Annual calendar

The calendar presents events by month, with the venue, duration, audience and registration status for each. Online events are marked with a distinct label.

Dates are set by the events team in consultation with the General Secretariat. They avoid, as far as possible, periods when administrations are closed.

For the General Assembly, three deadlines structure the preparation: publication of the agenda sixty days beforehand, submission of documents thirty days beforehand, and opening of the sessions on the scheduled date. Delegations thus have time to consult their capitals.

Proposals for an agenda item must reach the Secretariat before publication; after this deadline, they are carried over to the next session.

Regional seminars are spread across the year: two per region, in Nairobi for Africa, in Singapore for Asia-Pacific and in New York for the Americas. The twenty-four annual conferences are spread over the months without a seminar.

The same theme may be addressed successively by a conference and then a workshop, making it possible to explore a subject in depth over the year.

Each event page can be exported to a personal calendar. The export file contains the date, venue and registration link, and is updated if the event is changed.

Newsletter subscribers receive a monthly reminder of the following month's events.

An event may be postponed for security reasons, diplomatic scheduling or force majeure. Registrants are notified by e-mail, and their registration is carried over automatically.

In the event of cancellation, registration fees already paid are refunded in full on request.