6^th – 8^th June

Eminent Persons Roundtable – Europe & North America

Vail, USA

11^th – 22^nd June

UN Forum on Forests (1^st Session)

UNHQ, New York

14^th – 15^th June

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – Southern Cone

Santiago, Chile

17^th – 24^th June

Sustainable Development: Fact or Dream 10 Years After the Rio Summit

Havana, Cuba

18^th – 20^th June

Eminent Persons’ Roundtable – Latin America & Caribbean

Bridgeport, Barbados

20^th –22^nd June

North America Local Government Conference (ICLEI)

Ann Arbor, USA

25^th – 27^th June

Eminent Persons’ Roundtable – Africa

Cairo, Egypt

25^th – 27^th June

Special Session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS

UNHQ, New York

27^th – 28^th June

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – Central & Eastern Europe

Bucharest, Romania

28^th – 29^th June

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – Caribbean

Havana, Cuba

2^nd – 3^rd July

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – Andean

Quito, Ecuador

2^nd – 4^th July

7^th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment

San Francisco, USA

9^th – 11^th July

Regional Roundtable for East Asia & Pacific

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

10^th – 13^th July

Challenges of a Changing Earth: Global Change Open Science Conference

Amsterdam, N’lands

12^th – 13^th July

Regional Consultative Meeting - Europe

Geneva, Switzerland

17^th – 18^th July

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – Meso-America Region

San Salvador, El S’dor

25^th – 27^th July

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – North East Asia (Senior Environment Official Meeting ASPEC)

Beijing, China

30^th July – 1^st August

Eminent Person’s Roundtable – Central & South Asia

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

August (Week 1)

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – Southeast Asia

Manila, Philippines

19^th – 23^rd August

World Assembly – CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Vancouver, Canada

August (Week 4)

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – South Asia

Bhutan or Kathmandu

31^st August – 7^th Sept

World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia & Related Intolerance

Durban, South Africa

2^nd – 9^th Sept

Youth Earth Summit (YES2001) (Peacechild)

Baku, Azerbaijan

5^th – 6^th Sept

Global Round-Table on Inter-Linkages (for Rio +10)

Tokyo, Japan

3^rd – 5^th Sept

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – South Africa (South African Development Community (SADC))

Gaborone, Botswana

5^th – 7^th Sept

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – Central Asia

Almaty, Kazakhstan

5^th – 7^th Sept

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – Northern Africa

Tunis, Tunisia

Sept (Mid)

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – Pacific (during South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Ministerial Governing Council Meeting, 10^th – 14^th?)

Apia, Samoa

10^th – 12^th Sept

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – East Africa (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD))

Djibouti, Djibouti

11^th Sept

General Assembly (56^th Session)

UNHQ, New York

17^th – 19^th Sept

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – Central Africa (Economic Commission for Central African States (ECCAS))

Libreville, Gabon

20^th – 21^st Sept

Accelerating Local Sustainability: Evaluating European Local Agenda 21 Processes (ICLEI)

London, UK

24^th – 25^th Sept

Regional Preparatory Meeting – Europe & North America

Geneva, Switzerland

23^rd – 25^th Sept

Regional Stakeholder Roundtable – West Asia

Manama, Bahrain

24^th – 26^th Sept

Sub-regional Preparatory Meeting – West Africa (Economic Commission For West African States (ECOWAS) and Inter State Committee on Fight Against Drought in the Sahel (CILSS))

Abuja, Nigeria

2^nd – 4^th October

World Bank Group & IMF Annual Meeting

Washington, USA

8^th – 10^th October

Southern NGO Summit

Algiers, Algeria

15^th – 18^th October

Regional Preparatory Meeting – Africa

Nairobi, Kenya

21^st – 24^th October

13^th Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America & Caribbean

Rio, Brazil

23^rd – 24^th October

Regional Preparatory Meeting – Latin America & Caribbean

Rio, Brazil

28^th – 29^th October

Special Session of the Joint Committee on Environment & Development / Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment / part of Rio +10 Preparations

Cairo, Egypt

November (early)

Regional Preparatory Meeting – West Asia

Cairo, Egypt

5^th – 9^th November

Rome +5 (World Food Summit: Five Years Later)

Rome, Italy

9^th – 13^th November

WTO Fourth Ministerial Meeting

Qatar

12^th – 13^th November

Equity for a Small Planet: An International Forum on the WSSD 2002 (IIED)

Canada

27^th – 29^th November

Regional Preparatory Meeting – Asia & Pacific

Phnom Penh, Camb’ia

3^rd – 7^th December

International Conference on Freshwater

Bonn, Germany

5^th December

GEF Council Meeting – NGO Consultation Meeting

Washington, USA

6^th – 7^th December

GEF Council Meeting

Washington, USA

22^nd – 24^th December

Special CAMRE / Economic Council / Ministers of Planning Rio +10 Meeting

Cairo, Egypt

2002

14^th – 25^th January

International Conference on Financing for Development (PrepCom 4)

UNHQ, New York

9^th – 11^th February

Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2002: Ensuring Sustainable Livelihoods: Challenges for Governments, Corporates and Civil Society at Rio +10 (TERI)

New Delhi, India

March

Global Youth Forum

Copenhagen, Dmk

18^th – 22^nd March

International Conference on Financing for Development

Monterrey, Mexico

28^th Jan – 8^th Feb

World Summit on Sustainable Development (10^th Session – PrepCom 2)

UNHQ, New York

25^th Mar – 5^th April

World Summit on Sustainable Development (10^th Session – PrepCom 3)

UNHQ, New York

22^nd – 24^th May

4^th UNEP International Children’s Conference on Environment

Victoria, Canada

27^th May – 7^th June

World Summit on Sustainable Development (10^th Session – PrepCom 4 – Ministerial)

Bali, Indonesia

5^th June

World Environment Day

-

26 August – 4^th Sept

Earth Summit 2002 – WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Jo’burg, South Africa