February
25 February	Road and Rail Financing Conference UN ECE, Geneva
26 February	Second Ministerial Conference Euro-Asian Transport Links (EATL) UN ECE, Geneva
March
5 to 7 March	Euro-Asian Regional Review of the Almaty Programme of Action Vientiane, Lao PDR
14 to 15 March	Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals First Session United Nations, NY
18 to 19 March	Global Commodities Forum UNCTAD, Geneva
20 to 21 March	Brainstorming meeting on the Priorities of a New Development Agenda for the Landlocked Developing Countries UN-OHRLLS, New York
April
4 to 5 April	OECD Global Forum on Development OECD, Paris
16 April	Meeting on LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS in the post 2015 Development Agenda UN-OHRLLS and FERDI, United Nations, New York
17 to 19 April	Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals Second Session United Nations, New York
19 to 21 April	World Bank IMF Spring meetings Washington D.C.
22 April	Special high-level meeting of the ECOSOC with the BWIs, WTO and UNCTAD United Nations, New York
May
28 to 29 May	Global Services Forum (Beijing Summit) Beijing, China
June
6 to 7 June	2013 High-Level Symposium on "A renewed global partnership for development for a post-2015 era" Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10 June	Inter-Agency Consultative Group Meeting on UN System-wide preparations for the comprehensive ten-year review conference United Nations, New York
tbd June	Africa Regional Review of the Almaty Programme of Action UN ECA
July
1 to 26 July	ECOSOC substantive session United Nations, Geneva - High Level Segment (1-4 July)- Annual Ministerial Review 2013: "Science, technology and innovation and culture for sustainable development and the MDGs"  - General Segment (18-25 July): Consideration of agenda item on the Programme of Action for the LDCs for the Decade 2011-2020
8 to 10 July	Fourth Global Aid for Trade Review WTO, Geneva
August
tbd	Latin America Regional Review of the Almaty Programme of Action UN ECLAC
September
5 to 6 September	G-20 Leaders’ Summit St. Petersburg , Russia
17 to 10 September	High-Level Conference on Road Transport IRU, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
From 24 September	General Assembly, 68th session - General Debate United Nations, New York
25 September	Special event to follow up efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals Resolution 65/1, United Nations, Geneva
tbd	12th Annual Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Ministers of LLDCs United Nations, New York
tbd	37th Annual Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of G77 United Nations, New York
October – November - December
tbd October/ November	General Assembly, consideration of agenda item on the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action – Informal informals on draft resolution United Nations, New York
11 to 13 October	2013 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund Washington, D.C.
tbd October/ November	General Assembly, consideration of agenda item on the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action United Nations, New York
tbd October/ November	Meeting/Conference of African Transport Ministers
11 to 22 November	19th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC Warsaw, Poland
tbd December	Inter-Agency Consultative Group Meeting on UN System-wide preparations for the comprehensive ten-year review conference United Nations, New York
3 to 6 December	Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference Bali, Indonesia

Calendar of Conferences and Meetings of Major Interest to the Group of LLDCs – 2012

Calendar of Conferences and Meetings of Major Interest to the Group of LLDCs – 2011