CALENDAR OF MAJOR MEETINGS TO BE HELD AT UNOG IN 2025
The following list is a summary of the main meetings that are to take place at the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2025.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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| Body | Date | |
|---|---|---|
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 98th session Countries under review: Ecuador, Eritrea, Gambia, Honduras, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Slovakia, Spain | 13-Jan | 31-Jan |
| Conference on Disarmament, Part I | 20-Jan | 28-Mar |
Universal Period Review, 48th session Countries under review: Italy, El Salvador, Gambia, Bolivia, Fiji, San Marino, Kazakhstan, Angola, Iran, Madagascar, Iraq, Slovenia, Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20-Jan | 31-Jan |
| Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) , 55th session | 27-Jan | 7-Feb |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 90th session States parties reports: Belarus, Belize, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nepal, Sri Lanka | 3-Feb | 21-Feb |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 77th session States parties reports: Croatia, Kenya, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain And Northern Ireland | 10-Feb | 28-Feb |
| Advisory Committee, 33rd session | 17-Feb | 21-Feb |
| Human Rights Council,58th session | 24-Feb | 4-Apr |
Human Rights Committee,143th session States parties reports: Albania, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mongolia, Montenegro, Zimbabwe | 3-Mar | 28-Mar |
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 32nd session States parties reports: Canada, Dominican Republic, European Union, Palau, Tuvalu, Viet Nam | 3-Mar | 21-Mar |
| Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons — Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, 1st session | 3-Mar | 7-Mar |
Committee on Enforced Disappearances,28th session States parties reports: Central African Republic, Gambia, Malta | 17-Mar | 4-Apr |
| Group of Governmental Experts on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space, 1 st session | 7-Apr | 11-Apr |
| Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families , 40 th session | 7-Apr | 17-Apr |
Committee against Torture,82nd session States parties reports: Armenia, France, Mauritius, Monaco, Turkmenistan, Ukraine | 7-Apr | 2-May |
| International Law Commission, 76th Session - First Part | 14-Apr | 30-May |
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 115th session States parties reports: Gabon, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, Republic of Korea, Ukraine | 22-Apr | 9-May |
Universal Period Review, 49th session Countries under review: Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati, Guinea, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Spain, Lesotho, Kenya, Armenia, Guinea-Bissau, Sweden, Grenada, Türkiye, Guyana, Kuwait | 29-Apr | 9-May |
Committee on the Rights of the Child,99th session States parties reports: Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iraq, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania | 5-May | 23-May |
| Conference on Disarmament, Part II | 12-May | 27-June |
| World Health Assembly, 78th session | 19-May | 27-May |
| International Labour Conference, 113th session | 2-Jun | 13-Jun |
| Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT), 56 th session | 16-Jun | 20-Jun |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 91st session States parties reports: Afghanistan, Botswana, Chad, Mexico, Monaco, San Marino, Thailand | 16-Jun | 4-Jul |
| Human Rights Council, 59 th Session | 16-Jun | 11-Jul |
Human Rights Committee,144th session States parties reports: Guinea-Bissau, Kazakhstan, Latvia, North Macedonia, Spain, Viet Nam | 23-Jun | 25-Jul |
| International Law Commission, 76th Session | 30-Jun | 31-Jul |
Committee against Torture, 83 rd session States parties reports: Albania, Argentina, Bahrain, Israel | 14-Jul | 31-Jul |
| Group of Governmental Experts on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space, 2 nd session | 21-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Conference on Disarmament, Part III | 28-Jul | 12-Sep |
| Advisory Committee, 34th session | 4-Aug | 8-Aug |
| Biological Weapons Convention Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention, 6th session | 11-Aug | 22-Aug |
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 116th session States parties reports: Burundi, El Salvador, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden, Tunisia | 11-Aug | 29-Aug |
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 33rd session States parties reports: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Finland, Kiribati, Maldives, Mali, State of Palestine | 11-Aug | 29-Aug |
Committee on the Rights of the Child,100th session States parties reports: Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ghana, Malaysia, Maldives, Spain, Uganda | 1-Sep | 19-Sep |
| Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons — Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, 2nd session | 1-Sep | 5-Sep |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 78th session States parties reports: Australia, Chile, Colombia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Zimbabwe | 8-Sep | 3-Oct |
| Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons — Protocol V Meeting of Experts, Session link | 8-Sep | |
| Human Rights Council, 60 th session | 8-Sep | 3-Oct + 1 week (TBD) |
| Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons — Amended Protocol II Group of Experts, Session link [ES5] | 9-Sep | 10-Sep |
| Meeting of States parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, 13th Meeting | 16-Sep | 19-Sep |
| Committee on Enforced Disappearances,29th session | 22-Sept | 10-Oct |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 92nd session States parties reports: Cabo Verde, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Iraq, Lesotho, Lithuania, Netherlands, Viet Nam | 6-Oct | 24-Oct |
| Executive Committee of the High Commissioner for Refugees, 76th session | 6-Oct | 10-Oct |
| Human Rights Committee, 145 th session | 13-Oct | 7-Nov |
Universal Period Review, 50th session Countries under review: Belarus, Liberia, Malawi, Mongolia, Panama, Maldives, Andorra, Bulgaria, Honduras, United States of America, Marshall Islands, Croatia, Jamaica, Libya | 3-Nov | 14-Nov |
| Committee against Torture, 84thsession | 28-Nov | |
| Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons — Protocol V Annual Conference, Session link | 10-Nov | |
| Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT), 57 th session | 10-Nov | 14-Nov |
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons — Amended Protocol II Annual Conference | 11-Nov | |
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons — Meeting of High Contracting Parties | 12-Nov | 14-Nov |
| Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination , 117 th session | 17-Nov | 12-Dec |
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)
| 1-Dec | 8-Dec |
| Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families , 41th session | 1-Dec | 11-Dec |
| Biological Weapons Convention, Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention, 7th Session | 8-Dec | 12-Dec |
| Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties | 15-Dec | 17-Dec |