The World This Week

Today: Kosovo talks continue at Evreux air base in France. Duma votes on impeachment of Yeltsin

Today: Kosovo talks continue at Evreux air base in France. Duma votes on impeachment of Yeltsin. EU Ecofin Council in Brussels. Schroder visits Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Helsinki. UN experts' report on Cambodia released in New York. EU's new fraud investigation committee reports. African education ministers meets in Harare. President of Estonia in Washington. Russia's deputy PM, and Ecuador's foreign minister, visit Japan. World Consumer Rights Day.

Tomorrow: Foreign and finance ministers from 46 African countries take part in US-African ministerial meeting, Washington. Ceremonies marking accession of Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland at NATO headquarters. EU Conference of Presidents meets in Brussels. French Senate ratifies Amsterdam Treaty. Slovakian government holds first round of talks on country's Romany minority. Schroder visits The Hague, London and Dublin. WEU Assembly meets in Paris.

Wednesday: Honduran foreign minister visits European Parliament. Presidential election in Vanuatu. Launch of CD by Pope John Paul. NATO-Russia permanent joint council meets in Brussels. Schroder in Brussels, Vienna and Athens. Chinese foreign minister begins visit to Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Mandela in Sweden. Arab League foreign ministers meet.

Thursday: Schroder in Rome, Lisbon and Madrid. South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation meets in Colombo.

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Friday: Schroder in Paris. General election on island of Niue.

Saturday: EU foreign ministers meet. Chinese president begins visit to Italy, Switzerland and Austria.

Sunday: General election in Togo. Elections in Finland. Israeli PM in Moscow.

Ireland

Today: "Human Rights in the 3rd Millennium" conference at the European Parliament Office, Dublin. Speakers include: Mary Banotti MEP; Prof Brice Dickson, Human Rights Commissioner designate, Northern Ireland. Annual Trocaire Lecture, Fergal Keane - "Rights, Reconciliation and Responsibility" - St Patrick's College, Maynooth, 8 p.m.

Tomorrow: Opening of weeklong European Student Conference at Firhouse Community College. Saturday: "Kneading the Story" - International Media Conference at the Everglades Hotel, Derry. Organised by North-West Institute of Further and Higher Education. Latin America Week starts. (Telephone: 01-6760435, or lasc@iol.ie, for details) Cuba Support Group picket at US embassy (12 noon to 2 p.m.).

Irish events should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.