The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
MONDAY, March 29:
Arctic: Canada hosts Ministerial Meeting of Arctic Ocean Coastal States (Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and the United States).
TUESDAY, March 30:
Belarus: OSCE Chairman-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev visits Belarus.
Georgia/Russia: Tenth round of Geneva talks between Russia and Georgia.
Pakistan: Turkish President Abdullah Gul pays a four-day visit to Pakistan.
World: Amnesty International publishes its annual global death penalty report.
WEDNESDAY, March 31:
Ukraine: OSCE Chairman-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev visits Ukraine.
THURSDAY, April 1:
Central Asia: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon begins a seven-day, five-country visit to Central Asia.
Background: "UN Chief Looks To Improve Central Asian Cooperation" (RFE/RL)
Iran: Iran marks the anniversary of referendum that created the Islamic republic in 1979.
Moldova: OSCE Chairman-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev visits Moldova.
FRIDAY, April 2:
Russia: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits Venezuela.
SATURDAY, April 3:
Pakistan: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi visits Saudi Arabia.