Today: EU-Turkish association council meets. EU Agriculture Council meets in Brussels. North-South conference on sustainable development in Berne. South African justice minister unveils unit to draft anti-discrimination legislation. Slovakian opposition Party of the Democratic Left holds conference in Zvolen. Albanian border authorities in Kuku invite Serbian representatives to meeting on border problems.
Tomorrow: Russian commission of Caucasus republics and regions meets in Kislovodsk. Russian foreign minister visits Ukraine. Saudi foreign minister visits Iran. King Hassan II of Morocco visits Egypt. Israeli PM in China. Japanese Emperor and Empress in Britain.
Wednesday: European Parliament debates EU foreign policy and European Central Bank. General strikes planned in Greece and South Korea. Port facilities in Mogadishu, Somalia, reopen. Slovakian PM visits Moscow.
Thursday: Foreign ministers from NATO member and partner countries meet. Colombian foreign commerce minister visits European Commission in Brussels, as does the Angolan commerce minister. Russian cabinets meets to discuss budget. Denmark holds referendum on further European integration and Amsterdam Treaty. NASA launches Discovery. EU agriculture commissioner visits Estonia.
Friday: Protest outside military headquarters in Montevideo, Uruguay. Common passports for citizens of BosniaHerzegovina issued in Sarajevo and Pale.
Saturday: Final round of border talks between Ecuador and Peru end. President Chirac of France in Beirut.
Sunday: First round of presidential election in Ecuador. Parliamentary election in Montenegro. First round of presidential election in Colombia. Memorial service for Mother Theresa in London. - (Future Events News Service)
Ireland
Tomorrow: Showing of TnaG film The Irish Peace Camp in Chiapas at the Central Library, ILAC Centre, at 6.30 p.m. Wednesday: The President receives Cypriot Foreign Minister.
Irish events of a world news interest for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday be- fore publication.