVIL PARA EL DIÁLOGO EUROPA, AMÉRICA LATINA Y CARIBE.
This Civil Society Meeting is organised in conjunction with the
EU-Mercosur Summit. For information contact Alianza Social
Continental, email: ASD@datastrategia.com, web: http://datastrategia.com/asd/
28-30 June, Montreal: CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY: Intersessional Meeting on the operations of the
Convention. For information contact the CBD Secretariat, World Trade
Centre, 393 St Jacques Street, Office 300, Montréal,
Québec, Canada, H2Y 1N9, tel: (1- 514) 288-2220, fax: (1-514)
288-6588, email: secretariat@biodiv.org, web: http://www.biodiv.org
28 June-2 July 1999, London: ADVANCED STUDY COURSE
1999, EUROPEAN COMMISSION ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE PROGRAMME:
"LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL:
MAINTAINING ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN A FLEXIBLE REGIME." This course will be held in London,
United Kingdom. Accommodation and tuition fees are paid for by the
European Commission. Interested persons may request the application
form from the Responsible Scientist, Foundation for International
Environmental Law and Development, SOAS, University of London, 46-47
Russell Square, London, WC1B 4JP, United Kingdom, tel: (44-171)
637-7950, fax: 637- 7951, e-mail: cd2@soas.ac.uk, web: http://www.field.org.uk 28 June-2 July, Geneva: INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC LAW DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
SUMMER COURSE. Organised by the Academy of International Economic
Law and Dispute Settlement and Geneva University's Law Faculty.
Contact Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, Academy of International Economic
Law, tel: (41-22) 705-8542, fax: 705-8543.
28 June-3 July, Rome: CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
COMMISSION, 23rd Session. This meeting will consider, inter alia,
the principle of risk analysis, and consumers' involvement in the
work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. For information contact
the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy, tel: (39-06) 57051, fax: 5705-4593, email: CODEX@FAO.Org, web: http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/ESN/codex/
29-30 June, Geneva: WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND
ENVIRONMENT. For information contact Hans-Peter Werner, WTO, tel:
(41-22) 739-5286.
30 June,
Geneva: WTO SEMINAR ON REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS, organised
by the WTO Secretariat with participation from staff of the
International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. This seminar takes
place in the context of consultations between the three bodies to
achieve greater coherence in global economic policy-making. For
information contact WTO, (41-22) 739-5111, web: http://www.wto.org/wto/develop/rtasem.htm
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