January 2008:
Date Location Event
01   EU-Presidency passes to Slovenia
05 Georgia Presidential Election 
08 Washington US-President Bush will welcome President Abdullah Gul of Turkey to the White House 
08 - 16 Middle East US-President Bush will travel to Israel, Palestinian Territories, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt 
12 Taiwan Parliamentary Election 
20 Serbia Presidential Election 
21 - 28 March Geneva Conference on Disarmament, first session of 2008
22 & 23 Germany & Switzerland US-Secretary Rice will travel to Berlin, Germany and Davos, Switzerland 
28 & 29 Brussels EU: General Affairs and External Relations Council 
31 - 02 Feb Addis Ababa, Ethiopia African Union Summit 
February 2008:
Date Location Event
06 London US-Secretary Rice Travel to London 
07 Belize Parliamentary Election 
07 & 08 Vilnius, Lithuania Informal Meeting of NATO Defense Ministers 
08 Washington US-President Bush will welcome Amadou Toumani Tour of the Republic of Mali to the White House 
08 Czech Republic Presidential Election 
08 - 10 Munich Annual Munich Security Conference (Münchner Konferenz für Sicherheitspolitik)  
15 - 21 Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana & Liberia US-President Bush and Mrs. Bush will visit Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Liberia 
17 Cyprus Presidential Election 
18 Pakistan Parliamentary Election 
18 & 19 Brussels EU: General Affairs and External Relations Council 
19 Armenia Presidential Election 
21 & 22 Brda, Slovenia EU: Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers 
23 - 27 Republic of Korea, China & Japan US-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to the Republic of Korea, the People’s Republic of China, and Japan 
27 Washington US-President Bush Welcomes Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek of the Czech Republic 
29 Washington US-President Bush Welcomes NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer  
29 & 01 Crawford, Texas US-President and Mrs. Bush Welcome Danish Prime Minister and Mrs. Rasmussen 
March 2008:
Date Location Event
02 Russia Presidential Election (First Round)
03 - 07 Vienna IAEA - Board of Governors 
03 - 07 Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian territories & Brussels US-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is traveling to Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian territories and Brussels 
04 - 07 The Hague Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 52nd session of the Executive Council 
06 Brussels EU - U.S. Ministerial Troika Meeting 
08 Malta Parliamentary Election 
08 Malaysia Parliamentary Election 
09 Spain Parliamentary Election 
10 Washington US-President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland to the White House 
10 & 11 Brussels EU: General Affairs and External Relations Council 
09 - 11 Dehli, India International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW): 18th World Congress 
13 & 14 Brussels European Council 
14 Iran Legislative Election 
17 Washington US-President Bush Welcomes Irish Prime Minister Ahern  
17 & 18 Moscow US-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov  
19 Washington US-President Bush Welcomes President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia  
20 Washington US-President Bush Welcomes Prime Ministers of The Bahamas, Barbados and Belize 
22 Taiwan Presidential Election 
24 Bhutan Parliamentary Election 
- 28 March Geneva Conference on Disarmament, first session of 2008
28 Washington US-President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Rudd of Australia to the White House 
28 & 29 Brda, Slovenia EU: Informal Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Gymnich)  
29 Zimbabwe Presidential / Parliamentary Election 
April 2008:
Date Location Event
01 - 06  Ukraine, Romania, & Croatia US-President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and Secretary Rice will travel to Ukraine, Romania, and Croatia 
02 - 04 Bucharest, Romania NATO summit 
06 Montenegro Presidential Election 
07 - 18 The Hague Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 2nd Review Conference 
07 - 25 New York UN Disarmament Commission annual meeting 
09 South Korea Parliamentary Election 
10 Nepal Legislative Election 
13 Italy Parliamentary Election 
15 - 20 Washington & New York Pope Benedict XVI visits Washington and New York 
16 Shanghai, China Officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and United States discuss offering an incentives package to Iran over its nuclear program 
17 Washington US-President Bush and Mrs. Bush will welcome British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Mrs. Sarah Brown to the White House 
18 & 19 Crawford, Texas US-President and Mrs. Bush will host President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea and his wife, Mrs. Kim Yoon-ok, at Camp David 
20 Paraguay Presidential / Parliamentary Election 
21 & 22 Bahrain & Kuwait US-Secretary Rice Travel to Bahrain and Kuwait 
22 Kuwait Expanded Neighbors Ministerial 
23 Tonga Parliamentary Election 
23 Washington US-President Bush will meet with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House
26 Nauru Parliamentary Election  
28 & 29 Luxembourg EU: General Affairs and External Relations Council 
28 - 09 May Geneva Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): Second Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference 
May 2008:
Date Location Event
04 Equatorial Guinea Parliamentary Election  
- 09 May Geneva Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): Second Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference 
11 Serbia Parliamentary Election 
12 - 17 Israel, Saudi Arabia & Egypt US-President and Mrs. Bush will travel to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt 
12 - 27 June Geneva Conference on Disarmament, second session of 2008 
16 Dominican Republic Presidential Election 
17 Kuwait Parliamentary Election  
21 Georgia Parliamentary Election  
26 & 27 Brussels EU: General Affairs and External Relations Council including Defence Ministers and Development Ministers 
June 2008:
Date Location Event
01 Macedonia Parliamentary Election  
02 - 06 Vienna IAEA - Board of Governors 
02 - 09   The Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence 
05 Washington US-President Bush will welcome Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende to the White House  
09 - 16 Slovenia, Germany, Italy, the Holy See, France, & United Kingdom The US-President Bush and Mrs. Bush will visit the annual U.S.-European Union (EU) Summit in Slovenia. Following the Summit, the President and Mrs. Bush will visit Germany, Italy, the Holy See, France, and the United Kingdom  
16 & 17 Luxembourg EU: General Affairs and External Relations Council 
17 - 19 Pyongyang, North Korea Chinese vice president Xi Jinping meets with North Korean officials in Pyongyang  
19 & 20 Brussels European Council 
22 - 24 Syria International Atomic Energy Agency visits Syria to examine allegations of a secret nuclear reactor  
23 - 30 Germany, Japan, South Korea, and China US-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Germany (Berlin), Japan (Kyoto), the Republic of Korea (Seoul), and the People’s Republic of China (Chengdu and Beijing)  
24 Washington US-President Bush welcomes President Arroyo of the Republic of the Philippines to the White House  
24 Washington US-President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Dung of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the White House  
24 Berlin Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law  
26 & 27 Kyoto, Japan G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting  
- 27 June Geneva Conference on Disarmament, second session of 2008 
27 Zimbabwe Presidential Election (second Round)  
29 Mongolia Parliamentary Election  
July 2008:
Date Location Event
01   EU-Presidency passes to France
07 - 09 Hokkaido Toyako, Japan G8 summit
10 Prague US-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech officials sign an agreement on a new U.S. radar station to be based in the Czech Republic, part of the U.S. missile defense system 
19 Geneva Javier Solana, European Union foreign policy chief, resumes talks with Said Jalili, Iran's nuclear negotiator. Undersecretary for Political Affairs Willaims Burns participates  
20 - 28 Middle East, Asia and the Pacific US-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, July 21-22), Singapore (July 22-24), Australia (Perth, July 24-25), New Zealand (Auckland, July 25-27), and Samoa  
21 Washington US-President Bush will welcome President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Thaci of the Republic of Kosovo to the White House 
22 - 23 Brussels EU: General Affairs and External Relations Council  
23 Singapore Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun, and the foreign ministers of China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea meet on North Korea's nuclear program  
25 Bordeaux EU-South Africa Summit  
27 Cambodia Parliamentary Election 
28 - 12 Sept Geneva Conference on Disarmament, third session of 2008 
August 2008:
Date Location Event
01 Vienna IAEA - Board of Governors 
05 & 06 Seoul US-President Bush meets with South Korean leaders 
13 - 15 Warsaw, Poland Acting US-Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood continues negotiations with Polish officials on the proposed U.S. missile defense base in Poland 
15 Sotschi, Russia Russian President Dmitri Medwedew meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel  
18 - 20 Geneva Biological Weapons Convention, meeting of experts 
27 - 29 Saitama, Japan UN Conference on Disarmament Issues 
 29 Washington US-President will welcome President Jakaya Kikwete of the United Republic of Tanzania to the White House  
September 2008:
Date Location Event
04 - 07 Portugal, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria & Morocco US-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Portugal, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco
05 Angola Legislative Election 
07 Hong Kong Legislative Election  
- 12 Sept Geneva Conference on Disarmament, third session of 2008 
15 Rwanda Parliamentary Election 
22 - 26 Vienna IAEA - Board of Governors 
25 Washington US-President Bush Welcomes Prime Minister Singh of India
28 Belarus Parliamentary Election 
28 Austria Legislative Election  
29 - 04 Oct Vienna IAEA - annual general conference 
October 2008:
Date Location Event
- 04 Oct Vienna IAEA - annual general conference 
06 Vienna IAEA - Board of Governors 
08 Slovenia Parliamentary Election 
12 Lithuania Parliamentary Election 
14 Canada Parliamentary Election 
15 Azerbaijan Presidential Election 
15 & 16 Brussels European Council 
17 Czech Republic Parliamentary Election 
18 & 19 Oman & the United Arab Emirates US-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to the Middle East
30 Zambia Presidential Election 
November 2008:
Date Location Event
04 United States Presidential / Legislative Election 
04 Palau Presidential / LegislativeElection 
04 Puerto Rico Legislative Election 
15 Washington Summit on Financial Markets and World Economy
15 New Zealand Parliamentary Election 
27 - 28 Vienna IAEA - Board of Governors 
28 Romania Parliamentary Election 
December 2008:
Date Location Event
01 - 05 Geneva Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting
03 Brussels NATO foreign ministers meeting (estimate)
11 & 12 Brussels European Council  
14 Ukraine Parliamentary Election