Table 1 DESA’s List of Major UN Conferences and Summits 2001 – 2012
Year | UN event | Location & date |
|---|---|---|
2001 | Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries | Brussels, 14–20 May |
Implementation of the outcome of the UN Conference on | New York, 6–8 June | |
Human Settlements (Habitat II) | *Special Session of the GA | |
Problem of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in all its aspects | New York, 25–27 June | |
*Special Session of the GA | ||
2002 | International Conference on Financing for Development | Monterrey, 18–22 March |
Second World Assembly on Ageing | Madrid, 8–12 April | |
GA Special Session on Children | New York, 8–10 May | |
World Food Summit: five years later | Rome, 10–13 June | |
The World Summit on Sustainable Development | Johannesburg, 26 August–4 September | |
2003 | International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation | Almaty, 28–29 August |
The World Summit on the Information Society | Geneva, 10–12 December | |
2005 | World Conference on Disaster Reduction [Round-up] | Kobe, 18–22 January |
10-year review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome of the 24th special session of the General Assembly | New York, 9–18 February | |
Beijing +10 Conference: Forty-Ninth Session of the Commission of the Status of Women | New York, 28 February–11 March | |
The 2005 World Summit - High-Level Plenary Meeting of the 60th Session of the General Assembly | New York, 14–16 September | |
The World Summit on the Information Society – Second phase | Tunis, 16–18 November | |
2006 | High Level Dialogue on International Migration & Development | New York, 14–15 September |
2008 | High Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals | New York, 25 September |
Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus | Doha, 29 November–2 December | |
2009 | United Nations Conference at the Highest Level on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development | New York, 24–26 June |
2010 | Summit on the Millennium Development Goals | New York, 20–22 September |
2011 | Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries | Istanbul, 9–13 May |
2012 | Rio + 20: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development | Rio de Janeiro, 20–22 June |