THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 2004. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER ADVISORY BOARD -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ABBREVIATIONS OF NON-UN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS -- PREFACE -- EXTRACTS FROM PAST VOLUMES -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 2004. -- I. THE YEAR IN REVIEW -- II. WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE -- UNITED KINGDOM -- SCOTLAND -- WALES -- NORTHERN IRELAND -- REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -- GERMANY -- FRANCE -- ITALY -- BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, AND LUXEMBOURG -- NORDIC COUNTRIES -- AUSTRIA -- SWITZERLAND -- EUROPEAN MINI-STATES -- SPAIN -- GIBRALTAR -- PORTUGAL -- MALTA -- GREECE -- CYPRUS -- TURKEY -- III. CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- POLAND -- ESTONIA-LATVIA-LITHUANIA -- CZECH REPUBLIC -- SLOVAKIA -- HUNGARY -- ROMANIA -- BULGARIA -- ALBANIA -- BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA -- CROATIA -- MACEDONIA -- SLOVENIA -- SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO -- RUSSIA -- BELARUS-UKRAINE-MOLDOVA -- ARMENIA-GEORGIA-AZERBAIJAN -- IV. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- RESULTS OF US PRESIDENTIAL AND LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- RESULTS OF US PRESIDENTIAL AND LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- CANADA -- MEXICO -- CENTRAL AMERICA -- CUBA, JAMAICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC & HAITI -- WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS -- BARBADOS, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, THE BAHAMAS -- GUYANA, BELIZE AND SURINAME -- UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES -- NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA -- US DEPENDENCIES -- BRAZIL -- PARAGUAY-URUGUAY-CHILE-PERU-BOLIVIA-ECUADOR-COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA -- V. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- ISRAEL -- ARGENTINA -- PALESTINE AND THE ARAB WORLD -- EGYPT -- JORDAN -- SYRIA -- LEBANON -- IRAQ -- SAUDI ARABIA -- YEMEN -- ARAB STATES OF THE GULF -- SUDAN -- LIBYA -- TUNISIA -- ALGERIA -- MOROCCO -- WESTERN SAHARA -- VI. EQUATORIAL AFRICA -- HORN OF AFRICA-KENYA-TANZANIA-UGANDA -- ETHIOPIA-ERITREA-SOMALIA-DJIBOUTI -- KENYA -- TANZANIA -- UGANDA -- NIGERIA -- GHANA-SIERRA LEONE-THE GAMBIA-LIBERIA.

WEST AFRICAN FRANCOPHONE STATES-CENTRAL AFRICAN FRANC ZONE -- SENEGAL-MAURITANIA-MALI-GUINEA-CÔTE D'IVOIRE- BURKINA FASO-TOGO-BENIN-NIGER -- CHAD-CAMEROON-GABON-CONGO-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- GUINEA-BISSAU-CAPE VERDE-SÃO TOME & PRÍNCIPE -- VII. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA -- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO -- BURUNDI AND RWANDA -- MOZAMBIQUE -- ANGOLA -- ZAMBIA -- MALAWI -- ZIMBABWE -- BOTSWANA-LESOTHO-NAMBIA-SWAZILAND -- SOUTH AFRICA -- VIII. SOUTH ASIA AND INDIAN OCEAN -- IRAN -- AFGHANISTAN -- KAZAKHSTAN-TURKMENISTAN-UZBERKISTAN- KYRGYZSTAN-TAJIKISTAN -- INDIA-PAKISTAN-BANGLADESH-SRI LANKA-NEPAL-BHUTAN -- INDIAN OCEAN STATES -- IX. SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIA -- SOUTH-EAST ASIAN STATES -- BURMA (MYANMAR)-THAILAND-MALAYSIA-BRUNEI-SINGAPORE-VIETNAM-CAMBODIA-LAOS -- INDONESIA-EAST TIMOR-PHILIPPINES -- EAST ASIAN STATES -- PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA-HONG KONG-TAIWAN -- JAPAN -- SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA -- MONGOLIA -- X. AUSTRALASIA AND THE PACIFIC -- AUSTRALIA -- PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- NEW ZEALAND -- PACIFIC ISLAND STATES -- XI. INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS -- UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES -- UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS 2004. -- UNITED NATIONS POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING MISSIONS 2004. -- DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS -- ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- FRANCOPHONE AND PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES -- NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- ORGANISATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) -- EUROPEAN UNION -- EU MEMBERSHIP -- THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE) -- EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) -- OTHER EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS -- ARAB ORGANISATIONS -- AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS AND CONFERENCES -- ASIA-PACIFIC ORGANISATIONS -- AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORGANISATIONS -- XII. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY -- XIII. THE SCIENCES.

SCIENTIFIC, INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE -- XIV. THE LAW -- INTERNATIONAL LAW -- EUROPEAN UNION LAW -- LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- LAW IN THE USA -- XV. RELIGION -- XVI. THE ARTS -- OPERA -- MUSIC -- BALLET AND DANCE -- THEATRE -- CINEMA -- TELEVISION AND RADIO -- VISUAL ARTS -- LITERATURE -- XVII. SPORT -- XVIII. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT -- THE HUTTON INQUIRY: STATEMENT BY LORD HUTTON -- EXTRACTS FROM BUTLER REPORT -- UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1546 (2004) -- INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ADVISORY OPINION ON ILLEGALITY OF ISRAEL'S WALL IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES -- DRAFT EU CONSTITUTION: PREAMBLE AND TITLE 1 -- UNITED KINGDOM LABOUR GOVERNMENT -- UNITED STATES REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION -- INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS: POPULATION, GDP AND GROWTH -- XIX. OBITUARY -- XX. CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 2004 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.