CALENDAR OF MAJOR MEETINGS TO BE HELD AT UNOG IN 2020
The following list is a summary of the main meetings that are to take place at the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2020.The list is provided as a reference to the media and for information purposes only. It is based on data available at the present time and will be updated.
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Meeting |
Date |
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Annual FerMUN and launch of the 75th UN anniversary |
8 –10 January |
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Committee on the Rights of the Child, 83rd session Countries under review: Austria, Belarus, Costa Rica, Hungary, Rwanda and State of Palestine. |
20 January –7 February |
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Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 35th session |
20–31 January |
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Conference on Disarmament, 1st part |
20 January –27 March |
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Subcommittee on Prevention of torture, 39th session |
February |
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 75th session Countries under review:Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Eritrea, Kiribati, Latvia, Pakistan, Republic of Moldova and Zimbabwe. |
10–28 February |
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Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council, 24th session |
17 –21 February |
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Committee on Economic,Social and Cultural Rights, 67th session Countries under review: Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Guinea, Norway and Ukraine. |
17 February –6 March |
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Human Rights Council, 43rd session Main annual session |
24 February –20 March |
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Group of Governmental Experts on advancing responsible state behavior in cyberspace in the context of international security (session 2) |
24 -28 February |
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Committee on the Rights of the Child, 84th session Countries under review:Cook Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of) and Tuvalu. |
2 –6 March |
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Human Rights Committee, 128th session Countries under review: Central African Republic, Portugal, Tunisia and Uzbekistan. |
2 –27 March |
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 23rd session Countries under review: Bangladesh, Djibouti, Estonia, Hungary, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Venezuela |
9 March –27 March |
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Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties related to emerging technologies in the area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) |
30 March –3 April |
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Committee on Migrant Workers, 32nd session Countries under review: Cabo Verde, Chile, Paraguay and Rwanda |
30 March –9 April |
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Committee on Enforced Disappearances, 18th session |
30 March –8 April |
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Committee on the Eliminationof Racial Discrimination, 101th session Countries under review: Denmark, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland. |
20 April –8 May |
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Committee against Torture, 69th session Countries under review:Cuba, Iceland, Kenya, Montenegro, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay. |
20 April –15 May |
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Geneva UN@75 Dialogues |
20 -24 April |
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Group of Governmental Experts on Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus (session 2) |
20 -24 April |
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United Nations Compensation Commission, Governing Council |
April |
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International Law Commission, 72nd session, 1st part |
May |
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Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 36th session |
4 –15 May |
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Committee on the Rights of the Child, 85st session Countries under review: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Eswatini and Tunisia. |
11 –29 May |
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Conference on Disarmament, 2nd part |
26 May –10 July |
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World Health Organisation, 73rd World Health Assembly |
May |
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International Labour Organization, General Conference, 109th Session |
25 May –5 June |
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June |
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25 May –5 June |
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Meeting of Experts of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) |
17 June |
| The Group of Experts of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) |
18 -19 June |
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 76th session Countries under review: Bahrain, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Gabon, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Mongolia and Panama. |
22 June –10 July |
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Human Rights Committee, 129th session Countries under review: Bolivia, Botswana, Chad, Israel, Nicaragua, Peru, Ukraine and Uruguay. |
29 June –24 July |
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July –August |
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Committee against Torture, 70th session Countries under review: Belgium, Nigeria, State of Palestine and Ukraine |
13 July –24 July |
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Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council, 23rd session |
17 –21 August |
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17 –21 August |
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Group of Governmental Experts on Advancing responsible State behavior in cyberspace in the context of international security |
17 –21 August |
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3 August –18 September |
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 102nd session Countries under review: Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, France, Jamaica, Niger and Thailand |
5 –27 August |
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 24th session |
17 August –11 September |
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Meetings of Experts of theConvention on the Prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological (Biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction (Biological Weapons Convention) |
25 August-3 September |
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Committee on Migrant Workers, 33rd session Countries under review: Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Sao Tome and Principe and Venezuela. |
5 –16 October |
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Human Rights Council, 45th session |
14 –2 October |
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Committee on the Rights of the Child, 86th session Countries under review:Cuba, Djibouti, Greece, Kiribati, Madagascar and Somalia. |
7 –25 September |
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Committeeon Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 68th session Countries under review:Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Kuwait, Latvia and Nicaragua. |
28 September –16 October |
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Committee on Enforced Disappearances, 17th session |
30 September –11 October |
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Executive Council, 71st session |
October |
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United Nations Compensation Commission, Governing Council |
October |
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Human Rights Committee,130th session Countries under review: Belgium, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Mexico, Senegal and Togo. |
12 October–6 November |
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 77th session Countries under review:Finland, Germany, Haiti, Japan, Kenya, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago. |
19 October –6 November |
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Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review, 37th session |
2 –13 November |
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Committee against Torture, 71st session Countries under review: Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Nigeria, Serbia and Sweden. |
9 November –4 December |
| 14th Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) |
9 November |
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22nd Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) |
10 November |
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CCW Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention |
11 -13 November |
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,103rd session Countries under review:Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua and Senegal. |
16 November–4 December |
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Second Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions |
116 -20 November (TBC) |
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States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti–personnel Mines and on their Destruction. |
23 -27 November (TBC) |
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Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (Biological Weapons Convention) |
8 -11 December (TBC) |