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Events Calendar 2010
Event
Calender of: 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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
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February
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March 2010
- 1 Mar: 13th Session of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland
- 2-5 Mar: State Visit by President Jacob Zuma to the United Kingdom
- 7 Mar: South Africa - Sierra Leone Bilateral Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
- 7-8 Mar: Women, Peace and Security Seminar, Pretoria, South Africa
- 8 Mar: International Women's Day
- 8 Mar: Commonwealth
Day
- 9-11 Mar: Second Session of South Africa - Ghana Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC), Accra, Ghana
- 14-16 Mar: International Conference on Rural Territorial Development, New Delhi
- 15 Mar: World Consumer Rights Day
- 15-21 Mar: National Water Week - "Working Together We Can Save More Water"
- 16-18 Mar: President Jacob Zuma to undertake a Working Visit to Zimbabwe
- 16-18 Mar: Incoming Visits by the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and the Prime Minister of Finland to Cape Town, South Africa
- 18 Mar: Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to meet Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen in Cape Town
- 19 Mar: 8th Session of the South Africa - Egypt Joint Bilateral Commission, Pretoria, South Africa
- 20 Mar: International Earth Day
- 21
Mar: Human Rights Day (South Africa)
- 21 Mar: World Poetry Day
- 21 Mar: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 22 Mar: World Water Day
- 24 Mar: International World TB Day
- 25 Mar: Visit by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Ms Helena Bambasov to Cape Town, South Africa
- 25-26 Mar: State Visit by President Jacob Zuma to Uganda
- 29-30 Mar: Outreach Programme by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in the Free State
- 31 Mar: 5th Bi-National Commission Senior Officials’ Meeting between South Africa and Algeria, Pretoria
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April 2010
- 2 Apr: Good Friday
- 5 Apr: Family Day
- 8-9 Apr: State Visit by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Republic of Congo to Pretoria, South Africa
- 9 Apr: Working Visit by the Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Guido Westerwelle to Pretoria, South Africa
- 12-13 Apr: Nuclear Security Summit, Washington D.C., USA
- 14 Apr: South Africa - United States of America Strategic Dialogue, Washington, D.C., USA
- 15 Apr: 4th India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) Summit in Brasilia, Brazil
- 16-18 Apr: South Africa – Mexico Bi-National Commission (BNC) Senior Officials Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico
- 19 Apr: South Africa – Mexico Bi-National Commission (BNC), Mexico City, Mexico
- 22 Apr: Budget Vote Speech of the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, to the National Assembly
- 23 Apr: World Book and Copyright Day
- 23 Apr-2 May: Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim to undertake a Five Nation Visit to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestine and Syria
- 25 Apr: Africa Malaria Day
- 27 Apr: Freedom
Day (South Africa)
- 28 Apr: South Africa - Madagascar Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
- 29-30 Apr: 10th South Africa – Japan Partnership Forum
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May 2010
- 1 May: Workers Day
(South Africa)
- 3 May: World Press Feedom Day
- 4-7 May: Tenth Annual Regional Seminar on the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, Pretoria, South Africa
- 6 May: Official Opening of the Shanghai Expo 2010, Shanghai, China
- 6 May: World Asthma Day
- 8 May: World Red Cross Day
- 11 May: 10th SA-EU Ministerial Political Dialogue Meeting, Brussels, Belgium
- 12 May : International Nurse's Day
- 12-13 May: Africa - Nordic Foreign Ministers Meeting, Dakar, Senegal
- 15 May: International Day of Families
- 17 May: Official Visit to the Federal Republic of Nigeria by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
- 17 May: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
- 18 May: International Museum Day
- 20 May: International Candlelight Memorial Day
- 22 May: International Day for Biologcal Diversity
- 22 May: High-Level Segment of the Istanbul Conference on Somalia in Istanbul, Turkey
- 24-26 May: Official Visit to Turkey by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe
- 25
May: Africa Day
- 25-26 May: 5th Session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) between South Africa and Algeria
- 31 May: Bilateral Meeting between South Africa and France in Nice, France
- 31 May: World No Tobacco Day
- 31 May-1 Jun: 25th Annual Africa - France Summit
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June 2010
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September
2010
- September: Heritage Month (South Africa)
- September: Tourism Month (South Africa)
- 1 Sep: Meeting between Deputy Minister Sue Van Der Merwe and the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr Osamu Fujiimura of Japan, Cape Town, South Africa
- 1-7 Sep: National Arbor Week
- 2 Sep: Weekly Media Briefing by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Cape Town, South Africa
- 8 Sep: International Literacy Day
- 8 Sep: World Rabies Day
- 15-16 Sep: Official Visit by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 16 Sep: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- 20-22 Sep: Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Summit, New York USA
- 21 Sep: International
Day of Peace
- 21 Sep: International
Day of Alzheimers
- 23-25 & 27-29 Sep: 65th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), New York, USA
- 24 Sep: National Heritage Day (South Africa)
- 25 Sep: IBSA Ministerial Meeting at General Debate of UNGA 65, New York, USA
- 27 Sep: World Tourism Day
- 28 Sep: Working Visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr K Sarybay to Pretoria, South Africa
- 28 Sep: SA - EU Summit, Brussels, Belgium
- 28
Sep: World Heart Day
- 28-29 Sep: Official Visit by President Jacob Zuma to Belgium
- 30 Sep - 2 Oct: Visit by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
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October
2010
- October: Transport Month (South Africa)
- October: Astronomy Month
- 1 Oct: South Africa - Mozambique Bilateral Consultations, Maputo, Mozambique
- 1 Oct: International Day for Older Persons
- 3-14 Oct: Commonwealth Games, New Delhi, India
- 5 Oct: World Teacher's Day
- 5-6 Oct: State Visit by Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President of the Republic of Botswana to Pretoria, South Africa
- 6-11 Oct: 2nd Afro-Arab Summit, Sirte, Libya
- 7 Oct: Weekly Media Briefing by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Pretoria, South Africa
- 7-8 Oct: Working Visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe
- 9 Oct: World Postal Day
- 10 Oct: World Mental Health Day
- 10 Oct: World Sight Day
- 13 Oct: International Day for Natural Disaster Reductions
- 15 Oct: Public Lecture by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on South Africa’s Second Term as Non Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council for 2011-2012, Pretoria, South Africa
- 15 Oct: World Rural Women's Day
- 15-16 Oct: 245th Ministerial Level Meeting of the AU’s Peace and Security Council (PSC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 16 Oct: World Food Day (FAO)
- 17 Oct: International Day or the Eradication of Poverty
- 19-20 Oct: State Visit by President Jacob Zuma to the Arab Republic of Egypt
- 20 Oct: World Osteoporosis Day
- 21-22 Oct: World e-Parliament Day
- 21-23 Oct: Africa Regional Heads of Mission (HoM) Conference, Nairobi, Kenya
- 23-26 Oct: Working Visit by Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to the Republic of Sudan
- 24 Oct: United Nations (UN) Day
- 28 Oct: Presentation of the Letters of Credence and Commissions from Ambassadors and High Commissioners-designate to South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
- 28 Oct: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane hosts the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Sultnanate of Oman, Cape Town, South Africa
- 28 Oct: South Africa - Rebublic of Congo Inaugural Session of the Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC), Cape Town, South Africa
- 29 Oct: South Africa - Mozambique Heads of State Economic Bilateral Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
- 29 Oct: Working Visit by the President of the Republic of Mozambique, Armando Emilio Guebuza to South Africa
- 30 Oct-4 Nov: Official Visit by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Institutional Reform, Mr Steven Vanackere of the Kingdom of Belgium to Pretoria, South Africa
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November
2010
- 1 Nov: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to address the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) on the topic of the Relationship between the Republic of South Africa and the Emerging Global Powers
- 4 Nov: Working Visit by President Jacob Zuma to Windhoek, Namibia
- 11-12 Nov: G20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea
- 11-12 Nov: South Africa - Argentina Bilateral Senior Officials Level Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
- 14 Nov: World Diabetes Day
- 16 Nov: International Day for Tolerance
- 16-18 Nov: Visit by Vice President Xi Jinping, of the People’s Republic of China to South Africa
- 16-19 Nov: South Africa - People’s Republic of China 4th Bi-National Commission, Cape Town, South Africa
- 19-20 Nov: SADC Summit, Gaborone, Botswana
- 20 Nov: Africa Industrialisation
Day
- 20 Nov: Universal Children's Day
- 22 Nov: 60th International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (Incosai), Governing Board Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 23 Nov: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane hosts CEOs of SA Companies, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 23 Nov: 16th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 25 Nov - 10 Dec: 16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against Women
- 29-30 Nov: 3rd African-European Union Summit, Tripoli, the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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