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• Afghanistan: Major improvements are made in the effort to rehabilitate Afghanistan's education system and related infrastructure by increasing student enrollment and number of teachers trained.
• Canada, Mexico and U.S. establish the Avian and Pandemic Influenza Coordinating Body to ensure governments act in a coordinated manner to meet a potential pandemic threat.
• China: U.S. and China continue to build cooperative ties and advance China's role in reducing tensions in the East Asia and Pacific region.
• Colombia: Colombian security forces continue to have a strong presence, drug seizures reach a record high and advances are made in the areas of democracy, human rights, development, justice sector reform and humanitarian assistance.
• DRC: In July 2006, the Democratic Republic of the Congo holds its first competitive national elections since 1960.
• Ghana: Ghana's strong record of good governance and pro-growth policies leads to signing of the largest MCC compact to date on August 1, 2006.
• Haiti: Haiti holds transparent national elections and U.S. assistance efforts concentrate in the areas of health, democracy, education and economic growth.
• India: India and the United States reach an agreement regarding civilian nuclear cooperation that will foster economic and technological development and will strengthen the partnership between the world's largest and oldest democracies.
• Indonesia: U.S.-trained Indonesian counterterrorism unit (Special Detachment 88) locate and capture Azahari bin Husin, who was linked to both the Bali and Jakarta bombings.
• Iraq: International recognition and exchange increases, including through the opening of embassies in Iraq.
• Israel/Palestine: The U.S., U.N, EU and the Russian Federation (the Quartet) reaffirm their commitment to achieve lasting peace and security for Israel and Palestine.
• Lebanon: The Lebanon crisis receives a multilateral response.
• Malta, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia graduate from the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program and U.S. assistance for a total of 11 countries.
• North Korea: The U.S. and the international community work towards a diplomatic solution to end North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
• Oman: The Government of Oman amends laws, formally establishes labor unions and successfully implements a trade agreement with the U.S.

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