THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1980. -- ANNUAL REGISTER A RECORDS OF WORLD EVENTS 1980. -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ANNUAL REGISTER FOR THE YEAR 1980 -- EDITORIAL -- I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 1 -- ECONOMIC DECLINE -- CHAPTER 2 -- FISSURES IN THE LABOUR PARTY -- CHAPTER 3 -- AUTUMN STORMS -- CHAPTER 4 -- WORLD AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 5 -- ROUGH WEATHER IN FLEET STREET -- CHAPTER 6 -- MISCELLANY -- CHAPTER 7 -- SCOTLAND -- CHAPTER 8 -- WALES -- CHAPTER 9 -- NORTHERN IRELAND -- II. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- CHAPTER 2 -- CANADA -- CHAPTER 3 -- LATIN AMERICA -- ARGENTINA -- BOLIVIA -- BRAZIL -- CHILE -- COLOMBIA -- ECUADOR -- PARAGUAY -- PERU -- URUGUAY -- VENEZUELA -- CUBA -- THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI -- CENTRAL AMERICA -- MEXICO -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE CARIBBEAN -- GUYANA -- JAMAICA -- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO -- GRENADA -- DOMINICA -- ST LUCIA -- ST KITTS-NEVIS -- ANGUILLA -- ANTIGUA -- THE BAHAMAS -- BELIZE -- ST VINCENT -- TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS -- SURINAME -- III. THE USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER1 -- THE USSR -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC -- POLAND -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- HUNGARY -- ROMANIA -- BULGARIA -- YUGOSLAVIA -- ALBANIA -- MONGOLIA -- IV. WESTERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1 -- FRANCE -- THE 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 -- MALTA -- GIBRALTAR -- GREECE -- CYPRUS -- TURKEY -- V. THE 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.

KUWAIT -- BAHREIN -- QATAR -- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- OMAN -- 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 -- MAURITANIA -- MALI -- GUINEA -- IVORY COAST -- UPPER VOLTA -- NIGER -- BENIN -- TOGO -- CAMEROON -- GABON -- CHAD -- PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO -- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC -- EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- VII. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE REPUBLIC OF ZAIRE -- RWANDA AND BURUNDI -- GUINEA-BISSAU AND CAPE VERDE -- SÀO TOME AND PRINCIPE -- MOZAMBIQUE -- ANGOLA -- CHAPTER 2 -- ZAMBIA -- MALAWI -- ZIMBABWE -- NAMIBIA -- BOTSWANA -- LESOTHO -- SWAZILAND -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE 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 AND BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY -- MALAGASY -- COMORO STATE -- IX. SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIA -- CHAPTER 1 -- MALAYSIA AND BRUNEI -- SINGAPORE -- HONG KONG -- BURMA -- THAILAND -- INDONESIA -- PHILIPPINES -- VIETNAM -- KAMPUCHEA -- LAOS -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHINA -- TAIWAN -- JAPAN -- SOUTH KOREA -- NORTH KOREA -- X. AUSTRALASIA AND SOUTH PACIFIC -- CHAPTER 1 -- AUSTRALIA -- PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- CHAPTER 2 -- NEW ZEALAND -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE SOUTH PACIFIC -- XI. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- CHAPTER1 -- THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES -- POLITICAL -- ECONOMIC -- SOCIAL -- OTHER ISSUES -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- CHAPTER 3 -- DEFENCE ORGANIZATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS -- THE GLOBAL SCENE -- THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION -- THE WARSAW TREATY ORGANIZATION -- MUTUAL FORCE REDUCTIONS -- ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS.

THE CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (CSCE) -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER 5 -- COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION -- NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY -- EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION -- ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT -- NORDIC COUNCIL -- COMECON -- CHAPTER 6 -- AFRICAN CONFERENCES AND INSTITUTIONS -- SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ORGANISATIONS -- CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATIONS -- THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES -- CHAPTER 7 -- THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT -- XII. RELIGION -- XIII. THE SCIENCES -- CHAPTER 1 -- SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- XIV. THE LAW -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTERNATIONAL LAW -- EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW -- CHAPTER 2 -- LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- XV. THE ARTS -- CHAPTER 1 -- OPERA -- BALLET -- THEATRE -- MUSIC -- CINEMA -- TELEVISION AND RADIO -- CHAPTER 2 -- ART -- ARCHITECTURE -- FASHION -- CHAPTER 3 -- LITERATURE -- XVI. SPORT -- OLYMPIC GAMES -- WINTER OLYMPICS -- ATHLETICS -- BOXING -- CRICKET -- ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL -- GOLF -- MOTOR SPORT -- RUGBY UNION -- SWIMMING -- TENNIS -- THE TURF -- XVII. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 1 -- WORLD-WIDE UNEMPLOYMENT -- CHAPTER 2 -- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- NOTES ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DATA -- CHAPTER 5 -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DATA -- A. THE UNITED KINGDOM -- B. THE UNITED STATES -- C. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS -- XVIII. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCES -- DOCUMENTS -- THE BRANDT REPORT -- UNIVERSAL ISLAMIC DECLARATION -- POLISH TRADE UNIONS: THE GDANSK AGREEMENT -- THATCHER-HAUGHEY TALKS IN DUBLIN -- THE UNITED KINGDOM CONSERVATIVE ADMINISTRATION -- OBITUARY -- CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 1980 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER.

DECEMBER -- INDEX.