Today: Chinese parliament begins discussing new crackdown on religious dissent. US treasury secretary visits China. Meeting of EU ad hoc scientific group on BSE in Brussels. European Parliament meets in Strasbourg. President of Kenya visits European Commission. North Korea to hand over remains of four dead US soldiers. Chinese defence minister visits Israel. Caribbean Community heads of government meeting in Trinidad and Tobago.
Tomorrow: Yeltsin hosts talks between leaders of former Soviet states in Moscow. China holds talks with EU on WTO. Chinese president in Portugal. European Parliament debates budget and European Central Bank. EU fisheries council in Luxembourg. North Korean foreign minister expected in Washington. UNESCO conference opens in Paris.
Wednesday: Prodi in Washington. Jiang Zemin visits Morocco.
Thursday: European Parliament debates energy policy. EU internal market council meets in Luxembourg. EU scientific steering committee meets in Brussels. EU competition commissioner visits Japan. Croatian president meets Pope. Nigerian president visits Clinton.
Friday: June's European Parliament debates fisheries agreements. EU justice and home affairs council meets in Luxembourg. Black Sea Economic Co-operation group ministerial meeting in Thessalonika. EU-US Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue in Berlin. Jiang Zemin in Algeria.
Sunday: Declaration between Catholic and Lutheran Churches signed in Germany. Presidential election in Ukraine. Presidential and parliamentary elections in Uruguay. Parliamentary election in Georgia. Presidential election in Macedonia. Jiang Zemin in Saudi Arabia. Trade ministers from 34 countries meet in Toronto over Free Trade Area of the Americas. Schroder in Japan.
Ireland
Tomorrow: Israeli ambassador presents credentials.
Wednesday: Oireachtas foreign affairs committee meets Cuban minister.
Thursday: Oireachtas human rights sub-committee meets. Oireachtas European and foreign affairs committees meet. David Andrews opens Institute of European Affairs seminar on "The Council of Europe - The Irish Presidency and the Priorities for the Millennium".
Friday: President McAleese receives Arab ambassadors.
Saturday: Afri/Children in Crossfire conference in Derry on the arms trade. (Phone: (01) 496 8595; e-mail: afri@iol.ie)