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Events Calendar

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August 2008
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December 2008

January 2009
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December 2009

August 2008

3-8 August
International AIDS Conference

Mexico City, Mexico

Read about what ACTION partners are doing at the International AIDS Conference here.

8-24 August
Beijing Olympics
Beijing, China

9 August- 7 September
U.S. Congressional Recess

10 August
Bolivia Presidential Elections

25-28 August
U.S. Democratic National Convention
Denver, Colorado, USA

26-28 August
GFATM 10th Technical Evaluation Reference Group Meeting

Geneva, Switzerland

31 August
Somaliland Presidential Elections

September 2008

1-4 September
U.S. Republican National Convention
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

1-4 September
World Water Congress
Montpellier, France 

2-4 September                    
High-Level Meeting on Aid Effectiveness
Accra, Ghana

5 September
Angola Parliamentary Elections

7 September
Hong Kong Parliamentary Elections

8-12 September
PAHO/AMRO Regional NTP Meeting
Bogota, Colombia

8-26 September
8th Session of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
Geneva, Switzerland

15-18 September
Rwanda Parliamentary Elections      

16 September
Opening of 63rd UN General Assembly
New York, NY

18 September
Vanuatu Parliamentary Elections

21 September
France Senate Elections

24-26 September
Clinton Global Initiative
New York, NY

25 September
UN High-Level Meeting on MDGs
New York, NY

25-27 September
Annual Meeting of New Champions, World Economic Forum
Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

October 2008 

5 October
World Teachers Day

8 October
Slovenia Parliamentary Elections

10 October
Maldives
Presidential Elections

10-13 October
World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings
Washington, DC

12 October
Lithuania Parliamentary Elections

12 October          
Belarus
Parliamentary Elections              

13-15 October
119th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Geneva, Switzerland

15 October
Azerbaijan Presidential Elections

16 October
United Nations Security Council Election

16-20 October
IUATLD World Conference

Paris, France

17 October
International Day for Eradication of Poverty

17-19 October          
Summit Meeting of la Francophonie
Quebec, Canada

25-29 October
America Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting
San Diego, CA, USA

28-30 October
Stop TB Coordinating Board Meeting
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

30 October – 1 November
World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia
Istanbul, Turkey

November 2008

4 November
United States Presidential Elections

4 November
Palau Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

7-8 November
GFATM Board Meeting
New Delhi, India

13-14 November   
Conference Research on HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis

Brussels, Belgium

14-18 November      
54th Annual Meeting of Parliamentary Assembly of NATO
Valencia, Spain

15 November          
New Zealand
Parliamentary Elections             

16 November          
Guinea-Bissau Parliamentary Elections

16-18 November
India Economic Summit
New Delhi, India

17-20 November
Ministerial Forum on Research for Health
Bamako, Mali

20 November
Universal Children’s Day

28 November
Romania
Parliamentary and First Round Presidential Elections

30 November    
Cote d’Ivoire
Presidential Elections

December 2008

1 December
World AIDS Day

8-10 December
GFATM Partnership Forum
Dakar, Senegal

8-11 December
International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA)
Dakar, Senegal

10 December
Human Rights Day

12 December
Romania
Second Round Presidential Elections

15-17 December
UNAIDS Board Meeting
Geneva, Switzerland

January 2009

1 January
Italy assumes the G8 chair
La Maddalena

1 January
Czech Republic assumes presidency of EU
(6 month term)

18 January
El Salvador Parliamentary Elections

20 January
Newly elected U.S. President and Vice President take office

27 January – 1 February   
World Social Forum

Belem, Para, Brazil

28 January - 1 February
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Davos, Switzerland

February 2009

No events listed at this time.

March 2009

8 March
International Woman’s Day

15 March
El Salvador
Presidential Elections

23-25 March           
Stop TB Partners’ Forum

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

24 March
World TB Day

April 2009

8 April
Indonesia Parliamentary Elections

25 April
World Malaria Day

25-26 April          
World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings
Washington, DC

May 2009

3 May
Panama Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

23 May
Germany Presidential Elections               

June 2009

11-13 June
Elections in EU for European Parliament (EP)

16 June
Day of the African Child

July 2009

1 July
Sweden assumes presidency of the EU
(6 month term)

August 2009

No events listed at this time.

September 2009

No events listed at this time.

October 2009

5 October
World Teachers Day

6-7 October
World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings
Washington, DC

25 October
Uruguay Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

31 October
Term of office of members of the European Commission (EC) ends

November 2009

7-11 November
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting

Philadelphia, PA

28 November
Romania Presidential Elections

December 2009

1 December
World AIDS Day

11 December
Chile
Parliamentary Elections

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