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Coming up this week
4-7 February, Delhi, India, DELHI SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT 2009. This meeting will focus on finding equitable and ethical approaches to arrive at a global consensus on climate change beyond 2012. It is open to industry leaders, opinion makers, and climate change experts to attain a level of understanding among all stakeholders in order to formulate constructive dialogue on climate change. For more information please refer to http://www.sdgateway.net/events/default.asp?EventID=6066.
9-10 February, Windhoek, Namibia, HIGH-LEVEL MEETING: AFRICAN AGRICULTURE IN THE 21st CENTURY: MEETING CHALLENGES, MAKING A SUSTAINABLE GREEN REVOLUTION. This meeting will serve as an intercessional ministerial-level meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. It will consider how African governments and other stakeholders can take forceful policy and practical measures, in co-operation with the international community and development partners, to revitalise African agriculture and the broader rural economies in ways that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. For more information, please visit http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/africa/events/index.htm
WTO Events
An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at http://www.wto.org/meets_public/meets_e.pdf. 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. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, and are open to WTO Members and accredited observers only.
4 and 6 February: Trade Policy Review Body - Guatemala
11 February: Dispute Settlement Body
Other upcoming events
15-16 February, Muscat, Oman: WIPO NATIONAL SEMINAR ON OMANI TRADITIONAL VALUES IN A GLOBALISED WORLD: THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CHALLENGE. This seminar will create futher understanding to the legal and technical aspects of intellectual property. Organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, this meeting will look at the international legal framework, along with the main substantive treaties in the field of industrial property. For further information contact WIPO, tel: (+41 22) 338 9111; Internet: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=7445
2 March, Geneva, Switzerland. SECOND ANNUAL UPDATE ON WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT. The Centre for Trade and Economic Integration is sponsoring a presentation and debate on cases and developments in WTO dispute settlement during 2008. More specifically, the meeting will cover WTO dispute settlement body developments and an annual report of the appellate body. A roundtable discussion and Q&A with five experts on WTO dispute settlement, facilitated by Joost Pauwelyn of the Graduate Institute will finalise the discussion. For more information please refer to http://ictsd.net/downloads/2009/02/annual_ds_update_2009_rev-29-jan-_2_.pdf
10-12 March, Copenhagen, Denmark. CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL RISKS, CHALLENGES AND DECISIONS. This international scientific conference, hosted by the University of Copenhagen, will bring together a diverse array of international scholars and governmental leaders in cooperation with nine other universities. As part of the run up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-15), this event will expound upon current and emerging thinking in science, technology and policy with the goal of developing strategies for long term sustainability. For more information and registration, please refer to http://climatecongress.ku.dk.
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