| Date | Event | Venue | Organizer |
| 01 Jan 2004 | Ongoing work on the establishment of a website on the Thematic Programme Network on water resources management in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (TPN4) in Asia
| Aleppo, Syria | UNCCD |
22 Jan -
23 Jan 2004 | Latin American and Caribbean regional preparatory meeting for the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | CBD |
26 Jan -
06 Feb 2004 | Training course in Spanish on GEF project preparation for all Latin American and Caribbean countries.
| Florence, Italy | UNCCD |
29 Jan -
30 Jan 2004 | Meeting of the Steering Committee on youth and environmental projects in Argentina, China and Mozambique
| Rome, Italy | UNCCD |
| 30 Jan 2004 | Meeting
Fifth meeting of the Joint Liaison Group of the CBD, UNCCD and UNFCCC
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| Bonn, Germany | UNFCCC |
| 01 Feb 2004 | Ongoing work on the establishment of a website on the Thematic Programme Network on water resources management in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (TPN4) in Asia
| Aleppo, Syria | UNCCD |
| 01 Feb 2004 | Preparation of National Action Programme
| Yangon, Myanmar | UNCCD |
03 Feb -
05 Feb 2004 | Asian Regional Meeting of the CST Group of Experts
| Tokyo, Japan | UNCCD |
| 08 Feb 2004 | Asia and the Pacific regional preparatory meeting for the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | CBD |
09 Feb -
20 Feb 2004 | Seventh Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-7)
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | CBD |
23 Feb -
27 Feb 2004 | First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | CBD |
24 Feb -
26 Feb 2004 | Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | CBD |
| 01 Mar 2004 | Ongoing work on the establishment of a website on the Thematic Programme Network on water resources management in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (TPN4) in Asia
| Aleppo, Syria | UNCCD |
| 01 Mar 2004 | Preparation of National Action Programme
| Yangon, Myanmar | UNCCD |
| 01 Apr 2004 | Ongoing work on the establishment of a website on the Thematic Programme Network on water resources management in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (TPN4) in Asia
| Aleppo, Syria | UNCCD |
| 01 Apr 2004 | Preparation of National Action Programme
| Yangon, Myanmar | UNCCD |
| 01 Apr 2004 | Preparation of National Action Programme
| Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | UNCCD |
| 02 Apr 2004 | Meeting of the Bureau of the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 6)
| Bonn, Germany | UNCCD |
26 Apr -
01 May 2004 | Training on the Formulation of Projects to Combat Desertification and the Financial Mecanism of the GEF on Sustainable Development of Land
| Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | UNCCD |
30 Apr -
01 May 2004 | National workshop on synergies between Rio conventions
| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | UNCCD |
| 01 May 2004 | Fourth meeting of the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Coordination Mechanism
| Oaxaca, Mexico | CBD |
| 01 May 2004 | Ongoing work on the establishment of a website on the Thematic Programme Network on water resources management in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (TPN4) in Asia
| Aleppo, Syria | UNCCD |
| 01 May 2004 | Preparation of National Action Programme
| Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | UNCCD |
02 May -
11 May 2004 | Third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 3)
| Bonn, Germany | UNCCD |
05 May -
07 May 2004 | Launching meeting of the Thematic Programme Network on Renewable Energies and Environmentally Sound Eco- Technologies (TPN5) in the context of the Regional Action Programme (RAP) to Combat Desertification in Africa
| Nairobi, Kenya | UNCCD |
| 06 May 2004 | International seminar: How can the UN Convention to Combat Desertification contribute to sustainable development in drylands? - Reducing risks and vulnerability in the drylands of Africa (organised by Drylands Coordination Group)
| Oslo, Norway | UNCCD |
10 May -
14 May 2004 | First sub-regional workshop of the joint "Practicing Synergy Initiative" under the programme of work on biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands
| Boswana | CBD |
| 15 May 2004 | Partners Round Table on National Action Programme (NAP) priorities
| Rabat, Morocco | UNCCD |
17 May -
18 May 2004 | Regional Meeting to Strengthen the Cooperation among Northern Mediterranean Countries in the field of Land Resources Management
| Bonn, Germany | UNCCD |
| 22 May 2004 | International Biodiversity Day
| | CBD |
| 31 May 2004 | Deadline for the submission of reports for the third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC3)
| | UNCCD |
| 03 Jun 2004 | Meeting of the Steering Committee of the 5th Parliamentarian Roundtable
| Bonn, Germany | UNCCD |
| 03 Jun 2004 | UNCCD Side Event to the International Conference on Renewable Energies (renewables2004): "Parliamentary Forum on linkages between renewable energies and desertification"
| Bonn, Germany | UNCCD |
09 Jun -
11 Jun 2004 | Launching meeting of the thematic programme network (TPN6) on the implementation of integrated local area development programmes (LAPDs) initiatives in the regional context of the Regional action programme to combat desertification in Asia
| Islamabad, Pakistan | UNCCD |
| 09 Jun 2004 | Meeting of the Bureau of the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP6)
| Bonn, Germany | UNCCD |
| 17 Jun 2004 | Joint Celebration of the UNCCD Secretariat, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the City of Bonn of the World Day to Combat Desertification and the Tenth Year Anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention
| | UNCCD |
| 17 Jun 2004 | Preparation of National Action Programme
| Bangkok, Thailand | UNCCD |
20 Jun -
24 Jun 2004 | European Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Workshop
| Isle of Vilm, Germany | CBD |
21 Jun -
25 Jun 2004 | Meeting on the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the UNCCD
| Brasilia, Brazil | UNCCD |
23 Jun -
24 Jun 2004 | TerrAfrica: Sustainable Land Management Framing Workshop (co-hosted by the World Bank and UNCCD)
| Paris, France | UNCCD |
| 01 Jul 2004 | Sectorial consultation on environment and combating desertification
| Niamey, Niger | UNCCD |
01 Jul -
31 Jul 2004 | Southeast Asia Sub Regional Action Programme
| Popa, Myanmar | UNCCD |
05 Jul -
08 Jul 2004 | South Asia Sub-regional Workshop on the Development of the Sub-Regional Action Programme
| Colombo, Sri Lanka | UNCCD |
08 Jul -
09 Jul 2004 | National Workshop on the National Action Programme on the Implementation of the UNCCD and Partnership Building
| Colombo, Sri Lanka | UNCCD |
12 Jul -
13 Jul 2004 | National Workshop on the National Action Programme on the Implementation of the UNCCD and Partnership Building
| Bogor, Indonesia | UNCCD |
03 Aug -
06 Aug 2004 | Meeting on the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the UNCCD and Launching of the National Action Programme
| Brasilia, Brazil | UNCCD |
24 Aug -
26 Aug 2004 | Regional Workshop on Taxonomy
| Place to be decided | CBD |
26 Aug -
28 Aug 2004 | Launching of the National Action Programme
| Venezuela | UNCCD |
26 Aug -
28 Aug 2004 | Workshop on Synergies between UNFCCC, UNCCD, UNCBD at the Local Level
| Belize | UNCCD |
01 Sep -
03 Sep 2004 | Dryland Agroforestry Workshop - Science and practice of Agroforestry in the arid and semiarid lands of eastern and central Africa (organized by ICRAF-East Africa Program)
| Nairobi, Kenya | UNCCD |
| 04 Sep 2004 | Fourth Forum on Cooperation between Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean
| Place to be decided | UNCCD |
06 Sep -
10 Sep 2004 | African regional Conference preparatory to the third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 3)
| Bamako, Mali | UNCCD |
13 Sep -
17 Sep 2004 | Regional Workshop for Africa on Synergy among the Rio Conventions and other biodiversity-related Conventions in Implementing the Programmes of Work on Dry and Sub-humid Lands and Agricultural Biodiversity (organised by the CBD Secretariat)
| Gaborone, Botswana | CBD |
14 Sep -
16 Sep 2004 | National Forum to launch the elaboration process of the National Action Programme to combat desertification of Guinea-Bissau
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| Bissau, Guinee-Bissau | UNCCD |
14 Sep -
16 Sep 2004 | Workshop on Synergies between UNFCCC, UNCCD and UNCBD at the Local Level
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | UNCCD |
01 Oct 2004
TBD | Follow-up meeting on the Thematic Program Network on Benchmarks and Indicators (TPN1)
| Guatemala City, Guatemala | UNCCD |
02 Oct -
09 Oct 2004 | National Awareness Seminar on Desertification and Drought
| Belmopan, Belize | UNCCD |
04 Oct -
06 Oct 2004 | Coordination meeting for representatives of academic institutions actively involved in education and training programmes in biosafety (organized by SAEFL in collaboration with the CBD Secretariat)
| Geneva, Switzerland | CBD |
09 Oct -
10 Oct 2004 | Second Asian Regional Workshop on Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI)
| Wellington, New Zealand | CBD |
11 Oct -
14 Oct 2004 | Subregional workshop on GEF`s Sustainable Land Management Approach for Francophone African Countries (organized by UNEP/ GEF)
| Tunis, Tunisia | UNCCD |
| 18 Oct 2004 | Meeting
Liaison Group meeting on indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
18 Oct -
24 Nov 2004 | Biosafety Considerations in the use of Genetically Modified Organisms for Management of Animal Populations - Online Conference
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
18 Oct -
20 Oct 2004 | Technical Group of Experts on Liability and Redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
25 Oct -
27 Oct 2004 | Expert group on outcome-oriented targets for the Programmes of Work on the biodiversity of Inland Water Ecosystems and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
25 Oct -
26 Oct 2004 | Technical workshop on drought preparedness in the Balkans within the context of the UNCCD
| Poiana Brasov, Romania | UNCCD |
| 01 Nov 2004 | National Forum on Partnership
| Dushanbe, Tajikistan | UNCCD |
01 Nov -
03 Nov 2004 | Subregional workshop on GEF`s Sustainable Land Management Approach for Anglophone African Countries (organized by UNEP/ GEF)
| Windhoek, Namibia | UNCCD |
| 01 Nov 2004 | Thematic programme network (TPN1) Monitoring and Assessment Mapping
| Beijing, China | UNCCD |
01 Nov -
03 Nov 2004 | Workshop on Capacity-building and Exchange of Information on Paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the Biosafety Protocol
| Bonn, Germany | CBD |
02 Nov -
03 Nov 2004 | Informal Meeting on Interoperability of Information among the Three Rio and Other Environmental Conventions
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
| 07 Nov 2004 | Meeting
Facilitation Meeting for the Implementation of the Sub-Regional Action Programme in Chaco and Puna
| Guatemala City, Guatemala | UNCCD |
| 07 Nov 2004 | Meeting of the RIOD-NGO and Focal Points of Latin America and the Caribbean
| Guatemala City, Guatemala | UNCCD |
08 Nov -
10 Nov 2004 | Intersessional Consultations
Intersessional Consultations on Registry Systems
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| Bonn, Germany | UNFCCC |
08 Nov -
10 Nov 2004 | Launching of the Thematic Programme Networks on Agroforestry (TPN4)
| Guatemala City, Guatemala | UNCCD |
| 09 Nov 2004 | Follow-up meeting on the Thematic Program Network on Benchmarks and Indicators (TPN1)
| Guatemala City,Guatemala | UNCCD |
09 Nov -
10 Nov 2004 | Meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House
| Montreal, Canada | CBD |
22 Nov -
24 Nov 2004 | Launching meeting of the Thematic Programme Network (TPN6) on Sustainable Agricultural Farming Systems in the context of the Regional Action Programme to combat desertification in Africa
| Tunis, Tunisia | UNCCD |
22 Nov -
24 Nov 2004 | Launching meeting of the Thematic Programme Network (TPN6) on Sustainable Agricultural Farming Systems in the context of the Regional Action Programme to combat desertification in Africa
| Tunis, Tunisia | UNCCD |
25 Nov -
28 Nov 2004 | Fourth Forum on Cooperation between Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean - Theme: Sustainable Agricultural Farming Systems in the context of the Regional Action Programme to combat desertification in Africa
| Tunis, Tunisia | UNCCD |
06 Dec -
17 Dec 2004 | COP 10/SB 21
Conference of the Parties at its tenth session /Twenty-first sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies
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| Buenos Aires, Argentina | UNFCCC |
13 Dec -
17 Dec 2004 | Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Island Biodiversity
| Canary Islands, Spain | CBD |
13 Dec -
15 Dec 2004 | Launching meeting of the Thematic Regional Programme Network on Integrated Water Management in Latin America and the Caribbean (TPN-3)
| Caracas, Venezuela | UNCCD |
14 Dec -
16 Dec 2004 | Latin American and Caribbean Regional Workshop on the Clearing-House Mechanism
| Brasilia, Brazil | CBD |
