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Current Events
July 1
The UK assumes the rotating presidency of the European Union.
June 24
The U.N .Security Council agrees to send 850 extra troops to war-divided Ivory Coast, but the reinforcements fall short of the 2,000
soldiers that UN officials said were necessary to keep the peace in the run-up to presidential elections
June 22
The United Nations Security Council votes to send 750 more peacekeepers to Haiti for elections and extend the UN mandate to February 15,
2006
June 21
The U.N. Security Council extends sanctions against Liberia, saying the country's government has failed to control illegal diamond sales.
June 17
The Democratic Republic of Congo's transitional government's mandate is extended by at least another six months
June 13
EU foreign ministers approve a pact adapting the EU customs union with Turkey, to the 10 new members, including Cyprus.
June 11
The G8 anounces the cancellation of the multilateral debt of the eighteen poorest countries of the World.
June 8
Four countries campaigning for permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council drop their demand for veto power. Japan, Germany, India and
Brazil revised a draft General Assembly resolution that would increase the size of the U.N.
Security Council from 15 to 25 members, but the four candidate countries say they would drop the veto demand for at least 15 years
June 6
The International Criminal Court launches a formal investigation into crimes committed in the war-torn
Darfur region of western Sudan.
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