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2004 Calendar
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February 2004
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Roundtable discussion - Topics in Agricultural Trade: The Americas.
Organised by the International Food
& Trade Policy Council (IPC), the seminar will feature IPC member
Marcelo Regunaga, Former Secretary of Agriculture, and Former Secretary
of Industry, Commerce and Mining, Argentina. Topics will include agricultural
trade negotiations in the WTO, and FTAA, biotechnology in developing
countries, and Western Hemisphere relations.
4 February, Washington, DC
Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
to the
Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 7)
9-20 February 2004 - Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur,
MalaysiaFAO Committee on Agriculture (18th Session)
Rome, 9-10 February 2004
FAO Committee on Commodity Problems. Joint Meeting of the Intergovernmental
Group on Grains (30th Session) and the Intergovernmental Group on Rice
(41st Session)
Rome, 10-11 February 2004
FAO Sub-committee on fish trade (9th session)
Bremen, 10-14 February 2004
WTO General Council
Geneva, 11-12 February 2004
FAO
Rice Conference
Rome, 12-13 February 2004
Achieving agricultural development through agricultural trade -
A capacity and communication building seminar. Organised by the
International Food
& Trade Policy Council (IPC), the seminar will bring together
government officials, farmers, and other agricultural stakeholders in
the region to discuss the role that agricultural trade can play in economic
development and to relate that role to trade negotiations at the multilateral,
regional and bilateral levels.
Johannesburg, South Africa, 29 February
March 2004
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4th Asian Conference on Food and Nutrition Safety
2-5 March 2004, Bali, Indonesia
International Forum on Partnerships for Sustainable
Development
4-6 March 2004, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
Symposium on maize and biodiversity: The effects of transgenic maize
11-12 March 2004, Oaxaca, Mexico
For further information, see http://www.cec.org/maize/symposium/index.cfm?varlan=english
WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
17-18 March, Geneva
For further information on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) events,
contact the WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel:
(41-22) 739- 5007; fax: (41-22) 739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org
International Conference on Herbs and Herbal Products: Livelyhoods
and Trade Options
26-27 March 2004, New Delhi, India
International Forum on Partnerships for Sustainable Development
4-6 March, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
April 2004
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Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
by 2020
Kampala, Uganda, 1-3 April 2004.
Organised by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the
government of Uganda, this all-Africa conference will bring together
the traditional and new actors and stakeholders to deliberate on how
to bring about change and action to assure food and nutrition security.
For more information see http://www.ifpri.org/2020africaconference/index.htm
12th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-12)
For further information, contact: UN Division for Sustainable Development,
phone: +1-212-963-2803, fax: +1-212-963-4260, email: dsd@un.org,
website: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd12/csd12.htm
19-30 April, New York
WTO Special (negotiating) Session of the Committee
on Agriculture
20-23 April, Geneva, Switzerland.
May 2004
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Agricultural Trade Negotiations - Politics and
Prospects.
The International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC)
will hold this seminar in conjunction with the 33rd IPC Plenary Meeting.
The seminar will cover the prospects for finalising a framework for
the agricultural negotiations by the end of summer given the political
environment in key WTO member countries and groups of countries and
how the pending disputes on cotton, wheat and sugar could impact the
political environment, the policy environment, and the negotiating objectives
of instigating and target countries. For information and registration,
visit http://www.agritrade.org
17 May, Brussels, Belgium
WTO General Council
Geneva, 17-18 May 2004
WTO Symposium: Multilateralism at a crossroads.
The annual WTO public symposium is intended for participants from governments,
parliaments, civil society, the business sector, academia and the media,
who are invited to debate the stakes and challenges ahead in the most
crucial and final phase of the Doha Round of negotiations. For further
information contact Bernie Kuiten, tel: + 41 22 739 56 76; email: symposium2004@wto.org,
Internet: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dda_e/symp_devagenda_04_e.htm
25-27 May, Geneva, Switzerland
Third Summit of Latin America & the Caribbean and the EU
The summit seeks to strengthen the LAC-EU partnership. For further information
see http://www.alcue.org/alcue/web/home_EN.php
28-29 May, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
June 2004
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WTO Committee on Agriculture Special
(negotiating) Session
2-4 June, Geneva, Switzerland.
FAO Electronic Forum on Biotechnology
in Food and Agriculture
E-Forum, Internet
14 June to 9 July
For further information, see http://www.fao.org/biotech/forum.asp?lang=en
WTO Agriculture Committee: Regular
Session
17 June 2004, Geneva, Switzerland.
Conference on Food Science and Food
Biotechnology in Developing Countries
Durango, Mexico, 20 - 23 June 2004
Organised by the Instituto
Tecnologico de Durango
WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
For further information on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) events,
contact the WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel:
(41-22) 739- 5007; fax: (41-22) 739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org
23 - 24 June, Geneva, Switzerland
WTO Committee on Agriculture Special
(negotiating) Session
23-25 June, Geneva, Switzerland.
July 2004
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WTO Committee on Agriculture Special
(negotiating) Session
14-16 July, Geneva, Switzerland.
WTO General Council
For further information on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) events,
contact the WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel:
(41-22) 739- 5007; fax: (41-22) 739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org
29-30 July, Geneva, Switzerland:
August 2004
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September 2004
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Committee on World Food Security
20 - 24 September 2004, Rome, Italy
Organised by FAO
Contact: Ms. Margarita
Flores
WTO Agriculture Committee: Regular
Session
23-24 September 2004, Geneva, Switzerland.
October 2004
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Agriculture Congress: Innovations
towards Modernized Agriculture
Melaka, Malaysia, 4 - 7 October 2004
Organized by University Putra Malaysia (info)
Contact: Dr. Annie Christianus, Phone: + 603 8948 6959, Fax: + 603 8946
7265
WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
13 - 14 October 2004, Geneva.
World Food Day
Rome, Italy, 15 October 2004
Organised by FAO
Contact: fao-hq@fao.org, Phone:
39 06 57051, Fax: 39 06 5705 3152
CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2004
Mexico City, Mexico, 25 - 29 October 2004
Organized by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Information: http://www.cgair.org/meetings/index.html,
Phone: + 1 202 473 8951, Fax: + 1 202 473 8110
November 2004
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Second Meeting of the Commission
on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture acting as Interim Committee
of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
8 - 12 November 2004, Rome, Italy
Organised by FAO
Mr. J.T. Esquinas-Alcazar, Agriculture, Phone: +39 6/57052753, Fax:
+39 6/57056347
2nd Session of FAO/WHO Global Forum
of Food Safety Regulators
10 - 12 November 2004, Bangkok, Thailand
Organised by FAO
Contact: Ms. Ezzeddine
Boutrif, Food Quality and Standards Service, Phone: 39 6 5705 6156,
Fax: 39 6 5705 4593
Commission on Genetic Resources for
Food and Agriculture (10th Session)
15 - 19 November 2004, Rome, Italy
Organised by FAO
Mr. J.T. Esquinas-Alcazar, Agriculture, Phone: +39 6/57052753, Fax:
+39-6/57056347
WTO Agriculture Committee: Regular
Session
18 November 2004, Geneva, Switzerland
Council of FAO (127th Session)
22 - 27 November 2004, Rome, Italy
Organised by FAO
Contact: Mr.
Mohammed Rouighi, Director (Conference, Council and Protocol Affairs)
December 2004
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WTO General Council
13 - 14 December 2004, Geneva, Switzerland
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