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

In Canada the Conservatives won parliamentary elections

February

The IAEA reported Iran to the UN Security Council

March

Yayi Boni was elected President of Benin; ETA announced a cease-fire

April

Thailand's Prime Minister Thaskin stepped down; reinstatement of parliament in Nepal; victory of Union coalition in elections in Italy; political turmoil in the Solomon Islands

May

US restored full diplomatic relations with Libya; Montenegro voted for independence from Serbia and Montenegro; civil strife in East Timor

June

The Civic Democratic Party won elections in the Czech Republic; Alan Garcia elected President in Peru; SMER party won elections in Slovakia; fall of Balkenende government in Belgium

July

Defeat of the Buckovski government in elections in Macedonia; major terrorist attack in India; hostilities between Lebanon and Israel

August

September

Defeat of Persson government in elections in Sweden; military coup in Thailand

October

Apparent test of a nuclear device by North Korea

November

Peace agreement in Nepal

December

Military coup in Fiji; UN sanctions against Iran; Ethiopia intervened in Somalia