The MONTH in Pictures October 1-31, 2004

UPDATED MAP October 1

AFRICAN INTRA REGIONAL AFFAIRS

October 10: Somaliland becomes UN Delegate after a prolonged campaign for the delegateship against Djiboutian States.  This is the first time a UN Delegate serves for a three-month turn, after the historic passing of a General Assembly creating that provision.

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October 09: UN Resolution on Epidemic Prevention Protocol surprisingly gains little support from the continent, even though it passes through the votes of states from other sub-regions.

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DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

October 17: Freedom of Speech restricted in Akhtendum over new publication.

October 15: Boris Tetanov, leader of Borisgrad, makes a declaration of friendship with Akhtendum, offering them preferential rights to oil supply and then affirms that Borisgrad shall rise to become a superpower once again. United Faiths questions the ethics of Borisgrad's actions, as depicted in the Bamako political cartoon (left).

AFRICAN UNION

October 18: The "nuclear" question comes up once again. United Faiths proposes Security Council Resolution 53: Limiting Nuclear Arsenals of Proliferators. The debate blows up into a contentious controversy, when non-proliferating states in the west, east and south sub-regions blame the north for their "imperialist law-breaking" ways.

October 20: TreLanka presents Security Council Resolution 54: Abolishing the AU Supreme Court.

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