THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1988. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER : A RECORD OF WORLD EVENTS, 1988 -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1988. -- EDITORIAL -- ETHNIC AND COMMUNAL CONFLICT -- I. UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 1 -- HEALTH AND WEALTH -- CHAPTER 2 -- POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY -- CHAPTER 3 -- LEGISLATIVE CONTROVERSIES -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE OPPOSITION PARTIES-FUTURE OBSCURE -- CHAPTER 5 -- THE FINAL QUARTER -- CHAPTER 6 -- INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 7 -- SCOTLAND -- CHAPTER 8 -- WALES -- CHAPTER 9 -- NORTHERN IRELAND -- II. THE AMERICAS AND CARIBBEAN -- CHAPTER 1 -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- CHAPTER 2 -- CANADA -- CHAPTER 3 -- LATIN AMERICA -- ARGENTINA -- BOLIVIA -- BRAZIL -- CHILE -- COLOMBIA -- ECUADOR -- PARAGUAY -- PERU -- URUGUAY -- VENEZUELA -- CUBA -- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI -- CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA -- MEXICO -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE CARIBBEAN -- JAMAICA -- GUYANA -- TRINIDAD & TOBAGO -- BARBADOS -- BELIZE -- GRENADA -- THE BAHAMAS -- WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS -- SURINAME -- III. THE USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1 -- UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS -- CHAPTER 2 -- GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC -- POLAND -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- HUNGARY -- ROMANIA -- BULGARIA -- YUGOSLAVIA -- ALBANIA -- MONGOLIA -- IV. WESTERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1 -- FRANCE -- FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY -- ITALY -- BELGIUM -- THE NETHERLANDS -- LUXEMBOURG -- REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -- CHAPTER 2 -- DENMARK -- ICELAND -- NORWAY -- SWEDEN -- FINLAND -- AUSTRIA -- SWITZERLAND -- CHAPTER 3 -- SPAIN -- PORTUGAL -- GIBRALTAR -- MALTA -- GREECE -- CYPRUS -- TURKEY -- V. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- CHAPTER 1 -- ISRAEL -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE ARAB WORLD -- EGYPT -- JORDAN -- SYRIA -- LEBANON -- IRAQ -- CHAPTER 3 -- SAUDI ARABIA -- YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC.

PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN -- ARAB STATES OF THE GULF -- CHAPTER 4 -- SUDAN -- LIBYA -- TUNISIA -- WESTERN SAHARA -- ALGERIA -- MOROCCO -- VI. EQUATORIAL AFRICA -- CHAPTER 1 -- ETHIOPIA -- SOMALIA -- DJIBOUTI -- KENYA -- TANZANIA -- UGANDA -- CHAPTER 2 -- GHANA -- NIGERIA -- SIERRA LEONE -- THE GAMBIA -- LIBERIA -- CHAPTER 3 -- SENEGAL -- GUINEA -- MALI -- MAURITANIA -- CÔTE D'TVOIRE -- BURKINA FASO -- NIGER -- TOGO AND BENIN -- CAMEROON -- CHAD -- GABON AND CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC -- CONGO -- EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- VII. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA -- CHAPTER 1 -- ZAÏRE -- RWANDA AND BURUNDI -- GUINEA-BISSAU AND CAPE VERDE -- SÄO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE -- MOZAMBIQUE -- ANGOLA -- CHAPTER 2 -- ZAMBIA -- MALAWI -- ZIMBABWE -- NAMIBIA -- BOTSWANA -- LESOTHO -- SWAZILAND -- CHAPTER 3 -- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA -- VIII. SOUTH ASIA AND INDIAN OCEAN -- CHAPTER 1 -- IRAN -- AFGHANISTAN -- CHAPTER 2 -- INDIA -- PAKISTAN -- BANGLADESH -- SRI LANKA -- NEPAL -- CHAPTER 3 -- SEYCHELLES -- MAURITIUS -- MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS -- MALDIVES -- IX. SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIA -- CHAPTER 1 -- BURMA -- THAILAND -- MALAYSIA -- BRUNEI -- SINGAPORE -- INDONESIA -- PHILIPPINES -- VIETNAM -- KAMPUCHEA -- LAOS -- CHAPTER 2 -- PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA -- TAIWAN -- HONG KONG -- JAPAN -- SOUTH KOREA -- NORTH KOREA -- X. AUSTRALASIA AND SOUTH PACIFIC -- CHAPTER 1 -- AUSTRALIA -- PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- CHAPTER 2 -- NEW ZEALAND -- CHAPTER 3 -- SOUTH PACIFIC -- XI. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES -- POLITICAL -- OTHER UN ACTIVITIES AND AGENCIES -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER 4 -- ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT -- COUNCIL FOR MUTUAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE -- NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT -- CHAPTER 5 -- COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION.

EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION -- NORDIC COUNCIL -- CHAPTER 6 -- AFRICAN CONFERENCES AND ORGANIZATIONS -- SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION -- SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS -- SOUTH PACIFIC REGIONAL COOPERATION -- ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES -- CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATIONS -- XII. DEFENCE AND ARMS CONTROL -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE ARMS TRADE -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE CENTRAL BALANCE -- CHAPTER 3 -- NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT -- XIII. RELIGION -- XIV. THE SCIENCES -- CHAPTER 1 -- MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 2 -- TECHNOLOGY -- CHAPTER 3 -- ENVIRONMENT -- XV. THE LAW -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTERNATIONAL LAW -- EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW -- CHAPTER 2 -- LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 3 -- LAW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- XVI. THE ARTS -- CHAPTER 1 -- OPERA -- MUSIC -- DANCE/BALLET -- THEATRE -- CINEMA -- TELEVISION AND RADIO -- CHAPTER 2 -- ART -- ARCHITECTURE -- FASHION -- CHAPTER 3 -- LITERATURE -- XVII. SPORT -- XVIII. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE INTERNATIONAL DEBT CRISIS -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 5 -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DATA -- A. THE UNITED KINGDOM -- B. THE UNITED STATES -- C. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS -- XIX. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE -- DOCUMENTS -- HOUSE OF LORDS' 'SPYCATCHER' JUDGMENT AND THE LAW OF CONFIDENTIALITY -- NATO SUMMIT DECLARATION -- GENEVA AGREEMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN -- DECLARATIONS OF PALESTINE NATIONAL COUNCIL -- MIKHAIL GORBACHEV'S UN ADDRESS -- NAMIBIAN INDEPENDENCE AGREEMENTS -- THE UNITED KINGDOM CONSERVATIVE CABINET -- THE UNITED STATES REPUBLICAN CABINET -- OBITUARY -- CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 1988 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.