THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 2006. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER WORLD EVENTS 2006 -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- PREFACE -- EXTRACTS FROM PAST VOLUMES -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 2006. -- I. THE YEAR IN REVIEW -- II. WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE -- UNITED KINGDOM -- SCOTLAND -- WALES -- NORTHERN IRELAND -- REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -- GERMANY -- FRANCE -- ITALY -- BELGIUM, THE 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 -- MONTENEGRO -- RUSSIA -- BELARUS-UKRAINE-MOLDOVA -- ARMENIA-GEORGIA-AZERBAIJAN -- IV. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- USA: MID-TERM ELECTIONS -- CANADA -- MEXICO -- CENTRAL AMERICA -- CUBA, JAMAICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI -- WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS -- BARBADOS, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, THE BAHAMAS -- GUYANA, BELIZE, AND SURINAME -- UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES -- NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA -- US DEPENDENCIES -- BRAZIL -- ARGENTINA -- PARAGUAY-URUGUAY-CHILE-PERU-BOLIVIA-ECUADOR-COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA -- V. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- ISRAEL -- PALESTINE -- EGYPT -- JORDAN -- SYRIA -- LEBANON -- LEBANON: ISRAEL-HEZBULLAH CONFLICT -- 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-CÕTE D'lVOIRE- BURKINA FASO-TOGO-BENIN-NIGER -- CAMEROON-CHAD-GABON-CONGO-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- GUINEA-BISSAU-CAPE VERDE-SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE -- VII. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA -- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO -- BURUNDI AND RWANDA -- MOZAMBIQUE -- ANGOLA -- ZAMBIA -- MALAWI -- ZIMBABWE -- BOTSWANA-LESOTHO-NAMIBIA-SWAZILAND -- SOUTH AFRICA -- VIII. SOUTH ASIA AND INDIAN OCEAN -- IRAN -- AFGHANISTAN -- KAZAKHSTAN-TURKMENISTAN-UZBEKISTAN- KYRGYZSTAN-TAJIKISTAN -- INDIA-PAKISTAN-BANGLADESH-SRI LANKA-NEPAL-BHUTAN -- INDIAN OCEAN STATES -- IX. SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIA -- BURMA (MYANMAR)-THAILAND-MALAYSIA-BRUNEI-SINGAPORE- VIETNAM-CAMBODIA-LAOS -- INDONESIA-EAST TIMOR-PHILIPPINES -- 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 2006 -- UNITED NATIONS POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING MISSIONS 2006. -- 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 -- THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- PACE REASERCH ON ALLEGED CIA "RENDITION" PROGRAMME -- ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE(OSCE) -- EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT(EBRD) -- OTHER EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS -- AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORGANISATIONS -- ARAB ORGANISATIONS -- AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS AND CONFERENCES -- EURASIAN ORGANISATIONS -- ASIA-PACIFIC ORGANISATIONS -- XII. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IN 2006 -- XIII. THE SCIENCES -- SCIENTIFIC, INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

THE ENVIRONMENT -- PROJECTED CHANGE IN ARCTIC SEA-ICE AND PERMAFROST 2090 -- 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 -- ARCHITECTURE -- LITERATURE -- XVII. SPORT -- XVIII. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE -- INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION GENERAL ASSEMBLY CLASSIFICATION OF PLUTO AS "DWARF PLANET" -- PACE RESOLUTION ON ALLEGED SECRET DETENTIONS AND UNLAWFUL INTER-STATE TRANSFERS OF DETAINEES -- UNSC RESOLUTION 1701 ISRAEL-LEBANON CEASEFIRE -- NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE "TRENDS IN GLOBAL TERRORISM" -- ADDRESS BY US PRESIDENT ON ANNIVERSARY OF 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 -- IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1737 (2006) -- SPEECH BY PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD ANNOUNCING THAT IRAN HAD SUCCESSFULLY ENRICHED URANIUM -- UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 NON-BINDING SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA -- UNSC RESOLUTION 1718 BINDING SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA -- DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO -- STERN REVIEW: THE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: -- UNITED KINGDOM LABOUR GOVERNMENT -- UNITED STATES REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION -- MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION -- NOBEL LAUREATES 2006 -- INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS: POPULATION, GDP AND GROWTH (2006) -- XIX. OBITUARY -- XX. CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 2006 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.