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Events Calendar 2007
Event
Calender of: 2004
2005 2006
This document contains
a list of major international and departmental events for the year 2007.
Information on a specific event can be accessed by clicking on a link, where available.
Although all reasonable care is taken to maintain and update this information,
users should please check with the Department
on the date and venue of an event before taking any action in respect of that
event. January
2007 - 1 Jan: New Year's Day
- 7 Jan: Minister
Dlamini Zuma holds talks with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice of USA
- 9
Jan: Minister Dlamini Zuma holds discussions with
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
- 10 Jan: Handing
over Ceremony of Chairpersonship of the Group of 77 (G-77 and China) to Pakistanm,
United Nations Headquarters, New York.
- 12 Jan: 12th
International Working Group (IWG) on Côte d'Ivoire
- 18 Jan: International
Workshop on Weather Modification Technologies
- 21-23 Jan: World Social
Forum, Nairobi. Kenya
- 23-24 Jan: East African Global Investment Conference,
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
- 24-28 Jan: World
Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland
- 26-28 Jan: African
Marital Arts Games Committee, Kempton Park
- 28 Jan: World Leprosy Day
- 29
Jan: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of Victims of the Holocaust
- 29-30
Jan: 8th Ordinary Session of the AU Conference
of Heads of State and Government, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 30 Jan-4 Feb:
South Africa - Syria Discussions on Bilateral
Relations, Pretoria, South Africa
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February
2007 - 4 Feb: World Cancer Day
- 5-7 Feb: African Information Ethics
Conference, Kievitskroon
- 6 Feb: South
Africa - Zimbabwe Joint Commission of Co-operation (JCC)
- 6-8 Feb:
State Visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to Pretoria,
South Africa
- 9 Feb: President
Thabo Mbeki's State-of-the-Nation Address
- 11-17 Feb: Heads of Mission
Conference, Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West, South Africa
- 13-15 Feb:
Global Forum: Building Science, Technology and Innovation Capacity for Sustainable
Growth and Poverty Reduction, Washington, DC, USA
- 14-16 Feb: Franco-Africa
Summit, Cannes, France
- 18 Feb: International Tourist Guide Day
- 19
Feb: Annual South Africa - Switzerland Working
Group Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa
- 19 Feb - 2 Mar: Commonwealth
Advanced Seminar 2007: Leadership and Change in the Public Sector, Wellington,
New Zealand
- 21 Feb: International Mother Language Day
- 21-22
Feb: 6th Session of the South Africa - Russian
Federation Joint Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Co-operation
(ITEC), Pretoria, South Africa
- 24-25 Feb: UN
Commission on the Status of Women (UN-CSW) + Annual Consultation of NWMs, New
York
- 26 - 28 Feb: South Africa
- Iceland Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 27 - 28 Feb: 1st Session of the
South Africa - Argentina Joint Binational Commission
Top
March 2007 Top
April 2007 - 2 Apr: South
Africa - Burkina Faso political and economic discussions
- 2-4 Apr:
3rd SEIA Regional Conference: Secondary Education and Training in Africa, Accra,
Ghana.
- 4-15 Apr: 2007 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the
International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, USA.
- 5 Apr: South
Africa - Tanzania Heads of State Economic Commission
- 6 Apr: Good Friday
- 9
Apr: Family Day
- 9-13 Apr: 3rd Session of the African Union Conference
of Ministers of Health, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 10-11 Apr: President
Thabo Mbeki to pay Working Visit to Khartoum and Juba, Sudan
- 10-12
Apr: South Africa - Bolivia Bilateral Political
and Economic Discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 12 Apr: President
Thabo Mbeki to hold Discussions with President Jacques Chirac, Paris, France
- 12
Apr: Commonwealth
HIPC Ministerial Forum, Washington DC
- 12 Apr: Pan-Commonwealth workshop
on “Addressing the marginalisation of indigenous women”, London
- 13
Apr: South Africa - Portugal bilateral political
and economic discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 13 Apr: South
Africa - Serbia Discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 14-15 Apr:
2007 Spring Meetings of the
World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.
- 17
Apr: Signing of Agreement on the Establishment
of a Facility for Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
- 18 Apr: South
Africa - Niger Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 18-26
Apr: State Visit to South Africa by President
Sellapan Ramanathan of Singapore
- 23-25 Apr: Regional
Consultative Conference on the African Diaspora, London, United Kingdom
- 23-26
Apr 2007: Fourth World Congress
of Rural Women, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- 27 Apr: Freedom
Day (South Africa)
- 29 Apr - 4 May: 4th African Conference on Social Aspects
of HIV/AIDS Research, Kisumu, Kenya
- 30 Apr - 4 May: 3rd Conference of
the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (UNEP),
Dakar, Senegal.
- 30 Apr-11 May: A.S.
Minty at the First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference
of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Vienna,
Austria
Top
May 2007 - 1 May: Workers Day
(South Africa)
- 2-4 May: Deputy President
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to pay Official Visit to South Korea
- 2-6 May:
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to hold Discussions
with the Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of
States
- 03 May: World Press Feedom Day
- 7-9 May: South
Africa - Ghana Bilateral Discussions, Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa
- 8-10
May: AU Foreign Ministers Retreat and Executive
Council, Zimbali Lodge, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- 9-10 May: Official
Visit by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany
- 11-13
May: 12th Meeting of the International Investment Council (ICC), Bushman Sands,
Alicedale, Western Cape, South Africa
- 13-14 May: Commonwealth
Health Ministers Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland
- 14 May: South
Africa - European Union Ministerial Troika Meeting, Brussels, Belgium
- 20-22
May: South Africa - Peoples Republic of China
Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions, Beijing, China
- 22 May:
South African Foreign Affairs, Director-General
Dr. Ayanda Ntsaluba visits Angola
- 24 May: Take
a Girl Child to Work Day
- 24-25 May: State
Visit by President Thabo Mbeki to Vietnam
- 24-25 May: Internaional
Conference on Global Perspecive of Traditional / Indigenous Leadership
- 25
May: Africa Day
- 26 May:
Launch of the Limpopo Charter of the Progressive
Women's Movement
- 29 May: Annual
Foreign Relations Budget Speech by Minister Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
- 31
May - 1 Jun: Official Visit to South Africa
by Prime Minsiter Tony Blair of Great Britian
Top
June 2007 - Jun: Youth
Development Month
- 5 Jun: World Envornment Day
- 3-15 Jun: 14th
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, The Hague, Netherlands
- 5 Jun: South
Africa - Czech Republic Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions, Cape Town,
South Africa
- 6-8 Jun: G8-Summit: Press
Information and Information
Leaflit on Data Protection
- 11-14 Jun: Women's
Affairs Ministers' Meeting (8WAMM), Kampala, Uganda
- 13-15 Jun: World
Economic Forum on Africa 2007
- 13-15 Jun: State
Visit by President Joseph Kabila from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Cape
Town, South Africa
- 13-20 Jun: South
Africa - Lithuania Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions, Cape Town, South
Africa
- 16 Jun: National
Youth Day (South Africa)
- 18-20 Jun: Official
Visit by the Prime Minister of Lesotho Pakalitha Mosisili to Cape Town, South
Africa
- 19 Jun: African Union
Committee of Countries of the Region on Comoros
- 20 Jun: South
Africa - Côte d'Ivoire Discussions, Cape Town, South Africa
- 24
Jun: AU Ministerial Delegation to Comoros
- 26-29
Jun: 7th Global Forum on Reinventing
Government: Building Trust in Government, UN Headquarters, Vienna, Austria.
- 27
Jun: Release of State of World Population 2007 Report
Top
July
2007 - 1-3 Jul: AU Summit of Heads
of State and Government, Accra, Ghana
- 5-7 Jul: South
Africa - Belarus Joint Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Co-operation
(ITEC), Minsk, Belarus
- Jul: Official
Visit by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to Kenya
- 7-19 Jul:
Four-nation South American Visit to Cuba,
Panama, Mexico and Spain by Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad
- 9-11
Jul: Official Visit to South Africa by Italian
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Massimo D'Alema
- 11
Jul: World Population Day
- 14-17 Jul:India,
Brazil, SA Foreign Ministers to Meet in New Delhi, India.
- 18-21 Jul:
Minister Dlamini Zuma to visit the Russian
Federation for Itec
- 27 Jul: SADC
Politics and Diplomacy Meeting. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- 30-31 Jul:
Special Visit by President Thabo Mbeki to
Côte d'Ivoire
Top
August
2007
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September
2007
- September: Heritage Month (South Africa)
- September: Tourism Month (South Africa)
- 1-7
Sep: National
Arbor Week
- 5-6 Sept: South Africa - Costa Rica Bilateral Political and Economic Discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 5-8 Sept: Working Visit to Italy by Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka.
- 8 Sep: International
Literacy Day
- 10-11 Sep: African Union – African Diaspora Regional Consultative Conference
- 11 Sep: President Thabo Mbeki to receive Credentials from Heads of Mission based in South Africa
- 14 Sep: President Thabo Mbeki to meet with Mr Nabil Shaath, Special Envoy of President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine
- 16 Sep: International
Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- 17 Sep: South Africa - Italy Bilateral, Political, Economic, Trade and Multilateral Discussions, Pretoria, South Africa
- 18 Sep: South Africa - Mozambique Heads of State Economic Bilateral Commission, Pretoria, South Africa
- 18 Sep: African Union Ministerial Committee of Countries of the Region on Comoros, Cape Town, South Africa
- 21 Sep: International
Day of Peace
- 21 Sep: International
Day of Alzheimers
- 23-26 Sep: 3rd Session of the South Africa-China Binational Commission
- 24 Sep: National Heritage Day (South Africa)
- 24
Sep: World Heart Day
- 24-27 Sep: Extraordinary Session of the Conference
of African Ministers of Industry, Midrand, South Africa
- 25 Sep-3 Oct: 62nd Session of the Un General Assembly, New York USA
- 27 Sep: World
Tourism Day
Top
October
2007 - Oct: Transport Month (South Africa)
- Oct: Astronomy
Month
- 3 - 4 Oct: Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka to Co-Chair South Africa – Sweden Binational Commission
- 8 Oct : South Africa - Flemish Regional Government in Belgium Bilateral Discussions on Political, Economic and Trade Relations
- 8 Oct : South Africa - Poland Bilateral Political, Economic and Trade consultations, Pretoria, South Africa
- 8 - 9 Oct: NEPAD Projects Conference, Sandton International Convention Centre, South Africa
- 10 Oct: 5th South Africa – European Union (EU) Ministerial Troika Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
- 11 Oct: South Africa - Namibia Heads of State Economic Bialteral Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
- 11-14 Oct: Official Visit by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to France
- 14-17 Oct: 2nd IBSA Summit Programme and Logistical Information; Updated Programme and Logistical Information
- 16 Oct: World Food Day (FAO)
- 19-20 Oct: Working Visit by President Thabo Mbeki to Paris, France
- 19-21 Oct: 2007
Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, Washington
D.C.
- 30-31 Oct: State Visit by President Thabo Mbeki to Windhoek, Namibia
Top
November
2007
- 3 Nov: 10th International Food and Cultural Fair, Union Buildings, Pretoria
- 6 Nov: Minister Dlamini Zuma to Host Slovakian Counterpart.
- 6-9 Nov: President Thabo Mbeki to Host Sudanese Counterpart
- 14-18 Nov: African Diaspora Ministerial Meeting at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
- 17-24
Nov: FAO Conference 34th Session, Rome, Italy
- 20 Nov: Africa Industrialization
Day
- 20-21 Nov: 2nd Session of the South Africa – Angola Joint Commission for Co-operation (JCC), Luanda, Angola
- 23-25 Nov: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Kampala, Uganda
- 25 Nov-10 Dec: 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children
- 26-28 Nov: Middle East Peace Conference, USA
- 27-28 Nov: African Union Committee of 10 Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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December
2007
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