January
1 Ireland takes over Presidency of EU 4-9 International Youth Leadership Conference, Prague, Czech Republic...the future of world leadershiphttp://www.czechleadership.com 5 North-South Youth Conference: Millennium Development Goals - Sandnes, Norway...visions and ideas of 100 young people from across the world http://www.takingitglobal.org/ 12-13 Organisation of American States, Special Summit of the Americas, Monterrey, Mexico http://www.summit-americas.org/ 12-15 8th Session of UNCTAD, Commision on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development, Geneva, Switzerland http://www.unctad.org 16-21 World Social Forum 2004, Mumbai, India ...civil society opposed to neo-liberalism, the domination of capital, and imperialism http://www.wsfindia.org 19 First Democratic caucus of the year in Iowa, USAhttp://www.desmoinesregister.com/http://www.democrats.org 19-23 International Symposium on Nuclear Oncology, Porto Alegre, Brazilhttp://www-pub.iaea.org/ 21-23 International Conference on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development, Bangalore, Indiahttp://www.icore2004.com 21-25 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland...Ensuring Global Security. Promoting Global Growthhttp://www.weforum.org/ 24 Africa Nations Cup kicks off in Rades, Tunisiahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/ 24-25 National Conference on Organized Resistance, Washington D.C., USA...radical discourse and collective empowerment - bigger and better than last year!http://organizedresistance.org/ 25-26 Fun Fair and Food Festival, Peshawar, Pakistanhttp://www.hrsws.org.pk/ 27 New Hampshire primary, USAhttp://www.primarymonitor.com
President Bush delivers his State-of-the-Union address to Congress Senate elections in Gabon Parliamentary elections in Barbados
Febuary
4-7 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, Indiahttp://www.teriin.org/ 8 Behaviour Change Party, Bamenda, North West Province, Cameroon 10-12 NATO Forum on Business and Security, Berlin, Germanyhttp://www.NATO-FORUM.com...The Science of Protection 12-13 4th Global Forum on Competition, Paris, Francehttp://www.oecd.org/ 15-25 Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germanyhttp://www.berlinale.de 18-20 4th Session of Global Forum on Sustainable Energy, Vienna, Austriahttp://www.gfse.at 20 Parliamentary elections in Iran - reformists or conservatives? 22-23 Rio Carnival, Brazil 23-3 March APEC SOM I, Santiago, Chilehttp://www.apec2004.cl/ 28 Deadline for agreement between the Iraqi Governing Council and the Provisional Coalition Authority on the "fundamental law" in Iraq, laying down the timetable towards an elected government.http://www.news.bbc.co.uk 29 76th Annual Academy Awards, Los Angeles, USA
March
23 Febuary-3 APEC SOM I, Santiago, Chilehttp://www.apec2004.cl/ 2 Super Tuesday - primaries in 12 US states 5 ASEAN Ministerial Retreat, Vietnamhhttp://www.asean.org 8 United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace 8-10 8th Arab International Solar Energy Conference and the World Renewable Energy Conference, Bahrain 14 Presidential elections, Russia Parliamentary and senate elections in Spain - Jose Maria Aznar to stand down 19-21 One World Beat 2004 - Global Music Festival Against AIDS...global online concerthttp://www.OneWorldBeat.org/ 20 Presidential elections, Taiwan. (Plus, controversial sovereignty referendum scheduled) 20 Opening of Nobel Prize Centennial Exhibition Kuala Lumpur 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & International Forum on Creativityhttp://www.akademisains.gov.my/ 21 Presidential elections, El Salvador 28-1 April Harvard World Model United Nations 2004, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt...800 university students from 6 continents simulate the organs of the UNhttp://www.worldmun.org/ 29-30 Hedge Funds World 2004, Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, USA...where the global hedge funds markets come to America!http://www.hedgefundsworld.com/ 31 130th Meeting of the OPEC Conferencehttp://www.opec.org Arab League Summit Meeting, Tunisia http://www.arableagueonline.org Senate elections in India and Thailand
April
28 March-1 Harvard World Model United Nations 2004, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt...800 university students from 6 continents simulate the organs of the UNhttp://www.worldmun.org/ 3 & 17 Presidential elections in Slovakia 5 Parliamentary elections in Indonesia 14-30 12th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York, USA...water, sanitation and human settlementshttp://www.un.org/ 17-22 World Botanic Gardens Congress, Barcelona, Spain...an International Agenda for Botanic Gardenshttp://www.bgci.org.uk 20-21 OECD Environment Ministers Meeting, Paris, Francehttp://www.oecd.org 22 Earth Dayhttp://www.earthday.net 24-25 Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank, Geneva, Switzerlandhttp://www.imf.orghttp://www.worldbank.org 27 10th Anniversary of end of apartheid in South Africa 28-30 European Economic Summit, 2004, Warsaw, Poland...Europe - Enlargement and Beyondhttp://www.weforum.org/ Parliamentary elections in South Korea, Greece Presidential elections in Malta, Algeria, Austria National Day, Iraq - First anniversary of fall of Saddam
May
1 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia to join the EUhttp://europa.eu.int 2 Presidential and parliamentary elections in Panama 3 World Press Freedom Day 3-4 Lifestyle Drugs World 2004, Philadelphia, USA...the only industry event for lifestyle drugshttp://www.lifescienceworld.com/ 10-11 World Business Forum, 2004, Radio City Music Hall, New York, USA...Clinton, Giuliani, Welch et alhttp://www.wbfny.com 10-13 Eurocean 2004, Galway, Irelandhttp://www.eurocean2004.com 10-14 Internet Society INET '04, Barcelona, Spainhttp://www.isoc.org/ 10-15 World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerlandhttp://www.who.int/ 12-13 "Health of Nations" OECD Forum 2004, Paris, Francehttp://www1.oecd.org/ 12-23 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Francehttp://www.festival-cannes.fr/ 14-15 ASEAN-EU Summit, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 15-17 World Economic Forum in Jordan, Jordanhttp://www.weforum.org/ 16 Parliamentary and senate elections, Philippines.Presidential elections, Dominican Republic 18 Presidential and parliamentary elections, Malawi 21-22 UNA-USA Model United Nations Conference, New York, USA...based firmly on the principle of realityhttp://www.unausa.org 23 World Communications DayPresedential elections, Germany 24-2 June APEC SOM II, Pucón, Chilehttp://www.apec2004.cl/ 31 Deadline for regional caucuses in Iraq to choose members for a Transitional National Assembly 31-4 June 12th Meeting of OSCE Economic Forum, Prague, Czech Republichttp://www.osce.org NATO Summit - expected accession of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia 9/11 Commission to publish its report into terrorist attacks on the United Stateshttp://www.9-11commission.gov Parliamentary and senate elections, Haiti
June
24 June-2 APEC SOM II, Pucón, Chilehttp://www.apec2004.cl/ 31 June-4 12th Meeting of OSCE Economic Forum, Prague, Czech Republichttp://www.osce.org 2-4 Africa Economic Summit, 2oo4, Maputo, Mozambique...Engaging Business in Developmenthttp://www.weforum.org/ 4 APEC Energy Ministers Meeting, Cebu, Phillipineshttp://www.apecsec.org.au 4-5 APEC Trade Ministers Meeting, Pucon, Chilehttp://www.apec2004.cl/ 5 World Environment Day 8-10 G8 Summit, Sea Island, Georgia, USAhttp://g8usa.gov 10 Deadline under the Bonn agreement for free and fair elections in Afghanistan 10-13 European Parliament elections - 732 MEPs in 25 member stateshttp://www.euobserver.com/ 12 Euro 2004 Football Championship kicks off in Porto, Portugalhttp://www.euro2004.com 13-18 11th UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XI), Sao Paolo, Brazilhttp://www.unctad.org/ 20 World Refugee Day 27-2 July International Conference on Fifty Years of Nuclear Power - the Next Fifty Years, Moscow/Obninsk, Russian Federationhttp://www-pub.iaea.org/ 30 Deadline for formation of Transitional Administration in Iraq. Dissolution of the Provisional Coalition Authority Presidential elections in Iceland
Parliamentary elections in Luxembourg
July
27 June-2 International Conference on Fifty Years of Nuclear Power - the Next Fifty Years, Moscow/Obninsk, Russian Federationhttp://www-pub.iaea.org/
1 The Netherlands takes over Presidency of the EU 5 Presidential elections in Indonesia (1st round) 5-12 International Youth Parliament 2004, Sydney, Australia...the empowerment of young peoplehttp://www.iyp.oxfam.org 7-13 Parliament of the World's Religions, Barcelona, Spainhttp://www.cpwr.org/ 11-16 XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailandhttp://www.aids2004.org 16-18 ZimFestival, Copenhagen, Denmark...to foster an appreciation of Zimbabwean people, their language, culture and history 26-29 Democratic National Convention 2004, Boston, USA...nomination of the next President of the United States?http://www.democrats.org Senate elections, Japan Parliamentary elections, Mongolia
August
2 Parliamentary elections, South Africa 13-29 Athens 2004 Olympic gameshttp://www.athens2004.com/ 30-2 September Republican National Convention 2004, New York, USA...four more years!http://www.rnc2004.com 31 Deadline for completion of Iraqi constitution Summit of the Southern African Development Community, Mauritiushttp://www.sadc.int/ Parliamentary elections, Lebanon
September
30 August-2 Republican National Convention 2004, New York, USA...four more years!http://www.rnc2004.com 2-3 APEC Finance Ministers Meeting, Santiago, Chilehttp://www.apec2004.cl 12 NASA to launch space shuttle Atlantis?http://www.nasa.gov 20-24 International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference, Vienna, Austriahttp://www.iaea.org 20 Presidential elections, Indonesia (2nd round) 21 International Day of Peace 25-4 October APEC SOM III, Santiago, Chile Parliamentary elections in France and Mauritius 59th Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, USAhttp://www.un.org/ga/58
October
25 September-4 APEC SOM III, Santiago, Chile 4-5 2004 Annual Meeting of the IMF and World Bank, Washington, D.C., USAhttp://www.imf.orghttp://www.worldbank.org 12-15 Energy Asia, Shanghai, Chinahttp://www.energyasia.com/ 31 Presidential and parliamentary elections in Uruguay Arctic Council to meet in Reykjavik, Icelandhttp://www.arctic-council.org Parliamentary elections in India, Slovenia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Botswana, Grenada, Abkhazia, Ireland, Niger, Tunisia Presidential elections in Ukraine, Macedonia, Niger, Tunisia
November
1-6 20th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Vilamoura, Portugalhttp://www-pub.iaea.org/ 2 US Presidential, Senate and Congressional elections...hanging chads, anyone?http://www.firstgov.govhttp://www.whitehouse.gov 19-21 APEC CEO Summit, Santiago, Chile 20-21 Informal APEC Leaders' Meeting, Santiago, Chilehttp://www.apec2004.cl 10th ASEAN Summit, Laoshttp://www.aseansoc.org EU Commission to be replaced with a new set of 25 leadershttp://www.europa.eu.int/ Presidential elections in Ireland, Romania, Guinea BissauSenate elections in the Czech Republic
General elections in Australia, Puerto Rico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Namibia, Romania
December
1 World AIDS Dayhttp://www.worldaidsday.org 20 Parliamentary elections in Malaysia 31 Target deadline for the eradication of polio Parliamentary elections in Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Serbia, Sudan General elections in Ghana, Mozambique EU set to review the candidature of Turkey at the EU summit in The Netherlands
