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  WFSA Calendar of Events 2002

Event

Date

Location

Hosts & Contacts

Conference on Disarmament

 

 

January 21 - March 29

Geneva

UN Secretariat of the Conference on Disarmament

Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10
Tel: 41 22 917 2281; fax: 41 22 917 0123

UN Meeting concerning NGO recognition for WFSA

(Costs met by WFSA)

January 14-25

New York

UN NGO Committee

Wassenaar Arrangement Expert Group meeting

January 29-31

Vienna, Austria

Wassenaar Arrangement Secretariat

Tel: +43 1 960 03

Fax: +43 1 960 031 or 032

secretariat@wassenaar.org.

http://www.wassenaar.org

Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

Jan 30-Feb 1

New York

UN Department for Disarmament Affairs

Secretary of the Advisory Board: Xiaoyu Wang; Tel: (212) 963-9440;

wangxy@un.org

Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades (SHOT) Show

February 2-5

Las Vegas

National Shooting Sports Foundation

World Summit on Sustainable Development PrepCom II

January 28 - February 8

New York

UN

G7 Meeting

February 8-9

Ottawa, Canada

http://www.g8.gc.ca/links-e.asp

WFSA AGM, during IWA (includes Sub-Committees, Executive, General Assembly, Plenary meetings)

March 6 -11

Nuremberg, Germany

World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities; the Internationale Waffen Ausstellung

Meeting of Governmental Experts on Disarmament and non-Proliferation

Education

March 11-15

Geneva

Secretariat of the Group of Governmental Experts - Monitoring, Database and Information Branch, Department for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations New York, New York 10017 Room 3151 A, tel: 212 963-4620 or 7714; fax: 212 963-1121

cassandra@un.org ; alip@un.org

Safari Club International Convention

March 20 - 23

Las Vegas, USA

SCI

World Summit on Sustainable Development PrepcomIII

March 25 -April 5

New York, USA

UN

DDA Conference - A Disarmament Agenda for the 21st Century

April 2-4

Beijing, China

Department for Disarmament Affairs

Office of the Under-Secretary General, United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA.Tel: 212 963 6033; fax: 212 963 1121 http://www.un.org/depts/dda/chinaconf.htm

Wassenaar Arrangement Expert Group Conference

April 8-17

Vienna

Wassenaar Arrangement Secretariat, Vienna, Austria

Tel: +43 1 960 03; fax: +43 1 960 031 or 032

secretariat@wassenaar.org http://www.wassenaar.org

National Rifle Association of America Convention

April 26-28

Reno, Nevada, USA

NRA

Sporting Shooters Association of Australia AGM

April 27-28

Surfers Paradise, Australia

SSAA

Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious Or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW)

May

Geneva

Expert Group on Explosive Remnants of War (EROW), first session Secretariat of CCW: Mr. Vladimir Bogolov, Department for Disarmament Affairs, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Genève 10

Tel: 41 22 917 3441

Fax: 41 22 917 0034

Email: vbogolov@unog.ch

Wassenaar Arrangement: Vienna Points of Contact

May

Vienna

Wassenaar Arrangement Secretariat, Vienna, Austria

Tel: +43 1 960 03; fax: +43 1 960 031 or 032

Email: secretariat@wassenaar.org

http://www.wassenaar.org

Conference on Disarmament (Second Part)

 

May 13-June 28

Geneva

Secretariat of the Conference on Disarmament

Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10

Tel: 41 22 917 2281; fax: 41 22 917 0123

Meeting of Wassenaar Arrangement General Working Group

May 27-29

Vienna

Wassenaar Arrangement Secretariat

Vienna, Austria

Tel: +43 1 960 03 Fax: +43 1 960 031 or 032 secretariat@wassenaar.org

http://www.wassenaar.org

World Summit on Sustainable Development

Prepcom IV

May 27 –June 7

Indonesia

Indonesia

Regional Disarmament Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons

June

Bangkok,

Jakarta

Department for Disarmament Affairs: Mr. Ishiguri: ishiguri@un.org

Regional Activities Branch,

Tel: 212 963-5580; fax: 212 963 4989 United Nations, New York, NY and Mr. Honwana: honwana@un.org

Conventional Arms Branch, Tel: 212 963-0753; fax 212 963-4066

NATO Defence Ministers’ meeting

 

June 6-7

Brussels, Belgium

NATO Parliamentary Assembly Secretariat

3, Place du Petit Sablon

1000 Brussels, Belgium

Tel: +32(0)2 513 28 65

Fax: +32(0)2 514 18 47

secretariat@naa.be

       

G-8 Summit

June 26-28

Alberta, Canada

http://www.g8.gc.ca/links-e.asp

WSF 2002 International Games

June 30 – July 4

PASA Park

Barry

Illinois, USA

World Shooting Federation

UN Conference on Regional Disarmament

August (TBA)

Japan

Department for Disarmament Affairs

Mr. Ishiguri: ishiguri@un.org

Regional Activities Branch, United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA. Tel: 212 963-5580; fax: 212 963-4989.

World Summit on Sustainable Development

September 2-11

Johannesburg

South Africa

Wassenaar Arrangement Expert Group

September 9-18

Vienna

Wassenaar Arrangement Secretariat

Vienna, Austria Tel: +43 1 960 03 Fax: +43 1 960 031 or 032

secretariat@wassenaar.org

http://www.wassenaar.org

Informal Meeting, NATO Defence Ministers

September 24-25

Poland

NATO Parliamentary Assembly Secretariat

3, Place du Petit Sablon

1000 Brussels, Belgium

Tel: +32(0)2 513 2865

Fax: +32(0)2 514 1847

secretariat@naa.be

World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities Executive Committee meeting

September 24-25

Sydney, Australia

WFSA

Ministerial Meeting: Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa

November 18

TBA

Department for Disarmament Affairs - Mr. Maponga, Conventional Arms Branch, United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA. Tel: 212 963 5521; fax: 212 963 6737.

NATO Parliamentary Assembly

November 15-19

Istanbul, Turkey

NATO Parliamentary Assembly

3, Place du Petit Sablon

1000 Brussels, Belgium

Tel: +32(0)2 513 28 65

Fax: +32(0)2 514 18 47

secretariat@naa.be

NATO Summit

November 21-22

Prague, Czech Republic

NATO Headquarters

Blvd Leopold III

1110 Brussels, Belgium

natodoc@hq.nato.int http://www.natosummit.cz/en

UN Regional Disarmament Conference

December

Republic of Korea

Department for Disarmament Affairs, Regional Activities Branch, United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA. Mr. Ishiguri: ishiguri@un.org.

Tel: 212 9635580; fax: 212 963 4989.

Disarmament Commission (Organizational Session)

TBA

New York

Department for Disarmament Affairs

Office of the Under-Secretary General, United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: 212 963 6033; fax: 212 963 1121

Fourth Annual Conference of States Parties to Amended Protocol II Of the CCW Convention

 

Geneva

Secretariat of Certain Conventional Weapons: Mr. Vladimir Bogolov, Department for Disarmament Affairs, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Genève 10

Tel: 41 22 917 3441; fax: 41 22 917 0034

Email: vbogolov@unog.ch

Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary

December 11-12

Vienna

Wassenaar Arrangement Secretariat

Vienna, Austria

Tel: +43 1 960 03; fax: +43 1 960 031 or 032

secretariat@wassenaar.org

http://www.wassenaar.org

CITES Annual Meeting

November 2002

Chile

Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna

2003

     

Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades (SHOT)Show

February 13-16

Orlando,

Florida, USA

National Shooting Sports Foundation

2004

     

Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades (SHOT) Show

February 12-15

Las Vegas,

Nevada, USA

National Shooting Sports Foundation