Calendars


Calendar of International Events

 

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May 2000 July 2000 September 2000 November 2000
June 2000 August 2000 October 2000 December 2000

 

May 2000

Date

Location

Event

03 

Moscow EU – Russia Summit
03 - 04 Brussels EP Plenary Session
04 - 06 Évora, Portugal Committee of Permanent Representatives - COREPER I

05 - 07 

Sao Miquel (Azores) Informal EU - Foreign Ministers Meeting
11 - 13 Évora, Portugal Committee of Permanent Representatives - COREPER II
15 - 16 Oporto WEU Ministerial Meeting
15 - 19 Strasbourg EP Plenary Session
15 - 19   7 Fifth Conference of the States Parties of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
15 - 26 Nairobi Fifth Confrence of the Parties to the convention on Biological Diversity

22 

Geneva Conference of Disarmament (CD), second session of 2000 begins
22 - 24   7 EP Committee on Foreign Affairs

22 - 23 

Brussels EU – General Affairs Council

22 - 26 

7 NGO-Millennium Forum preparatory meeting for the "Millennium Assembly" of the U.N.

24-25 

Florence NATO – Foreign Ministerial Meeting
25 - 26 Lisbon Foreign Ministers Meeting - EUROMED
26 - 30 Budapest North Atlantic Assembly Spring Plenary

27 

7 2nd anniversary of the NATO – Russia Founding Act
30 - 06 June 7 President Clinton visits Portugal, Germany, Russia & Ukraine
31 Lisbon US - EU Summit

 

 

June 2000

Date

Location

Event

7

Washington

President Clinton to decide on deployment of the National Missile Defense System in the U.S., likely to be delayed

TBT Kiev U.S.-Ukraine Workshop on Trafficking of People
- 6 June 7 President Clinton visits Portugal, Germany, Russia & Ukraine

01 - 02 

Germany President Clinton visit to Germany for bilateral discussions and a conference on progressive governance hosted by chancellor Schroeder
05 - 06 7

EP Committee on Foreign Affairs

05 - 09 

 Vienna

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Board of Governors Meeting

06 - 08 7

US - Russia Civil Aviation Negotiations

08 - 09 

Brussels

NATO Defense Ministerial Meeting

09 Mainz German - French Summit
12 - 16

Strasbourg

EP Plenary Session

12 - 26 Geneva Annual Meeting of United Nations Development Fund (UNDP)/United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
13 - 14 7

General Affairs Council

15 - 16 Germany Russian President Putin visit to Germany

19 - 20

Santa Maria da Feira

EU Summit: Heads of Government Meeting

19 - 22

Bergen

Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Ministerial

21 - 22   7

EP Committee on Foreign Affairs

26

Coimbra, Portugal

EU / Canada Summit

26 - 27 Germany French President Chirac visit to Germany
26 - 27 Paris OECD Council Meeting at the Ministerial Leverl
26 - 27 Warsaw Conference on the Community of Democracies
26 - 28 Paris OECD Forum 2000 Partnerships in the New Economy
26 - 07 July

New York

UN Disarmament Commission
28 - 30 Salzburg Worl Economic Forum - Central and Eastern European Economic Summit
28 Coimbra, Portugal EU - India Summit
30 7

Deadline for OSCE REACT to be fully operational

28 - 02 July Paris 14th IPPNW World Congress

 

 

July 2000

Date

Location

Event

- 02

Paris

14th IPPNW World Congress

- 07 New York

UN Disarmament Commission

01 

   7

EU – Presidency passes to France

02 - 09 New York International Naval Review (INR) / Operation Sail 2000
03 - 07

Strasbourg

EP Plenary Session

07

 Geneva

Conference of Disarmament (CD), second session of 2000 ends

07   7 Probable date for 3rd test of the US National Missile Defence System
09 - 10

Okinawa

G8 - Sous - Sherpa Meeting

10 & 12 

  7

European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defense Policy

10 - 12 Kuala Lumpur U.S. and North Korea resume missile talks
10 - 04 August

Geneva

Biologicial Weapons Convention Protocol Negotiations

12 - 13

Okinawa

G-8 Ministerial Meeting

20 Okinawa EU - Japan Summit
21 - 23

Okinawa

G-8 Summit

24 - 25 Bangkok 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Conference
26 - 29 Bangkok Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum and Post Ministerial Conference

 

 

August 2000

Date

Location

Event

- 04

Geneva

Biologicial Weapons Convention Protocol Negotiations

05 - 09   7 International Peace Research Association: 18th General Conference

06 / 09 

 7 

55th anniversary of the Hiroshima / Nagasaki bombings

07 - 22 September

Geneva

Conference of Disarmament (CD), third session of 2000

28 - 30 New York 2000 U.N. NGO/DPI Annual Conference

 

 

September 2000

Date

Location

Event

- 22 September

Geneva

Conference of Disarmament (CD), third session of 2000

02 - 03 Evian Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers
05 New York The Millenium Assembly of the United Nations, opening
06 - 08 New York The Millenium Summit of the United Nations
06 - 10 Bandar Seri Begwan APEC (Asia-Pacicic Econimic Cooperation) Finance Ministerial
11 - 13 Melbourne 9th World Economic Forum East Asia /pacific Economic Summit
11 - 15 Geneva Second meeting of the States Parties to the convention banning anti-personnel land mines
11 - 15 Vienna International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Board of Governors Meeting
12 Sept. - Dec. New York United Nations General Assembly
13, 14 & 19 

  7

European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy

15 Paris EU-Ukraine Summit
15 - 17 Washington India's Prime Minister Vajpayee visit the U.S.A.
15 - 23 Bandar Seri Begwan APEC (Asia-Pacicic Econimic Cooperation) Officials Meeting III
18 - 19   EU General Affairs Council

18 - 22 

Vienna

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), General Conference

21 - 22 Bandar Seri Begwan APEC (Asia-Pacicic Econimic Cooperation) Trade Ministerial
22 Paris EU Defense Ministers
24   4th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by the US, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom
24 - 28 Prague 55th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
27 Berlin Bundestag: Hearing on Proliferation
28 - 29 Accra Press, Power and Politics international conference

28 - 30 

   7

U.N./NGO - Conference

 

 

October 2000

Date

Location

Event

  7 7   

President Clinton scheduled to decide on deployment of NMD (decision may be delayed)

- Dec. New York United Nations General Assembly
02 Paris U.S. - EU Ministerial Meeting
02 - 06 Geneva United Nations High Commission of Refugees
04 - 05 Vilnius International Forum on Holocaust Era Looted Cultural Assets
04 - 12 Amman World Conservation Congress
08 Poland Presidential Elections
08 Lithuania Parlamentary Elections
10 - 11 7  

Informal NATO Defence Ministerial Meeting

09 - 11    7

European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy

12 - 13 Alaska Arctic Council: 2000 Ministerial Meeting
12 - 15 Paris International Peace Bureau Triennial Meeting
13 Stockholm Nobel Prize for Peace announced
13 - 14 Biarritz Informal European Council
15 Slovenia Parlamentary Elections
16 - 18   7 U.N. Disarmament Week symposium
16 - 21 Manaus, Brasil Defense Ministerial of the Americas (DMA) Meeting
18 - 21 Jakarta Fourth APEC International Trade Fair
19 Stockholm Fifth Baltic Sea Region Security Conference
19 - 21 Seoul 3rd  ASEM (ASIA - Europe) Summit
23 Bejing EU - China Summit
30 Paris EU - Russia Summit
30 Brussels NATO Russia Permanent Joint Council Ambassadorial Level

 

 

November 2000

Date

Location

Event

- Dec. New York United Nations General Assembly
05 Azerbaijan Parlamentary Elections
06 - 07 

7  

European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy

07 

U.S.A.

US Presidential and Congressional Election

08 - 09 Brussels NATO Militartary Commitee
08 - 11 Amman International Summit on Peace Trough Tourism
10 - 25 Geneva Biological Weapons Commission
11 Bosnia Parliamentary Elections
12 - 13 Bandar Seri Begwan APEC (Asia-Pacicic Econimic Cooperation) 12th Ministerial Meeting
13 - 14 Marseilles EU Mediterranean Ministerial and Summit
13 - 24

Geneva

Biological Weapons Convention Protocol Negotiations

14   Euro - Mediterranean Summit
15 Brunei President Clinton visit to Burnei & Vietnam. Summit with Putin in Brunei
15 - 16 Bandar Seri Begwan APEC (Asia-Pacicic Econimic Cooperation) 8th Economic Leaders Meeting
15 - 22 Secretary of Defense Cohen visit: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, United Ara Emirates, Oman, Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Bahrain
16 Marseilles WEU - Ministerial
17 - 21 Berlin North Atlantic Assembly
21 - 23 

  7

European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy

23   EU Ministerial with future members
24 Zagreb EU-Balkans Summit
26 Romania Parliamentary/Presidential Elections
27 - 28 

7  

European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy

27 - 28 Vienna OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Ministerial
27 - 08 Dec Geneva Biological Weapons Commission

 

 

December 2000

Date

Location

Event

- 08 Geneva Biological Weapons Commission
02 - 03    EU General Affairs Council
03 Moldava Presidential Elections
04 - 05 

7  

European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy

04 - 06 Cotonou, Benin 4th International Conference on New and Reestablished Democracies
04 - 07   WEU - ESDA 46th Session, Second Part
05 - 06

Brussels

NATO Defense Ministerial Meeting

07 - 08 Nice (France) EU Summit: Heads of Government Meeting
07 - 09 Vienna International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors Meeting
10 7 Human Right Days
10 Stockholm Nobel prize award ceremony for 2000 awards
11 - 15 Geneva Annual Meeting of Amended Landmines Protocol to the Convention on Conventional Weapons
14 - 15

Brussels

NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting

14 - 15 Brussels EAPC (Foreign Ministers)
14 - 15 Brussels NATO-Russia PJC (Foreign Ministers)
14 - 15 Brussels NATO Ukraine Commission
18 Washington EU - US Summit
19 Ottawa EU - Canada Summit
23 Fed. Rep. of Yugoslavia Parliamentary Elections

 

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last update December, 07, 2000