15 May 2013

• Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit to Russia will provide the opportunity to find out what was really agreed on Syria during U.S. Secretary of State's visit to Moscow.
  
  

• A meeting in Geneva over Syria end-May will clarify to what extent the U.S. and Russia can pressure their original allies to toe the line.
  
  

• The outcome of meetings on the Congo are highly anticipated by Mary Robinson, the newly appointed envoy to the Great Lakes.