Calendar of coming events in 1998

January

26-30

First Congress of the African Organizations Coalition for Food Security - Sovereignty and Sustainable Development (COASAD), Dar-es-Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

February

2-12

20th Annual Meeting of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, Italy

9-15

Popular Coalition Against Hunger and Poverty, Rome, Italy

9-13

FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Ethiopia

March

21-25

FAO Regional Conference for the Near East and North Africa, Syrian Arab Republic

April

20-24

FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Myanmar

May

4-15

Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP IV), Bratislava, Slovak Republic

18-20

Second ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

25-28

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) mid-term review meeting to discuss external review document, Brazil

25-29

FAO Regional Conference for Europe, Tallinn, Estonia

June

1-5

FAO Committee on World Food Security, Rome, Italy

(date to be defined)

Fifth Extraordinary Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

9-13
or 16-20

FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Bahamas (date to be defined)

(date to be defined)

International Grains Council completion of the review of the Food Aid Convention, London, UK

September

(date to be defined)

Sixth Extraordinary Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

October

26-30

CGIAR meeting and International Centres Week, Washington DC, USA