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Subject(s)

• Two thousand three, A.D.—Sources [Browse]
• History, Modern—21st century—Sources [Browse]
• World politics—1995-2005—Sources [Browse]

Editor

• CQ Press [Browse]

Summary note

Each volume in this series begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each documents or set of documents begins with an essay that discusses background history and context of the event covered and the document chosen.

Notes

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 16, 2014).5

Contents

• January
• Lula on his inauguration as president of Brazil: January 1, 2003
• State of the Union address and Democratic response: January 28, 2003
• European leaders on the prospect of a war in Iraq: January 30 and February 10, 2003.
• February
• New constitution adopted for Serbia and Montenegro: February 4, 2003
• President's economic report, economic advisers' report: February 7, 2003.
• March
• UN Secretary General on the first session of the International Criminal Court: March 11, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals rulings on detentions of terrorism suspects: March 11 and December 18, 2003
• World Health Organization on the worldwide SARS outbreak: March 15 and 16, 2003
• President Bush on the prospect of war with Iraq: March 17 and 19, 2003.
• April
• GAO on integrating terrorist watch lists: April 15, 2003
• National Academy of Public Administration and EPA on clean air regulations: April 21 and August 27, 2003
• International "roadmap" for peace in the Middle East: April 30, 2003.
• May
• Indian and Pakistani prime ministers on the dispute over Kashmir: May 2 and 6, 2003
• GAO on tracking foreign visitors and improving border security: May 13, 2003
• Saudi Arabian crown prince Abdullah on bombings in Riyadh: May 13, 2003
• UN Security Council on peace agreement for Ivory Coast: May 13, 2003
• Russian president Putin on the state of the nation: May 16, 2003
• WHO framework convention on tobacco control: May 21, 2003
• National referendum in Venezuela on the presidency of Hugo Chavez: May 29, 2003
• UN Security Council on threats to peace in Congo: May 30, 2003.
• June
• European Space Agency on space probe launch: June 2, 2003
• Justice Department on treatment of post-September 11 detainees: June 2, 2003
• Investigative report on WorldCom fraud: June 9, 2003
• Census Bureau on increases in the Hispanic population: June 18, 2003
• Supreme Court on affirmative action: June 23, 2003
• Supreme Court on internet filters at public libraries: June 23, 2003
• Supreme Court on sodomy laws, Massachusetts court on gay marriage: June 26 and November 18, 2003
• Democratic security and defense policy of Colombian president Uribe: June 29, 2003.
• July
• Bureau of Labor Statistics on the U.S. employment situation: July 3, 2003
• UN Secretary General Annan on reform in Africa: July 10, 2003
• UN Security Council on international peacekeeping in Bosnia: July 11, 2003
• Human Rights Watch on conflict in Northern Uganda: July 15, 2003
• Surgeon General on countering obesity: July 16, 2003
• Report on European Union draft constitution: July 18, 2003
• Presidential commission on mental health care: July 22, 2003
• State Attorney General on child abuse by priests: July 23, 2003
• Joint Congressional Panel on September 11 attacks: July 24, 2003
• Civil Rights Commission on Native Americans: July 25, 2003
• State Department official on the "dictatorship" in North Korea: July 31, 2003.
• August
• Attorney General Ashcroft and former vice president Gore on the Patriot Act: August 19 and November 9, 2003
• Investigating board on the Columbia space shuttle disaster: August 26, 2003
• Congressional Budget Office on the federal deficit: August 26, 2003.
• September
• New York State Court on mutual funds: September 3, 2003
• Pension benefit guaranty corporation on underfunded pensions: September 4, 2003
• General Accounting Office on aviation security: September 9, 2003
• World Trade Organization on collapse of trade talks: September 14 and December 15, 2003
• International Monetary Fund on the 2003 world economic outlook: September 18, 2003
• UN Security Council on peacekeeping in Liberia: September 19, 2003
• UN envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa: September 21, 2003
• Report on allegations of sexual misconduct at the U.S. Air Force Academy: September 22, 2003
• Secretary General Annan on reform of the United Nations: September 23, 2003
• General Accounting Office on U.S. missile defense: September 23, 2003
• President of Argentina on economic recovery: September 25, 2003
• Agreement on interim security for Sudan: September 25, 2003
• Census Bureau report on health insurance coverage: September 30, 2003.
• October
• General Accounting Office on global warming policy: October 1, 2003
• U.S. inspector on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq: October 2, 2003
• GAO, Homeland Security Department on weapons of mass destruction: October 7 and December 19, 2003
• Peace agreement between government and rebels in Burundi: October 8, 2003
• United Nations Security Council on postwar Iraq: October 16, 2003
• UN report on intellectual freedom in the Arab world: October 20, 2003
• FBI report on crime in the United States: October 27, 2003.
• November
• President, federal courts on partial birth abortion: November 5 and 6, 2003
• Schwarzenegger on his inauguration as governor of California: November 17, 2003
• Report on causes of massive power blackout: November 19, 2003
• IAEA resolution on Iran's nuclear program: November 26, 2003.
• December
• Acting president of Georgia on political change: December 1, 2003
• United Nations on the al Qaeda terrorist network: December 2, 2003
• UN criminal tribunal on Rwanda genocide verdicts: December 3, 2003
• UN Secretary General on situation in Afghanistan: December 3 and 30, 2003
• British Commonwealth leaders on Zimbabwe: December 7, 2003
• President Bush on signing Medicare reform law: December 8, 2003
• Shirin Ebadi on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize: December 10, 2003
• UN mission on building democracy in Kosovo: December 10, 2003
• Supreme Court on federal campaign finance law: December 10, 2003
• Chinese premier on reforms in China: December 10, 2003
• United States on the capture of Saddam Hussein: December 14, 2003
• Israeli prime minister on "disengagement" from the Palestinians: December 18, 2003
• Libyan, U.S., and British statements on Libya's nuclear weapons programs: December 19, 2003
• Secretary of Agriculture on finding mad cow disease: December 23 and 30, 2003.

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ISBN

1-4833-0260-1

OCLC

875379886

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