April 19, 2002

Of Note
April 21-25		Secretary of Commerce Evans leads U.S. business delegation to China
Next Week
April 20		Conference with Caribbean Health Ministers on Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS Through a Regional Partnership, Guyana
April 21-22		World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings, Washington
April 21-25		Secretary of Commerce Evans leads U.S. business delegation to China
April 22		U.S.- China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, Beijing
April 22		Earth Day
April 22-24		Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Second Board Meeting, New York
April 22-26		Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial on Oceans, Seoul
April 22-May 7		United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC), New York
April 23		Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Bulgaria visit to Washington
April 23		King Mohamed VI of Morocco visit to Washington
April 25		Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah visit to Texas
April 25-27		G-8 Labor Ministerial, Montreal
April 26		U.S.-Russia Working Group on Afghanistan Meeting, Moscow
Currently Underway
March 18-April 26		58th Session of the U.N. Commission of Human Rights, Geneva
April 7-July 27		Second Session of Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC), Vienna
April 8-26		First Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, The Hague
April 16-25		11th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Vienna
Looking Ahead
April
April 29-May 1		World Trade Organization hosts a public symposium: The Doha Development Agenda and Beyond, Geneva
May
May 1		Vice President Hu Jintao of China visit to Washington
May 2-3		G-8 Energy Summit, Detroit. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Government of Canada.
May 3		World Press Freedom Day
May 6-7		Annual Council of the Americas Conference, Washington
May 6-17		Ministerial Meeting on World Summit on Sustainable Development, Indonesia
May 8-10		United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Children, New York
May 10-12		Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank, Shanghai
May 13-15		Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Forum 2002, Paris
May 13-18		World Health Assembly, Geneva
May 13-June 28		Conference on Disarmament Part II, Geneva
May 14		Prime Minister Mahathir of Malaysia visit to Washington
May 14-15		NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, Reykjavik
May 15-16		Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development OECD Ministerial, Paris
May 17-18		ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting, Bandar Seri Begawan
May 20-28		Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) SOM II Meeting, Merida, Mexico
May 22-27		President Bush visit to Germany, Russia and France
May 27-31		Meeting of APEC Ministers of the Telecommunications and Information Industry (TELMIN 5), Shanghai
May 27-June 7		Ministerial Meeting on World Summit on Sustainable Development, Indonesia
May 29-31		UN Joint Program on HIV/AIDS Board Meeting, Geneva
June
June TBD		Regional workshop on the use of Space Technology for Disaster Management, Africa. Sponsored by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
June 2-3		Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Trade Ministers Meeting, Acapulco
June 2-4		32nd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), Barbados
June 3-4		Third U.S.-Africa Energy Ministerial Meeting, Casablanca
June 4-20		International Labor Conference, Geneva
June 5		World Environment Day -- International Year of the Mountain
June 5-6		G-8 Sherpa Meetings, Canada
June 6-7		North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defense Ministers Meeting, Brussels
June 6-8		Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Second European Business Summit Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in an Enlarged Europe, Brussels
June 7		President Rudolf Schuster of the Slovak Republic visit to Washington
June 8		Nordic-Baltic Defense Ministerial, Tallinn
June 10-13		World Food Summit: Five Years Later, Rome
June 12-13		G-8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Canada
June 18-21		INET 2002, Internet Society Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
June 19-21		Leon H. Sullivan Summit (formerly the African-African American Summit), Washington
June 19-21		Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) Conference, Rome
June 20		World Refugee Day
June 26		International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26-28		G-8 Summit, Kananaskis, Canada
July
July 7-12		XIV International Conference on AIDS, Barcelona
July 12-13		Organization of American States (OAS) Culture Ministerial, Cartagena
July 17-20		Sister Cities International Annual Conference, Toledo, Ohio
July 29-Sept. 13		Conference on Disarmament Part III, Geneva
July 31-Aug. 2		Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) and Post Ministerial Conference, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
August
Aug. 13-21		Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) SOM III Meeting, Acapulco
Aug. 26-Sept. 4		Johannesburg 2002: World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg
September
Sept. 7-8		Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers Meeting, Los Cabos, Mexico
Sept. 10		57th UNGA, New York
Sept. 11-14		Congressional Black Caucus Foundation 2002 Annual Legislative Conference, Washington
Sept. 16-20		International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, Vienna
Sept. 17-27		United Nations General Assembly General Debate, New York
Sept. 23-Oct. 18		International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary, Marrakesh
Sept. 24-25		NATO Informal Defense Ministers Meeting, Warsaw
Sept. 30-Oct. 1		Ending the Tragedy of Landmines Through Innovation and Cooperation, Seattle. Co-sponsored by the Department of State and Rotary International.
October
Oct. 6-8		World Economic Forum's 11th East Asia Economic Summit, Kuala Lumpur
Oct. 23-24		Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 14th Ministerial Meeting, Mexico
Oct. 23-Nov. 1		COP-VIII -- Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties, New Delhi
Oct. 24		United Nations Day
Oct. 26-27		Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Tenth Economic Leaders Meeting, Mexico
November
Nov. TBD		Regional workshop on the use of Space Technology for Disaster Management, Asia and the Pacific. Sponsored by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
Nov. 3-15		Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), Santiago
Nov. 10-12		Community of Democracies Meeting, Seoul
Nov. 18-22		Fifth Defense Ministerial of the Americas, Santiago
Nov. 21-22		North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, Prague
December
Dec. 1		World AIDS Day
Dec. 3		International Day of Disabled Persons
Dec. 9-13		Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention Sixth Meeting, Geneva
Dec. 10		Human Rights Day
Dec. 10-13		31st Regular Session of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague
Scheduled Elections

April 21	Hungary	Parliamentary (Second Round)
April 21	France	Presidential (First Round)
April 21	Chad	Parliamentary
April 28	Madagascar	Presidential
April 28	Mali	Presidential (First Round)
May 2	Bahamas	General Elections
May 5	France	Presidential (Second Round)
May 5	Burkina Faso	Parliamentary
May 12	Rep. of Congo	Legislative (First Round)
May 14	Sierra Leone	Presidential/Parliamentary
May 15	Netherlands	Parliamentary
May 16	Dominican Republic	Legislative
May 26	Colombia	Presidential (First Round)
May 30	Algeria	Parliamentary
June 9	Rep. of Congo	Legislative (Second Round)
June 9	France	Legislative
June 16	France	Legislative
June 16	Colombia	Presidential
Sept. 15	Sweden	Parliamentary
Sept. 22	Germany	Parliamentary
Oct. 1	Pakistan	Legislative
Oct. 24	Bahrain	Parliamentary
Nov. 5	United States	Legislative
Dec. 18	South Korea	Presidential