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All events in 2004

March 2004

1 - 5	FAO: Regional Conference for Africa (ARC), Johannesburg, South Africa

1 - 5	UNCTAD: Preparatory Committee for UNCTAD XI, Geneva, Switzerland

2 - 4	FAO: Expert Consultation on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management, Cebu City, The Philippines

2 - 5	FAO: International Symposium on Dairy Safety and Hygiene: a farm to table approach for emerging and developed dairy countries, Cape Town, South Africa

13 - 17	FAO: Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC), Doha, Qatar

17 - 18	WTO: Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

22	WTO: Committee on Agriculture - Special Session

22 - 26	FAO: Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and on Tropical Fruits (3rd Session), Puerto de la Cruz, Spain

23 - 25	WTO: African Regional Workshop on Cotton, Cotonou, Benin

25	WTO: Committee on Agriculture

26	WTO: Committee on Agriculture - Special Session

29 - 31	WTO: Negotiating Group on Market Access

29 Mar - 2 Apr	FAO: Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (6th Session), Rome, Italy


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April 2004

29 Mar - 2 Apr	FAO: Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (6th Session), Rome, Italy

1	WTO: Committee on Trade and Development - Special Session

2	WTO: Committee on Market Access

5 - 6	FAO: Informal FAO Expert Consultation on post Cancun major issues and analytical needs, Rome, Italy

14	FAO-Swaziland Workshop on WTO Negotiations on Agriculture, Mbabane, Swaziland

17 - 18	FAO: FAO Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products (45th Session), Canberra, Australia

20 - 22	USDA, USAID: USDA and USAID Export Food Aid Conference VI

26 - 30	FAO: Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC), Guatemala City, Guatemala

26 - 30	FAO: Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products (6th Session), Auckland, New Zealand

27	WTO: Council for Trade in Goods


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May 2004

5	WTO: Negotiating Group on Rules - Regional Trade Agreements

5 - 7	FAO: Regional Conference for Europe (ERC), Montpellier, France

10 - 14	FAO: Codex Committee on Food Labelling (32nd Session), Montréal, Canada

10 - 14	WTO: Eighth Geneva Week, Geneva, Switzerland

11	WTO: Committee on Trade and Development

12 - 13	OECD: OECD Forum 2004, Paris, France

17 - 21	FAO: Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC), Beijing, China

17 - 18	WTO: General Council, Geneva, Switzerland

21 - 22	ECA: Thirty-seventh session of the Commission/Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Kampala, Uganda

24 - 28	ECA: Second Ordinary Session of the Conference of the African Union Ministers of Trade, Kigali, Rwanda

24 - 27	FAO-ACP Secretariat Workshop on "ACP-EU agricultural (including fisheries) trade-related analysis and negotiations", Brussels, Belgium

24 - 27	FAO/WHO Regional Conference on Food Safety for Asia and the Pacific, Seremban, Malaysia

24 - 26	FAO: Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) (17th session), Dakar, Senegal

25 - 27	WTO: Public symposium: "Multilateralism at a crossroads", Geneva, Switzerland


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June 2004

8 - 11	FAO: Expert Consultation on Increasing the Contribution of Small Scale Fisheries to Poverty Reduction and Food Security, Rome, Italy

13 - 18	UNCTAD: Eleventh session of the Conference (UNCTAD XI) , São Paulo (Brazil)

13	UNCTAD: FAO Symposium on Role of Agriculture in Development, UNCTAD XI, São Paulo, Brazil

17 - 20	FAO: Intergovernmental Group on Meat and Dairy Products (20th Session), Winnipeg, Canada

17	WTO: Committee on Agriculture, Geneva, Switzerland

21	WTO: Committee on Market Access, Geneva, Switzerland

23 - 24	WTO: Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Geneva, Switzerland

23 - 25	WTO Special (negotiating) Session of Committee on Agriculture, Geneva, Switzerland

24 - 26	FAO: Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (54th Session), Geneva, Switzerland

28 Jun - 3 Jul	FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (27th Session), Geneva, Switzerland


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July 2004

28 Jun - 3 Jul	FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (27th Session), Geneva, Switzerland

2	FAO: Technical Consultation on the Use of Subsidies in the Fisheries Sector, Rome, Italy

3	FAO/WHO: Codex Alimentarius Commission (27th Session)

4 - 9	FAO: Third Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG)on Right to Food Guidelines

5	WTO: Council for Trade in Goods, Geneva, Switzerland

5 - 7	FAO: First World Conference on Organic Seed

14 - 16	WTO Special (negotiating) Session of Committee on Agriculture, Geneva, Switzerland

27 - 30	WTO: General Council, Geneva, Switzerland


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August 2004

31 Aug - 3 Sep	Regional workshop on WTO and fisheries - Accra, Ghana


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September 2004

31 Aug - 3 Sep	Regional workshop on WTO and fisheries - Accra, Ghana

23	WTO: Committee on Agriculture

27 Sep - 1 Oct	FAO: Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables (22nd Session), Washington D.C., United States of America

28 - 29	WTO Committee on Trade and Development, Geneva, Swizerland

28 - 29	WTO: Committee on Trade and Development


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October 2004

27 Sep - 1 Oct	FAO: Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables (22nd Session), Washington D.C., United States of America

4	WTO: Council for Trade in Goods, Geneva, Switzerland

7 - 8	WTO: Committee on Regional Trade Agreements

12 - 13	WTO: Committee on Trade and Environment - Special Session

14 - 15	WTO: Committee on Trade and Environment

20 - 21	WTO: General Council, Geneva, Switzerland

27 - 28	WTO: Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures


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November 2004

1 - 5	FAO: Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (26th Session), Bonn, Germany

2	WTO: Workshop on Technical Barriers to Trade

4	WTO: Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade

9	WTO: Working Party on State Trading Enterprises

16 - 19	FAO: Regional Expert Consultation of the Asia-Pacific Network for Food and Nutrition on the Functional Foods and its Implications in Daily Dietary, Bangkok, Thailand

16	WTO: Committee on Trade and Development

18	WTO: Committee on Agriculture

24 - 26	FAO/SDAC: Fisheries Workshop – FAO/SADC

28 - 30	FAO: Near East: FAO Sub-regional “Clarification” workshop for government officials on current issues (post-Framework Agreement) in WTO negotiations on agriculture


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December 2004

6 - 10	FAO: Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (13th Session) , Australia

6 - 9	ACP/FAO Workshop

13 - 16	FAO: Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibres (33rd Session) and Sub-Group of Sisal Producing Countries (14th Session), Rome, Italy

13 - 16	FAO: Intergovernmental Group on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres (35th Session), Rome, Italy

13 - 14	WTO: General Council, Geneva, Switzerland

13 - 16	FAO: Africa – COMESA/SADC: FAO Sub-regional “Clarification” workshop for government officials on current issues (post-Framework Agreement) in WTO negotiations on agriculture

16	WTO: General Council, Geneva, Switzerland

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