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Official meetings

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General AssemblySixty-fifth session

Informal interactive civil society hearing on the preventionand control of non-communicable diseases

Opening

10 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Assembly Hall

Round table 1: The scale of the challenge

10.45 a.m.12 noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Assembly Hall

Round table 2: National and local solutions

12 noon1 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Assembly Hall34.30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Assembly Hall

Round table 3: What is needed to enhance global cooperation?

4.305.30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Assembly Hall

Closing

5.306 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Assembly Hall

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Survey of Conference Services

The Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM)invites all delegations to respond to the online Survey of Conference Services .

This e-survey aims to assess client satisfaction, while feedback will highlight, wherenecessary, areas for improvement in the quality and delivery of DGACM services .

The e-survey is accessible online until Monday, 20 June 2011 . Please click on, to fill out the e-survey.

The participation of delegations in this survey is appreciated.

Security CouncilSecurity Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006)

36 p.m. . . . . . . . . . Informal meeting (closed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 7 (NLB)

General AssemblyAdvisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

10 a.m.1 p.m. . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 10 (NLB)

36 p.m. . . . . . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 10 (NLB)

1. Section 29G: Administration, Nairobi

2. Executive meeting

3. Section 18: Economic and social development in Africa4. Executive meeting

Committee on ContributionsSeventy-first session

10 a.m.1 p.m. . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 6 (NLB)

36 p.m. . . . . . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 6 (NLB)
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Meeting of States PartiesTwenty-first Meeting

10 a.m.1 p.m. . . . . . 146th meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 1 (NLB)

1. Election of seven members of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea . . [13

2. Consideration of budgetary matters of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea[11]

(a) Report of the external auditor for the financial period 2009-2010 ( SPLOS/223 )

(b) Report on budgetary matters for the financial periods 2009-2010 and 2011-2012(SPLOS/224 )

36 p.m. . . . . . . . . . 147th meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 1 (NLB)

1. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [10]

(b) Workload of the Commission

2. Report of the Secretary-General under article 319 for the information of States partieson issues of a general nature, relevant to States parties, that have arisen with respect tothe United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( A/65/69/Add.2 and A/66/70 )[14]

Economic and Social CouncilCommittee on Non-Governmental Organizations2011 resumed session

4.306 p.m. . . . . . . . 32nd meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 2 (NLB)

Adoption of the report of the Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [10]

Committee for Programme and CoordinationFifty-first session

10 a.m.1 p.m. . . . . . 9th meeting (closed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 3 (NLB)

Programme questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]

(a) Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2012-2013

Programme 12: Human settlements ( A/66/82 , A/65/6/Rev.1 and A/66/6 (Sect. 15) )

General discussion

Programme 2: Political affairs ( A/66/82 , A/65/6/Rev.1 and A/66/6 (Sect. 3) )

General discussion

36 p.m. . . . . . . . . . Informal consultations (closed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 5 (NLB)

Coordination questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]

(b) New Partnership for Africas Development

Report of the Secretary-General on United Nations system support for the NewPartnership for Africas Development ( E/AC.51/2011/4 )
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Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the UnitedNations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project ServicesAnnual session 2011

10 a.m.1 p.m. . . . . . 16th meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 4 (NLB)

34 p.m. . . . . . . . . . 17th meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 4 (NLB)

UNDP segment

1. United Nations Capital Development Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [7]

Reports on results achieved by UNCDF in 2010 ( DP/2010/28 )

2. Other matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [17]

Adoption of decisions

3. Human Development Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5]

Update on Human Development Report preparations and consultations(DP/2011/25 )

[The Western European and Other States Group will meet daily at 9 a.m. in Conference Room D(NLB).]

General AssemblyUnited Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women(UN-Women)

Executive BoardInformal informal consultations

There will be informal informal consultations of the Executive Board of the UnitedNations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), onthe draft decision on the strategic plan, today , 16 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. inConference Room 8 (General Assembly Building) .

Open-ended Working Group on Ageing for the purpose of strengthening theprotection of the human rights of older personsInformal consultations

There will be informal consultations of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing forthe purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons,convened by the delegation of Argentina, on the draft decision on the modalities of participation of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and academia, today ,16 June 2011, at 3 p.m. in Conference Room B (NLB).
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf Resumed twenty-seventh session

There will be closed meetings of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf today , 16 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., at the GeographicInformation System laboratories (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea,DC2 Building, 4th Floor) .

Economic and Social CouncilInformal informal consultations

Informal informal consultations, convened by the facilitator, Mr. Nojibur Rahman(Bangladesh), on the draft resolution concerning the least d eveloped countries, will takeplace today , 16 June 2011, from 1.15 to 2.30 p.m. in Conference Room 2 (NLB).

Informal informal consultations, convened by the facilitator, Mr. Pl Bekken (Norway), on

draft resolution E/2011/L.13 , entitled Committee of Experts on International Cooperationin Tax Matters, will be held today , 16 June 2011, from 3 to 6 p.m., at the PermanentMission of Norway (825 Third Avenue, 38th Floor).

Informal consultations on draft proposals convened bypermanent missions


General Assembly

Informal consultations on draft resolution A/65/L.66 , entitled Implementing the smooth transition strategy forcountries graduating from the list of least developed countries (under agenda item 23 of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly) (Groups of countries in special situations) (convened by the Permanent Mission of Australia)

Permanent Mission of Australia10 a.m.1 p.m. . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (150 East 42nd Street, 33rd Floor)

Economic and Social Council

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarianassistance of the United Nations (humanitarian affairs segment of the 2011 substantive session of the Economicand Social Council) (convened by the Permanent Missions of Australia and Indonesia)

10 a.m.1 p.m. . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room B (NLB)
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Other meetings The information below is reproduced as received and does not implyany opinion or endorsement by the Secretariat of the United Nations.The meetings under this header are closed.


Group of 77 (on the draft ministerial declaration of the high-levelsegment of the 2011 substantive session of the Economic andSocial Council)

910 a.m. . . . . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 2 (NLB)

Conference Room 836 p.m. . . . . . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (General Assembly Building)

Group of 77 (at the ambassadorial level)

10 a.m.12 noon . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Economic and Social Council Chamber (NLB)

Group of 77 (on the draft resolution on public administration)

12 noon1 p.m. . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Economic and Social Council Chamber (NLB)

Group of Least Developed Countries (at the ambassadorial level)

10.30 a.m.1 p.m. . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 2 (NLB)

Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) (meetingsfor candidates for election to judicial bodies)

1.152.30 p.m. . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 7 (NLB)

OIC Group (at the ambassadorial level)

36 p.m. . . . . . . . . . Closed meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 3 (NLB)


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Other activitiesThe information below is reproduced as received and does not implyany opinion or endorsement by the Secretariat of the United Nations.


UNITAR Course on International Migration Law (organized in collaboration with the InternationalOrganization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the MacArthurFoundation)

From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 5.30 p.m. in Conference Room E (NLB).

[All are invited to attend. For registration and further information, please visit; or contact Mr. Pierpaolo Capalbo, UNITAR ([email protected] ; tel. 1 (212) 963-9684).]

United Nations Population Award Ceremony (organized by the United Nations Population Fund)

From 4 to 6 p.m. in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (NLB).

[The Laureates of the Award for the year 2011 are Professor Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi (Islamic Republic of Iran) and the Institut de formation et de recherchedmographique (IFORD) (Cameroon). For registration and further information, pleasecontact Ms. Lily Tong, UNFPA (e-mail [email protected] ; tel. 1 (212) 297-5088); orMr. Kwabena Osei-Danquah, UNFPA (e-mail [email protected] ).]

Press conferences The schedule below is tentative; up-to-date information can be obtained at < www.un.org/News/ossg/conf.htm >.


Dag Hammarskjld Library Auditorium

12 noon . . . . . . . . . Press briefing by the Spokesperson [ Guest : Ms. Anne-Marie Orler, Police Adviser andDirector of the Police Division, Department of Peacekeeping Operations]

12.45 p.m. . . . . . . . . Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South African Minister of International Relations andCooperation and incoming President of the seventeenth session of the Conference of theParties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)(on South Africas hosting of the seventeenth session of the Conference)
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Forthcoming official meetings

Friday, 17 June 2011


3 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . 100th plenary meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference Room 2 (NLB)

1. Report of the Human Rights Council (A/65/L.78) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [63]

2. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items; and FourthUnited Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries: draft resolution(A/65/L.75 ) [7 and 23 (a)]

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General AssemblyCommittee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian Peoplewill hold its 333rd meeting on Monday, 20 June 2011, at 10.30 a.m. in ConferenceRoom 6 (NLB).

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women(UN-Women)

Executive BoardAnnual session

The 2011 annual session of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and theEmpowerment of Women (UN-Women) will take place from Monday, 27, to Thursday,30 June 2011, in Conference Room 2 (NLB). The provisional annotated agenda andworkplan are contained in document UNW/2011/L.2 . The strategic plan for 2011-2013 iscontained in document UNW/2011/9 . Further information concerning documentation canbe consulted at < www.unwomen.org/about-us/governance/executive-board/#eb_docs >.

Executive Board members and others Member States wishing to participate, in accordancewith rule 16 (2) and (3) of the rules of procedure, are requested to submit their credentials(names and titles of each member of their delegation, on official letterhead), to thesecretariat of the UN-Women Executive Board (e-mail [email protected] ),indicating the specific item of the provisional agenda on which they intend to intervene , asearly as possible, but no later than Tuesday, 21 June 2011 .
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United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the SeaTwelfth meeting

The twelfth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Processon Oceans and the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters from Monday, 20, to

Friday, 24 June 2011. The meeting will be convened on Monday, 20 June, at 10 a.m. inConference Room 1 (NLB). Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 65/37 A, themeeting will focus on the topic Contributing to the assessment, in the context of theUnited Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, of progress to date and theremaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits onsustainable development and addressing new and emerging challenges.

The format and annotated provisional agenda of the meeting are contained in documentA/AC.259/L.12 . The report of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea,which addresses the topic of focus of the meeting is contained in documentA/66/70/Add.1 . Both documents and other relevant information are available on theWeb site of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of LegalAffairs < www.un.org/Depts/los >.

Delegations that have not done so are kindly reminded to submit the names of theirrepresentatives participating in the Meeting to the Division by Friday, 17 June 2011 (room DC2-450; fax 1 (212) 963-5847).

Delegations wishing to inscribe their names on the list of speakers are invited to contactthe Division (tel. 1 (917) 367-3085).

The list of side events scheduled to be held during the Meeting can be consulted at.

Economic and Social Council Informal consultations

Informal consultations, convened by the presidency of the Economic and Social Council(Zambia), on the draft ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the 2011substantive session of the Council, will be held on Friday, 17 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to1 p.m. in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (NLB).

Informal consultations, convened by the vice-presidency of the Council (Peru), on thedraft resolution under the operational activities segment of the 2011 substantive session of the Council, will be held on Monday, 20 June 2011, from 1.15 to 2.30 p.m. in ConferenceRoom A (NLB).

Informal informal consultations

Informal informal consultations, convened by the facilitator, Mr. Walter Schuldt(Ecuador), on the establishment of an ad hoc panel of experts on the world financial andeconomic crisis and its impact on development (Council decision 2010/264 and draftresolution E/2010/L.37 ), will be held on Friday, 17 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. inConference Room 7 (NLB).

Informal informal consultations, convened by the facilitator, Ms. Tishka Fraser(Bahamas), on the report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on itstenth session ( E/2011/44 ), will be held on Friday, 17 June 2011, from 3 to 5 p.m. inConference Room 8 (General Assembly Building); and on Thursday, 23 June, from10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conference Room A (NLB).
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Informal informal consultations, convened by the facilitator, Mr. Stefano Cacciaguerra(Italy), on the draft resolution concerning the United Nations System Staff College, willbe held on Wednesday, 22 June 2011, from 1.15 to 2.30 p.m. in Conference Room 7(NLB).

United Nations Childrens Fund

Executive BoardAnnual session

The 2011 annual session of the UNICEF Executive Board will take place from Monday,20, to Thursday, 23 June 2011, in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (NLB).The provisional annotated agenda, timetable and organization of work are contained indocument E/ICEF/2011/8 . Advance copies of all documentation for the session are

available at < www.unicef.org/about/execboard/index_58110.html >. Member States, aswell as observers and representatives of other organizations attending the session, arerequested to submit their credentials to the Office of the Secretary of the ExecutiveBoard of UNICEF (e-mail [email protected] ; fax 1 (212) 326-7096), asearly as possible, but no later than Friday, 17 June 2011.

In accordance with rule 50 (2) of the rules of procedures and its annex, observerdelegations are also requested to communicate, with their credentials, their specialinterest in the items of the provisional agenda on which they intend to intervene.

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme,the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Officefor Project ServicesInformal consultation

There will be an informal consultation on UNDP budget estimates for the biennium2012-2013, on Thursday, 23 June 2011, from 1.15 to 2.30 p.m. in Conference Room 8(General Assembly Building) . Interested delegations are invited to attend.

Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme,the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Officefor Project Services and of the United Nations Childrens FundJoint informal consultation

There will be a joint informal consultation on the roadmap towards an integrated budget,on Friday, 24 June 2011, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Conference Room B (NLB) . Interesteddelegations are invited to attend.
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Forthcoming informal consultations on draft proposals convened bypermanent missions


Informal consultations on the draft resolution on Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarianassistance of the United Nations (humanitarian affairs segment of the 2011 substantive session of the Economicand Social Council) (convened by the Permanent Missions of Australia and Indonesia)

Friday, 17 June 2011 , from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conference Room B (NLB).

Forthcoming other meetings The information below is reproduced as received and does not imply

any opinion or endorsement by the Secretariat of the United Nations.The meetings under this header are closed.

Western European and Other States Group: Open-ended Working Group on a possible WEOG rotation schemefor the Security Council (convened by the Permanent Missions of the Netherlands and San Marino)

Tuesday, 21 June 2011 , from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conference Room A (NLB).

Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (at the ambassadorial level) (briefing by the ExecutiveSecretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC))

Wednesday, 22 June 2011 , from 1.15 to 2.30 p.m. in Conference Room 4 (NLB).

Asian Group: Open-ended Working Group

Thursday, 23 June 2011 , from 1.15 to 2.30 p.m. in Conference Room A (NLB).

Forthcoming other activitiesThe information below is reproduced as received and does not implyany opinion or endorsement by the Secretariat of the United Nations.

Interactive panel discussion on Promotion and protection of the rights of children with disabilities(co-organized by the Delegation of the European Union, Permanent Mission of Uruguay, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF))

Friday, 17 June 2011 , from 1.15 to 2.30 p.m. in Conference Room 7 (NLB).

[All are invited to attend. For registration and further information, please visit; or contact Ms. Monika Ekler,Delegation of the European Union (e-mail [email protected]) .]
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UNITAR/OHCHR Orientation Programme for Diplomats on Human Rights

Monday, 20 June 2011 , from 10 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. in ConferenceRoom 6 (NLB); and

Tuesday, 21 June 2011 , from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. in ConferenceRoom 6 (NLB).

[All are invited to attend. For registration, please visit the following address:. For furtherinformation, please contact Mr. Franois Richard, UNITAR ([email protected] ; tel. 1 (212) 963-3021).]

Launch of the World Drug Report 2011 of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on theglobal production, trafficking and consumption of illicit drugs (in the presence of the President of the GeneralAssembly and the Secretary-General) (organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, New YorkOffice)

Thursday, 23 June 2011 , from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in Conference Room 4 (NLB).

[All are invited to attend. For registration and further information, please contactMr. Juan Espinosa, UNODC New York Office (e-mail [email protected] ; tel. 1 (212)963-5698).]

UNITAR Workshop on the Structure, Retrieval and Use of United Nations Documentation Tuesday, 28 June 2011, from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 5.30 p.m. in ConferenceRoom A (NLB);

Wednesday, 29 June 2011, from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. in Conference Room DC2-1142; and

Thursday, 30 June 2011, from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. in Conference Room DC2-1142.

[All are invited to attend. For registration, please visit < www.unitar.org/ny/the-un-system >. For further information, please contact Ms. Mitali Gupta, UNITAR ([email protected] ; tel. (1 (212) 963-3021).]

Informal workshop on Renewable energy (co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Denmark and theRepublic of Korea)

Tuesday, 28 June 2011 , from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Economic and Social Council Chamber(NLB).

[All are invited to attend. For further information, please contact Mr. Hanseung Kum,Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea (tel. 1 (212) 439-4052).]
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Workshop on Migration profiles: Developing evidence-based migration and development policies (withinthe framework of the 2011 Swiss chairmanship of the Global Forum on Migration and Development(GFMD)) (co-chaired by the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Ghana and the Republic of Moldova, andco-organized with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the InternationalOrganization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the MacArthurFoundation)

Thursday, 30 June 2011 , from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 to 5.30 p.m. in ConferenceRoom A (NLB).

[All are invited to attend. The deadline for registration is Thursday, 23 June 2011 . Forfurther information, please visit < www.unitar.org/ny >; or contact Mr. PierpaoloCapalbo, UNITAR (e-mail [email protected] ; tel. 1 (212) 963-9684).]

UNITAR Seminar on International Trade Law and Policy

Monday, 18 July 2011 , from 10 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. in ConferenceRoom D (NLB);

Tuesday, 19 July 201 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. in ConferenceRoom D (NLB);

Wednesday, 20 July 2011 , from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conference Room D (NLB);

Thursday, 21 July 2011 , from 3 to 6 p.m. in Conference Room D (NLB); and

Friday 22 July 2011 y, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conference Room D (NLB).

[All are invited to attend. For registration, please visit < www.unitar.org/ny >.For further information, please contact Ms. Mitali Gupta, UNITAR ([email protected] ; tel. 1 (212) 963-3021).]

Forthcoming official meetings held away from Headquarters


Substantive session of 2011United Nations Office at Geneva(429 July 2011)

The Economic and Social Council will hold its substantive session of 2011 fromMonday, 4 July, to Friday, 29 July, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. The session willopen on Monday, 4 July, at 9.15 a.m. The annotated provisional agenda is contained indocument E/2011/100 and E/2011/100/Corr.1 . The proposed programme of work iscontained in document E/2011/L.12 , and the status of documentation for the session iscontained in document E/2011/L.11 . For further information, please consult the Website of the Council < www.un.org/en/ecosoc/ >.
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Lists of speakers

The lists of speakers for all segments are indicated below. If no specific reference ismade to a list of speakers, it implies that no such list is being maintained. The lists areopen for inscription. The deadlines for inscription are indicated in the relevant

paragraphs below. Requests for inscription on the lists of speakers should be sent, inwriting , indicating the full name and title of the speaker, to the secretariat of theCouncil (Ms. Lorna Fidler (e-mail [email protected]) ). In order to accommodate allrequests for inscription, statements during the general debate of the high-level segmentand during all other segments will be limited to five minutes, with the understandingthat the full texts of the statements can be circulated in the meeting room.

High-level segment (48 July (morning))

A list of speakers will be maintained only for the general debate of the high-levelsegment, to be held on Tuesday, 5, and Wednesday, 6 July, from 3 to 6 p.m., and onThursday, 7 July, from 3.30 to 6 p.m. The list will close by 5 p.m., the preceding day.A detailed programme of the high-level segment is available on the Web site of theCouncil < www.un.org/en/ecosoc/julyhls/pdf11/11_hls_programme_2011.pdf >.

Dialogue with the Executive Secretaries of the regional commissions (8 July(afternoon))

Panel discussion on the topic Regional cooperation as a catalyst for development: examples from the regions

There will be no established list of speakers.

Coordination segment (1114 July (morning))

A list of speakers will be maintained for the general discussion of agenda items 4, 6 (a),7 (a) and 7 (e). The list will close by 5 p.m. on the day before the general discussion of the items. A detailed programme for the segment is available on the Web site of theCouncil < www.un.org/en/ecosoc/julyhls/pdf11/11_cs-hls_programme.pdf >.

Operational activities segment (14 July (afternoon)19 July (morning))A list of speakers will be maintained for the general discussion of item 3. The list willclose by 5 p.m. on the day before the general discussion of the item. A detailedprogramme for the segment is available on the Web site of the Council.

Informal event to discuss the transition from relief to development (19 July(morning))

Panel discussion on the topic The role of the United Nations and theinternational community in supporting the capacity of the Government of South Sudan to manage the transition

There will be no established list of speakers.

Humanitarian affairs segment (19 July (afternoon)21 July)A list of speakers will be maintained for the general discussion of item 5. The list willclose by 5 p.m. on the day before the general discussion of the item. A detailedprogramme of the segment will be posted on the Web site of the Council shortly.

General segment (2228 July)

Lists of speakers will be maintained for the general discussion of each item under thegeneral segment. The lists will close by 5 p.m. on the day before the consideration of the item. A detailed programme of the segment is available on the Web site of theCouncil < www.un.org/en/ecosoc/julyhls/pdf11/11_gs-hls_programme.pdf >.
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Conclusion of work (29 July)

The Council will conclude its work of its substantive session of 2011 on Friday, 29 July.

Registration and accreditation

Information regarding registration and accreditation for the 2011 substantive session of the Economic and Social Council is available on the Web site of the Council.

List of participants

Delegations should send, in writing , on the official letterhead, the names and titles of the members of their delegations (please indicate clearly the head and alternate headof delegation) as they would like them to appear in the official list of participants.Please send this composition of delegation to the secretariat of the Council by e-mail(Ms. Mary Constable (e-mail [email protected] )), as soon as possible, but no later than 25 July 2011 . The list of participants will be issued as part of the officialdocuments of the session.

StatementsIn order to facilitate interpretation, delegations are kindly requested to provide40 copies of their statements to the Conference Officers. Delegations wishing to havethe full text of statements circulated in the meeting should provide 250 copies of the same to the Conference Officers.

Side events

A list of side events to be held in conjunction with the 2011 substantive session of theCouncil will be posted on the Web site of the Council shortly.

Announcements

Training for delegates and staff of permanent missions

The Dag Hammarskjld Library will conduct the following training for delegates andstaff of permanent missions in Room DC2-1142, as indicated below. All interested arekindly requested to register by e-mail ( [email protected] ) or telephone (1 (212)963-5321).

Introduction to Economic and Social Council documentation

In French :Today , 16 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

In English :Friday, 17 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon; andTuesday, 28 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

In Spanish :Monday, 27 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
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Introduction to United Nations documents

In English :Thursday, 23 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Introduction to RSS and feeds In English :

Wednesday, 22 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet)

In French :Thursday, 23 June 2011, from 2 to 4 p.m.

In English :Thursday, 30 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Official Document System (ODS)

In English :Friday, 24 June 2011, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Tentative schedule of General Assembly plenary and related meetings

The tentative schedule of General Assembly plenary and related meetings may now beaccessed on the Web site of the General Assembly at the following address:.

Security Council Communications to the President of the Security Council

Communications addressed to the President of the Security Council should be deliveredto the Offices of the Security Council Secretariat Branch (room 08083, 730 ThirdAvenue (between 45th and 46th Streets); tel. 1 (212) 963-5258).

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Prepared statements

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delivered, but copies of texts help interpreters to correctly render details andnuances and help verbatim reporters to produce the written record more quickly.Speakers are therefore encouraged, whenever possible, to provide copies of theirstatements, as early as possible in advance of delivery, to the Conference Officer in theChamber.

Delegations are kindly requested to make 40 copies for minimum distribution toCouncil members and relevant services, and 200 additional copies for generaldistribution in the Security Council Chamber.

Delegations wishing to make statements available for the media are kindly requested todeliver 50 copies to the Media Documents Centre (e-mail [email protected] ; tel. 1 (212)963-7166; room SA-1B12).

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Summary of official meetings

Monday, 13 June 2011

General AssemblyUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea


140th meeting Opening of the Twentyfirst Meeting by the President of the Twentieth Meeting . . . [1]

The President of the Twentieth Meeting of States Parties opened the Twenty-firstMeeting.

The representatives of China and the Republic of Korea made a statement.

Minute of silent prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]

The Meeting observed a minute of silent prayer.

Election of the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]

The President of the Twentieth Meeting made a statement.

The Meeting elected H.E. Mr. Camillo Gonsalves (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) asPresident of the Twenty-first Meeting of States Parties, by acclamation.
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The President made a statement.

The Legal Counsel of the United Nations, Ms. Patricia OBrien, made a statement.

Adoption of the agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]

The Meeting adopted its provisional agenda, as contained in document SPLOS/211 .The representatives of China and the Republic of Korea made statements.

Election of the Vice-Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5]


Ms. Ledia Hysi (Albania), Ms. Sue Robertson (Australia), Ms. Shazelina Zainul Abidin(Malaysia) and Mr. Yousuf M. Ramjanally (Mauritius) were elected as Vice-Presidentsof the Twenty-first Meeting of States Parties, by acclamation.

The representative of Senegal made a statement.

Appointment of the Credentials Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]

The Meeting appointed a Credentials Committee consisting of the following nineStates: Belgium, Brazil, Ghana, Norway, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Uruguayand Zambia.

Organization of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [7]


The representative of Guatemala made a statement.

141st meeting Report of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to the Meeting of StatesParties for 2010 ( SPLOS/222 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [8]

Judge Jos Luis Jesus, President of the Tribunal, made a statement.

Statements were made by the representatives of Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh,Chile, China, Cuba, the European Union, Fiji, Germany, Guatemala, Ghana, India,Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, SierraLeone, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia.

The President of the Tribunal made a statement.

The Meeting took note of the report of the Tribunal for 2010 ( SPLOS/222 ).

Information reported by the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority [9]

H.E. Mr. Nii Allotey Oduinton, Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority,made a statement.

Statements were made by the representatives of Brazil, Benin, China, Cuba, Fiji, Japan,

Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago.The Meeting took note of the information reported by the Secretary-General of theInternational Seabed Authority.

Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [10]

(a) Information reported by the Chair of the Commission

Mr. Brekke, on behalf of the Chair of the Commission, made a statement.

Statements were made by the representatives of Argentina and China.
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011



142nd meeting Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [10]

Statements were made by the representatives of Angola, Argentina, Australia,Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, theEuropean Union, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco,Pakistan, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Senegal andUruguay.

Mr. Brekke made a statement.


The Meeting took note of the information reported by Mr. Brekke, on behalf of theChair of the Commission.

(b) Workload of the Commission


The Coordinator of the Informal Working Group of the Bureau of the Meeting of StatesParties on the workload of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf,Mr. Eden Charles (Trinidad and Tobago), made a statement.

Statements were made by the representatives of Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba,Mauritius and Morocco.

The Meeting took note of the report of Mr. Charles.

143rd meeting Report of the Credentials Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [12]


Mr. Robert Eric A. Borje (Philippines), Chair of the Credentials Committee, made astatement introducing the report of the Committee (to be issued as documentSPLOS/228 ).


The Meeting approved the report of the Credentials Committee.

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Security Council6555th meeting The situation in Libya

The agenda was adopted without objection.

The meeting was presided by H.E. Mr. Paul Toungui, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gabon.
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In accordance with the understanding reached in the Councils prior consultations, thePresident, with the consent of the Council, extended an invitation under rule 39 of theCouncils provisional rules of procedure to H.E. Mr. Hamady Ould Hamady, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania.

The Council began its consideration of the item and heard a briefing by H.E.Mr. Hamady, speaking on behalf of the visiting delegation of the African Union Ad HocHigh-level Committee on Libya, namely, H.E. Mr. Basile Ikouebe, Minister for ForeignAffairs of the Congo, H.E. Mr. Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga, Minister for Foreign Affairsof Mali, H.E. Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations andCooperation for South Africa, H.E. Mr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Permanent Representativeof Uganda, and H.E. Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union.


99th plenary meeting O rganization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items: third report of the General Committee ( A/65/250/Add.2 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [7]

The General Assembly decided to waive the relevant provision of rule 78 of the rules of procedure in order to proceed immediately to the consideration of the third report of theGeneral Committee ( A/65/250/Add.2 ).

The General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee, decided toinclude in the agenda of the sixty-fifth session an additional sub-item entitledAppointment of ad litem judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal, as sub-item(h) of agenda item 113 under heading I (Organizational, administrative and othermatters), and to consider the sub-item directly in plenary meeting.

The General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee, decided toinclude in the agenda of the sixty-fifth session an additional item entitled Appointmentof the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as item 163 under heading I(Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to consider the item directly inplenary meeting.

General Committee

3rd meeting Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items . . . . . . . . [7]

(a) Request for the inclusion of an additional sub-item by the Secretary-General

( A/65/233 )The General Committee decided to recommend the inclusion in the agenda of thecurrent session of the General Assembly of an additional sub-item entitledAppointment of ad litem judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal, under agendaitem 113, entitled Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and otherappointments and under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters).

The General Committee also decided to recommend that the sub-item be considereddirectly in plenary meeting.
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(b) Request for the inclusion of an additional item by Kuwait ( A/65/234 )

In accordance with rule 43 of the rules of procedure, the representative of Kuwait, asChair of the Group of Asian States for the month of June, made a statement, in thecourse of which he requested the inclusion of an additional item entitled Appointment

of the Secretary-General of the United Nations ( A/64/234 ).The General Committee decided to recommend the inclusion in the agenda of thecurrent session of an additional item entitled Appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters).

The General Committee also decided to recommend that the item be considered directlyin plenary meeting.



144th145th meetings The summary of the 144th and 145th meetings of the Meeting of the States Parties willappear in the next issue of the Journal (No. 2011/116).

Signatures, Ratifications, etc.

[Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General]

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. New York,

15 November 2000 Accession : Marshall Islands (15 June 2011) 1

United Nations Convention against Corruption. New York, 31 October 2003

Notification under article 6 (3) : Iraq (14 June 2011) 1

__________1Date of receipt of the relevant documents.
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Chairs of the regional groups

The following information regarding the chairmanship of the regional groups for themonth of June 2011 has been communicated to the Secretariat:

African States:SenegalH.E. Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo

Asian States:KuwaitH.E. Mr. Mansour Alotaibi

Eastern European States:Republic of MoldovaH.E. Mr. Alexandru Cujba

Latin American and Caribbean States:Bolivia (Plurinational State of)H.E. Mr. Rafael Archondo Charg daffaires a.i.

Western European and other States:IsraelH.E. Mr. Haim WaxmanCharg daffaires a.i.

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A/CN.10/PV.310 Meeting held on 4 April 2011, 10 a.m. [A C E F R S] 24 pages

A/CN.10/PV.311 Meeting held on 4 April 2011, 3 p.m. [A C E F R S] 15 pages
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General Assembly Documents

Sixty-fifth session

A/65/L.62/Rev.1/Add.1 Item 62 (b) New Partnership for Africas Development: progress in implementation

and international support: causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace andsustainable development in Africa Argentina: revised draft resolution Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainabledevelopment in Africa Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark,Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg,Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the formerYugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain andNorthern Ireland and United States of America [A C E F R S] 1 page

A/65/L.69/Rev.1 Item 62 (a) New Partnership for Africas Development: progress in implementationand international support Argentina: revised draft resolution [A C E F R S] 8 pages

Sixty-sixth session

A/66/100 Annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of thesixty-sixth regular session of the General Assembly [A C E F R S] 215 pages

International Law CommissionSixty-third session

A/CN.4/643 Fourth report on the protection of persons in the event of disasters by Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, Special Rapporteur [A C E F R S] 33 pages

Security Council Documents

S/2011/357 Letter dated 8 June 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the UnitedNations addressed to the Secretary-General [A C E F R S] 1 page


Documents

Substantive session of 2011

E/2011/95 Item 2 (b) of the provisional agenda High-level segment: annual ministerial review Letter dated 2 May 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UnitedNations addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council [A C E F R S] 26 pages

E/2011/L.14 Item 10 of the provisional agenda Regional cooperation Morocco and Spain: draftresolution Europe-Africa fixed link through the Strait of Gibraltar [A C E F R S] 3 pages
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Documents

Annual session of 2011

UNW/2011/9 Item 3 of the provisional agenda Strategic plan for 2011-2013 United NationsEntity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women strategic plan, 2011-2013[A C E F R S] 25 pages

Communications to the Editor

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