June 25, 2004

Of Note
June 30		Handing over CPA authority to a sovereign Iraqi Government
July 1		U.S. Mission to Baghdad opens
Next Week
June 25-29		President Bush visit to Ireland and Turkey
June 26		U.S.-EU Summit, Dublin
June 26		International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26		International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
June 27-July 2		International Conference Fifty Years of Nuclear Power - the Next Fifty Years, Moscow
June 28-29		Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDs (PACHA) Meeting, Washington
June 28-29		NATO Summit, Istanbul
June 28-29		U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity Entrepreneurial Workshop, Guadalajara
June 28-30		Secretary of State Powell visit to Ireland, Turkey and Indonesia
June 28-July 7		28th Session of the World Heritage Committee, Suzhou
June 29-July 2		ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, Jakarta
June 30		Handing over CPA authority to a sovereign Iraqi Government
July 1		U.S. Mission to Baghdad opens
July 2-8		African Union (AU) Summit, Addis Ababa
Currently Underway
May 10-June 25		Conference on Disarmament, Part II, Geneva
June 21-29		Secretary of Commerce Evans visit to China, Ireland and Mexico
Looking Ahead
July
July 11		World Population Day
July 11-16		XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok
July 14-17		Sister Cities International Annual Conference, Ft. Worth
July 19		President Ricardo Lagos of Chile visit to Washington
July 19-21		Traditional Healing and HIV/AIDS Conference, Dakar
July 19-30		Biological Weapons Convention Expert Meeting, Geneva
July 26-Sept. 10		Conference on Disarmament, Part III, Geneva
August
Aug. 5-11		Pacific Islands Forum and Post-Forum Dialogue, Apia
Aug. 13-29		2004 Summer Olympic Games, Athens
Aug. 23-24		Organization of American States (OAS) Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Culture, Mexico
Aug. 30-Sept. 1		AIDS Vaccine 2004 International Conference, Lausanne
Aug. 30-Sept. 3		International Meeting for the 10-Year Review of the Barbados Program of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis
September
Sept. 2-3		APEC Finance Ministers Meeting, Santiago
Sept. 11		9/11 Commemoration
Sept. 12-14		World Economic Forum, China Business Summit
Sept. 17-28		2004 Paralympic Games, Athens
Sept. 20-24		International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, Vienna
Sept. 21		International Day of Peace
Sept. 21-Oct. 1		United Nations General Assembly, New York
Sept. 25-Oct. 4		APEC SOM III and related meetings, Santiago
October
Oct.		International Religious Freedom Report Roll-out
Oct. 2-14		13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES COP 13), Bangkok
Oct. 4-6		First Asia/Pacific Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS Best Practices Conference, Islamabad
Oct. 5-14		World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly (WTSA), Florianopolis, Brazil
Oct. 6-7		Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Ministerial Meeting, Santiago
Oct. 12-13		Informal meeting of NATO Defense Minsiters, Brussels
Oct. 16-Nov 14		Ramadan
Oct. 16		World Food Day
Oct. 24		United Nations Day
November
Nov. 1-6		IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Vilamoura, Portugal
Nov. 17-18		Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Joint Ministerial, Santiago
Nov. 17-18		Arctic Council Ministerial, Reykjavik
Nov. 17-20		Sixth Defense Ministerial of the Americas, Quito
Nov. 17-21		International Education Week
Nov. 20-21		Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Summit, Santiago
Nov. 17-25		World Conservation Congress, Bangkok
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. 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. 10		Human Rights Day
Scheduled Elections

July 1	Japan	Parliamentary (Upper House)
July 5	Indonesia	Presidential (First Round)
Sept. 20	Indonesia	Presidential (Second Round)
Oct. 24	Tunisia	Presidential/Parliamentary
Oct. 31	Ukraine	Presidential
Oct. 31	Uruguay	Presidential (First Round) / Legislative
Nov. 2	United States	Presidential/Legislative
Nov. 15	Namibia	Presidential/Parliamentary
Nov. 28	Uruguay	Presidential (Second Round)
Nov. 28	Romania	Presidential (First Round) / Parliamentary
Dec. 12	Romania	Presidential (Second Round)