Wednesday 6 September:

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan opens the summit, asking delegates to stand for a minute's silence for four UN workers who were killed in West Timor by pro-Indonesian militiamen.

US President Bill Clinton and Russian President Vladimir Putin deliver a plea for world peace.

Mr Clinton holds separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and calls on them to seize the chance for a final Middle East peace agreement.

Each of the 63 speakers is scheduled with five minutes floor time.

Thursday 7 September:

There are 70 scheduled speakers, including Chinese President Jiang Zemin, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and President Ahmad Kabbah of Sierra Leone.

Heads of state discuss peacekeeping issues, in particular, in Africa, at a round-table meeting of the UN Security Council.

Friday 8 September:

On the final day of the summit, 60 world leaders are scheduled to make their five-minute speeches.

The provisional list includes Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Nigerian President Olusegun Osbanjano, and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.