Upcoming events and meetings in relation to International Conventions:

Commission on Sustainable Development.  8th Session of CSD is expected in Spring 2000 to consider integrated planning and management of land resources, agriculture, and financial resources/trade and
investment/economic growth.  For information contact: Andrey Vasilyev, Division for Sustainable Development, 212-963-5949 (tel), 212-963-4260 (fax), vasilyev@un.org.  www.un.org/esa/sustdev/

Copenhagen +5.  38th Commission for Social Development will meet in NY from 7-18 February 2000.  Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the Outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and Further Initiatives will hold its second session from 3-14 April 2000 in NY.  The Special Session will take place from 26-30 June 2000 in Geneva.  For information contact: Secretariat, UN Commission for Social Development, 212-963-6763 tel, 212-963-3062 fax, ngoran@un.org, www.un.org/esa/socdev/wssdcal1.htm

Beijing+5.  The Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the General Assembly to review and appraise implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action will meet 6-24 March 2000. The Special Session, "Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century", will meet from 5-9 June 2000 in NY.  For more information: the Division for the Advancement of Women, 212-963-3463 fax, timothy@un.org, www.un.org/womenwatch/daw

Habitat +5.  The Preparatory Committee on follow-up to the Second UN Conference on Human Settlements will meet from 2-4 May 2000 in Nairobi, Kenya.  For information: Information and External Relations, UN Centre for Human Settlements, UNCHS (Habitat), 254-2-623-067 tel, 254-2-624-060
fax, www.unhabitat.org