Today: Blair visits Israel and Palestinian territories. EU Agriculture Council in Luxembourg. Four CIS customs union leaders meet in Moscow. NATO Secretary General in Sarajevo. Former members of Afrikaner AWB appear before Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Britain holds EU conference on humanitarian aid to Iraq.
Tomorrow: Council of Europe Assembly debates relations with EU. Ecofin meeting in Luxembourg. Chinese Vice-President in Japan. UN operation to clear mines in Western Sahara ends.
Wednesday: Council of Europe Assembly debates UN reform. Pakistan PM in Brussels. Council of Arab Interior Ministers in Cairo.
Thursday: Bundestag votes on German participation in EMU. PMs of Italy, Hungary and Slovenia meet in Italy. APEC Finance Ministers meeting begins in Calgary. EU Consumer Affairs Ministers meet in Luxembourg. European Court of Auditors publishes Annual Report for 1996. Bilateral trade negotiations between EU and South Africa. Council of Europe Assembly debates Kosovo. Turkish president visits Turkish Northern Cyprus.
Friday: Russian State Duma holds third vote on appointment of Kiriyenko as PM. Ceasefire ceremony on island of Bougainville. Bundesrat votes on EMU. EU Transport and Environment Ministers in Chester. Bhutto in court on corruption charges.
Saturday: G-8 high-level officials meeting in London. Brazilian Foreign Minister in Cuba. Elections to Nigerian National Assembly.
Sunday: Chinese Vice-President in South Korea. EU competition commissioner in US. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee meets in Sri Lanka. State elections in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Anniversary of Chernobyl accident. --(Future Events News Service)
Ireland
Today: One World Society debate on "The MAI (Multilateral Agreement on Investment) Must be Stopped", 7.30 p.m., James Ussher Theatre, TCD.
Tomorrow: Ambassador of Cyprus addresses symposium on "Cyprus and EU Membership" at University of Limerick: Board Room, Plassey House, 2 to 4.30 p.m. (Phone: 061-202700). Institute of European Affairs (IEA) seminar on "The European Court: The Clash between Community and National Competence", at 5 p.m.
Wednesday: IEA seminar on Polish EU application at 2 p.m.
Thursday: Conference on "Human Rights - Sacred or Secular" opens at Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy (Phone: 012698388).
Irish events should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.
