Calendar of
International Events
last modified: 9 December 2004
March 2004 |
Date |
Location |
Event |
01 |
Washington |
U.S.-EU Ministerial, Washington |
05 - 06 |
Crawford, Texas |
President Vicente Fox of Mexico visit to Crawford |
07 |
Georgia |
Parliamentary Elections |
07 |
Greece |
Parliamentary Elections |
14 |
Russia |
Presidential Elections |
week of 14 |
India, Pakistan and Afghanistan |
US-Secretary of State Powell visit to India, Pakistan and
Afghanistan |
15 - 23 April |
Geneva |
Commission on Human Rights Meeting |
16 |
Washington |
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of The Netherlands visit
to Washington |
17 |
Washington |
Prime Minister Ahern of Ireland visit to Washington |
18 - 20 |
Bratislava |
International Security Conference Europe's New Democracies:
Leadership and Responsibility |
20 |
Taiwan |
Presidential Elections |
20 |
|
Anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war |
20 |
|
United
for Peace and Justice - Global Day of Action against War and Occupation |
21 |
El Salvador |
Presidential Elections (First Round) |
21 |
Malaysia |
General Elections |
23 |
Antigua and Barbaduba |
Legislative Elections |
- 26 March |
Geneva |
Conference
on Disarmament, first session |
28 |
Guinea Bissau |
Presidential Elections |
28 |
Georgia |
Parliamentary Elections |
29 - 30 |
Paris |
OECD Executive Committee in Special Session |
30 - 31 |
Washington |
U.S.-Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism |
30 - 02 April |
Germany & Belgium |
US-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell visit to Germany and
Belgium |
31 - 01 April |
Berlin |
International Afghanistan Donors Conference |
April 2004 |
Date |
Location |
Event |
- 01 April |
Berlin |
International Afghanistan Donors Conference |
01 - 02 |
Graz, Austria |
EU Enlargement Conference |
- 02 April |
Germany & Belgium |
US-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell visit to Germany and
Belgium |
02 |
Sri Lanka |
General Elections |
02 |
Brussels |
NATO foreign ministers informal meeting |
03 |
Slovakia |
Presidential Elections (First Round) |
05 |
Indonesia |
Parliamentary Elections |
05 |
Haiti |
US-Secretary of State Powell visit to Haiti |
05 - 23 |
New York |
UN Disarmament Commission annual meeting |
08 |
Algeria |
Presidential Elections |
09 - 16 |
Japan, China, & South Korea |
US-Vice President Dick Cheney travels to Japan, China, and
South Korea |
12 |
Crawford, TX |
President Hosny Mubarak of Egypt visit to Crawford |
14 |
Washington |
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel visit to Washington
|
14 |
Macedonia |
Presidential Elections |
14 |
South Africa |
Parliamentary Elections |
15 |
South Korean |
National Assembly elections |
16 |
Washington |
Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom visit to Washington |
20 |
India |
Parliamentary (Stage One) Elections |
21 |
Washington |
King Abdullah of Jordan visit to Washington |
22 |
India |
Parliamentary (Stage Two) Elections |
- 23 April |
Geneva |
Commission on Human Rights Meeting |
23 - 24 |
Washington |
G-7 Finance Ministerial |
24 - 25 |
Washington |
2004 Spring Meeting of the International
Monetary Fund and the World Bank
Group |
25 |
Equatorial Guinea |
Parliamentary Elections |
25 |
Austria |
Presidential Elections |
26 |
India |
Parliamentary (Stage Three) Elections |
26 |
Luxembourg |
E.U. Foreign Ministers Meeting |
26 - 07 May |
New York |
Preparatory
Committee (PrepCom) for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in 2005
|
27 |
Brussels |
Libya Head of State Muammar el Gaddafi visit President of European
Commission |
28 |
Washington |
Prime Minister Goran Persson of Sweden visit to Washington |
28 - 29 |
Berlin |
OSCE hosted Conference on Anti-Semitism |
28 - 29 |
Berlin |
US-Secretary of State Powell visit to Germany to attend OSCE Conference |
28 - 30 |
Warsaw |
World Economic Forum, European Economic Summit Europe - Enlargement and Beyond |
29 |
|
Patterns of Global Terrorism Report rollout |
30 |
Washington |
Prime Minister Martin of Canada visit to Washington |
30 |
Washington |
President Oscar Berger of Guatemala visit to Washington |
May 2004 |
Date |
Location |
Event |
01 |
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic, & Slovenia |
Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia join the European Union |
02 |
Panama |
Presidential/Legislative Elections |
02 |
El Salvador |
Presidential Elections (Second Round)
Elections |
05 |
India |
Parliamentary (Stage Four) Elections |
05 |
Washington |
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of Singapore visit to Washington
|
- 07 May |
New York |
Preparatory
Committee (PrepCom) for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in 2005 |
10 |
Philippines |
Presidential/Legislative Elections |
10 - 25 June |
Geneva |
Conference
on Disarmament, second session |
14 |
Washington |
G-8 Foreign Affairs Ministerial |
15 - 18 |
Warsaw |
International Press Institute - World Congress and 53rd
General Assembly |
16 |
Dominican Republic |
Presidential Elections |
18 |
Malawi |
Presidential/Parliamentary Elections |
20 |
Washington |
Prime Minister Konstandinos Karamanlis of Greece visit to
Washington |
22 |
Pyongyang, North Korea |
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi meets with North
Korean leader Kim Jong-Il. |
24 - 02 June |
Pucon |
APEC SOM II and related meetings |
31 |
Krakow, Poland |
Proliferation Security Initiative meeting. |
June 2004 |
Date |
Location |
Event |
03 |
Washington |
Prime Minister John Howard of Australia visit to Washington
|
05 - 06 |
Italy & France |
President Bush visit to Italy and France |
07 |
Ecuador |
U.S.-Secretary of State Powell visit to Ecuador |
08 - 10 |
Sea Island, Georgia |
G-8 Summit |
10 |
Sea Island, Georgia |
Leaders of six African countries (Algeria, Ghana, Nigeria,
Senegal, South Africa and Uganda) to meet with G-8 leaders |
13 |
Luxembourg |
Parliamentary Election |
14 |
Austria |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting
|
15 |
Washington |
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan visit to Washington
|
19 & 20 |
New Delhi, India |
India and Pakistan hold talks on nuclear confidence-building
measures |
23 |
Beijing |
Six-Nation North Korean Nuclear Talks |
- 25 June |
Geneva |
Conference
on Disarmament, second session |
25 - 26 |
Dublin |
U.S. - EU summit |
25 - 29 |
Ireland & Turkey |
US - President Bush visit to Ireland and Turkey |
27 - 02 July |
Moscow |
International IAEA Conference "Fifty
Years of Nuclear Power - the Next Fifity Years" |
28 |
Canada |
Parliamentary Elections |
28 - 29 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
NATO summit |
28 - 30 |
Ireland, Turkey & Indonesia |
US-Secretary of State Powell visit to Ireland, Turkey and
Indonesia |
August 2004 |
Date |
Location |
Event |
02 - 09 |
Hiroshima & Nagasaki |
Japan Council against A- and H-Bombs (GENSUIKYO). "World
Conference against A- and H-Bombs." |
06 |
Greenland |
U.S.-Secretary of State Powell visit to Greenland |
07 |
Australian |
General Election |
09 |
Washington |
Prime Minister Marek Belka of Poland visit to Washington
|
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|
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September 2004 |
Date |
Location |
Event |
02 - 03 |
Santiago |
APEC Finance Ministers Meeting |
05 - 06 |
New Delhi |
Meeting between Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri
and Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh |
07 |
Cook Islands |
Legislative Election |
- 10 Sept. |
Geneva |
Conference
on Disarmament, third session |
11 - 14 |
Herzliya, Israel |
4th International Conference The Global Impact of
International Terrorism |
13 - 14 |
Brussels |
OSCE Conference
on Tolerance and the Fight Against Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination |
17 - 18 |
Noordwijk |
EU - Informal Meeting Minister of Defence |
19 |
Kazakhstan |
Parliamentary Election |
19 |
Lithuania |
Parliamentary Election |
20 |
Indonesia |
Presidential (Second Round) Election |
20 - 24 |
Vienna |
International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference |
21 |
|
International Day of Peace |
21 - 01 Oct |
New York |
United Nations General Assembly |
25 - ?? |
Beijing |
Six-party (China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea and
United States) talks on North Korea's nuclear program (estimate) |
25 - 04 Oct |
Santiago |
APEC SOM III and related meetings |
26 |
Northern Cyprus |
Parliamentary Election |
27 |
New York |
US-President Bush addresses the UN General Assembly (estimate) |
28 |
France |
Parliamentary (Senate) Election |
October 2004 |
Date |
Location |
Event |
01 |
Washington |
G-7 Ministerial |
03 |
Slovenia |
Parliamentary Election |
08 - 09 |
Hanoi |
Asia-Europe Summit Meeting (ASEM) |
09 |
Afghanistan |
Presidential Election |
09 |
Australia |
Parliamentary Election |
11 |
Cameroon |
Presidential Election |
13 - 14 |
Poiana Brasov, Romania |
Informal
meeting of NATO Defense Minsiters |
14 |
The Hague |
EU - India Summit |
17 |
Belarus |
Parliamentary Election |
20 - 21 |
Geneva |
World Trade
Organization General Council Meeting |
22 |
Ireland |
Presidential Election |
22 - 26 |
Japan, People's Republic of China & the Republic of Korea |
US-Secretary of State Powell visit to Japan, People's
Republic of China and the Republic of Korea |
23 |
Kosovo |
Parliamentary Election |
24 |
Tunisia |
Presidential/Parliamentary Election |
30 |
Botswana |
Parliamentary Election |
31 |
Ukraine |
Presidential Election |
31 |
Uruguay |
Presidential (First Round) /Legislative Election |
November 2004 |
Date |
Location |
Event |
02 |
United States |
Presidential/Legislative Election |
05 |
|
European Council |
11 |
The Hague |
EU - Russia Summit |
15 |
Namibia |
Presidential/Parliamentary Election |
17 - 20 |
Quito |
Sixth Defense Ministerial of the Americas |
28 |
Romania |
Presidential (First Round) / Parliamentary Election
|
28 |
Uruguay |
Presidential (Second Round) Election |
December 2004 |
Date |
Location |
Event |
02 |
The Hague |
EU - Canada Summit |
06 |
Washington |
President Bush Meeting with President of Senegal Washington,
DC |
06 - 07 |
Sofia |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial |
06 - 10 |
Geneva |
Biological Weapons Convention, annual meeting |
06 - 11 |
Europe & Morocco |
U.S.-Secretary Powell Travel to Europe and Morocco |
07 |
Ghana |
Presidential/Parliamentary Election |
07 |
Afghanistan |
U.S.-Vice President Cheney Travel to Afghanistan |
08 |
The Hague |
EU - China Summit |
09 - 10 |
Brussels |
NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting |
11 |
Taiwan |
Parliamentary Election |
12 |
Romania |
Presidential (Second Round) Election |
17 |
|
European Council |
19 |
Turkmenistan |
Parliamentary Election |
26 |
Ukraine |
Presidential (Second Round) New-Election |
26 |
Pitcairn Islands |
Parliamentary Election |
26 |
Uzbekistan |
Parliamentary Election |
28 |
Ghana |
Presidential (Second Round) Election |
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