Today:
Russian foreign minister meets Clinton. EU Agriculture Council meets. Clinton addresses UN General Assembly, as does the Pakistani PM. Swedish PM visits NATO HQ. Bulgarian communist-era state security files opened. Talks between NATO and Czech Republic begin. OSCE delegation visits Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia and Japan meet on fishing. Mubarak in Moscow. Chinese foreign minister in US.
Tomorrow:
Low-level talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials in Washington. Japanese and US defence chiefs meet in Washington. Latvian PM in Brussels. Defence and industry fair in Ankara. Saudi Arabian defence minister in South Africa. World Bank and IMF annual meetings in Hong Kong.
Wednesday:
PMs of India and Pakistan meet in New York. Indian government workers in New Delhi strike. EU housing ministers meet in Netherlands. European Parliament foreign affairs committee in Brussels.
Thursday:
Winnie Mandela appears before Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Chinese PM visits Kazakhstan. OECD chief addresses European Parliament. US space shuttle Atlantis launch. UN Security Council meets. Conference on tourism and terrorism in Croatia. Chirac in Russia.
Friday:
Argentine and Brazilian presidents meet to inaugurate bridge. Atlantis docks with Mir space station. Thai parliament votes on new constitution. Russia-NATO joint permanent council meets.
Saturday:
Anti-landmine demonstration in Paris. New political party launched in South Africa. Ukrainian Muslim Party holds founding congress. Burmese National League for Democracy's ninth anniversary meeting. French National Front annual rally in Paris. Economy ministers from EU and Asian countries meet in Tokyo. Gorbachev in France.
Sunday:
Bob Dylan sings at Catholic youth rally in Bologna, attended by Pope. Rally outside White House calling for cancellation of Cassini space mission. - (Future Events News Service)
Ireland
Today:
Boutros Boutros-Ghali gives lecture, "Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War Era", at 6 p.m. in Lecture Theatre 1, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin. (Phone: June Reynolds, (01) 661-3515). Minister for Defence visits Irish troops in Sarajevo.
Tomorrow:
Pub quiz for East Timor Ireland Campaign: Alfie Byrne's pub, Chancery Place, at 8 p.m. Quizmaster Brush Shiels.
Friday:
Peter Sutherland speaks at "The Amnesty Lunch". (Phone: (01) 677-6361).
Irish events of a world news interest for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication