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Regional
Beijing 20-Year Review Processes
Regional review processes—which involve the preparation of regional reports and the organization of regional intergovernmental meetings—are being undertaken in all five regions by the United Nations regional commissions:
- Economic Commission for
Africa (ECA)
The ninth African Regional Conference will be held between 11 and 14 November 2014, in Addis Ababa. For more information, visit http://www.uneca.org/beijing-plus-20 - Economic Commission for
Europe (ECE)
A regional review meeting will take place from 6 to 7 November 2014, in Geneva. For more information, visit http://www.unece.org/genderwelcome-new/monitoring-progress/beijing-platform-for-action/genderbeijing-20.html - Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
A Special Session dedicated to Beijing+20 will be held at the 51st Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Santiago, 18-20 November 2014. For more information, visit: http://www.cepal.org/mujer/; and http://www.eclac.cl/cgi-bin/getprod.asp?xml=/mujer/noticias/paginas/3/51823/P51823.xml&xsl=/mujer/tpl/p18f.xsl&base=/mujer/tpl/top-bottom.xsl - Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
The third session of the Committee on Social Development will take place from 18 to 20 August 2014, in Bangkok, as a preparatory body for the regional Conference on Beijing+20. The Asian and Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+20 Review will be held from 17 to 20 November 2014, in Bangkok. For more information, visit: http://www.unescapsdd.org/beijing20 - Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
A consultative regional workshop is tentatively scheduled for April 2014. A high-level regional conference is tentatively scheduled to take place in June 2014, at a venue to be determined. For more information, visit: http://www.escwa.un.org/sites/BeijingPlus20/index.asp
The outcomes of these regional review processes will feed into the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2015.
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