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    January 28, 2000



    Of Note
    Jan. 29 President Clinton visit to Switzerland to participate in the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos
    Next Week
    Jan. 29 President Clinton visit to Switzerland to participate in the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos
    Jan. 29-Feb. 1 Secretary of State Albright visit to Switzerland and Russia
    Feb. 1-2 United Nations Workshop on Energy Efficiency -- Global Competitiveness and Deregulation, New York
    Feb. 2-Mar. 8 21st Session of the START Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission, Geneva
    Feb. 4 U.S.-Africa Trade Union Summit on HIV/AIDS Worksplace Education, Washington
    Currently Underway
    Jan. 17-Mar. 24 Conference on Disarmament, Geneva
    Jan. 27-Feb. 1 World Economic Forum, Davos
    Looking Ahead
    February
    Feb. 7-9 Seventh Global Conference of Women Entrepreneurs, New Delhi. Co-sponsored by the International Federation of Women Entrrepreneurs, Center for International Private Enterprise and the Small Industries Development Bank of India.
    Feb. 8 United Nations Seminar on Human Rights, sponsored by Prime Minister Abdul-Raouf al-Rawabdeh, Amman
    Feb. 8-10 U.S.-Australia Open Skies Negotiations, Honolulu
    Feb. 10 Caring Communities for the 21st Century: Imagining the Possible, Conference, New York. Organized by the International Council for Caring Communities.
    Feb. 12-19 UNCTAD X (Quadrennial Meeting), Bangkok
    Feb. 12-21 APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) Senior Officials Meeting I, Bandar Seri Begawan
    Feb. 13-21 Secretary of Commerce Daley visit to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile on a business development mission
    Feb. 17-20 National Summit on Africa, Washington
    Feb 28.-Mar. 17 Commission on the Status of Women, 44th Session, New York
    Feb. 29 U.S.-Japan Common Agenda Plenary, Tokyo
    March
    Mar. 1-2 Canada-U.S. Partnership Protocol Meeting, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
    Mar. 8 International Women's Day
    Mar. 9-11 Second Baltic Sea Women's Conference, Helsinki
    Mar. 17-22 Second World Water Forum and Ministerial Conference, The Hague
    Mar. 20-24 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors Meeting, Vienna
    Mar. 20-Apr. 28 56th Annual Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, Geneva
    Mar. 23-24 U.S.-Turkey Joint Economic Commission Meeting, Washington
    Mar. 27-28 Sustainability in the WTO Millennium Round and Beyond, conference, London. Organized by the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House.
    Mar. 29-31 Turkish-American Council Meeting, Washington
    April
    April PeaceWing Project, Kenya. A month-long testing and demonstration of the PeaceWing aircraft which collects and transmits data for disaster relief workers/organizations.
    Apr. 1-17 Tenth UN Congress on Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenge of the Twenty-First Century, Vienna
    Apr. 7 World Health Day
    Apr. 10-13 Ninth International Congress of Infectious Diseases, Buenos Aires
    Apr. 10-20 Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), Gigiri, Kenya
    Apr. 11-14 OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Economic Forum, Prague
    Apr. 16-17 World Bank/International Monetary Fund Spring Meeting, Washington
    Apr. 22 Earth Day
    Apr. 24-May 5 Eighth Meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York
    Apr. 24-May 19 2000 Non-Proliferation Review Conference (NPT), New York
    Apr. 26-28 Arctic Council: Senior Arctic Officials Meeting, Fairbanks
    May
    May 1-5 First Preparatory Meeting for the World Conference Against Racism, Geneva. -- The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance will be held in the Year 2001 (venue to be decided).
    May 3 World Press Freedom Day
    May 15-19 Fifth Conference of the States Parties of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague
    May 15-20 53rd World Health Assembly, Geneva
    May 15-26 Fifth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Nairobi
    May 15-June 2 UN Committee on Rights of the Child, 24th Session, Geneva
    May 22-26 APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunications Ministerial, Cancun
    May 22-26 The Millennium Forum, New York. Sponsored by the United Nations.
    May 22-July 7 Conference on Disarmament, Geneva
    May 24-25 NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, Florence
    May 29-31 UNEP Global Environmental Forum, Sweden
    June
    June 1-Oct. 31 Expo 2000, Hannover
    June 3-11 APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) Senior Officials Meeting II, Bandar Seri Begawan
    June 5 World Environment Day
    June 5-9 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors Meeting, Vienna
    June 5-9 UNGA Special Session on Women's Issues
    (Beijing + 5)
    , New York
    June 18-21 International Conference on Emerging Democracies, Citizenship and Human Rights Education, Enschede, The Netherlands. Organized by the Dutch National Institute for Curriculum Development with the Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe.
    June 22-24 Neuroscience of HIV Infection: Basic Research and Clinical Frontiers Conference, Edinburgh
    June 26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
    June 26-27 Conference on the Community of Democracies, Warsaw
    June 26-30 UNGA Special Session on Implementation of the Outcome of the World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen +5), Geneva
    June 28-July 1 Sister Cities International Annual Conference, Denver
    June 28-July 1 Forum 2000, Building Democratic Villages, Alberta. Sponsored by The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).
    July
    July 9-14 13th International AIDS Conference, Durban
    July 11 World Population Day
    July 16-19 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2000, Atlanta. Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention along with other agencies and organizations.
    July 18-21 INET 2000, Tenth Annual Internet Society Conference, Yokohama
    July 21-23 G-8 Summit, Okinawa
    July 24-25 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Conference, Bangkok
    July 26-29 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum and Post Ministerial Conference, Bangkok
    August
    Aug. 7-Sept. 22 Conference on Disarmament, Geneva
    Aug. 28-29 Millennium Summit of Religious Leaders, New York. Sponsored by the United Nations.
    September
    Sept. 3-10 State of the World Forum, New York. Sponsored by the United Nations.
    Sept. 5 Opening of The Millennium Assembly of the United Nations, New York
    Sept. 6 The Millennium Summit of the United Nations, New York
    Sept. 12-Dec. TBD United Nations General Assembly, New York
    Sept. 15-Oct. 1 Summer Olympics, Sydney
    Sept. 18-22 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, Vienna
    Sept. 18-Oct. 6 UN Committee on Rights of the Child, 25th Session, Geneva
    Sept. 21-22 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Trade Ministerial, Bandar Seri Begawan
    Sept. 24-28 55th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), Prague
    October
    Oct. TBD Publication of the State of the World Population Report
    Oct. 4-12 World Conservation Congress, Amman
    Oct. 6-13 3rd International Conference on Women in Africa and the African Diaspora (WAAD III) Facing the New Millennium: Gender in Africa and the African Diaspora--Retrospection and Prospects, Antananarivo
    October 24 United Nations Day
    November
    Nov. 12-13 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) 12th Ministerial Meeting, Bandar Seri Begawan
    Nov. 15-16 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) 8th Economic Leaders Meeting, Bandar Seri Begawan
    December
    Dec. 1 World AIDS Day
    Dec. 4-6 Conference of New and Emerging Democracies, Cotonou, Benin
    Dec. 5-6 NATO Defense Ministerial Meeting, Brussels
    Dec. 10 Human Rights Day
    Dec. 14-15 NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting, Brussels
    Scheduled Elections

    February 6 Finland Presidential--second round
    February 18 Iran Parliamentary
    February 20 Kyrgyzstan Parliamentary
    February 26 Tajikistan Parliamentary
    February 28 Senegal Presidential--first round
    March 11 Senegal Presidential--second round
    March 13 El Salvador Legislative
    March 19 Haiti Parliamentary
    March 26 Russia Presidential
    April 9 Peru Presidential
    April Georgia Presidential
    November 7 USA Presidential
    December Kyrgyzstan Presidential





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