For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. For further information on WTO events, contact the WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: 739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies.
Coming up in the next two weeks
6-8 May, Hamburg, Germany: CONFERENCE ON EU AND GERMAN CLIMATE POLICY - CHALLENGES BEFORE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL. The meeting is organised by the Hamburg Institute of International Economics, and will focus on the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in the EU, challenges with regard to EU national climate strategies, internal EU emissions trading, integration of EU accession countries, the role of the Kyoto mechanisms, and EU strategies for achieving entry into force. For information contact: Axel Michaelowa, Hamburg Institute of International Economics; tel: (49-404) 283-4309; fax: 283-4451; email: michaelowa@hwwa.de; Internet: http://www.hwwa.de/climate.htm
6-10 May, Hallifax, Canada: 30TH SESSION OF THE JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME CODEX COMMITTEE ON FOOD LABELLING. For information, contact the Codex Alimentarius Commission, tel: (39 06 5705.1); fax: 5705.4593; email: codex@fao.org; Internet: http://www.codexalimentarius.net/ccfl30/fl02_01e.htm
13-14 May, London, UK: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW ROUND: TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ENVIRONMENT AFTER DOHA. The conference is organised by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and will discuss the major issues arising from the Doha Declaration and look at what the new round will bring to the debate regarding multilateral environmental agreements, dispute settlement, institutional changes, investment and services, agriculture and fisheries, and the role and position of developing countries. For further information contact: Georgina Wright, Chatham House, London; tel: (44 20) 7957 5700; fax: 7957 5710; email: gwright@riia.org; Internet: http://www.riia.org/Conferences/conf.html
13-18 May, Bali, Indonesia: 32ND SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER COUNCIL AND ASSOCIATE SESSIONS OF ITS COMMITTEES. For further information contact the ITTO, tel: (81 45) 223 1110; email: itto@itto.or.jp; Internet: http://www.itto.or.jp
13-17 May 2002, Maracay, Venezuela: BIOSAFETY 3 - ADVANCED ISSUES ON BIOSAFETY: RISK MONITORING AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. Organised by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones agropecuarias / CENIAP (Maracay, Venezuela) and Centro Tecnológico Polar (Caracas, Venezuela). Postponed from 12-16 November 2001. For further information, contact: Dr. Efrain G. Salazar Yamarte; tel: (58-43) 471-066; fax: 471-066, 831- 421; email: efra63@hotmail.com; Internet: http://www.icgeb.trieste.it/~bsafesrv/bsfn0011.htm.
16 May, Geneva, Switzerland: PRECAUTION IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY-MAKING. This roundtable, organised jointly by the Geneva Environment Network and the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), will examine Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration, how precaution has been applied since Rio and why it remains so important for the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). For further information contact: Aniket Ghai, tel: (41-22) 917-8505; fax: (41-22) 797-3464; email: aniket.ghai@unep.ch.
Other forthcoming events
20-24 May, Shimonoseki, Japan: 54TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISION. For further information contact: IWC Secretariat; tel: (44-12-2) 323-3971; email: secretariat@iwcoffice.org; Internet: http://www.iwcoffice.org/.
3-7 June, Bergen, Norway: 25TH SESSION OF THE CODEX COMMITTEE ON FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS. Organised by FAO. For more information contact the Secretariat of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, tel: (39 06) 570-51; fax: 5705-4593; email: codex@fao.org; Internet: http://www.codexalimentarius.net/ccffp25/fp02_01e.htm
23- 25 July, Bangkok, Thailand: 20TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RICE COMMISSION. Every four years, FAO convenes a session of the International Rice Commission to provide a forum for senior policy makers and senior rice specialists from the Member Countries to address issues and constraints, as well as review and orient their national rice research and development programmes. For further information contact: Dat Van Tran, Executive Secretary, International Rice Commission, FAO; tel: (39-06) 570-55769; fax: 570-56347; email: Dat.Tran@fao.org; Internet: http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/agricult/agp/agpc/doc/field/commrice/ welcome.htm
19-22 August, Wellington, New Zealand: CONFERENCE ON FISHERIES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. The event is organised by the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), and will provide a forum for participants to consider the future management of fisheries. For more information contact: IIFET 2002 Organiser; tel: (64 4) 389-3487; fax: 389-3457: email: bruce.shallard@xtra.co.nz; Internet: http://www.iifet2002.co
21-28 August, Victoria, Canada: 2002 WORLD ORGANIC CONGRESS - CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES. Organised by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), the event is expected to be attended by farmers, researchers, advisors, food processors, traders, certifiers, policy makers and consumers and others interested in organic agriculture and sustainable development. For more information contact the IFOAM 2002 Office, tel: +1-250-655-5652; e-mail: ifoam2002@cog.ca; Internet: http://www.cog.ca/ifoam2002/