30 June 1999 Submission to the Secretary-General of national reports on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development;
30 August 1999 Inter-sessional, open-ended, informal consultations of the Preparatory Committee
3 September 1999 In order to consider further the Chairman's Working Draft text (A/AC.253/L.5, adapted to reflect the decision on the Role of the United Nations system (L.7) taken by the Preparatory Committee) including proposals made by delegations, with a view to preparing a new, integrated Chairman's Working Draft text by January, 2000;
1 January 2000

Submission by the UN system and other organizations of requested reports, studies and documentation, with short, precise summaries of conclusions on the assessment of issues and proposals for further action;

Presentation of new, integrated Chairman's Working Draft text;

End January 2000 Secretary-General to make available to all delegations a compilation of all the summaries and proposals for further action contained in those documents;
8-17 February 2000 38th regular session of the Commission for Social Development, which will undertake an overall review of the implementation of the outcome of the Summit. Click here to view agenda;
22-25 February 2000 Inter-sessional, open-ended, informal consultations of the Preparatory Committee in order to consider further the new, integrated Chairman's Working Draft text and the compilation of the summaries and proposals taken from the documentation provided by the UN system, with a view to the preparation of a further, revised Chairman's Working Draft text;
March 2000 Presentation by the Chairman, on the basis of the outcome of the Commission for Social Development and the inter-sessional, open-ended, informal consultations, of a further, revised Working Draft text to be submitted to the Preparatory Committee at its second substantive session;
3-14 April 2000 Second substantive session of the Preparatory Committee;
26-30 June 2000 Special Session of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the Outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and Further Initiatives, Geneva. Click here for more information.
May 15-17 2000 Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago