Calendar of International Events 

last modified: 9 December 2004
 

 

January 2004

Date Location Event
01   EU-Presidency passes to Ireland
04 Georgia Parliamentary & Presidential Elections  
12 - 13 Mexico President Bush visit to Mexico for the Special Summit of the Americas 
16 - 21 Mumbai, India World Social Forum
21 - 25 Davos, Switzerland World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
20 - 26 March Geneva Conference on Disarmament, first session  
26 Washington President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland visit to Washington 
28 Washington Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey visit to Washington 
28 - 30 Montevideo, Uruguay Fourth Regular Session of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism  
28 - 31 Washington National Conference of the World Affairs Councils of America U.S. and Europe: Partners or Rivals?


 
 


February 2004

Date Location Event
TBD Durban Dialogue on Democracy meeting
06 - 07 Boca Raton G-7 Finance Ministerial 
06 - 08 Munich Annual Munich Security Conference (Münchner Konferenz für Sicherheitspolitik) 
09 - 20 Kuala Lumpur Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 7) 
20 Iran Parliamentary Elections 
22 - 27 Kuala Lumpur First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 
23 - 03 March Santiago APEC SOM I and related meetings
27 Washington Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany visit to Washington  


 
 


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 


 
 


July 2004

Date Location Event
01   EU-Presidency passes to Netherlands
01 Japan Parliamentary (Upper House) Election 
- 02 July Moscow International IAEA Conference "Fifty Years of Nuclear Power - the Next Fifity Years" 
05 Indonesia Presidential (First Round) Election 
06 Washington Prime Minister David Oddsson of Iceland visit to Washington  
08 Washington His Majesty King Mohamed VI of Morocco visit to Washington  
08 The Hague EU - Ukraine Summit 
12 Washington President Antonio Saca of El Salvador visit to Washington  
19 Washington President Ricardo Lagos of Chile visit to Washington 
19 - 30 Geneva Biological Weapons Convention, meeting of experts 
26 - Aug Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Poland U.S. - Secretary of State Powell visit to Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Poland 
26 - 10 Sept. Geneva Conference on Disarmament, third session  
30 - 31 Singapore APEC Fourth Meeting of the Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF) 


 
 


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  
     


 
 


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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