Press Release No. L/47/2000
2 November 2000

Tentative Calendar of Meetings of ESCAP, November 2000

Ad hoc expert group meeting on water use efficiency, 6-8 Nov 2000, Pattaya, Thailand (ENRDD)

Asian regional workshop on the promotion of effective CCD implementation, 7-8 Nov 2000, Bangkok (ENRDD)

Evaluation meeting of the ESCAP/CCA project on "promoting HRD among youth in transitional and less advantaged countries", 8-9 Nov 2000, Bangkok (SDD)

Regional policy seminar on transport and communications challenges for urban local governments in the twenty-first century, 8-10 Nov 2000, Kuala Lumpur (TCTIDD)

Asia-Pacific symposium to establish a network on green food and sustainable agriculture, 8-11 Nov 2000, Kunming (PRUDD)

Seminar to review and finalize a draft water conservation, 9-10 Nov 2000, Pattaya, Thailand (ENRDD)

Third Asian regional meeting of the CCD national focal points, 9-10 Nov 2000, Bangkok (ENRDD)

Ad hoc expert group meeting on population database development, 9-10 Nov 2000, Seoul (PRUDD)

ESCAP/UNCTAD/UNDP regional meeting on research and training needs in international trade in Asia-Pacific countries, 13-15 Nov 2000, New Delhi (ITID)

Regional high-level preparatory meeting for the third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, 13-15 Nov 2000, Dhaka (DRPAD)

International conference and exhibition on inland water transport and dredging, 13-16 Nov 2000, Bangkok (TCTIDD)

Regional training workshop on reproductive health indicators and database development, 13-17 Nov 2000, Seoul (PRUDD)

Technical Advisory Committee of the CGPRT Centre, eighteenth session, 14-16 Nov 2000, Bogor, Indonesia (PRUDD)

Committee on Transport, Communications, Tourism and Infrastructure Development, third session, 15-17 Nov 2000, Bangkok (TCTIDD)

Ad hoc expert group meeting on promotion of new forms of financing for transfer, development and application of environmentally sound technologies, 15-17 Nov 2000, New Delhi (ITID)

Expert group meeting on aids to navigation on the Mekong River, 20-22 Nov 2000, Bangkok (TCTIDD)

Training seminar on accessible public transport and services, 20-24 Nov 2000, Shenzhen, China (SDD)

High-level regional meeting on energy for sustainable development, 21-24 Nov 2000, Bali, Indonesia (ENRDD)

Joint OECD/ADB/ESCAP workshop on business tendency surveys (BTS), 21-24 Nov 2000, Bangkok (STAT)

National ESCAP HRD course for youth development for Myanmar, 21-26 Nov 2000, Yangon (SDD)

APETIT Executive Committee, 5th meeting, 22-23 Nov 2000, Singapore (TCTIDD)

Governing Board of the Regional Coordination Centre for Research and Development of Coarse Grains, Pulses, Roots and Tuber Crops in the Humid Tropics of Asia and the Pacific, nineteenth session, 22-23 Nov 2000, Bogor, Indonesia (PRUDD)

Regional business sector meeting of the Bangkok Agreement, 23-24 Nov 2000, Bangkok (ITID)

Technical advisory committee of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT), sixteenth meeting, 27-28 Nov 2000, Bali, Indonesia (ITID)

Bureau of the Committee on Statistics, sixth session, 28 Nov 2000, Bangkok (STAT)

Expert group meeting on the establishment of a regional road safety database, 28-30 Nov 2000, Bangkok (TCTIDD)

Governing Board of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT), fifteenth session, 29-30 Nov 2000, Bali, Indonesia (ITID)

Committee on Statistics, twelfth session, 29 Nov – 1 Dec 2000, Bangkok (STAT)

Expert group meeting to strategize on the regional implementation of the outcome document of the global review of Beijing Platform of Action, 30 Nov – 1 Dec 2000, Bangkok (SDD)