Future World Events 2000s/Archive3

December

 * Fifteen U.S. states agree to the Secedition Act and commense talks with the United Nations.
 * Hundreds of thousands of pro-secedition protesters hit the streets across America.

November

 * U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security, in the largest U.S. government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947.

October

 * Five U.S. states are called together by Kaitlyn Rachel Spencer to discuss government corruption and possible secedition from the U.S. government.

September

 * Switzerland joins the United Nations.

August

 * The 2002 European floods ravage Central Europe.

July

 * The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. Crimes committed on or after this date may be prosecuted by the court.

June

 * U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney serves as Acting President while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy.

May

 * In the second round of the French presidential election, Jacques Chirac is reelected.
 * The US State Department releases a report naming 7 state sponsors of terrorism: Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.

March

 * U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: In eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda begins.

January

 * Euro notes and coins are issued in France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and in the Netherlands.
 * The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and freezes the assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban.