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————————————————– ————– This journal is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ——————————————– – ——————- THURSDAY, SEPT. 30 ** KHARTOUM, Sudan – World Bank President David Malpass visits Sudan to discuss economic support. ** LONDON – Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša on a working visit to UK for talks with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Minister Liz Truss. ** BAKU – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan. ** MANAMA – Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will visit Bahrain. BRUSSELS – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visits Skopje, Tirana, Podgorica, Pristina, Belgrade and Sarajevo (last day). GENEVA – 48th ordinary session of the Human Rights Council (until 8 October). BEIRUT – Visit of Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh to Lebanon – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY OCT. 1 BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives President of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed Yunus al-Menfi – 07:30 GMT

GLOBAL – International Day of Older Persons. ABUJA – Nigeria celebrates 61 years of independence.

CHINA – 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, OCT. 2 GEORIGIA – Georgia votes in municipal elections DUBAI – French Minister for Europe and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian and French Minister for Foreign Trade Franck Riester in Dubai to participate in Expo 2020

QATAR – Election of the Qatari Advisory Council. GUINEA – 63rd anniversary of independence from France. GLOBAL – International Day of Non-Violence. – – – – – – – – –

MONDAY, OCT. 4 WARSAW – Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen to visit German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau as well as Warsaw during a visit to Poland VIENNA – 21st OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting. LUXEMBOURG – Meeting of the Eurogroup. KRANJ, Slovenia – Informal meeting of EU health ministers (until 5 October) BRUSSELS – Eurozone finance ministers to discuss EU stimulus plans, G20 and IMF meetings, banking union, fiscal policy – 13:00 GMT. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCT. 5 PARIS – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will chair an OECD ministerial meeting to draft a new vision statement for the policy forum under the leadership of Mathias Cormann. (as of October 6). PARIS – Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level (MCM) “Shared values: building a green and inclusive future” – Virtual meeting (as of 6 October). GLOBAL – World Teachers’ Day.

SAN FRANCISCO – 10th anniversary of the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. LUXEMBOURG – Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6 KYIV – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Ukraine.

LJUBLJANA – EU-Western Balkans Summit. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, OCT. 7

LUXEMBOURG – Meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the EU (until 8 October). MOSCOW – 15th anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY, OCT. 8 MONTPELLIER, France – French President Emmanuel Macron is chairing the Africa-France summit along with many African heads of state. MADRID, Spain – Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares participates in the Europa Forum organized by Economia Forum – 0700 GMT CZECHIA – Election of the Czech Chamber of Deputies. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, OCT. 9 GLOBAL – World Postal Day. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCT. 10 IRAQ – Election of the Iraqi Council of Representatives GLOBAL – World Mental Health Day. GLOBAL – World Day Against the Death Penalty.

FIDJI – 51st anniversary of independence. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCT. 12 KYIV – EU-Ukraine Summit. KRANJ, Slovenia – Informal meeting of EU health ministers (until October 13) BALI – 19th anniversary of the Bali attacks. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13

GLOBAL – International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. SAN JOSE, Chile – 11th anniversary of the rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed Andean mine. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, OCT. 14

GLOBAL – World Sight Day. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, OCT. 15 MARRAKECH, Morocco – Annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the IMF, fall meetings. (As of October 17) Washington, DC – Meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (as of October 16). GLOBAL – United Nations Global Handwashing Day.

GLOBAL – International Day of Rural Women. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, OCT. 16

GLOBAL – World Food Day. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY, OCT. 17 CAPE VERDE – Cape Verde is organizing the presidential election GLOBAL – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, OCT. 18

JERUSALEM – 10th anniversary of the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years of Hamas incommunicado detention in the Gaza Strip. LUXEMBOURG – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCT. 19 BRUNEI – ASEAN + 3 Meeting of Finance and Central Delegates (AFCDM + 3) by videoconference (until October 21). LUXEMBOURG – General Affairs Council of the EU. – – – – – – – – –

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20 TRIPOLI – 10th anniversary of the capture and murder of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, OCT. 21

BRUSSELS – European Council (as of Oct. 22) – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, OCT. 22 WELLINGTON – APEC 2021 Finance Ministers Meeting – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, OCT. 23 LIBYA – 10th anniversary of the declaration of liberation of Libya.

VAN, Turkey – 10th anniversary of the earthquake that left more than 600 dead and more than 4,000 injured. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY, OCT. 24 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS). (As of Oct 25) Uzbekistan – Presidential elections in Uzbekistan – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, OCT. 26 OSLO – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Russian and Nordic foreign ministers are due to meet in the arctic city of Tromsoe to discuss cooperation in the sea region by Barents. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, OCT. 28 ** Brussels – Informal conference of EU economy and finance ministers. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, OCT. 29

KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Minister of Finance will present the 2022 budget which is expected to prioritize economic recovery and post-pandemic reforms. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, OCT. 30 ROME – Italy hosts the big G20 summit in Rome (until October 31).

– – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOV. 1 SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa holds local elections – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY NOV. 2 NEW YORK – New Yorkers vote for mayor – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY, NOV. 4 TEHRAN – 42nd anniversary of the takeover of the US Embassy. In 1979, Iranian militants seized the American embassy in Tehran and captured 90 hostages; 52 were held captive for 444 days. – – – – – – – – – SATURDAY, NOV. 6 GLOBAL – International Day for the Prevention of the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY NOV. 7 MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Presidential election.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Election to the National Assembly of Nicaragua. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOV. 8

BRUSSELS – Eurogroup meeting. WELLINGTON – Ministers from Asia-Pacific countries meet at APEC summit in New Zealand. (As of Nov. 14) – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY, NOV. 9

BRUSSELS – Meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY NOV. 11

BRUSSELS – Meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade). – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOV. 12 TRIPOLI – French President Emmanuel Macron hosts the international summit on Libya BRUSSELS – Meeting of the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget). – – – – – – – – – BRUSSELS – World Pneumonia Day. – – – – – – – – –

SATURDAY, NOV. 13 YANGON, Myanmar – 10th anniversary of the release of detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY NOV. 14

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Election of the Argentine Senate. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Election of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. WORLD – World Diabetes Day. – – – – – – – – – MONDAY, NOV. 15 BRUSSELS – EU Foreign Affairs Council. – – – – – – – – –

TUESDAY NOV. 16 BRUSSELS – Meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (Defense). GLOBAL – International Day for Tolerance. – – – – – – – – – WEDNESDAY NOV. 17 WORLD – World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day. WORLD – World Prematurity Day. – – – – – – – – –

THURSDAY NOV. 18 VUKOVAR, Croatia – 30th anniversary of the Vukovar massacre. On November 18, 1991, Serbian militias and Yugoslav army troops who refused to accept Croatian independence captured the once prosperous and ethnically mixed city on the banks of the Danube, having reduced it to ruins during of a brutal three-month siege. – – – – – – – – – FRIDAY, NOV. 19 BRUSSELS – Meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) – – – – – – – – –

SUNDAY NOV. 21 VENEZUELA – Venezuela holds regional and local elections SANTIAGO, Chile – Presidential election. SANTIAGO, Chile – Election of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies.

SANTIAGO, Chile – Election of the Chilean Senate. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY NOV. 23 BRUSSELS – General Affairs Council of the EU. – – – – – – – – – THURSDAY NOV. 25 GLOBAL – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. – – – – – – – – –

FRIDAY NOV. 26 MUMBAI, India – 13th anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the Indian city by militants. The attacks, which began on November 26, 2008, lasted nearly three days and left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen. – – – – – – – – – SUNDAY NOV. 28 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Presidential election. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Election of the National Congress of Honduras. – – – – – – – – –

MONDAY NOV. 29 BRUSSELS – Meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade). Tehran, Iran – 10th anniversary of the attack on the British Embassy by dozens of Iranian students and protesters angry at Britain’s unilateral sanctions. – – – – – – – – – TUESDAY NOV. 30 GENEVA, Switzerland – World Trade Organization holds ministerial meeting (until December 3)

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