December 10, 2004

Currently Underway
Sept. 21-Dec.		UN General Assembly (UNGA), New York
Dec. 6 - 10		Biological Weapons Convention Annual Meeting, Geneva
Dec. 6 - 11		Secretary Powell Travel to Europe and Morocco
Dec. 6 - 17		UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 10th Conference of the Parties, Buenos Aires
Dec. 9 - 10		NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, Brussels
Dec. 10		Human Rights Day
Dec. 10		Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony
Dec. 10 - 11		BMENA: Forum for the Future, Rabat, Morocco
Looking Ahead
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. 20		U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Washington, DC
Jan. 26 - 30		World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos
February 2005
Feb. 22		President Bush Travel to Europe
March 2005
March 8		UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
March 15 - 17		NAFSA Washington Symposium:"Winning Hearts and Shaping Minds," Washington, DC
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 2 - 3		APEC Meeting of Trade Ministers, Jeju, Korea
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 12 - 22		ITU Council 2005, Geneva
July 27 - 30		Sister Cities Annual Conference Connecting Global Villages, Spokane
August 2005
Aug. 28 - Sept. 3		12th APEC SME Ministerial, Daegu, Korea
September 2005
Sept. 26 - 27		Annual Meeting of the World Bank and IMF, Washington, DC
October 2005
Oct. 3 - 6		ITU TELECOM Americas 2005, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
November 2005
Nov. 15 - 16		APEC Joint Ministerial, Busan, Korea
Nov. 16 - 18		The World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis
Nov. 18 - 19		APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, Busan, Korea
December 2005
Dec. 13 - 18		WTO Ministerial, Hong Kong
Scheduled Elections

Dec. 11	Taiwan	Parliamentary
Dec. 12	Romania	Presidential (Second Round)
Dec. 19	Turkmenistan	Parliamentary
Dec. 26	Pitcairn Islands	Parliamentary
Dec. 26	Uzbekistan	Parliamentary
Dec. 28	Ghana	Presidential (Second Round)
Jan. 2	Croatia	Presidential (First Round)
Jan. 16	Croatia	Presidential (Second Round)
Jan. 27	Iraq	Parliamentary
Jan. 30	Central African Rep.	Presidential / Parliamentary
February	Greece	Presidential
Feb. 7	Senegal	Presidential
Feb. 10	Saudi Arabia	Municipal (Stage One)
Feb. 13	Thailand	Parliamentary
Feb. 27	Central African Rep.	Presidential (Second Round)
Feb. 27	Kyrgyzstan	Parliamentary
March	Andorra	Legislative
March	Burundi	Parliamentary
Mar. 3	Saudi Arabia	Municipal (Stage Two)
Mar. 11, 13	Liechtenstein	Parliamentary
April	Burundi	Presidential
April	Afghanistan	Parliamentary