Francois Bozize
Paris visit
Central African Republic President Francois Bozize visits (AFP).
Ballot box
Council elections
District Council elections are due to take place in Hong Kong. (RTHK radio)
Rocket
Proton launch
A Proton-M booster rocket is set to be launched from Baykonur in Kazakhstan. (BBC Monitoring)
Environment
Concluding business
An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes in Valencia.
Ecuador
Rejoining OPEC
Ecuador is expected to rejoin the third OPEC summit in Riyadh.
Marshall Islands
Parliamentary elections
There will be parliamentary and local elections in the Marshall Islands.
Jonas Gahr Stoere
Talks in Russia
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere is scheduled to visit Russia. He will hold talks with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov (Novosti)
Meeting
Ashgabat talks
The Commonwealth of Independent States Prime Ministers Council will meet for the first time in Asgabat. (BBC Monitoring)
Henry Paulson
Trip conclusion
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will conclude a trip to Africa. He will visit South Africa, and Ghana.
North Korea
Educational visit?
The United States and North Korea will hold two days of talks in New York this week that US officials view as a chance to educate North Korea about international financial norms. (Reuters)
Bernard Kouchner
Sixth trip
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner returns to Lebanon this week for his sixth visit in six months.
Dalai Lama
Lecture
The Dalai Lama is delivering a lecture this week in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The 5,000 tickets sold out within hours.
Wen Jiabao
Sidelines chat?
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is likely to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, scheduled for this week in Singapore.
