United Nations A/AC.172/2021/2 General Assembly Distr.: General 8 February 2021 Original: English Committee on Conferences Calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations for 2021 Note by the Secretariat 1. The annex to the present note contains the calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations for 2021, as adopted by the General Assembly in paragraph 2 of section I of its resolution 75/244 and taking into account other resolutions and decisions adopted by the Assembly at its seventy-fifth session. 2. The calendar of conferences and meetings of the principal organs of the specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency and treaty bodies established under the auspices of the United Nations for 2021 also forms part of the annex. 3. In paragraphs 5 and 6 of section I of its resolution 75/244, the General Assembly noted with satisfaction that the Secretariat had taken into account the arrangements referred to in its previous resolutions on the pattern of conferences concerning Orthodox Good Friday, Yom Kippur, the Day of Vesak, Diwali, Gurpurab, Orthodox Christmas, Nowruz and the official holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. In 2021, those days occur on the dates set out in the table below, as confirmed by the Office of Human Resources. Dates of Orthodox Good Friday, Yom Kippur, the Day of Vesak, Diwali, Gurpurab, Orthodox Christmas, Nowruz, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha in 2021 2021 Orthodox Christmas 7 January Nowruz 22 March (observed)a Orthodox Good Friday 30 April Eid al-Fitr 13 May Day of Vesak 26 May 21-01653 (E) 110321 *2101653* A/AC.172/2021/2 2021 Eid al-Adha 20 July Yom Kippur 16 September Diwali 4 November Gurpurab 19 November a Nowruz falls on Sunday, 21 March 2021, but will be observed on Monday, 22 March 2021. 2/49 21-01653 A/AC.172/2021/2 Annex Calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations and of the principal organs of the specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency and treaty bodies established under the auspices of the United Nations for 2021 The abbreviations below are used in the present annex. In the column entitled “Organ” ECA Economic Commission for Africa ECE Economic Commission for Europe ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization ICSC International Civil Service Commission IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund IMO International Maritime Organization ITU International Telecommunication Union UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UN-Habitat United Nations Human Settlements Programme UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization 21-01653 3/49 A/AC.172/2021/2 UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNU United Nations University UN-Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women UNWTO World Tourism Organization UPU Universal Postal Union WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WMO World Meteorological Organization WTO World Trade Organization In the column entitled “Membership” G Governments E Experts ST Secretariat or secretariats In the column entitled “Servicing” I Interpretation T Translation PV Verbatim records SR Summary records RW Report writing A Arabic C Chinese E English F French R Russian S Spanish 4/49 21-01653 21 - 01653 A. Calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations, 2021 (As at 15 February 2021) Meeting title/ Organ Mandate session number Dates (2021) Location Membership Servicinga Periodicity 1. Military Staff Committee Charter 8 January and New York 5 G I T PV Every second once every (CEFR) Friday fortnight thereafter 2. UNICEF, Executive Board Economic and Social Council decision Election of Bureau 12 January New York 36 G I Tb – One meeting 2011/215 (one meeting) (ACEFRS) per year 3. UN-Women, Executive Boardb General Assembly resolution 64/289 Election of Bureau 12 January New York 41 G I T – One meeting (one meeting) (ACEFRS) per year 4. UNCTAD, Working Party on the UNCTAD resolution 114 (V) and Eighty-first session 18–20 January Geneva 19 G I T – Two sessions Programme Plan and Programme Trade and Development Board (ACEFRS) per year Performance resolution TD/B/67/6 and decisions 156 (XVII) and 559 (LXVII) 5. Human Rights Council, Working General Assembly resolution 60/251 Thirty-seventh 18–29 January Geneva 47 G I T – Three sessions Group on the Universal Periodic and Human Rights Council decision session (ACEFRS) per year Review 1/103 and resolution 5/1 6. Committee on the Rights of the General Assembly resolutions 44/25, Eighty-sixth session 18 January– Geneva 18 E I T SR Three sessions Childc 47/112, 49/211 and 68/268 5 February (EFS)d per year 7. Conference on Disarmament General Assembly resolutions 1722 First part 18 January– Geneva 65 G I T PV One session in (XVI), S-10/2 and 34/83 L 26 Marche (ACEFRS) three parts per year 8. Human Rights Council, Working Human Rights Council resolutions Thirtieth session 25–29 January Geneva 5 E I T – Three sessions Group on discrimination against 15/23, 23/7, 32/4 and 41/6 (ACEFRS) per year: two women and girls in Geneva, one in New York (mandate extended until 2022) 9. UNCITRAL, Working Group I General Assembly resolution 2205 Thirty-fifth session 25–29 January Vienna 60 G I T – Two sessions (Micro-, Small- and Medium- (XXI) (ACEFRS) per year sized Enterprises) A/AC.172/2021/2 10. Commission on the Limits of the Annex II, article 2 (5), of the United Fifty-third session 25 January– New York 21 E I T – Three sessions Continental Shelfc Nations Convention on the Law of the 12 Marchf (ACEFRS) per year Sea, and General Assembly resolutions 67/78 and 75/239 5 / 49 A/AC.172/2021/2 6 / 49 Meeting title/ Organ Mandate session number Dates (2021) Location Membership Servicinga Periodicity 11. Advisory Committee on General Assembly resolutions 14 (I), Winter session 25 January– New York 21 E I T – Three sessions Administrative and Budgetary 173 (II), 32/103, 64/243 and 74/267 7 Maye,g (ACEFRS) per year Questions 12. UNEP, Committee of Permanent General Assembly resolution 2997 153rd meeting 26 January Nairobi See I – RWi Four meetings Representatives (XXVII) and UNEP Governing footnote h (ACEFRS) per year Council decision 19/32 below 13. Executive Board of UNDP/ General Assembly resolutions 2029 First regular session 1–4 February New York 36 G I Tb – Three sessions UNFPA/UNOPS (XX), 48/162 and 65/176 (ACEFRS) per year 14. International Narcotics Control Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 130th session 1–5 February Vienna 13 E I T – Two or three Boardc of 1961, article 11 (ACEFRS) sessions per year 15. United Nations Joint Staff General Assembly resolutions 248 Sixty-eighth 2–5 February New York 33 E I T – One session Pension Board (III), 46/200 and 61/240 (special) session (EF) per year 16. Advisory Board on Disarmament General Assembly resolution 37/99 K Seventy-fifth 4, 9 and New York 15 E I T – Two sessions Matters and decision 54/418 session 11 February (ACEFRS) per year 17. Intergovernmental preparatory General Assembly resolutions 73/242, Organizational 8 February New York 193 G I T – committee for the Fifth United para. 43, 74/232 and 74/232 B session (ACEFRS) Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries 18. Committee on the Rights of the General Assembly resolutions 44/25, Eighty-eighth 8–11 February Geneva 18 E I T – Three sessions Child, pre-sessional working 47/112, 49/211 and 68/268 session (EFS)d per year groupc 19. Committee against Torture, Part I, article 2, of the Optional Forty-third session 8–12 February Geneva 25 E I T SR Three sessions Subcommittee on Prevention of Protocol to the Convention against (EFS)d per year Torture and Other Cruel, Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Inhuman or Degrading Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Treatment or Punishmentc report of the Human Rights Council (A/61/53) and General Assembly resolution 68/268 20. Human Rights Council, Working Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 Twenty-seventh 8–12 February Geneva 5 E I T – Two sessions Group on Communications session (ACEFRS) per year 21. UNCITRAL, Working Group III General Assembly resolution 2205 Fortieth session 8–12 February Vienna 60 G I T – Two sessions (Investor-State Dispute (XXI) (ACEFRS) per year Settlement Reform) 22. United Nations Voluntary Fund General Assembly resolution 40/131 Thirty-fourth 8–12 February Geneva 5 E I T – One session for Indigenous Populations, session (EFRS) per year Board of Trustees 21 - 01653 21 - 01653 Meeting title/ Organ Mandate session number Dates (2021) Location Membership Servicinga Periodicity 23. Commission for Social Economic and Social Council Fifty-ninth session 8–17 February New York 46 G I T – One session Development resolutions 10 (II), 1139 (XLI) and (ACEFRS) per year 1996/7 24.