Each of the following links takes you to a page containing the significant events of a particular month. Some selected major events are mentioned here as an aid to the reader.

January

North Korea withdrew from the NPT

February

March

Al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in Pakistan; Hamas leader Ibrahim al-Maqadma was killed in the Gaza Strip; Serbian PM Djinkjic was assassinated; victory of rebels in the Central African Republic; US-led invasion of Iraq

April

Agreement between the government and rebels in the DRC

May

June

July

August

End of the Taylor government in Liberia and deployment of peacekeepers

September

October

Fall of the Sanchez de Lozada government in Bolivia

November

Overthrow of the Shevardnadze government in Georgia; the Croatian Democratic Union won elections in Croatia

December

Libya announced its abandonment of NBC weapons programs