WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/478 
16 March 2004 
 (04-1144) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French/  Spanish 
 
   
INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL MEETINGS IN 2004 
 
PLANNED PARTICIPATION OF THE WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH  
ORGANIZATION (OIE) 
  
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International and Regional Meeting in  2003: Participation by the OIE  
 
 As of 1 March 2004 
Month Name of the meeting Date Place 
Meeting of the Aquatic Animal Health Sta ndards Commission 5-9 OIE headquarters (France) 
OIE Ad hoc Group on Rinderpest 7-8 OIE headquarters (France) 
Seminar for the OIE Regional Representatives 12-14 OIE headquarters (France) 
EU funded Research Workshop on FMD and CSF 22-23 Brussels (Belgium) January 2004 
OIE Biological Standards Commission 28-30 OIE headquarters (France) 
Tripartite meeting FAO/OIE/WHO 5-6 Rome (Italy) 
OIE Wildlife Diseases Working Group 9-11 OIE headquarters (France) 
World Bank meeting on STDF 9-11 Washington D.C. (U.S.A.) 
WTO SPS Seminar  10-12 Maputo (Mozambique) 
The 10th Session of the Codex Committee on Meat and Poultry 
Hygiene 16-19 Auckland (NZ) 
OIE Ad hoc Group on Notification of Animal Diseases 18-20 OIE headquarters (France) 
OIE Global Conference on Animal Welfare 23-25 Paris (France) 
OIE Working Group on Animal Welfare 26-27 OIE headquarters (France) February 
FAO/OIE Emergency Regional Meeting on Avian Influenza 
Control in Animals in Asia 26-28 Bangkok (Thailand) 
PAHO1 Hemispheric Conference on the Eradication of FMD 3-4 Houston (U.S.A.) 
OIE Administrative Commission 3-5 OIE headquarters (France) 
OIE Ad hoc Group on FMD (country status r ecognition) 8-9 OIE headquarters (France) 
OIE Ad hoc Group on BSE (country status r ecognition) 8-9 OIE headquarters (France) 
WTO SPS Seminar  8-11 Santiago (Chile) 
OIE Scientific Commission on Animal Diseases 10-11 OIE headquarters (France) 
OIE/FAO/EC Tripartite Group meeting 14-16 Budapest (Hungary) 
Joint second OIE/FAO/WHO Workshop on Non-human 
Antimicrobial Usage and Antimicrobial Resistance 15-18 Oslo (Norway) 
IICA2 meeting on technical and coordina tion issues 15 Geneva (Switzerland) 
WTO SPS Committee  16-18 Geneva (Switzerland) 
OIE Ad hoc Group on Bluetongue  29-30 OIE headquarters (France) March 
6th meeting on Epizootiology organized by the Veterinary Services 
of Serbia and Montenegro 31-2 April Vlasinalek (Serbia and Montenegro)  
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OIE Working Group on Animal Production Food Safety 1-2 OIE headquarters (France) 
WTO SPS Seminar  6-8 Cairo (Egypt) 
International Conference on the Control of Infectious Animal 
Diseases by Vaccination 13-16 Buenos Aires (Argentine) 
OIE Ad hoc Group on BSE Code Chapter 15-16 OIE headquarters (France) 
AATA3’s 30th Conference 18-21 Vienna (Austria) 
First Halal International Food Conference 23 Brussels (Belgium) April 
21st Regional Conference of CIS Count ries undecided Astana (Kazakhstan) 
20th Session of the Codex Committee on General Principles   3-6 Paris (France) 
WHO consultation on Emerging Zoon oses 4-6 Geneva (Switzerland) 
OIE/FAO/EC Tripartite Group meeting 5 OIE headquarters (France) 
WTO SPS Seminar 11-13 Nepal 
OIE Administrative Commission 20-21 OIE headquarters (France) 
OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission 22 OIE headquarters (France) 
72nd General Session of the OIE International Committee  23-28 OIE headquarters (France) May 
PRION 2004 25 Paris (France) 
Conference of the OIE/FAO Working Group on FMD and 
Rinderpest Eradication 1-5 Moscow, Vladimir (Russia) 
Meeting of the bureau of the Scientific Commission for Animal 
Diseases 2-4 OIE headquarters (France) 
OIE Seminar on Food Safety, Health  and Consumer Protection in 
Europe 20-24 Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro) 
WTO SPS Committee 22-24 Geneva (Switzerland) 
Meeting of the bureau of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health 
Standards Commission 28-July 2 OIE headquarters (France) 
27th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission 28-July 2 Geneva (Switzerland) June 
OIE Seminar on Sanitary Security in Trade in Animals and Animal 
Products in the Middle East and Africa Regions undecided Cairo (Egypt) 
OIE Ad hoc Group on Antigen and Vaccine Banks undecided OIE headquarters (France) 
OIE Ad hoc Group on Epidemiology undecided OIE headquarters (France) July 
OIE Ad hoc Group on Carcass Disposal undecided OIE headquarters (France)  
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August - - - 
OIE Seminar on Environmental Protection in relation to Veterinary 
Service Activities  1-5 Warsaw (Poland) September 
21st Conference of the OIE Regional Commissi on for Europe 28-1 October Avila (Spain) 
October 22nd Regional Conference of CIS Countries undecided Dushanbe (Tajikistan) 
November - - - 
December OIE/FAO/WHO Conference on Rabies in Europe 6-10 Kiev (Ukraine) 
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1 PAHO:  the Pan American Health Organization 
2 IICA:  The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture 
3 AATA:  The Animal Transportation  Association