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The Week Ahead: March 24-30


March 31: Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Jemilev is scheduled to speak at the UN Security Council meeting in New York.
March 31: Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Jemilev is scheduled to speak at the UN Security Council meeting in New York.
The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.

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MONDAY, March 24:

Armenia/Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and his Armenian counterpart, Eduard Nalbandian, are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague.

Georgia/NATO: Tbilisi hosts a NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting (to March 26).

The Netherlands: The Hague hosts the Nuclear Security Summit (to March 25).

The Netherlands: Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) nations - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States - hold crisis talks on Ukraine on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague.

Russia/Georgia: Geneva hosts another round of security talks between Russia and Georgia (to March 25).

UK/Ukraine: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled "Ukraine: Internal and External Challenges."

U.S./China: U.S President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in The Hague.

World: World Tuberculosis Day.


TUESDAY, March 25:

EU/Caspian Region: European Policy Center in Brussels hosts a discussion titled "Defining the Caspian: Aspirations, Opportunities, and Challenges."

Belarus: Belarusian opposition leaders and activists are expected to hold public actions to mark Freedom Day, which is not an official holiday in Belarus.

Kazakhstan: UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Heiner Bielefeldt visits Astana, Almaty, and Karaganda (to April 5).

UN: International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members.

UN: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade.

U.S./Azerbaijan: The Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Are U.S. strategic interests in Azerbaijan at risk?"

U.S./Belarus: Freedom House hosts a policy briefing titled "Belarus: Catalyzing Positive Change in the Geographic Center of Europe."

World: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meetings start in Yokohama (to March 29).


WEDNESDAY, March 26:

U.S./NATO: U.S. President Barack Obama meets with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels.

U.S/EU: U.S. President Barack Obama attends a EU-U.S. Summit in Brussels.

U.S./Iran: Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Iran, the Next Five Years: Change or More of the Same?"


THURSDAY, March 27:

EU: The EU Commission presents the 2014 EU Neighborhood Package, including views on Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.

EU/Balkans: European Policy Center in Brussels hosts a discussion titled "Serbia-Kosovo Dialogue: A Reality Check."

Tajikistan: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) holds a symposium of women entrepreneurs of Central Asia and Afghanistan in Dushanbe.

Ukraine: The UN General Assembly is set to discuss the situation in Ukraine during a plenary session in New York.

UK/Russia: Chatham House in London hosts a discussion titled "International Partnerships in Russia's Oil and Gas Industry."

U.S./Russia: The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) holds a briefing on U.S.-Russia relations.

U.S./Ukraine: Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Crisis in Ukraine: Political, Social, and Economic Dimensions."

World: Amnesty International publishes its report on global death penalty statistics.


FRIDAY, March 28:

U.S./Iraq: Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington hosts a discussion titled "A History of the Iraqi Crisis: France, U.S. and Iraq, 1991-2003."


SATURDAY, March 29:

World: Earth Hour.


SUNDAY, March 30:

Europe: Daylight Saving Time starts.

Turkey: Local elections.

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