October 22, 2004

Of Note
Oct. 22-26		Secretary of State Powell visit to Japan, People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea
Next Week
Oct. 22-26		Secretary of State Powell visit to Japan, People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea
Oct. 24		United Nations Day
Currently Underway
Sept. 21-Dec.		UN General Assembly (UNGA), New York
Oct. 15-Nov 15		Ramadan
Looking Ahead
November
Nov. 1-6		IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Vilamoura, Portugal
Nov. 9		U.S.-Mexico Binational Commission Meeting, Mexico City
Nov. 9-10		25th Meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, Washington
Nov. 17-18		Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Joint Ministerial, Santiago
Nov. 17-19		Board Meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Arusha
Nov. 17-20		Sixth Defense Ministerial of the Americas, Quito
Nov. 17-21		International Education Week
Nov. 17-25		World Conservation Congress, Bangkok
Nov. 18-19		XIV Ibero-American Summit Education for Progress, San Jose, Costa Rica
Nov. 20-21		Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Summit, Santiago
Nov. 24		Arctic Council Ministerial, Reykjavik
Nov. 25		10th Meeting of the States Parties to the convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Geneva
Nov. 29-Dec. 3		Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World, Nairobi
December
Dec. TBD		Summit of Heads of State of South America, Bolivia
Dec. 1		World AIDS Day
Dec. 1-3		Eurasia Counterterrorism Conference International Cooperation to Combat Bioterrorism, Zurich
Dec. 3		International Day of Disabled Persons
Dec. 5-7		World Economic Forum, India Economic Summit
Dec. 6-7		Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial, Sofia
Dec. 6-10		Biological Weapons Convention Annual Meeting, Geneva
Dec. 6-17		UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 10th Conference of the Parties, Buenos Aires
Dec. 7		Andean Special Summit, Cuzco, Peru
Dec. 9-10		NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, Brussels
Dec. 10		Human Rights Day
Dec. 10		Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony
January 2005
Jan. 10-14		International Meeting for the 10-Year Review of the Barbados Program of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis
Jan. 18-22		World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Jan. 26-30		World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos
February 2005
March 2005
March 8		UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
March 16		OPEC Ordinary Meeting of the Conference, Iran
March 20		World Tuberculosis Day
March 25-Sept. 25		2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan
April 2005
April 15-17		Global Youth Service Day
April 22		Earth Day
May 2005
May 3		World Press Freedom Day
May 4-6		Third Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies, Santiago
May 29-June 3		NAFSA 57th Annual Conference, Seattle
June 2005
June 5		World Environment Day
June 5-7		Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, Fort Lauderdale
June 7-9		Fourth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption, Brasilia
June 20		World Refugee Day
June 26		International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26		International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
July 2005
July 11		World Population Day
July 27-30		Sister Cites Annual Conference Connecting Global Villages, Spokane
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
Nov. 16-18		The World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis
December 2005
Scheduled Elections

Oct. 23	Kosovo	Parliamentary
Oct. 24	Tunisia	Presidential / Parliamentary
Oct. 30	Botswana	Parliamentary
Oct. 31	Ukraine	Presidential
Oct. 31	Uruguay	Presidential (First Round)/Legislative
Nov. 2	United States	Presidential/Legislative
Nov. 15-16	Namibia	Presidential / Parliamentary
Nov. 17	Cayman Islands	Legislative
Nov. 28	Uruguay	Presidential (Second Round)
Nov. 28	Romania	Presidential (First Round)/Parliamentary
Dec. 1-2	Mozambique	Presidential / Parliamentary
Dec. 7	Ghana	Presidential / Parliamentary
Dec. 12	Romania	Presidential (Second Round)
Dec. 26	Pitcairn Islands	Parliamentary