Body | 2024 |
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 95th session Countries under review: Bulgaria, Congo, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Senegal and South Africa. | 15 January – 2 February |
Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 45th session | 22 January – 2 February |
Conference on Disarmament, 1st part | 22 January – 28 March |
Subcommittee on Prevention of torture, 52nd session | 29 January – 9 February |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 87th session Countries under review: Central African Republic, Djibouti, Greece, Italy, Niger, Oman, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. | 29 January – 16 February |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 75th session Countries under review: Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mauritania, Romania and Sweden. Follow-up to concluding observations: Belgium and Kuwait. | 12 February – 1 March |
Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council 31st session | 19 February – 23 February (TBC) |
Committee on Enforced Disappearances, 26th session List of issues: Malawi and Belize. Follow-up to concluding observations: Panama. | 19 February – 1 March |
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Working Groups Meetings | 20 – 23 February |
Human Rights Council, 55th session Main annual session | 26 February – 5 April |
Human Rights Committee, 140th session Countries under review: Chile, Guyana, Indonesia, Namibia, Serbia, Somalia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Lists of issues: Mongolia, Viet Nam. Lists of issues prior to reporting: Andorra, Azerbaijan, Djibouti and Mali. | 4 March – 28 March |
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 30th session Countries under review: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia. | 4 March – 22 March |
4 – 8 March | |
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 112th session Countries under review: Albania, Mauritius, Mexico, Qatar, Republic of Moldova and San Marino. | 8 – 29 April |
Committee against Torture, 79th session Countries under review: Austria, Azerbaijan, Honduras, Kuwait, Liechtenstein and North Macedonia | 15 April – 10 May |
International Law Commission, 75th session | 15 April – 31 May |
Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 46th session | 29 April – 10 May |
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 96th session Countries under review: Bhutan, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Mali, Namibia and Paraguay. | 6 – 24 May |
Conference on Disarmament, 2nd part | 13 May – 28 June |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 88th session Countries under review: Brazil, El Salvador, Estonia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Rwanda and Singapore. | 13 – 31 May |
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Tenth Conference of States Parties (CSP10) Informal Preparatory Meeting | 16 – 17 May |
World Health Organisation: 77th World Health Assembly | 27 May – 1 June |
Committee on Migrant Workers, 38th session Countries under review: TBC | 3 – 14 June |
International Labour Organization, General Conference, 112th session | 3 – 14 June |
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) Intersessional Meetings | 18 – 20 June |
Subcommittee on Prevention of torture, 53rd session | 3 – 7 June |
Human Rights Council: 56th session | 10 June – 12 July |
1st Preparatory Meeting of the Review Conference of Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) | 21 June |
Human Rights Committee, 141st session Countries under review: Croatia, Honduras, India, Maldives, Malta, Pakistan, Suriname and Syrian Arab Republic. Lists of issues: Chad. Lists of issues prior to reporting: Austria, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Latvia and Sierra Leone. | 1 July – 2 August |
International Law Commission, 75th session, 2nd part | 1 July – 2 August |
Committee against Torture 80th session, Countries under review: Ecuador, Finland, France and Türkiye. | 8 – 26 July |
Conference on Disarmament, 3rd part | 29 July – 13 September |
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 113th session Countries under review: Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Pakistan, United Kingdom and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). | 5 – 23 August |
Group of Governmental Experts on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space, 2nd session | 5 – 16 August |
Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council, 32nd session | 6 – 10 August |
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 31st session Countries under review: Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ghana, Mauritius, Netherlands and Ukraine. | 12 August – 6 September |
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention (4th session) | 19 – 23 August |
Committee on the Rights of the Child, 97th session Countries under review: Armenia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Honduras, Israel, Mexico, Slovakia and Turkmenistan. | 26 August – 13 September |
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) Session II | 26 – 30 August |
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Protocol V Meeting of Experts | 2 September |
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Experts of the High Contracting Parties (HCP) to Amended Protocol II | 3 – 4 September |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 76th session Countries under review: Albania, Cyprus, Honduras, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi and Poland. Follow up to concluding observations: Bolivia (Plurinational Sate of). | 9 – 27 September |
Human Rights Council, 57th session | 9 September – 9 October |
12th Meeting of States parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions | 10 September – 13 September |
2nd Preparatory Meeting of the Review Conference of Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) | 18 September |
Committee on Enforced Disappearances, 27th session Countries under review: Ukraine, Morrocco, and Belgium (TBC). | 23 September – 4 October |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 89th session | 30 September – 18 October |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Executive Council, 75th session | 14 – 18 October |
Human Rights Committee, 142nd session Countries under review: Albania, Ecuador, France, Greece, Haiti, Iceland and Türkiye. Lists of issues prior to reporting: Benin, Cameroon, Monaco, Poland, Slovenia and South Africa. | 14 October – 8 November |
Committee against Torture 81st session, Countries under review: Cameroon, Jordan, Mauritius, Mongolia, Republic of Korea and Thailand. | 28 October – 22 November |
Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review, 47th session | 4 – 15 November |
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Protocol V 18th Annual Conference | 11 November |
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, 54th session | 11 – 15 November |
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Amended Protocol II 26th Annual Conference | 12 November |
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of the High Contracting Parties | 13 – 15 November |
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 114th session Countries under review: Armenia, Ecuador, Greece, Kenya, Monaco and Saudi Arabia | 25 November – 13 December |
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention (5th session) | 2 – 6 December TBC |
Committee on Migrant Worker,, 39th session Countries under review: TBC | 2 – 13 December |
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention (5th Session) | 2 - 13 December |
BWC Meeting of States Parties | 16 - 18 December |
FAQs
Does the UN meet in Geneva? ›
UN Geneva is one of the largest conference centers worldwide. At the heart of its activities are mandated intergovernmental meetings and conferences.
Which conference was held in Geneva? ›The Geneva Conference was an important conference on international issues in which the PRC participated with the status and in the capacity of the Big Five. The Geneva Conference opened on 26 April 1954 and the first issue to be discussed was the Korean question.
Where is the UN Conference 2024? ›| Meeting title Sort by column | Venue Sort by column | To Sort by column |
|---|---|---|
| General Assembly, First Committee, Seventy-ninth session (To be confirmed) | New York | 8 Nov 2024 |
| General Assembly, Fourth Committee, Seventy-ninth session (To be confirmed) | New York | 20 Nov 2024 |
For the official programme of meetings of the General Assembly and other meetings held at Headquarters in New York, please refer to the Journal of the United Nations.
Is UN Geneva open to public? ›The United Nations Office at Geneva is a workplace. Delegates hold their meetings where visitors go on guided tour. Visitors are therefore kindly reminded to stay with the tour guide at all times, to keep noise levels down, and to respect the professional working environment of the United Nations.
Is UN in Geneva worth visiting? ›We toured the UN during our two day stay in Geneva and found it a fascinating site bringing together nations and people from all over the planet. So much history and impact on world affairs that we take for granted back home watching things unravel on the news. Well worth the time!
What happens at the Geneva Conference? ›The Geneva Conference of 1954 was an international meeting in Switzerland involving the Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, China and the Viet Minh. The powers involved attempted to negotiate a settlement to end the conflict in Indochina and re-unify Vietnam.
How many Geneva conferences were there? ›IHL is also known as the law of war and the law of armed conflict. A major part of international humanitarian law is contained in the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 that have been adopted by all nations in the world.
What happened at the Geneva Conference 1959? ›The Conference of Foreign Ministers met in Geneva from May 11 to June 20 and from July 13 to August 5, 1959. The Conference considered questions relating to Germany, including a peace treaty with Germany and the question of Berlin. The Foreign Ministers set out their respective points of view on these questions.
What are the dates for UN General Assembly 2024? ›- Event date. Tuesday 10 September, 2024 - Tuesday 24 September, 2024.
- Website. 79th Session of the UN General Assembly.
- New York.
- Description. The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open on Tuesday, 10 September 2024. ...
- Event format. Global Event.
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- Topic.
What is the United Nations International Year 2024? ›
The UN has designated 2024 as the International Year of Camelids. Camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas and guanacos are an important source of livelihood for millions of families - most of them pastoralists - in dryland and mountainous rangeland ecosystems around the world.
What is 2024 the year of UN? ›The United Nations has declared 2024 as the International Year of Camelids.
Can the public attend UN meetings? ›No. The General Assembly Hall and other Chambers are not open to the public and can only be viewed as part of a guided tour (meetings permitting).
Which is the most powerful organ of the UN? ›The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. It is charged with maintaining peace and security between nations. In this chapter you will learn the decisions, missions, resolutions and history of the Security Council.
Where are the 4 UN headquarters? ›The UN Secretariat carries out this work along with UN system entities. The UN Secretariat, based in New York City, has offices in Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi. Also part of the UN Secretariat are the Regional Economic Commissions in Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Beirut, Geneva, and Santiago.
Does the UN follow the Geneva Convention? ›The 1949 Geneva Conventions have been ratified by all Member States of the United Nations, while the Additional Protocols and other international humanitarian law treaties have not yet reached the same level of acceptance.
Where does the UN meet in Switzerland? ›Exterior. The United Nations Office at Geneva is housed at the historic Palais des Nations, originally built for the League of Nations in the 1930s.
Does the UN meet in Switzerland? ›Geneva is also the headquarters of the UN Human Rights Council. More international conferences and meetings are held in Geneva than in New York.
Is UN Headquarters in Geneva or New York? ›| Headquarters of the United Nations | |
|---|---|
| Location | New York City (international zone) |
| Address | 760 United Nations Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, US |
| Coordinates | 40°44′58″N 73°58′5″W |
| Groundbreaking | By officials on September 14, 1948 |