Topic summary
November 2001
Extracted from the Wikipedia article 2001.
November
- November – The World Trade Organization begins the Doha Development Round to negotiate lower trade barriers between countries and integrate developing nations into the global economy.
- November 1 – An interim government in Burundi begins the peace process for the Burundian Civil War.
- November 4 – Hurricane Michelle hits Cuba, where the storm is the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the island in more than 49 years. It is the costliest hurricane in Cuban history to this point with an estimated $2 billion in damage.
- November 7 – Sabena, the national airline of Belgium, goes bankrupt.
- November 9 – 2001 Special Operations Unit mutiny: In Yugoslavia, the Special Operations Unit mutinies in opposition to the government's cooperation with the ICTY.
- November 10
- 2001 Australian federal election: The Coalition government, led by John Howard, is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.
- Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif: American and Northern Alliance forces take Mazar-i-Sharif in the first major offensive of the War in Afghanistan.