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                                                                                                                        3 August 2004

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in August 2004

NEW YORK, 2 August (UN Headquarters) -- The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in August, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

5 July-6 August

International Law Commission, fifty-sixth session, Geneva

26 July-13 August

Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, fifty-sixth session, Geneva

26 July-10 September

Conference on Disarmament, third part, Geneva

Meetings beginning in August:

2-6 August

Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Budget and Finance Committee, The Hague

2-20 August

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, sixty-fifth session, Geneva

5 August

Thirteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, New York

16-20 August

Commission on Human Rights, Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, seventy-third session, Geneva

16-27 August

Commission on Human Rights, Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Working Group on Communications, Geneva

23-August-3 September

Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, New York

30 August-3 September              

Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, New York

30 August-3 September

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group on Procurement, Vienna

30 August-10 September

Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Working Group B and informal/expert meetings, Vienna

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