The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, September 16:
UN: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
Georgia: OSCE presidential election observers arrive in Tbilisi.
Georgia: President of the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE Ranko Krivokapic to arrive in Georgia (September 18).
Kazakhstan: Almaty hosts Eurasia International Film Festival (to September 21).
Kyrgyzstan: President Almazbek Atambaev visits Belgium (to September 18).
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek holds an international conference Mountainhazards 2013 - Natural Hazards, Climate Change and Water in Mountain Areas (to September 18).
Pakistan/Turkey: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visits Ankara (to September 18).
Russia: Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy to meet with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Russia: The 10th-anniversary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club to be held in Novgorod region (to September 19).
Syria: French President and U.S. and British diplomats to discuss in Paris the wording of the new draft resolution.
Syria/UN: Ban Ki-moon to present a report on the country’s alleged use of chemical weapons.
TUESDAY, September 17:
UN: General Assembly starts its 68th session in New York.
Armenia/Russia: an Armenian church to be consecrated in Moscow.
Russia/U.S.: The 18th session of the Russian-American Pacific Partnership (RAPP) to be held in Vladivostok.
Tajikistan: the first preelection party congresses to take place in Tajikistan.
Tajikistan: Dushanbe holds a meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of the International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia.
Ukraine: The plenary session of the Supreme Rada to consider presidential bill on the reform of the Prosecutor's Office (to September 20).
WEDNESDAY, September 18:
Ukraine: Cabinet of Ministers to consider the text of the Association Agreement with the EU.
THURSDAY, September 19:
Georgia: Tbilisi International Theater Festival (to October 8).
Russia/Japan: Ichita Yamamoto, Japan's state minister in charge of territorial issues, to visit Russia's Southern Kuril Islands.
Ukraine: The 10th Yalta Annual Meeting (to September 22). European Commissioner Stefan Fuele and members of the European Parliament observation mission Pat Cox and Aleksander Kwasniewski are expected.
U.S.: UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2013 to take place in New York.
FRIDAY, September 20:
Belarus/Russia: Joint strategic military exercise of the armed forces of Belarus and Russia, "West - 2013." (to September 26).
SATURDAY, September 21:
UN: International Day of Peace.
Armenia: Independence Day.
SUNDAY, September 22:
World Car-Free Day.
Armenia: Independence Day Festival.
Belarus: National conference of the opposition to try to nominate single presidential contender.
Kazakhstan: Day of the languages of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Now on Twitter! Daily updates at @The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, September 16:
UN: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
Georgia: OSCE presidential election observers arrive in Tbilisi.
Georgia: President of the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE Ranko Krivokapic to arrive in Georgia (September 18).
Kazakhstan: Almaty hosts Eurasia International Film Festival (to September 21).
Kyrgyzstan: President Almazbek Atambaev visits Belgium (to September 18).
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek holds an international conference Mountainhazards 2013 - Natural Hazards, Climate Change and Water in Mountain Areas (to September 18).
Pakistan/Turkey: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visits Ankara (to September 18).
Russia: Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy to meet with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Russia: The 10th-anniversary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club to be held in Novgorod region (to September 19).
Syria: French President and U.S. and British diplomats to discuss in Paris the wording of the new draft resolution.
Syria/UN: Ban Ki-moon to present a report on the country’s alleged use of chemical weapons.
TUESDAY, September 17:
UN: General Assembly starts its 68th session in New York.
Armenia/Russia: an Armenian church to be consecrated in Moscow.
Russia/U.S.: The 18th session of the Russian-American Pacific Partnership (RAPP) to be held in Vladivostok.
Tajikistan: the first preelection party congresses to take place in Tajikistan.
Tajikistan: Dushanbe holds a meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of the International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia.
Ukraine: The plenary session of the Supreme Rada to consider presidential bill on the reform of the Prosecutor's Office (to September 20).
WEDNESDAY, September 18:
Ukraine: Cabinet of Ministers to consider the text of the Association Agreement with the EU.
THURSDAY, September 19:
Georgia: Tbilisi International Theater Festival (to October 8).
Russia/Japan: Ichita Yamamoto, Japan's state minister in charge of territorial issues, to visit Russia's Southern Kuril Islands.
Ukraine: The 10th Yalta Annual Meeting (to September 22). European Commissioner Stefan Fuele and members of the European Parliament observation mission Pat Cox and Aleksander Kwasniewski are expected.
U.S.: UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2013 to take place in New York.
FRIDAY, September 20:
Belarus/Russia: Joint strategic military exercise of the armed forces of Belarus and Russia, "West - 2013." (to September 26).
SATURDAY, September 21:
UN: International Day of Peace.
Armenia: Independence Day.
SUNDAY, September 22:
World Car-Free Day.
Armenia: Independence Day Festival.
Belarus: National conference of the opposition to try to nominate single presidential contender.
Kazakhstan: Day of the languages of the Republic of Kazakhstan.