For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar at: http://www.ictsd.org/cal/index.htm. Coming Up This Week
29 October - 9 November, Marrakesh, Morocco: SEVENTH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE. For further information, contact: UNFCCC Secretariat, Germany; tel: (49-228) 815- 1000; email: secretariat@unfccc.int; Internet: http://www.unfccc.int/. From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/.
31 October - 13 November: ONLINE DEBATE ON GENE TECHNOLOGY. An online event organised by the Terlouw Commission, the European Network University and the Biotechnology and Development Monitor. For further information, contact: Biotechnology and Development Monitor, tel: (31 20) 561-8163; email: lorch@biotech-monitor.nl; Internet: http://www.southernvoices.nl.
2-13 November, Rome, Italy: 31ST SESSION OF THE FAO CONFERENCE. For further information, contact: FAO Secretariat, tel: 39-065-7051; fax: 39- 065-705-3152; Internet: http://www.fao.org/unfao/bodies/conf/c2001/c2001-e.htm.
4-23 November, Darlington, UK: FARMING FOR BETTER GOOD: SOLUTIONS TO THE GLOBAL CRISIS IN AGRICULTURE. Hosted by the Schumacher College. The symposium, led by three leading experts in agriculture (Tim Lang, Mark Ritchie and Jules Pretty), will focus on the reasons of the global food and farming crisis and will examine in a cross-disciplinary context viable and practical solutions. For further information, contact: Administration, Schuhmacher College, Darlington; tel: (44-1803) 865 934; fax: 866 899; email: schumcoll@gn.apc.org; Internet: http://www.gn.apc.org/schumachercollege/collprog.htm.
7-9 November, Accra, Ghana: INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. The meeting is in preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development and organised in collaboration with the Government of Ghana, DFID/UK, the Danish Government and UNDP/Capacity 21. For further information, contact: ESA Secretariat, email: rohrmannk@un.org; Internet: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/decmake1.htm. From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/.
12-16 November, Montreal, Canada: SEVENTH MEETING OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE. For further information, contact: tel: (514) 288-2220; fax: 288-6588; email: secretariat@biodiv.org; Internet: http://www.biodiv.org/meetings/sbstta- 07.asp. From Linkages: http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/.
12-16 November, Caracas, Venezuela: WORKSHOP ON RISK MONITORING AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. Organised by Efrain G. Salazar Yamarte (Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias/CENIAP, Maracay, Venezuela) and Rafael Rangel Aldao (Centro Tecnológico Polar, Caracas, Venezuela). For further information, contact: Efrain G. Salazar Yamarte; tel: (58- 43) 471-066; fax: 471-066, 831-421; email: efra63@hotmail.com; Internet: http://www.icgeb.trieste.it/TRAINING/CRS01/crsps01.htm. From IISD Linkages: http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/.
WTO
An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/meets.doc. 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. For further information on WTO events contact: WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: 739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org.
9 November, Qatar, Doha: WTO FORMAL INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE FOURTH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE.
10 - 13 November, Qatar, Doha: WTO FOURTH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE. For information contact: Keith Rockwell, WTO Information and Media Relations Division, (41-22) 739-5015.
Other Forthcoming
15-16 November, Vienna, Austria: CONFERENCE ON "THE ROLE OF PRECAUTION IN CHEMICALS POLICY". The symposium, organised by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management will analyse the status of the principle of precaution which is considered to be one of the most important principles of environmental law for anticipating and avoiding environmental damage before it occurs. For further information, contact: Cornelia Mader, Vienna; tel: (43-1) 51522-2337; fax: 51522-7334; email: Cornelia.Mader@bmu.gv.at
3-22 February, 2002, Darlington, UK: EXPLORING GLOBALISATION. Hosted by the Schumacher College. The symposium, led by Ann Pettifor, Tariq Banuri and Wolfgang Sachs, will explore the many impacts of globalisation on people and the planet - economic, social and ecological. For further information, contact: Administration, Schuhmacher College, Darlington; tel: (44-1803) 865-934; fax: 866-899; email: schumcoll@gn.apc.org; Internet: http://www.gn.apc.org/schumachercollege/collprog.htm
12-21 February, 2002, New York, US: 40TH SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. At its 40th session, the Commission for Social Development will focus on the ‘Integration of social and economic policy.’ Key topics to be discussed include: social aspects of macro- economic policies, social assessment as a policy tool, and expenditures in the social sector as a productive factor. For further information, contact: ESA Secretariat, email: esa@un.org; Internet: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/csd/2002.htm.
8-26 April 2002, The Hague, Netherlands: SIXTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP-6) & FIRST MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY (MOP1). For information contact: CBD Secretariat, Montreal; tel: (514) 288-2220; fax: 288-6588; email: secretariat@biodiv.org; Internet: http://www.biodiv.org.