2001 in international relations

The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamist terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four airliners, then flew one into each of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in a rural Pennsylvania field during a passenger revolt. In response to the attacks, the United States launched the global war on terror, seeking to eliminate hostile groups deemed terrorist organizations, and the governments purported to support them. This foreign policy agenda was conducted over the next two decades.

organization

US foreign policy principles of President George W. Bush promoting preventative war and unilateralism

international trade negotiations

body established by the European Council in 2001 as a result of the Laeken Declaration

2001 terrorist attack on Indian parliament

declaration adopted by UNESCO in 2001

inter-governmental political summit held in Genoa, Italy, in 2001

United Nations conference

2001 maritime collision

The Taba Summit were talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, held from 21 to 27 January 2001 at Taba, in the Sinai.

Australian government policy concerning asylum seekers

international climate change conference in Marrakech, Morocco in October–November 2001

2001 Russia–United States meeting

allegations that Saudi Arabia supported the 9/11 attacks

United Nations General Assembly initiative in favour of volunteering

2001 event in the War of Afghanistan

World Trade Organization agreement

Treaty to determine gov't of Afghanistan

2001 document

2001 elections for the United Nations Security Council

legal action

conservation targets aiming to reduce biodiversity loss by the end of the year 2010