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Beijing+5: 23rd special session of the General Assembly

Programme of Activities

Friday, 2 June | Monday, 5 June | Tuesday, 6 June | Wednesday, 7 June | Thrusday, 8 June | Friday, 9 June

FRIDAY, 2 JUNE 2000
10:30-12:00 Pre-session Briefing for Journalists. A special briefing will be given by His Excellency Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, President of the General Assembly, Ms. Angela E.V. King, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Ms. Yakin Ertürk, Director, UN Division for the Advancement of Women, Ms. Christine Kapalata, Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women acting as Preparatory Committee for the Beijing+5 special session, and Ms. Afaf Mahfouz, President of CONGO. Organized by the Department of Public Information. Room S-226.

MONDAY, 5 JUNE 2000
10:00-1:00 Opening of the special session
(Statements by the President of the Assembly and the Secretary-General; organizational matters; opening of the debate in the plenary).
11:00-1:00 First meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole.
11:00-1:00 Special event: Panel on Globalization, Governance and Women's Health. Organized by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations. Conference room 3.
12:00 Daily Press Briefing by GA Spokeswoman, Shirley Brownell, at noon briefing, Room S-226.
1:15-3:00 Special event: Screening of film, "Regret to Inform" followed by Panel discussion. Panelist include: Barbara Sonneborn, filmmaker, Xuan Nguyen, Vietnamese widow who appears in the film, Cora Weiss, President, Hague Appeal for 国产AV, and Le Thi Hoai Giang, Vietnamese delegation. Organized by Department of Public Information. DHL Auditorium.
12:45-2:15 Special event: Panel on "Advancing protection for internally displaced women and girls". Organized by the International Rescue Committee with International Alert. Conference room 3.
1:30-3:00 Special event: Panel on the "Contribution of the Microcredit Summit Campaign to the Platform for Action". Organized by UNIFEM, ILO and the Microcredit Summit Campaign. Conference room 4.
3:00-6:00 Second plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole.
3:15-5:00 Special event: Skills demonstration workshop on approaches that work in involving men as partners in AIDS prevention and care. Organized by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). DHL Auditorium.
3:30-5:00 Special event: Launch of Progress of the World's Women. Organized by UNIFEM. Conference room 3.
3:15-4:45 Special event: Seminar on "Women and Secure Tenure". Organized by UNCHS, FAO, UNIFEM and UNDP. Conference room B.
6:00-8:00 Special event: Multimedia presentation of "The Phantom Statistic". Organized by FAO. DHL Auditorium.
6:30-8:00 Special event: Workshop on Women and Armed Conflict in the Asia Pacific region. Organized by Women and Media Network for Asia-Pacific (WMNAP). Conference room 4.

TUESDAY, 6 JUNE 2000
9:00-9:45 NGO Briefing, Conference room 4.
10:00-1:00 Third plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole.
10:00-11:30 Special event: Workshop: "Courts of Women and Challenges Today for Women's Human Rights". Organized by the Asian Women's Human Rights Council (AWHRC). Conference room 4.
10:00-12:00 Special event: Panel with authors of the World Bank's policy research report on gender and development. Organized by the World Bank. Conference room 3.
10:00-12:00 Special event: Briefing and web site presentation on Time use Surveys - Engendering Labour Market Statistics. Organized by DESA and UNDP. Conference room B.
11:45-1:15 Special event: Panel on "Environmental Issues Five Years after Beijing: New Challenges and Commitments". Organized by the Environment Caucus. Conference room 4.
12:00 Daily Press Briefing by GA Spokeswoman, Shirley Brownell, at noon briefing, Room S-226.
1:15-2:45 Special event: Panel on "the role of men and boys in ending gender-based violence". Organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women, UNICEF, UNDP, UNIFEM, and the UN Men's Group for Gender Equality. Conference room 3.
1:15-2:45 Special event: Panel on the Optional Protocol. Organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women. DHL auditorium.
1:15-2:45 Special event: Presentation of good practices in gender mainstreaming and the inventory of training materials. Organized by the Inter-Agency Working Group on Women and Gender Equality under the leadership of UNIFEM, UNDP, UNICEF and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). Conference room B.
1:30-3:00 Special event: "Dialogue Between Representatives of the Women and Armed Conflict Caucus and Representatives of Relevant UN Agencies on Actions to Implement and Achieve the Objectives of Chapter E of the Platform for Action". Organized by the Women's International League for 国产AV and Freedom and Women and Armed Conflict Caucus. Conference room 4.
3:00-4:00 Seminar on Men and Gender Equality with the Nordic Ministers responsible for Gender Equality. Organized by Gender Equality, Swedish Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications. DHL Auditorium.
3:00-6:00 Fourth plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole.
3:00-6:00 Special event: Forum chaired by the Executive Director/UNFPA and featuring national delegates, on "Best Practices in Gender, Population and Development". Organized by UNFPA. Conference room 3.
3:15-5:00 Special event: Launch of the Gender Awareness Information and Networking System (GAINS). Organized by INSTRAW. Conference room B.
6:30-8:00 Special event: Panel on the monitoring of continued implementation of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights at a regional and global level. Organized by KULU - Women and Development Denmark, and Asian-Pacific Resources and Research Centre for Women (ARROW). Conference room 4.
6:00-8:00 Special event: Panel/Roundtable on overcoming women's poverty/linking Beijing+5 and WSSD+5. Organized by UNDP. DHL Auditorium.
6:15-7:45 Special event: Panel on Ending Female Genital Mutilation: What can we measure and how? Organized by UNICEF, WHO, World Bank and the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations. Conference room 3.

WEDNESDAY, 7 JUNE 2000
9:00-9:45 NGO Briefing, Conference room 4.
10:00-1:00 Fifth plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole.
9:30-1:00 Special event: Meeting between members of Parliament, representatives of governments and concerned intergovernmental organizations on action at the national level following Beijing+5 review process. Organized by IPU and the Division for the Advancement of Women. Conference room 3.
10:00-11:30 Special event: Launch of CD-ROM, "Women Go Global". Organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and the Division for the Advancement of Women. Conference room B.
12:00 Daily Press Briefing by GA Spokeswoman, Shirley Brownell, at noon briefing, Room S-226.
10:00-12:30 Special event: Presentation of the film, "Of Hopscotch and Little Girls" followed by panel discussion. Organized by the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations. DHL Auditorium.
10:00-11:30 Special event: Workshop on the girl child and/or women and the economy. Organized by the Alliance for Arab Women. Conference room 4.
11:00-12:00 Press Briefing for the launch of UNIFEM's biennial report "Progress of the World's Women 2000". Organized by the UNIFEM and the Department of Public Information. Room S-226
11:45-1:15 Special event: Young Women's Realities and their Recommendations: A Regional Speak-Out. Organized by the CSW Youth Caucus. Conference room 4.
1:15-2:45 Special event: Panel on the "Dialogue between NGOs and Governments: For a gender sensitive citizenship".2 Organized by the UN Regional Commissions. Conference room 3.
1:15-2:45 Special event: Panel on "Emergencies impacting women -Women impacting on Emergencies". Organized by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and UNICEF. DHL Auditorium.
1:15-2:45 Special event: Workshop on best practices in gender mainstreaming. Organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat. Conference room B.
1:30-3:00 Special event: Panel on sexualities and human rights: sexual rights are human rights. Organized by the Lesbian Caucus, El Closet de Sor Juana. Conference room 4.
3:00-6:00 Sixth plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole.
3:00-4:45 Special event: Panel on women in conflict situations and post-conflict development and the role of the Security Council. Organized by UNDP, UNIFEM and International Alert. DHL Auditorium.
3:15-6:00 Regional Caucuses. Conference room 4.
3:15-4:45 Special event: Panel on gender mainstreaming: Experiences of UN Volunteers in the field. Organized by UNIFEM, UNV and UNDP. Conference room B.
3:00-5:00 Symposium on the Asian Regional Initiative on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children. Organized by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines. Conference room 3.
6:30-7:30 Special event: Performance piece: "Women Can't Wait" With a Special Introduction by Meryl Streep. A creative work commissioned by Equality Now as part of its international campaign against discriminatory laws. "Women Can't Wait!", written and performed by Sarah Jones, presents women from France, India, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, the United States and Uruguay as they prepare to address governments at the United Nations during the Special Session. Organized by Equality Now. Conference room 4.
6:15-7:30 Special event: Presentation of the gender focal point study. Organized by the Inter-Agency Committee on Women and Gender Equality under the leadership of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and UNFPA. Conference room 3.
6:00-8:00 Special event: Panel on "Putting Early Marriage on the Women's Global Agenda". Organized by UNICEF and Forum on Marriage and the Rights of Women and Girls, UK. DHL Auditorium.

THURSDAY, 8 JUNE 2000
9:00-9:45 NGO Briefing, Conference room 4.
10:00-1:00 Seventh plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole.
9:00-11:00 Special event: Panel on peace-building and peacekeeping. Organized by the Inter-Agency Committee on Women and Gender Equality under the leadership of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Development Assistance Committee. Conference room 3.
10:00-11:30 Special event: Panel on institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women. Organized by Femme Avenir CFEI, Association Pour Le Progres and La Defense des Droits de Femme Maliennes (APDF Mali), European Women's Lobby. Conference room 4.
10:00-12:00 DPI/NGO Briefing: Beijing +5 Emerging Issues. Invited speakers include Ms. Yakin Ert眉rk, Director, UN Division for the Advancement of Women, Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM, Ms. Christine Kapalata, Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women acting as Preparatory Committee for the Beijing+5 special session, Gita Sen, Coordinator on Alternative Development Frameworks, India. Organized by Department of Public Information and the Division for the Advancement of Women. DHL Auditorium.
3:00-5:00 Special event: Panel on "Initiatives and best practices of Greece in facing violence against women". Organized by the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations. Conference room B.
11:00-12:00 Special event: Launch of map of Women in Politics. Produced by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in collaboration with the Department of Public Information. Room S-226.
12:00 Daily Press Briefing by GA Spokeswoman, Shirley Brownell, at noon briefing, Room S-226.
11:15-12:45 Special event: Panel on combating poverty through decent work and gender equality. Organized by ILO. Conference room 3.
11:45-1:15 Meeting of Conference of Non-governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) NGOs. Conference room 4.
1:15-2:45 Special event: Panel on "Mainstreaming a gender perspective in peacekeeping operations". Organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women and DPKO. Conference room 3.
1:15-2:45 Special event: Panel on "Challenges for promoting and protecting women's human rights". Organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Division for the Advancement of Women and UNIFEM. DHL Auditorium.
1:15-2:45 Special event: Presentation of CD-ROM on "Status of Women in Africa". Organized by the Economic Commission for Africa. Conference room B.
1:30-3:00 Special event: Girls Speak Out. Organized by the Working Group on Girls, Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), National Council for Research on Women (NCRW), World Vision International (WVI), and UNICEF. Conference room 4.
3:00-6:00 Eighth plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole.
3:15-6:00 Regional Caucuses. Conference room 4.
3:00-4:45 Special event: Panel on Gender and Information and Communications Technologies: Building New Partnerships. Organized by UNIFEM, UNDP and Cisco Systems. Conference room 3.
3:00-4:45 Special event: "Realizing decent work for mid-life and older women workers" Panel on Older Women Workers. Organized by ILO. DHL Auditorium.
3:00-6:00 Special event: Presentation of study on women's participation in the electoral process. Organized by DESA. Conference room B.
6:00-8:00 Special event: : Follow-up seminar on mainstreaming gender in the programme budgeting process. Organized by the Inter-Agency Committee on Women and Gender Equality under the leadership of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. DHL Auditorium.
6:00-8:00 Special event: Panel on Women and Armed Conflict. Organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNIFEM, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. Conference room 3.
6:30-8:00 Special event: Workshop on networks of, for and by poor women entrepreneurs. Organized by Women's World Banking and the International Coalition on Women and Credit. Conference room 4.

FRIDAY, 9 JUNE 2000
9:00-9:45 NGO Briefing, Conference room 4.
10:00-1:00 Ninth plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate).
10:00-1:00 Live Feed. Conference room 4.
9:00-11:00 Special event: "Beijing+5: the way forward." Exchange of views between the European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs and interested non-governmental organizations. DHL Auditorium.
10:00-12:00 Special event: Meeting on legal and social advisory services for women: Best practices from German Development Cooperation since Beijing. Organized by the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations. Conference room 10.
10:00-1:00 Special event: Panel on women in power. Organized by the United Nations Committee for Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations. Conference room 3.
10:00-11:30 Special event: Presentation of the "Screening Gender Audio-visual Training Tool Kit to Promote Fair Gender Portrayal on Television". Organized by the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations. Conference room B.
11:15-12:30 Special event: Film screening "At the end of a Gun: Women and War" and launch of publication on women and armed conflict. Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross. DHL Auditorium.
12:00 Daily Press Briefing by GA Spokeswoman, Shirley Brownell, at noon briefing, Room S-226.
1:15-2:45 Town Hall meeting chaired by the First Lady of Burkina Faso, and with the participation of the first ladies of Ghana and Burundi, on "The fight against female gential mutilation". Organized by UNDP. DHL Auditorium.
1:15-2:45 Special event: Panel on Women Leaders in the United Nations paving the way to gender equality, development and peace in the twenty-first century. Organized by WFP. Conference room 3.
1:30-3:00 Special event: Panel on globalization, governance and women. Organized by the Society for International Development and Women in Development Network (WID). Conference room 4.
3:00-6:00 Tenth plenary meeting of the special session (conclusion of the debate, adoption of the final document, closing of the special session).
3:00-4:30 Special event: Panel on sexual harassment. Organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. DHL Auditorium.
3:15-3:45 THE HISTORICAL JOURNEY 25 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN鈥橲 CONFERENCES
A historical perspective on United Nations work for women. Conference room 3.
3:15-6:00 Live feed of plenary. Conference room 4.