International Events in June 2002

Jun 1 The Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, rules out possibility of nuclear war with India. Full Story
All the 15 European Union member-nations ratify the Kyoto protocol on climate change. Full Story
Jun 2 British women, Ann Daniels (37) and Caroline Hamilton reach North Pole, becoming the first female explorers to walk to both the Poles. The duo walked to the South Pole in January 2000.
Swiss nationals give overwhelming backing to a reform which will decriminalise abortion, in a referendum.
Jun 4 Leaders of 16 nations sign the Declaration on Eliminating Terrorism and Promoting Dialogue among Civilisations at the first summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, at the Kazakhstan capital Almaty. Full Story
Britain fetes Queen Elizabath II on the 50th anniversary of her reign. Full Story
The U.S. admits global warming is man-made in a major shift of policy. Japan ratifies Kyoto protocol. Full Story
Jun 5 The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee proposes revival of joint patrolling of LoC, in Almaty. Pakistan says it is "unlikely to work." Full Story
Jun 7 The leaders of Russia, China and Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, sign the Charter of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation making it a full-fledged international body. Full Story
Jun 10 The U.N. World Food Summit opens in Rome, with a call from the Secretary-General, Kofi Annan urging greater access for poorer farmers to land credit. Full Story
Jun 14 U.S. astronomers find a distant planet about five times the size of Jupiter circling a sun-like star. Full Story
Hamid Karzai is elected President of Afghanistan in a landslide vote at a historic grand assembly, the loya jirga, in Kabul. Full Story
Russia leaves the START II nuclear arms reduction treaty, a day after the U.S. formally withdrew from the 1972 ABM Treaty. Full Story
Eleven persons are killed in a car bomb attack near the U.S. consulate in Karachi. Full Story
The Czech Republic's ruling Social democrats win legislative polls.
The Pakistan Foreign Minister, Abdul Sattar quits citing health reasons. Full Story
Jun 15 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger (58), the ageing rock n' roll rebel is awarded a knighthood to mark Queen Elizabeth's official birthday. Playwright Harold Pinter and director Jonathan Miller are other celebrities to get the honour. Full Story
Jun 16 The French President, Jacques Chirac's center-right wins a sweeping parliamentary majority in polls. Full Story
Jun 18 Nineteen Israelis and a Palestinian suicide bomber are killed in an attack on a bus in Jerusalem. Full Story
The Sri Lankan Parliament votes to repeal the Criminal Defamation Act. Full Story
Jun 19 Seventeen Asian Ministers create a new Asia-wide forum - the Thai-promoted Asia Cooperation Dialogue, at the Dusit resort in southern Thailand.
The Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf promulgates an ordinance to regulate 'madrassas'. Full Story
Jun 20 India and Spain sign an extradition treaty, in Madrid. Full Story
Jun 21 At least 111 people die after a gas blast rips through the Chengzihe coalmine in Jixi city, northeast China.
The Bangladesh President, Prof. A.Q.M. Badrudouzza Chowdhury, quits just seven months into his five-year tenure after the ruling BNP demands his exit. Full Story
Jun 22 More than 500 people are killed as a devastating earthquake rocks eight northwestern Iranian provinces, with the worst hit being Qazvin. Full Story
An 18-year-old girl is gangraped by four persons on the orders of a tribal jury in the remote Punjab village of Meerwala, Pakistan.
Jun 24 At least 200 people are killed after a passenger train collides with a goods train in Dodoma in central Tanzania. Full Story
Afghanistan's new transitional Cabinet is sworn in by the interim President, Hamid Karzai Full Story
Jun 26 The telecom giant, WorldCom Inc. reveals a $3.8 billion accounting fraud, sending share prices around the globe into a tailspin. Full Story
The Spanish Senate overwhelmingly approves a law allowing the Supreme Court to outlaw political parties found to encourage or support terrorism. Full Story
The Russian Parliament legalises the sale of land in Russia. Full Story
Cuba's Parliament votes unanimously to declare the socialist system "irrevocable" and 'capitalism will never return again'.
Jun 27 G-8 summit pledges $1 billion in debt relief to the world's 42 poorest countries. Full Story
Jun 29 Israel destroys the Palestinian municipal and security headquarters in Hebron. Full Story
Events 2002