The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's
broadcast region.
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@The_Week_Ahead.
MONDAY, March 19:
Belarus: Belarusian President
Alyaksandr Lukashenka pays a working visit to Moscow.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights,
Thomas Hammarberg, visits Sarajevo to present a paper on postwar justice in the former Yugoslavia.
Iran:
Atlantic Council in Washington hosts a public briefing on the dynamics of Iran's internal politics.
Moldova/U.S.: Moldovan Foreign Minister
Iurie Leanca visits Washington (to March 20).
Russia: The
head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Jakob Kellenberger meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.
Russia: Moscow hosts the
meeting of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) at the level of heads of state.
Ukraine: Ukrainian President
Viktor Yanukovych pays a working visit to Russia (to March 20).
U.S./Russia:
Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington hosts a discussion on the current state of affairs in Internet governance and cybersecurity in Russia.
TUESDAY, March 20:
Afghanistan/UN:
UN Security Council holds a debate on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
CIS:
4th Russia and CIS Summit on Anticorruption opens in Moscow.
Council of Europe:
Council of Europe's anticorruption group meets in Strasbourg (to March 23).
EU:
European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting begins in Brussels (to March 22).
Iran: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmud Ahmadinejad address the nation on the eve of the Persian New Year.
Moldova:
European Court of Human Rights issues a judgment concerning Moldova.
Council of Europe: PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination holds debates on racial discrimination and Muslim women in Europe.
Turkmenistan: Ashgabat hosts
regular talks on Caspian Sea status.
WEDNESDAY, March 21:
Bosnia-Herzegovina/EU: Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bakir Izetbegovic meets with EU President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels.
Pakistan:
Pakistan's Supreme Court resumes hearings in contempt case against Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad.
Russia/Germany/Poland: Foreign ministers
Sergei Lavrov, Guido Westerwelle, Radoslaw Sikorski hold an informal meeting in Berlin.
UN:
International Nowruz Day.
UN:
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
UNESCO:
World Poetry Day.
THURSDAY, March 22:
Afghanistan/UN: The
UN Security Council considers adoption of a resolution on the UN mission in Afghanistan.
EU: EU defense ministers meet within the
Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels (to March 23).
Ukraine: Ukrainian Prime Minister
Mykola Azarov pays a visit to Belarus. (NOTE: The visit has reportedly been
postponed).
FRIDAY, March 23:
EU/U.S.: The
7th annual Brussels Forum, a high-level meeting of the most influential North American and European thinkers, opens (to March 25).
Moldova:
Inauguration of President-elect Nicolae Timofti to be held in Chisinau.
Montenegro: Montenegrin Prime Minister
Igor Luksic meets with EU President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels.
Pakistan: Republic Day.
SATURDAY, March 24:
Georgia: Georgia's breakaway region of
Abkhazia holds second-round runoff vote of parliamentary elections.
Iran/Tajikistan: Iranian President
Mahmud Ahmadinejad visits Dushanbe (to March 26).
World:
World TB Day.
SUNDAY, March 25:
Europe:
Daylight Savings Time begins.
Georgia: Georgia's breakaway region of
South Ossetia holds presidential election.
UN:
The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.