Calendar of Events for 2002

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January 14-16, 2002 Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) 2nd Council Meeting (USDE)  Miami, Florida
January 14-18, 2002 First Meeting of the Committee of Experts on Corruption, Washington DC
January 18-20, 2002 Second Special Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Washington DC
January 24, 2002 Meeting of the Committee on Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities, Washington DC
January 28-29, 2002 Second Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), Washington, DC
February 4-8, 2002 Sixth Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law, Washington D.C.
February 11-12, 2002 III Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Sustainable Development  Washington, DC.
February 12-15, 2002 World Forum of Ministers of Environment  Cartagena, Colombia.  
February 16, 2002 Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Rio Group, Costa Rica
February 18-23, 2002 ASIES and IDRC Course: "The FTAA and the WTO: Implications and Challenges for the Smaller Economies of the Hemisphere," Panajachel, Guatemala
February 21-22, 2002 Fourth Regular Session of the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Washington, DC
February 24-27, 2002 ASCE Conference on Solutions for Coastal Disasters (USDE)  San Diego, California
February 27-28, 2002 Central American Workshop on Natural Disaster Management in the Framework of Corridor Strategies of Central American Integration  (USDE) San José, Costa Rica
March 4-5, 2002 Meeting of the Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas, Ottawa, Canada
March 7-8, 2002 Meeting of Experts on "Support to the Inter-American Human Rights Instruments," Washington DC 
March 8-12, 2002 Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Fortaleza, Brazil
March 10-13, 2002 Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General of the Americas, Trinidad and Tobago
March 11-15, 2002 Special Sessions of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Washington DC
March 14-15, 2002 Second Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA), Mexico City, Mexico
March 18-19, 2002 Seminar of Experts on Cultural Diversity in the Americas, Vancouver, Canada
March 18-19, 2002 UN International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico
March 22, 2002 Meeting of the Special Committee on Inter-American Summits Management, Washington DC
March 25-26, 2002 XXV Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG), Washington, DC
April 8-9, 2002 First Meeting of Working Group 2 : Building the Capacity of Labor Ministries  The Dominican Republic
April 10-11, 2002 First Meeting of Working Group 1 : Labor Dimensions of the Summit of the Americas Process  The Dominican Republic
April 11, 2002 Summit of Heads of States and Government of the Rio Group, Costa Rica
April 12, 2002 Heads of Member Agencies Meeting of the Inter-American Coalition for the Prevention of Violence, Washington, DC
April 14-15, 2002 México Unido frente a la Corrupción, Mexico City, Mexico
April 21-22, 2002 Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group, Washington DC
April 24-26, 2002 Meeting of the FTAA Trade Negotiations Committee, Margarita, Venezuela
April 29-May 2, 2002 XXXI Regular Session of CICAD, Washington, DC
May 6-10, 2002 Twenty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Brasilia, Brazil.  
May 8-10, 2002 United Nations Special Session on Children, New York
May 13-16, 2002 Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Developmet Bank, Cayman Islands
May 19-22, 2002 Regional Workshop on Land Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, Pachuca, Mexico
May 20-24, 2002 Meeting of Experts on the Follow Up Mechanism to the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, Washington, DC 
June 2-4, 2002 XXXII OAS General Assembly, Barbados
June 3, 2002 XXVI Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG), Barbados
June 10, 2002 Executive Committee of PROCORREDOR Tampa, Florida
June 12-15, 2002 Hemispheric Conference on Vulnerability Reduction of Trade Corridors to Natural Disasters  Tampa, Florida
July 12-13, 2002 First Meeting of the Ministers of Culture, Cartagena, Colombia
July 22, 2002 First National Conference in the Caribbean region to Promote the Ratification and Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, Bridgetown, Barbados
July 26-27, 2002 II Forum on Empowerment: Feminine Leadership in the Business World, Dominican Republic
July 30-31 Follow Up to the Inter-American Program CIM/SEPIA II - Meeting on Gender and Justice, Washington, DC
August 1-2, 2002 Fifth Ordinary Session of the Executive Committee of the CIM, Washington, DC
August 12-13, 2002 Governmental Meeting of Experts on International Abduction of Minors by one of their Parents, Montevideo, Uruguay
August 12-16, 2002 III Regular Assembly of the Inter-American Commission of Telecommunications (CITEL), Washington, DC
August 12-16, 2002 First High Level Meeting on MERCOSUR Legislative Modernization, Brazil
August 26-27, 2002

Working Session with Political Party Internationals, Foundations and Institutes; OAS Inter-American Forum on Political Parties, Santiago, Chile

August 26-30, 2002 First Regional Seminar on the linkages between Economics and Gender in the Formulation of Public Policies, Santiago, Chile
August 26 - September 4, 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
September 4, 2002 11th Meeting of Specialized Bodies and other UN System Organizations on the Progress of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile
September 5-6, 2002 34th Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile
September 6, 2002 Conference on Trade and Investment in the Americas (Andean Development Corporation (CAF)), Washington, DC
September 16, 2002 Reflections on the First Anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, OAS Headquarters, Washington, DC
September 16-18, 2002 World Summit on the Information Society - Informal Meeting on Content and Themes, Geneva, Switzerland
September 16-20, 2002 Fourth Conference of the States Parties of the Ottawa's Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (Unit for the Promotion of Democracy - UPD), Geneva, Switzerland
September 19-20, 2002 Conference on “Implementing the OECD Convention Against Corruption: Working with the Private Sector”, Mexico City, Mexico
September 20, 2002 Conference on Security and Development (OAS/IDB), IDB Headquarters, Washington, DC
September 22 -24, 2002 Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (Brochure on meeting - pdf file), Miami, Florida
September 23-27, 2002 Pan American Sanitary Conference (PAHO), Washington, DC
September 25-27, 2002 International Encounter on Rural Development, Texcoco, Mexico
September 29, 2002 Annual Meeting of the IMF and the World Bank, Washington DC
October 2-3, 2002 XXII Regular Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, San José, Costa Rica
October 2-4, 2002 Third World Congress of Rural Women, Spain
October 4, 2002 Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), San José, Costa Rica
October 14-17, 2002 Second Meeting of Ministers and High Level Authorities Responsible for Policies on Decentralization, Local Government and Citizen Participation, Mexico City, Mexico
October 20-24, 2002 Health Promotion Forum in the Americas, Santiago, Chile
October 26-27, 2002 Tenth Meeting of APEC Economic Leaders, Los Cabos, Mexico
October 28-29, 2002 Meeting of Executive Committee of the Western Hemisphere Transport Initiative (WHTI), Washington, DC
October 29-31, 2002 XXXI Assembly of Delegates of the CIM, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
October, 2002 Meeting of Experts to discuss the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Section Five "Social, Economic and Property Rights" and Section Six "General Provisions"), Washington, DC
October, 2002 Annual Meeting of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
October 30 - November 1, 2002 VII Americas Business Forum Ecuador 2002, Quito, Ecuador
October 31-November 1, 2002 Meeting of Ministers of Trade on FTAA Negotiations, Ecuador
Fall 2002 Third Hemispheric Conference on Disaster Reduction of the Education Sector (USDE) To be determined
November 4-7, 2002 XVII Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee I: Public Telecommunications Services (CITEL), Brasilia, Brazil
November 7, 2002 XXVII Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG), Washington, DC
November 11-14, 2002 XXII Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee III: Radiocommuniacations (CITEL), Quito, Ecuador
November 15-16, 2002 XII Ibero-American Summit, Dominican Republic
November 14-22, 2002 IV Training Course on International Trade Negotiations, Miami, Florida
November 18-22, 2002 Technical Seminar and Ministerial Meeting for the Strengthening of the National Drug Control Commissions of the Andean Countries (CICAD), Quito, Ecuador
November 18-22, 2002 V Meeting of Defense Ministers of the Americas, Santiago de Chile, Chile
November 21-22, 2002 Inter-American Forum on Parliamentary Strengthening, Panama
November 25, 2002 Special Session of the Permanent Council, "Women's Participation in Political Processes", Washington, DC
December 3-6, 2002 IV Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of Ports, Montevideo, Uruguay
December 3-6, 2002 XXXII Regular Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, Mexico City, Mexico
December 4-6, 2002 Second Meeting of the Inter-American Forum on Political Parties, Vancouver, Canada
December 9-13, 2002 XII Meeting of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of Telecommunications (CITEL), Buenos Aires, Argentina
December 11-12, 2002 XXII Central American Summit Costa Rica