THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1979. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER A RECORD OF WORLD EVENTS 1979. -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ANNUAL REGISTER FOR THE YEAR 1979 -- EDITORIAL -- I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 1 -- A WINTER OF DISCONTENT -- CHAPTER 2 -- DEATH-THROES OF A PARLIAMENT -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE GENERAL ELECTION -- CHAPTER 4 -- A CHANGE OF DIRECTION -- CHAPTER 5 -- GOVERNMENT AND TRADE UNIONS -- CHAPTER 6 -- AGONIES OF THE LABOUR PARTY -- CHAPTER 7 -- THE AUTUMN SESSION -- CHAPTER 8 -- FOURTH MAN AND FOURTH ESTATE -- CHAPTER 9 -- FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 10 -- SCOTLAND -- CHAPTER 11 -- WALES -- CHAPTER 12 -- 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 -- BARBADOS -- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO -- GRENADA -- DOMINICA -- ST LUCIA -- ST KITTS-NEVIS -- ANTIGUA -- THE BAHAMAS -- BELIZE -- ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES -- SURINAME -- III. THE USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1 -- 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 -- 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 -- SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE -- MOZAMBIQUE -- ANGOLA -- CHAPTER 2 -- ZAMBIA -- MALAWI -- ZIMBABWE RHODESIA -- NAMIBIA -- BOTSWANA -- LESOTHO -- SWAZILAND -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA -- VII. 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 -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE UNITED NATION AND ITS AGENCIES -- POLITICAL -- ECONOMIC -- SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN -- OTHER ISSUES -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- CHAPTER 3.

DEFENCE ORGANIZATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS -- THE GLOBAL SCENE -- THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION -- THE WARSAW TREATY ORGANIZATION -- THE CENTRAL TREATY ORGANIZATION -- MUTUAL FORCE REDUCTIONS -- THE STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TALKS -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER 5 -- COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION -- NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY -- EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AREA -- ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATIONAND DEVELOPMENT -- NORDIC COUNCIL -- COMECON -- CHAPTER 6 -- AFRICAN CONFERENCES AND INSTITUTIONS -- ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS -- 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 -- THE THEATRE -- MUSIC -- THE CINEMA -- TELEVISION AND RADIO -- CHAPTER 2 -- ART -- ARCHITECTURE -- FASHION -- CHAPTER 3 -- LITERATURE -- XVI. SPORT -- ATHLETICS -- BOXING -- CRICKET -- ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL -- GOLF -- MOTOR SPORT -- RUGBY FOOTBALL -- SWIMMING -- TENNIS -- THE TURF -- XVII. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE RESPONSE TO COSTLIER OIL -- CHAPTER 2 -- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES -- CHAPTER 4 -- 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 REFERENCE -- DOCUMENTS -- TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT -- COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING IN LUSAKA 1-7 AUGUST 1979 -- REPORT OF THE LONDON CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE ON RHODESIA(CMND. 7802).

THE POPE IN POLAND AND IRELAND -- THE UNITED KINGDOM LABOUR ADMINISTRATION -- THE UNITED KINGDOM CONSERVATIVE ADMINISTRATION -- OBITUARY -- CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 1979 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.