2008 Year of...
- United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012)
- International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)
- Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2001-2010)
- International Decade for Action: Water for Life (2005-2015)
- International Year of Sanitation 2008
- International Year of Planet Earth 2008
2008
July 2008
Zaragoza International Water Exhibition, Spain
ECOSOC Development Co-operation Forum tbc (leading to UN FfD in Doha)
France takes over EU Presidence
1 July
G8 summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan
7-9 July
August 2008
Olympic Games, Beijing
8-29 August
International Youth Day
12 August
World Water Week, Stockholm
17-23 August
Republican and Democrat national conventions
September 2008
50 Global Days of Action against poverty and inequality
High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Accra, Ghana
2-4 September
Fifth European Social Forum in Malmo
18-21 September
UN High level conference on MDGs, New York
25 September
Evaluation of UN development activities
September or October
October 2008
ITUC World Day for Decent Work
7 October
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF
11-13 October
Rural Women's Day
15 October
World Food Day
16 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17 October
Stand Up and Take Action against Poverty and Inequality
17-19 October
Micah Sunday
19 October
November 2008
BOND AGM
4 November (date to be confirmed)
New US President elected
9 November
ACP-EU JPA in ACP country
22-28 November
UN Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha, Qatar
29 November - 2 December
December 2008
New DAC figures
World AIDS Day
1 December
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 14), Poznan, Poland
1-12 December
60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration on Human Rights
10 December