Meetings and Events
UN Headquarters
UN General Assembly, 64th session
The 64th session of the General Assembly began 15 September 2009 and continues. The General Debate was held 23-26 and 28-29 September. The President of the GA for the 64th session is H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki.
3 December 2009, UN Headquarters
30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination against Women
The event will bring together speakers from around the world who will share examples of how the Convention has been used to implement women’s human rights and achieve gender equality in their country.
23 – 24 November 2009
UN Headquarters
Fourth High-Level Dialogue on
Financing for Development
This year’s Dialogue will focus on the overall theme “The Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: status of implementation and tasks ahead”.
21 November 2009
World Television Day
25 November 2009
International Day for the Elimination
of Violence Against Women
29 November 2009
International Day of Solidarity with
the Palestinian People
1 December 2009
World AIDS Day
Conferences
1 – 3 December 2009, Nairobi
High-level United Nations Conference on
South-South Cooperation
The High-level UN Conference on South-South Cooperation is the outcome of a UN decision to convene such a conference on the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among developing countries (TCDC).
7 – 18 December 2009, Copenhagen
UN Climate Change Conference (COP 15)
This is a crucial year in the international effort to address climate change. A series of UNFCCC meetings are taking place thoughout the year, designed to culminate in an ambitious and effective international response to climate change, to be agreed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen.