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Main events of the year
Organizer Event Date Location Link
77th World Health Assembly (WHA77)


WHO Headquarters and live webcast
112th Session of the International Labour Conference


Palais des Nations and ILO headquarters
UNCTAD 60th Anniversary


Room Tempus, Palais des Nations
Human Rights Council / HRC 56th session


Room AH (Palais des Nations)
Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO: Sixty-fifth series of meetings


WIPO Headquarters
Human Rights Council / HRC 57th session


Room AH (Palais des Nations)
Fourth Forum of Mayors: "Cities Summit of the Future"


Palais des Nations
Next events
Organizer Event Date Location Link
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) / 112nd session


Room PWG (Palais Wilson)
Committee Against Torture (CAT) / 79th session


Room PW1 (Palais Wilson)
Committee on Rules of Origin

WTO, Geneva
ITU-R Working Party 4B (WP 4B) - Systems, air interfaces, performance and availability objectives for FSS, BSS and MSS, including IP-based applications and satellite news gathering


ITU Headquarters
Informal Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade followed by the Transparency Working Group meeting

WTO, Geneva
Public Events
Library Science Talk - Power Automate Flow with Microsoft AI Builder

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Online
HRC Working Group on Situations / 33rd session


Room V (Palais des Nations)
75th session of the International Law Commission


Palais des Nations Room XXI
HRC Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review / 46th session #UPR46


Room XX (Palais des Nations)
Public Events
Webinar | AI in Drug Discovery: A Snapshot of Current Use and Prospects for the Indian Drug Discovery Space

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Online
Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP): Thirty-Second Session


WIPO Headquarters and Online
Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling (90th session)


Palais des Nations
Workshop on Aid for Trade

WTO, Geneva
Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission, fourteenth session


Palais des Nations
Meeting of the Diabetes in pregnancy subgroup Guideline Development Group


WHO Headquarters
Informal Council for Trade in Goods

WTO, Geneva
Public Events
Webinar | Understanding Updates to the Guidelines for Climate Target Setting for Banks

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Online
6th meeting of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

Virtual
Public Events
WHO Technical Webinar Series on Climate Change and Health | WHO as an Accredited Implementing Entity of the Adaptation Fund; Accessing AF funding for Climate Change and Health

Online
Committee on Trade and Development - Session on Aid for Trade

WTO, Geneva
Council for Trade in Goods

WTO, Geneva
The Conciliation Commission of the CERD on Palestine and Israel


Room PWG (Palais Wilson)
Public Events
ITU Journal Webinar Series | The AI dark triad of next generation Internet

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Online
ITU-R Working Party 4A (WP 4A) - Efficient orbit/spectrum utilization for FSS and BSS


ITU Headquarters
ITU-T Study Group 11 (SG 11) - ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Signalling requirements, protocols, test specifications and combating counterfeit telecommunication/ICT devices


ITU Headquarters
Group of Experts on drafting a new legal instrument on the use of automated vehicles in traffic (8th session)


Palais des Nations
Public Events
Minamata Online | International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant and the Minamata Convention

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Online
Public Events
Webinar | 76th World Health Assembly Resolution on Micronutrient Fortification of Staple Foods to Prevent Birth Defects: The Way Forward

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Online
Public Events
Launch of the World Intellectual Property Report 2024

WIPO Headquarters and Live stream
Working Group on Communications for 96th Session / Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Palais des Nations
Meeting on the human rights obligations of States regarding violence against and abuse and neglect of older persons in all settings

Palais des Nations
Public Events
Webinar | Why is sharing knowledge about hand hygiene still so important?

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Online
Fifth joint meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management and the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment


Salle XXVI, Palais des Nations
Workshop on the International Recommendations on Statistics on Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and Statelessness

Palais des Nations
72nd session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables


Palais des Nations
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) / 96th session


Palais des Nations
HRC Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances / 133rd session


Palais des Nations
Workshop on Refugee Statistics

Palais des Nations
Technical webinar: WHO global sodium benchmarks for different food categories (2nd edition)

Online
Informal Committee on Market Access - Thematic Session on Supply Chain Resilience

WTO, Geneva
Public Events
Exhibition: Nature and Wellbeing


Palais des Nations
Public Events
BWC Working Group Friends of the Chair Webinar Series | BWC: Confidence Building and Transparency

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Online
Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Economy, seventh session


Room XIX, Palais des Nations
Member States briefing on OHCHR Programme Plan 2025

Room VII (Palais des Nations)
Public Events
Webinar | Adaptation and Resilience Impact: A measurement framework for investors

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Online
41st Round of the Director General's Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton - Cotton Development Assistance

WTO, Geneva
153rd Meeting of the SPS and PS Experiments Committee (SPSC)


CERN Council Chamber
World Press Freedom Day | A press for the planet

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Room XXIII, Palais des Nations
Public Events
Webinar on inclusive diversification and energy transition

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Online
Public Events
ITU Journal Webinar Series | The price of distributed machine learning

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Online
Public Events
Book Launch | Birds of the Lobito Wetlands by Fernanda Renée Samuel, The Voice for Wetlands

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International Environment House I, Room 2
Public Events
Community Protection Partners Meeting: communities at the center of managing health emergencies

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Online
WMO RA II Aeronautical Meteorology Webinar 2024

Online
Group of Experts on Migration Statistics


Palais des Nations
Dedicated Discussion of the Relevant Trade-Related Developments on Cotton

WTO, Geneva
Public Events
Community Protection Partners Meeting: communities at the centre of managing health emergencies

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Online
Public Events
Webinar Series on Cost Models for Affordable Data - Episode 4: ​Applications for Universal Service Fund​​

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Online
Public Events
Webinar for the Launch of ‘Long-term care for older people: Package for universal health coverage’

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Online
Sixth Meeting of the RA IV ET on Disaster Risk Reduction

Online
Empowering CRPD Implementation: Disability Rights Monitoring. Launch of the Practical Guide on Independent Monitoring Mechanisms and Web-Based Repository

Palais des Nations
Public Events
Minamata Online | Mercury-added products: amendment of Annex A and COP decision on cosmetics (2 sessions)

Online
36th meeting of the Bureau to the Water Convention


Palais des Nations
Informal Preparatory Consultation on ExCom conclusions

Palais des Nations
Public Events
BWC Working Group Friends of the Chair Webinar Series | BWC: National Implementation

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Online
Public Events
PSI and PRB joint webinar | Scaling energy efficiency: how insurers and banks can support sustainable finance

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Online
Public Events
Journée mondiale de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (JMCR)

Genève
Public Events
Fostering Gender-Responsive Arms Control: Regional Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean Region on the UN PoA and the ATT

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Virtual event
Rethinking the Institutions of Development: The Vital Transformation of Quality Infrastructure Ecosystems


Room XXV, Palais des Nations
Public Events
Third ITU-T X.509 Day

Online
ITU-T Study Group 9 (SG 9) - ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Broadband cable and TV


Virtual meeting
Public Events
Fostering Gender-Responsive Arms Control: Regional Perspectives from the Eastern European Region on the UN PoA and the ATT

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Virtual event
HRC Open-ended Working group on the Right to Development / 25th session


Room XX (Palais des Nations)
9th Meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAHN)


Online
Meeting of experts to update and adopt the 1998 ILO code of practice on safety and health in forestry work


ILO Headquarters
Scientific Policy Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Thirty-Ninth Meeting

Council Chamber (CERN)
Conference on Disarmament (Part II)


Palais des Nations
Diplomatic Conference to conclude an International Legal Instrument Relating to Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources


WIPO Headquarters
Public Events
BWC Working Group Friends of the Chair Webinar Series | BWC: Compliance and Verification

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Online
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) / 88th session


Room V (Palais des Nations)
ITU-R Study Group 5 (SG 5) - ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Terrestrial services

ITU Headquarters
Public Events
IEC and the SDGs Webinar | Empowering communities: the IEC Global Impact Fund

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Online
Public Events
Informal WHA77 pre-meeting for Member States, non-State actors in official relations and the Secretariat

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Livestream
Gender Expert Annual Meeting


Room VIII (Palais des Nations)
Meeting of the Group of Experts on Quality of Employment


Palais des Nations
ITU-R Working Party 5A (WP 5A) - Land mobile service excluding IMT; amateur and amateur-satellite service


ITU Headquarters
ITU-R Working Party 5C (WP 5C) - Fixed wireless systems; HF systems in the fixed and land mobile services


ITU Headquarters
Finance Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Ninety-First Meeting

Council Chamber (CERN)
ITU-R Working Party 5B – Maritime mobile service including the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS); the aeronautical mobile service and the radiodetermination service


ITU Headquarters
2024 Geneva Dialogues on Human Rights and Climate Change


Palais des Nations
Public Events
Briefing of the Global Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPS-HA)

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Online
Launch of the WHO SPECS 2030 initiative, including the inaugural meeting of the Global SPECS Network


WHO Headquarters
Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention

International Environment House II
71st session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce


Palais des Nations
Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum, Hundred-and-Thirteenth Meeting

Council Chamber (CERN)
Intersessional Panel Discussion on avenues to prevent and address human rights violations and abuses against migrants in transit and to ensure access to justice for victims and their family members

Online
Public Events
CineGlobe International Film Festival


Science Gateway Auditorium A (CERN)
Half-day expert workshop to showcase best practices in the promotion of equal nationality rights in law and in practice

Room XVII (Palais des Nations)
Public Events
IEC Webinar | Project management methodology in the IEC environment

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Online
Informal Group of Developing Countries

WTO, Geneva
Public Events
Informal WHA77 pre-meeting for Member States, non-State actors in official relations and the Secretariat

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Livestream
Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

International Environment House II
Public Events
Digital Transformation Dialogues - Fireside Chat | Data-based decision management

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Online
CSP10 Preparatory Process | Informal Preparatory Meeting


International Conference Center Geneva (CICG)
3rd Meeting of the Joint ECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Products and Wood Energy Statistics


Palais des Nations
Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG-​24)


ITU Headquarters
Public Events
World Bee Day 2024 Celebration Event

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Auditorium (Palais des Nations)
22nd (part 1) session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action


Palais Wilson
Public Events
Preparing for the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

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Room XXVII, Palais des Nations, and online
Advisory Group on Tropical Cyclones - 6th meeting


Online
Public Events
Digital Transformation Dialogues Webinar | Connected Communities: Harnessing the Power of Digital Public Infrastructure

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Online
OHCHR Accountability and Remedy Project Consultation


Room XVIII (Palais des Nations)
Public Events
Webinar | Connecting the superpowers of ‘digital natives’ with parliament

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Online
Public Events
Webinar | Leveraging the Principles for Responsible Banking for CSRD implementation

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Online
Second Session of the informal group of experts on the digitalization of Carnet de Passage (eCPD)

Palais des Nations
Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board: 40th meeting


WHO Headquarters
Group of Experts on cycling infrastructure module (sixth session)


Palais des Nations
45th session of the joint FAO/UNECE Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management


Palais des Nations
Group of Experts on cycling infrastructure module (sixth session)


Palais des Nations
Bureau of the Protocol on PRTRs (25th meeting)


Palais des Nations
Group of Experts on the Operationalization of eCMR (7th Session)


Palais des Nations
UNECE Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection and Sources 2024


Palais des Nations
Northern Forests and Climate Change - Roadmap to UNFCCC COP 30

Palais des Nations
Scientific Committees | ISOLDE and Neutron Time-of-Flight Experiments Committee (INTC) - 76th Meeting


61/1-009 - Room C (CERN)
Committee on Customs Valuation

WTO, Geneva
Global Partners Meeting on Nursing and Midwifery 2024


Hotel Mercure, Geneva
Public Events
Walk the Talk: Health for All Challenge | 5th edition

Geneva
Working Group on Strategies and Review (Air Convention), sixty-second session


Palais des Nations
Working Party on Passive Safety (75th session)


Palais des Nations
ODA Conversation series

Palais des Nations
77th World Health Assembly (WHA77)


WHO Headquarters and live webcast
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 Forum High-Level Event


ITU Headquarters and online
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) / 98th Pre-sessional Working Group


Room PWG (Palais Wilson)
Séminaire d'information sur la structure et le fonctionnement de l'Union interparlementaire


IPU Headquarters
7th meeting of the Expert group on equitable access to water and sanitation


Palais des Nations
WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee : Seventy-Third Session


WIPO Headquarters
Nineteenth meeting of the UNECE Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development


Palais des Nations
Fiftieth meeting of the Working Group on Implementation (Industrial Accidents Convention)


Palais des Nations
Public Events
AI for Good | Global Summit


Geneva and online
CERN Colloquium | Quantum Gravity and Predictions for our Universe

Main Auditorium (CERN)
United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament

Room IX (Palais des Nations)
Group of Experts on European Agreement Concerning Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) (35th session)

Palais des Nations
Council Working Group on Financial and Human Resources | 18th meeting

ITU Headquarters
Public Events
155th session of the Executive Board


Online
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) / 53rd session


Palais Wilson
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) / 90th Pre-sessional Working Group


Room V (Palais des Nations)
112th Session of the International Labour Conference


Palais des Nations and ILO headquarters
(TIRExB) TIR Executive Board (100th session)

Palais des Nations
63rd meeting of the Standing Committee


Secretariat headquarters in Gland
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) / 38th session


Room PWG (Palais Wilson)
Organizational meeting for the 56th session of the Human Rights Council

Room XX (Palais des Nations)
Public Events
ITU Journal Webinar Series | Semantic communication

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Online
3rd meeting of the Intersessional Process of consultations on DDT (IP3)


International Environment House II
2024 Session of the ITU Council


ITU Headquarters
Informal Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade

WTO, Geneva
TIB - Technical Implementation Body (7th session)

Palais des Nations
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade


WTO, Geneva
Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (166th session)


Palais des Nations
Public Events
Greening Digital Companies 2024 | Report Launch

Online
TIR Administrative Committee (83rd session)

Palais des Nations
Public Events
Digital Transformation Dialogues Webinar | Land Reborn: Greening the Digital Footprint for Land Restoration

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Online
Public Events
CERN’s 70th anniversary Public Event | The case of the (still) mysterious Universe

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Science Gateway Auditorium A (CERN)
Program and Budget Committee: Thirty-Seventh Session


WIPO Headquarters and Online
Public Events
The role of health professionals in global climate awareness and advocacy:Leading by example/decarbonizing the health sector

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Hybrid: in person at WHO HQ and on zoom
Eighty-third meeting of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee


Palais des Nations
Global Consultations with NGOs


Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG)
Public Events
UNCTAD 60th Anniversary


Room Tempus, Palais des Nations
ITU-R Working Party 1C (WP 1C) - Spectrum monitoring


ITU Headquarters
34th Session of the Standing Committee on Programmes and Finance


Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG)
ITU-R Working Party 1A (WP 1A) - Spectrum engineering techniques


ITU Headquarters
Public Events
WHO Technical Webinar Series on Climate Change and Health | Developing a Health National Adaptation Plan: Introduction

Online
ITU-R Working Party 1B (WP 1B) | Spectrum management methodologies and economic strategies


ITU Headquarters
Trade Policy Review Body - Iceland

WTO, Geneva
7th meeting of ITU Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)


Virtual
Committee on Government Procurement

WTO, Geneva
Public Events
5th ITU Forum on Integrating virtual and physical worlds in the metaverse with digital twin

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ITU Headquarters and online
Launch of the UN Human Rights Report 2023

Palais des Nations
Trade Policy Review Body - Iceland

WTO, Geneva
First UN Virtual Worlds Day

ITU Headquarters and online
OEWG 3: Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution


International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG)
Scientific Policy Committee, Finance Committee, Restricted and Closed Council, Open Council


CERN Headquarters
ITU-R Study Group 3 (SG 3) - Radiowave propagation

ITU Headquarters
10th session of the Group of Independent Eminent Experts on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action


Room VII (Palais des Nations)
Energy Efficiency in Industry: Bi-monthly open discussion forum

Palais des Nations
Implementation Committee to the Espoo Convention and its Protocol, 59th session


Palais des Nations
Human Rights Council / HRC 56th session


Room AH (Palais des Nations)
Special Session of the Working Party on Rail Transport SC.2


Palais des Nations
2024 Intersessional Meetings


WMO Building
ITU-T Study Group 2 (SG 2) - ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Operational aspects of service provision and telecommunication management


ITU Headquarters
Public Events
WHO Technical Webinar Series on Climate Change and Health | GIS and risk mapping in climate change and health vulnerability & adaptation assessments

Online
Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (65th session)


Palais des Nations, Salle III
Trade Policy Review Body - Canada

WTO, Geneva
First preparatory Meeting for the Fifth Review Conference

WMO Building
ITU-R Study Group 1 (SG 1) - Spectrum management

ITU Headquarters
72nd plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians


Palais des Nations
Trade Policy Review Body - Canada

WTO, Geneva
Annual joint meeting to enhance cooperation and coordination between the regional centres under the Basel and Stockholm conventions


International Environment House
Sixteenth meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC-16) - part 1


Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG)
ODA Conversation series

Palais des Nations
WTO Chairs Programme Annual Conference


WTO, Geneva
Radio Regulations Board (RRB)


ITU Headquarters
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