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Summary: First quarter 1995 Agricultural and environmental meetings
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SELECTED MEETINGS RELATED TO
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT

(First quarter 1995)

4-7 January 1995
Title: 22nd World Marketing and Management Congress
Location: New Delhi (India)
Organizer: Institute of Marketing & Management, India

9-20 January 1995
Title: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the
Elaboration of an International Convention to Combat Desertification
(6th Session)
Location: New York
Organizer: INCD Secretariat

9-12 January 1995
Title: Drainage Development in Arid Zones
Location: Wageningen (Netherlands)
Organizer: ILRI

10-14 January 1995
Title: Earth Conference on Biomass for Energy, Development and the
Environment
Location: Havana (Cuba)
Organizers: Cuban Academy of Science et al.
FAO Participation: Best (AGRD)

11-13 January 1995
Title: DLCC Desert Locust Technical Group (3rd Session)
Location: Rome
Organizer: FAO (Hafraoui, AGP)

16-20 January 1995
Title: FAO Desert Locust Control Committee (33rd Session)
Location: Rome
Organizer: FAO (Hafraoui, AGP)

17-27 January 1995
Title: Expert Consultation on Non-Wood Forest Products
Location: Jakarta/Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
Organizer: FAO (Chandrasekharan, FOP)

23-27 January 1995
Title: European Forestry Commission (27th Session)
Location: Ankara (Turkey)
Organizer: FAO (de Montalembert, FON)

25-26 January 1995
Title: Joint Working Group on Environment and Economics
(5th Session)
Location: Geneva
Organizer: ECE

26-27 January 1995
Title: Expert-level Meeting on Follow Up to the European Ministerial
Conference
Location: Anatolia (Turkey)

30-31 January 1995
Title: Joint Session of FAO Programme Committee (71st Session) and FAO
Finance Committee (80th Session)
Location: Rome
Organizer: FAO

30 January-3 February 1995
Title: Environment for Europe (4th Session of Working Group on Senior
Governmental Officials
Location: Geneva
Organizer: ECE

January 1995 (tentative)
Title: ACC Sub-Committee on Oceans and Coastal Areas (2nd Session)
Location: Geneva
Organizer: WMO
FAO Participation: Garcia (FIRD)

January 1995 (tentative)
Title: Expert Consultation on Forestry Policy in Africa
Location: Accra (Ghana)
Organizer: FAO (Paveri-Anziani, FONP)

January 1995 (tentative)
Title: Follow-up to Agenda 21, Chapter 13 (Sustainable Mountain
Development). NGO/IGO Consultation
Location: Costa Rica

January 1995 (tentative)
Title: Ministerial Conference on Management and Sustainable
Development of Drylands in the Near East
Location: Khartoum (Sudan)
Organizer: League of Arab States
FAO Participation: RNEA

1-4 February 1995
Title: R'95: International Conference on "Recovery, Recycling,
Reintegration"
Location: Geneva (Switzerland)
Organizer: EMPA
FAO Participation: Pepke (JEUR)

6-10 February 1995
Title: Symposium on Remote Sensing and GIS
Location: Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Organizer: ISSS
FAO Participation: Antoine (AGLS)

6-10 February 1995
Title: Coastal Change '95: Coastal Change - Past, Present and Future:
Its Scientific Appraisal for Effective Coastal Management
Location: Bordeaux (France)
Organizers: IOC/BORDOMER

6-10 February 1995
Title: Third International Temperate Reef Symposium
Location: Sydney (Australia)
Organizer: Institute of Marine Ecology

6-17 February 1995
Title: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework
Convention on Climate Change (11th Session)
Location: New York
Organizer: Interim Secretariat INC/FCCC

14-23 February 1995
Title: Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (44th Session)
Location: Rome
Organizer: FAO (Whitehead, ESNS)

16-18 February 1995
Title: Conference on Urban Habitat: The Environment of Tomorrow
Location: Delft (Netherlands)
Organizers: Eindhoven University of Technology/International Institute
for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Env. Engineering

17 February-5 March 1995
Title: UFO - International Youth Forum
Location: Copenhagen (Denmark)
Organizer: Danish Association for International Cooperation

19-23 February 1995
Title: Seventh European Congress on Biotechnology
Location: Nice (France)
Organizer: Soc. de Chimie Industrielle

20-24 February 1995
Title: Panel of Experts on Pesticide Specifications, Registration
Requirements, Application Standards and Prior Informed Consent - Group
on Prior Informed Consent
(3rd Session)
Location: Geneva
Organizer: FAO (Murray, AGPP)

22-25 February 1995
Title: Science and Technology for Planning Environmental Quality:
Worldwide Symposium on Pollution in Large Cities
Location: Venice/Padova (Italy)
Organizers: WHO et al.

22-26 February 1995
Title: NGO/IGO Conference on the Mountain Agenda
Location: Lima (Peru)
 
27 February-3 March 1995
Title: Inter-Sessional ad hoc Working Group of the CSD on Sectoral
Issues (Land Cluster)
Location: New York
Organizer: IACSD Secretariat
FAO Participation: Sombroek (AGLD), R”bbel (FOD), Aldington (AGD),
Michaelsen (FORW)

February 1995 (tentative)
Title: Expert Consultation on Analysis of Impact of Research on
Agricultural Production and Development in the Asia-Pacific Region
Location: Los Ba¤os (Philippines)
Organizer: FAO (Singh, AGRR)

6-8 March 1995
Title: Meetingof the Inter-Sessional ad hoc open-ended Working Group
on Finance of the CSD
Location: New York
Organizer: UN/DPCSD

6-10 March 1995
Title: Seminario Regional para la Promoci¢n de Sistemas de Producci¢n
Agr¡colas Sostenibles para el Sector Campesino en los Andes Centrales
Location: Quito (Ecuador)
Organizers: CIP/IICA/FAO
FAO Participation: de Grandi (AGSP)

6-10 March 1995
Title: Preparatory Meeting of Government-designated Experts on Draft
Programme of Action for Protection of the Marine Environment from
Land-based Activities
Location: Reykjavik
Organizer: UNEP

6-12 March 1995
Title: World Summit for Social Development
Location: Copenhagen (Denmark)
Organizer: UN/DPCSD

10-13 March 1995
Title: Second Inter-Regional Conference of Small Island Developing
States on Sustainable Development and Environment in Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries
Location: Apia (Western Samoa)
Organizer: FAO (Botero, AGRE)

13-15 March 1995
Title: Committee on Forestry (COFO) (12th Session)
Location: Rome
Organizer: FAO (R”bbel, FOD)

16-17 March 1995
Title: Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Officials Responsible for
Forestry Matters
Location: Rome
Organizer: FAO (R”bbel, FOD)

13-16 March 1995
Title: Meeting of the Signatories to the Convention on Environmental
Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (4th Meeting)
Location: Geneva
Organizer: ECE

14-17 March 1995
Title: Meeting of the Helsinki Commission (16th Session)
Location: Helsinki
Organizer: HELCOM

15 March-5 April 1995
Title: Second Preparatory Session for the Fourth World Conference on
Women
Location: New York
Organizer: UN/DPCSD

20-23 March 1995
Title: Regional Expert Consultation on Curriculum Development for Food
and Agro-Industry Development in the South Pacific Islands
Location: Apia (Western Samoa)
Organizer: FAO (Hicks, RAPA)

20-24 March 1995
Title: Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (27th
Session)
Location: The Hague (Netherlands)
Organizer: FAO (Randell, ESNS)

20-24 March 1995
Title: Committee on Fisheries (COFI) (21st Session)
Location: Rome
Organizer: FAO

20-25 March 1995
Title: International Conference on Biosphere Reserves
Location: Seville (Spain)
Organizer: Unesco (MAB)

27-30 March 1995
Title: GIS '95: 9th International Symposium on GIS for Natural
Resources, Environment and Land Information Management
Location: Vancouver (Canada)

27-31 March 1995
Title: Committee on Agriculture (COAG) (13th Session)
Location: Rome
Organizer: FAO

28 March-7 April 1995
Title: Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on
Climate Change  (1st Session)
Location: Berlin (Germany)
Organizer: Interim Secretariat INC/FCCC

March 1995 (tentative)
Title: CSD Inter-Sessional ad hoc Working Group on Finance
Location: New York
Organizer: IACSD Secretariat

March 1995 (tentative)
Title: Conference on Economic Instruments for Sustainable Development
Location: Prague (Czech Republic)
Organizer: Government of the Czech Republic

March 1995 (tentative)
Title: Workshop on the Role of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in
Generating and Disseminating Environmentally Sound Technologies
Location: Oslo (Norway)
Organizers: UNCTAD/Gov. of Norway

March 1995 (tentative)
Title: Helsinki Process: Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable
Forestry
Location: Geneva



