CALENDAR EVENTS
2nd Quarter 2000

April


30-31 March

1 April

ICFTU pre-Congress events:

- Seminar on Regional Integration Processes (in Spanish).

- Symposium on Involving Trade Unions in Fighting HIV/AIDS (in English)

- Workshop on the Impact of Structural Adjustment on Trade Union Rights (in French)

- Symposium on Social Safety Nets in a Globalising Economy (in English)

- Conference on the Trade Union Role in Conflict Prevention (in English)

- Seminar on the ICFTU Global Youth Programme (in parallel language groups)

- Symposium for Women Leaders (in parallel language groups; see circular no. 17/2000)

Buenos Aires

Durban, SA

2 ICFTU 18th Steering Committee (10 a.m.)
ICFTU 114th Executive Board Committee (1.30 p.m.)
Durban, SA
3 – 7 17th ICFTU World Congress
(3 April : opening 10 a.m. – 7 April closure 12.30 p.m.)
Durban, SA
7 115th Executive Board (3 p.m.) Durban, SA
10-11 ICFTU-APRO 7th Steering Committee Singapore
23-25 ICFTU/TUAC/ITS Dialogue Session with UN Commission for Sustainable Development New York
28 ICFTU MAY DAY CELEBRATION (12h30) Brussels

May

1 Launching of the ICFTU Youth Campaign "The Future Starts Now <> Join A Union"
11-12 ICFTU-ORIT Executive Council
(10 April : ICFTU-ORIT Working Group on Regional Integration)
Buenos Aires
15-16 ICFTU-ORIT Women’s Committee Venezuela

June

1 - 31/10 Expo 2000: ICFTU Exhibition in the House of the World-Wide Projects Hannover
24 ICFTU Economic and Social Committee Geneva
24 ICFTU Human & Trade Union Rights Committee Geneva
26-30 ICFTU Meetings related to Geneva 2000

1) The United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the implementation of the 1995 Copenhagen World Summit for Social Development. Under the title of "World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for All in a Globalizing World",

2)The Geneva 2000 Forum
(platform for sharing experiences through panels, discussions, exhibitions, video, etc.)
(see more:
http://www.geneva2000.org/)

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Geneva