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21 January 2020 (London, UK): Welcome to the G20 Davos Outlook 2020 by Alpha1Strategy, a showcase of some of the forthcoming milestone events in 2020 for G20 countries, as launched during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 2020 and during the G20 Presidency of Saudi Arabia in 2020. (Asterisks * indicate milestone events)
January 2020:
* January 21-24 – The 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting is held on January 21-24, 2020, in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. (EU)
January 25 – The Chinese New Year begins on January 25, 2020, as the Year of the Rat. (China)
January 28 – The 75th Anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi Germany by the Soviet Union on January 28, 1945. (Anniversary)
* January 31 – The UK is scheduled to leave the European Union on January 31, 2020, following the approval of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. (UK)
February 2020:
February 4 – The 2020 State of the Union Address is scheduled to be given by US President Donald Trump on February 4, 2020. (USA)
February 4 – The 75th Anniversary of the Yalta Conference, held between February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. (Anniversary)
February 13 – The 75th Anniversary of the Dresden Bombings in Germany on February 13, 1945. (Anniversary)
February 14-16 – The 56th Munich Security Conference is held in Munich, Germany. (Germany)
March 2020:
* March 5 – The 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), the highest organ of state power and the national legislature of the People’s Republic of China, will hold its third annual session in Beijing on March 5, 2020. (China)
* March 5-6 – The 178th Meeting of the OPEC Conference will be held on March 5, 2020, and the 8th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting will be held on March 6, 2020, both in Vienna, Austria. (Global)
March 15-22 – The 2020 French Municipal Elections will be held in March 15-22, 2020. (France)
April 2020:
April 6-9 – ASEAN leaders gather for their 36th summit between April 6-9, 2020 (Global)
* April 22 – May 22 – The 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will meet April 27-May 22, 2020 in New York, USA (USA)
April 23 – The Islamic lunar month of fasting Ramadan begins on April 24, 2020. (Global)
April 28 – The 75th anniversary of the execution of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini in Italy on April 28, 1945. (Anniversary)
April 30 – The 75th anniversary of the death of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in Germany on April 30, 1945. (Anniversary)
April 30 – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro’s new political party, the Alliance for Brazil (APB), has to collect half a million signatures by April 30, 2020, to contest the municipal elections in October 2020. (Brazil)
May 2020:
May 7 – The 2020 London Mayoral Election will be held on May 7, 2020, to elect the Mayor of London, with the current incumbent Sadiq Khan, in addition to elections for the London Assembly and other elections in England and Wales. (UK)
May 8-9 – VE Day on May 8, 2020, marks 75 years since the end of World War Two in Europe, while Russia holds its celebrations the following day on May 9, 2020. (Anniversary)
May 23-26 – The Islamic lunar month of Ramadan ends on May 23, 2020, with the Eid al-Fitr holiday from May 24-26, 2020. (Global)
June 2020:
June 3-6 -The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia is held on June 3-6, 2020. (Russia)
June 9-10 – The 179th Meeting of the OPEC Conference will be held on June 9, 2020, and the 9th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting will be held on June 10, 2020, both in Vienna, Austria. (Global)
June 10-12 – The 46th G7 Summit will be held on June 10-12, 2020, at Camp David, Maryland, USA, while it holds the G7 Presidency. (USA)
June 12-July 12 – Euro 2020, the UEFA football tournament, will be held in 12 European countries, between June 12 and July 12, 2020. (EU)
June 26 – The 75th Anniversary of the charter of the United Nations is signed. (Anniversary)
June – The 68th Bilderberg Meeting is set to take place in June 2020. (Global)
June – The 90th Annual General Meeting of the Bank for International Settlements set to take place in June 2020. (Global)
July 2020:
July 7 – The 15th Anniversary of the 7/7 al-Qaeda attacks in London, UK, on July 7, 2005. (Anniversary)
July 11 – The 25th Anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, on July 11, 1995. (EU)
July 12 – The 2020 BRICS-SCO is held in St. Petersburg, Russia on July 12, 2020. (Russia)
July 13-16 – The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, USA, will choose the party’s nominees for President and Vice president in the US Presidential Election in November, 2020. (USA)
* July 17 – The planned launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover mission on July 17, 2020, to study the habitability of Mars in preparation for future human missions. (Global)
* July 24-Aug 9 – The 2020 Summer Olympic Games are held in Tokyo, Japan, between July 24 and August 9, 2020. (Japan)
* July 25 – The European Space Agency ExoMars launches its mission to Mars on July 25, 2020. (Global)
July 28 – The Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj in Makkah begins. (Saudi Arabia)
July 30 – The Eid Al-Adha holiday marking the end of Hajj begins. (Saudi Arabia)
August 2020:
August 6 – The 75th Anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. (Anniversary)
August 9 – The 75th Anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. (Anniversary)
August 19 – The Islamic New Year of 1442 begins. (Global)
September 2020:
September 2 – The 75th Anniversary of the formal end of World War II on September 2, 1945, likely the last major landmark to be commemorated with those who fought. (Anniversary)
September 16 – The 400 Year Anniversary of when the US Mayflower ship set from England to the New World in the Americas in 1620. (Anniversary)
September 15-30 – The 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75) will open on September 15, with the first day of the high-level General Debate will be September 22, 2020. (Global)
* September 21 – The UN will mark its 75th anniversary with a one-day high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on September 21, 2020, on the theme, ‘The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism’, including the SDG Moment to mark a decade till the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. (Global)
September 29 – The first US Presidential TV debate takes place on September 29, 2020. (USA)
October 2020:
October 3 – The 30 Year Anniversary of the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990. (Germany)
* October 5-10 – The 2020 UN Biodiversity Conference will take place between October 5-10 in Kunming, China. (China)
October 13-16 – The IMF/World Bank’s Annual Meetings on October 16, 2020, is preceded by the Fund’s flagship World Economic Outlook on October 13, 2020, and Global Financial Stability on October 14, 2020. (Global)
October 15 – The second US Presidential Election TV debate takes place on October 15, 2020. (USA)
* October 20 – The 2020 World Expo will open in Dubai, UAE, on October 20, 2020. (Global)
October 22 – The final US Presidential Election TV debate takes place on October 22, 2020. (USA)
October 24 – The 75th Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. (Global)
* October – The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Head of Government summit is held in New Delhi, India, in October 2020. (India)
October – Brazil holds its city mayoral and municipal elections in October 2020. (Brazil)
November 2020:
* November 3 – The US Presidential Election takes place on November 3, 2020. (USA)
November 9 – The 400 Year Anniversary of when the US Mayflower ship arrives from England to the New World in the Americas in 1620, and encounters the Wampanoag natives. (Anniversary)
* November 9-19 – The 26th session of the 2020 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 26) is expected to take place from 9-19 November 2020, in Glasgow, UK. (Global)
* November 21-22 – The G20 Leaders’ Summit is held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between 21-22 November, 2020, under the Presidency of Saudi Arabia for the first time. (Saudi Arabia)
November 22 – The 15 Year Anniversary of the election of current German Chancellor Angela Merkel on November 22, 2005. (Germany)
November – The APEC Leaders Summit is held in Malaysia in November, 2020. (Global)
December 2020:
December 17 – Decade Anniversary since the Arab Revolutions began on December 17, 2010. (Anniversary)
December 31 – Following the scheduled United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, December 31, 2020 marks the date that current transition period for negotiations on a future relationship is set to expire. (UK)
December 31 – The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, set a target for China to achieve a “moderately prosperous society” by the end of 2020. (China)