Japan:An independent UN investigator on human rights in North Korea will make a five-day visit to Japan to hold talks with government officials and families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents China:Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers wrap up meeting in southwestern China's Yunnan ProvinceHong Kong: Founding chairman Wong Yuk-man and Albert Chan hold press conference to explain decision to quit League of Social Democrats, leaving it with one member in Legislative Council, Leung Kwok-hung Thailand: Peoples' Alliance for Democracy (PAD) (royalist Yellow Shirt movement which opposes ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra) holds protest against border agreement with Cambodia; pro-Shinawatra United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) (Red Shirt movement) expected to rally as well Mongolia: Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum annual meeting continues (-27); delegates from 28 countries discuss environmental sustainability, terrorism, natural disasters, financial crises, regional collaboration, energy security, climate change
Bangladesh:Bangladesh parliament TV channel is to go on air. The ruling Awami League has also initiated move to bring the BNP [Bangladesh Nationalist Party] back to parliament for its eighth session India: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visits (-26); meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in morning prior to signing of 16 memorandums of understanding on cooperation in politics, economy, education, culture and technology; meets other officials, including heads of coalition and opposition; later in day, attends Indo-Indonesian business forum; Yudhoyono is chief guest at India's Republic Day on 26th Kyrgyzstan:A military court continues the trial of the ousted president's brother, Akhmat Bakiyev, accused, among other things, of organizing mass disturbancesRussia:Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo wraps up fifth round of China-Russia strategic security talks. Russia:State Duma (parliament's lower house) considers Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with USA in third and final reading; START was ratified by US congress on 22 December 2010 Russia: Russia-NATO Council meets in Brussels at level of chiefs of general staff and envoys; Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolay Makarov attends (26)Russia:Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo ends visit to Moscow; yesterday attended strategic security talks with President Dmitriy Medvedev Russia: Watching developments after 35 people killed in suspected suicide bombing at Moscow's main Domodedovo airport yesterday; President Dmitriy Medvedev was to leave for Davos forum in Switzerland today, but visit postponed Pakistan: First opportunity for police to question Mufti Hanif Qureshi and Qari Imtiaz Shah, two clerics suspected of inciting Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri to assassinate Punjab Governor Salman Taseer as their pre-arrest bail expires today Pakistan:Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasul visits to hold talks with counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi and other senior Foreign Ministry officials; also expected to meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani Kazakhstan:Over 1,100 deployed to ensure security during the 7th Asian Winter Games-2011Georgia: Russian-language TV channel Pervyy Interaktivnyy Kavkazskiy (First Interactive Caucasian) re-launched after broadcasts stopped in January 2010; phone-in with President Mikhail Saakashvili to be aired at 1400 gmt Iraq: Events marking Arba'in, 40th day since Ashura commemorations marking death of Imam Husayn ; Shi'i pilgrims flock to Karbala, where they were targeted by extremists in previous yearsKuwait: Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr Abdallah al-Qirbi visits to co-chair meeting of joint ministerial committee with counterpart Muhammad Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah Turkey:The Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) will have a senior officials committee meeting in Istanbul Jordan:Engineers union will stage protests over two night-clubs in Amman, known for their bad reputations, which were named Mecca and MedinaLebanon:The investigation report on the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft that crashed near Beirut in January 2010 is to be released on the first anniversary of the accident Lebanon:Last day of President Michel Sulayman's consultations on new prime minister following collapse of unity government earlier in January; Hezbollah-backed candidate Najib Mikati tipped to become new premier, but caretaker Prime Minister Sa'd al-Hariri has said will not serve in administration dominated by Hezbollah; US has also warned of its "great concerns" if Hezbollah play large part Israel:Military intelligence chief Aviv Kochavi briefs parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee. 0900 GMT. Session is closed, briefing possible afterward.Palestine:Fifth anniversary of Hamas election win marked in Palestinian territories Egypt:OIC holds meeting of work group on Ten-Year ProgrammeEgypt:About 17 political movements, parties in Egypt to take part in protest to call for democracy, justice, fighting poverty– coincides with Police Day. [Includes the Egyptian Movement for Change, Kifayah; the 6 April Youth Movement; the Youth Movement for Justice and Freedom; Hashd; the Popular Campaign for the Support of ElBaradei; the Popular Campaign for the Support of Hamadayn Sabahi; and the Ayman Nur al-Ghadd Party. ] Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood calls for sit-in outside Interior Ministry to protest police brutality, abuse. Sudan:Chairman of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, Prof Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil, will hold a press conference at Al-Salam Rotana Hotel on the referendum process, the counting phase and announcing the results inside and outside Sudan. Sudan:Umar al-Bashir visits River Nile State to inaugurate a number of developmental and service projects and address a public rally at Al-Damar and attend the final night of the National Festival for the Holy Quran. Libya:Guinean President Alpha Conde on tour of Burkina Faso, Libya, Angola, Ethiopia; in Addis Ababa, he attends African Union summit on 30-31 JanuaryTunisia: Watching continuing tension; protesters gathered outside government offices yesterday, demanding resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi
Bangladesh:Bangladesh parliament TV channel is to go on air. The ruling Awami League has also initiated move to bring the BNP [Bangladesh Nationalist Party] back to parliament for its eighth session India: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visits (-26); meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in morning prior to signing of 16 memorandums of understanding on cooperation in politics, economy, education, culture and technology; meets other officials, including heads of coalition and opposition; later in day, attends Indo-Indonesian business forum; Yudhoyono is chief guest at India's Republic Day on 26th Kyrgyzstan:A military court continues the trial of the ousted president's brother, Akhmat Bakiyev, accused, among other things, of organizing mass disturbancesRussia:Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo wraps up fifth round of China-Russia strategic security talks. Russia:State Duma (parliament's lower house) considers Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with USA in third and final reading; START was ratified by US congress on 22 December 2010 Russia: Russia-NATO Council meets in Brussels at level of chiefs of general staff and envoys; Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolay Makarov attends (26)Russia:Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo ends visit to Moscow; yesterday attended strategic security talks with President Dmitriy Medvedev Russia: Watching developments after 35 people killed in suspected suicide bombing at Moscow's main Domodedovo airport yesterday; President Dmitriy Medvedev was to leave for Davos forum in Switzerland today, but visit postponed Pakistan: First opportunity for police to question Mufti Hanif Qureshi and Qari Imtiaz Shah, two clerics suspected of inciting Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri to assassinate Punjab Governor Salman Taseer as their pre-arrest bail expires today Pakistan:Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasul visits to hold talks with counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi and other senior Foreign Ministry officials; also expected to meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani Kazakhstan:Over 1,100 deployed to ensure security during the 7th Asian Winter Games-2011Georgia: Russian-language TV channel Pervyy Interaktivnyy Kavkazskiy (First Interactive Caucasian) re-launched after broadcasts stopped in January 2010; phone-in with President Mikhail Saakashvili to be aired at 1400 gmt Iraq: Events marking Arba'in, 40th day since Ashura commemorations marking death of Imam Husayn ; Shi'i pilgrims flock to Karbala, where they were targeted by extremists in previous yearsKuwait: Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr Abdallah al-Qirbi visits to co-chair meeting of joint ministerial committee with counterpart Muhammad Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah Turkey:The Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) will have a senior officials committee meeting in Istanbul Jordan:Engineers union will stage protests over two night-clubs in Amman, known for their bad reputations, which were named Mecca and MedinaLebanon:The investigation report on the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft that crashed near Beirut in January 2010 is to be released on the first anniversary of the accident Lebanon:Last day of President Michel Sulayman's consultations on new prime minister following collapse of unity government earlier in January; Hezbollah-backed candidate Najib Mikati tipped to become new premier, but caretaker Prime Minister Sa'd al-Hariri has said will not serve in administration dominated by Hezbollah; US has also warned of its "great concerns" if Hezbollah play large part Israel:Military intelligence chief Aviv Kochavi briefs parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee. 0900 GMT. Session is closed, briefing possible afterward.Palestine:Fifth anniversary of Hamas election win marked in Palestinian territories Egypt:OIC holds meeting of work group on Ten-Year ProgrammeEgypt:About 17 political movements, parties in Egypt to take part in protest to call for democracy, justice, fighting poverty– coincides with Police Day. [Includes the Egyptian Movement for Change, Kifayah; the 6 April Youth Movement; the Youth Movement for Justice and Freedom; Hashd; the Popular Campaign for the Support of ElBaradei; the Popular Campaign for the Support of Hamadayn Sabahi; and the Ayman Nur al-Ghadd Party. ] Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood calls for sit-in outside Interior Ministry to protest police brutality, abuse. Sudan:Chairman of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, Prof Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil, will hold a press conference at Al-Salam Rotana Hotel on the referendum process, the counting phase and announcing the results inside and outside Sudan. Sudan:Umar al-Bashir visits River Nile State to inaugurate a number of developmental and service projects and address a public rally at Al-Damar and attend the final night of the National Festival for the Holy Quran. Libya:Guinean President Alpha Conde on tour of Burkina Faso, Libya, Angola, Ethiopia; in Addis Ababa, he attends African Union summit on 30-31 JanuaryTunisia: Watching continuing tension; protesters gathered outside government offices yesterday, demanding resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi
Nigeria: Deputy to Commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM) J. Anthony Holmes continues visit to meet military, security officials (-28) Ukraine: Final day of visit by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan; meets Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and counterpart Mykola Azarov; with Yanukovych expected to sign joint declaration for establishment of Turkish-Ukrainian High Level Strategic Council; takes part in Turkish-Ukrainian Business Council meeting Romania:An IMF mission will check on Romania's progress in meeting terms of its 20 billion euro bailout (to Feb.8).Austria:European Gas Conference kicks off in Vienna (-28); heads and high-level supporters of five major European pipeline projects - including Nabucco, South Stream and White Stream - promises lively debate Serbia:Serbian court expected to hand down verdicts against a group of soccer hooligans charged with fatally beating a French Toulouse fan. 1200 GMT.Switzerland:The President of Mongolia Ts. Elbegdorj wraps up working visit to the Swiss Confederation and travels to Davos. Switzerland: Kurdish festival expected to take place in Basil.Switzerland:Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders attend tripartite summit with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (to Jan. 26).
Switzerland:WTO dispute settlement body meeting and Bosnia-Herzegovina membership negotiationsGermany:A German court hears trial of a genocide suspect Onesphore Rwabukombe, 54, charged with killing some 3,730 Tutsis before fleeing to Germany. Germany:Chancellor Angela Merkel meets European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
Holland:Trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic continues at the HagueBelgium: Russia-NATO Council begins meetings in Brussels at level of chiefs of general staff and envoys; Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolay Makarov attends (26) EU:Council of Europe convenes to discuss the report by Swiss member Dick Marty on illegal organ trafficking trade in Kosovo – some Serb officials say report should be used to prevent Kosovo from integration processes. France:Turkish President Abdullah Gul is set to deliver a speech at a General Session meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [Turkey assumes the rotating helm of the Ministerial Committee of the Council of Europe and Gul served as a member of the PACE between 1992 and 2001] UK:Iraq Inquiry holds hearings session with former senior civil servantsUK: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman wraps up visit before heading for Portugal UK: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina begins visit (-30); due to address discussion on World Peace organised by Oxford Union (26), meets IMO Secretary General Efthimios Mitropoulos (28); also meets Bangladeshi expatriates and attends meeting of Awami League (29) US: Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti visits (-27); holds talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon US: International Monetary Fund (IMF) publishes quarterly updates to World Economic Outlook and Global Financial Stability Report US:President Barack Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. 0200 GMT.US:Tanzanian Ahmed Ghailani, the first Guantanamo detainee to be convicted in a US civilian court has sentencing hearing after his conviction in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998. Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence. US:Oscar nominations are announced, 8:30 a.m. (1330 GMT).
Switzerland:WTO dispute settlement body meeting and Bosnia-Herzegovina membership negotiationsGermany:A German court hears trial of a genocide suspect Onesphore Rwabukombe, 54, charged with killing some 3,730 Tutsis before fleeing to Germany. Germany:Chancellor Angela Merkel meets European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
Holland:Trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic continues at the HagueBelgium: Russia-NATO Council begins meetings in Brussels at level of chiefs of general staff and envoys; Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolay Makarov attends (26) EU:Council of Europe convenes to discuss the report by Swiss member Dick Marty on illegal organ trafficking trade in Kosovo – some Serb officials say report should be used to prevent Kosovo from integration processes. France:Turkish President Abdullah Gul is set to deliver a speech at a General Session meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [Turkey assumes the rotating helm of the Ministerial Committee of the Council of Europe and Gul served as a member of the PACE between 1992 and 2001] UK:Iraq Inquiry holds hearings session with former senior civil servantsUK: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman wraps up visit before heading for Portugal UK: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina begins visit (-30); due to address discussion on World Peace organised by Oxford Union (26), meets IMO Secretary General Efthimios Mitropoulos (28); also meets Bangladeshi expatriates and attends meeting of Awami League (29) US: Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti visits (-27); holds talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon US: International Monetary Fund (IMF) publishes quarterly updates to World Economic Outlook and Global Financial Stability Report US:President Barack Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. 0200 GMT.US:Tanzanian Ahmed Ghailani, the first Guantanamo detainee to be convicted in a US civilian court has sentencing hearing after his conviction in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998. Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence. US:Oscar nominations are announced, 8:30 a.m. (1330 GMT).
No comments:
Post a Comment