Upcoming meetings relevant to Gender & Chemicals,
particularly in the context of International Chemicals & Waste Management, 2018 – 2020
Information as of June 2018
2018
Jan – Feb, SAICM Regional Meetings
23-26 Jan, Asia and the Pacific Region (Bangkok, Thailand)
29 Jan – 1 Feb, Latin America and the Caribbean Region (Panama City, Panama)
6 – 9 Feb, African Region (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
9 Feb, EU-JUSSCANNZ (Paris, France)
19 – 21 Feb, CEE Region (Lodz, Poland)
March
12 – 16 Mar, 2nd meeting of the intersessional process
(Stockholm, Sweden)
12 – 23 Mar, UN CSW 62, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women – CSW, 62nd Session: Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls
April
18 – 21 Apr, International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX), Congress of Toxicology in Developing Countries
(Belgrade, Serbia)
May
21-26 May, WHA, 71st WHO: World Health Assembly (Geneva, Switzerland)
July
9 – 18, UN HLPF, United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (SDGs), country reports and individual SDGs, incl. review of SDG12 on SCP (New York)
November
19-23 Nov, Minamata Convention, Minamata COP2 (Geneva, Switzerland)
2019
Feb – exact date & location TBD, OEWG3 3rd Open Ended Working Group (location TBD) (also to decide if there will be an OEWG4, sometime before ICCM5)
March
11-15 Mar, Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) (Nairobi, Kenya)
11-22 Mar, UN CSW 63, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women – CSW, 63rd Session: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls (New York)
April
29 Apr – 10 May, BRS Conventions, Basel Rotterdam Stockholm – BRS COPs
(Geneva, Switzerland)
May
WHA, 72nd WHO: World Health Assembly – WHA
(Geneva, Switzerland) (exact date tbd)
July
FAO, 41st Session of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation – FAO Conference (Rome, Italy) (exact date tbd)
October
3rd meeting of the Intersessional Meeting on the Intersessional Process considering SAICM and the sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020 (tbc)
Undefined month
SAICM Regional Meetings
2020
May
WHA, 73rd WHA (Geneva, Switzerland) (exact date tbd)
October
ICCM5, SAICM 5th Int’l Conference ICCM5
Plus: ICCM5 Bureau Meetings, and additional regional meetings – TBD
In addition, the following processes may be, or become, relevant:
- United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CEDAW: Two CEDAW Committee meetings per year, with reviews of States Parties’ report, no thematic focus
- Human Rights Council meetings in 2018:
37th Session, 26 February – 23 March 2018
38th Session, 18 June – 6 July 2018
39th Session, 10 – 28 September 2018 - UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights & Toxics: The Special Rapporteur provides the U.N. Human Rights Council with one thematic report per year and approx. two reports of recent country missions; consultations are ongoing with representatives in respectives countries
- WHO High-Level Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents – dates TBD
- FAO Committee on World Food Security, annual meetings – probably Oct 2018