THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 2010. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER ADVISORY BOARD -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER WORLD EVENTS 2010. -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- MAJOR WORLD EVENTS FROM THE ANNUAL REGISTER ARCHIVE -- EXTRACTS FROM PAST VOLUMES -- PREFACE -- I. OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR -- 2010: 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 -- LATVIA-LITHUANIA-ESTONIA -- CZECH REPUBLIC -- SLOVAKIA -- HUNGARY -- ROMANIA -- BULGARIA -- ALBANIA -- MACEDONIA -- KOSOVO -- SERBIA -- MONTENEGRO -- BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA -- CROATIA -- SLOVENIA -- RUSSIA -- BELARUS-UKRAINE-MOLDOVA -- ARMENIA-GEORGIA-AZERBAIJAN -- IV. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES US MIDTERM ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 2010 -- SENATE US MIDTERM ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 2010 -- GOVERNORS US MIDTERM ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 2010 -- DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL DISASTER -- CANADA -- MEXICO -- CENTRAL AMERICA -- HAITI, CUBA, JAMAICA, AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS -- BARBADOS, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, THE BAHAMAS -- GUYANA, BELIZE, AND SURINAME -- UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES -- THE DUTCH TERRITORIES -- THE US CARIBBEAN -- BRAZIL -- ARGENTINA -- PARAGUAY-URUGUAY -- CHILE -- PERU -- BOLIVIA -- ECUADOR -- COLOMBIA -- VENEZUELA -- V. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- ISRAEL -- PALESTINE -- ISRAELI ATTACK ON AID FLOTILLA TO GAZA -- EGYPT -- JORDAN -- SYRIA -- LEBANON -- IRAQ -- SAUDI ARABIA -- YEMEN.

ARAB STATES OF THE GULF -- SUDAN -- LIBYA -- TUNISIA -- ALGERIA -- MOROCCO -- WESTERN SAHARA -- VI. EQUATORIAL AFRICA -- 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'LVOIRE- BURKINA FASO-TOGO-BENIN-NIGER -- CAMEROON-CHAD-GABON-CONGO-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- CAPE VERDE-GUINEA-BISSAU-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-THAILAND-MALAYSIA-BRUNEI-SINGAPORE-VIETNAM-CAMBODIA-LAOS -- INDONESIA-PHILIPPINES-EAST TIMOR -- PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA-HONG KONG-TAIWAN -- JAPAN -- SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA -- NORTH-SOUTH KOREA MILITARY CONFRONTATION 2010 -- 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 2010 -- UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS 2010 CONTINUED -- NOTES. -- UNITED NATIONS POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING MISSIONS 2010 -- UNITED NATIONS POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING MISSIONS 2010 CONTINUED.

UNITED NATIONS POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING MISSIONS 2010 CONTINUED -- NOTES. -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS REGIMES 2010 CONTINUED -- NOTES. -- DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS -- ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS -- OTHER WORLD ORGANISATIONS -- DEFENCE AND ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF FRANCOPHONIE -- NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS -- THE EUROPEAN UNION -- EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS -- AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORGANISATIONS -- ARAB ORGANISATIONS -- AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS AND CONFERENCES -- EURASIAN ORGANISATIONS -- ASIA-PACIFIC ORGANISATIONS -- XII. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IN 2010 -- XIII. THE SCIENCES -- SCIENTIFIC, INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- XIV. THE LAW -- INTERNATIONAL LAW -- EUROPEAN UNION LAW -- LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- LAW IN THE USA -- XV. RELIGION -- XVI. THE ARTS -- OPERA -- CLASSICAL MUSIC -- ROCK AND POP MUSIC -- BALLET AND DANCE -- NEW YORK AND LONDON THEATRE -- CINEMA -- TELEVISION AND RADIO -- VISUAL ARTS -- ARCHITECTURE -- LITERATURE -- XVII. SPORT -- XVIII. OBITUARY -- XIX. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE -- NEW START NUCLEAR ARMS REDUCTION TREATY BETWEEN USA AND RUSSIA -- US NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW REPORT APRIL 2010: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

CLOSING COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE WASHINGTON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT -- NATO STRATEGIC CONCEPT 2010 -- UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1929 (2010): ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON IRAN -- REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN ADDRESS TO THE NATION ON THE END OF COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAQ -- REPORT OF DUTCH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO DECISION MAKING CONCERNING IRAQ: CONCLUSIONS (DAVIDS COMMISSION) -- LETTER FROM LORD GOLDSMITH TO TONY BLAIR, JANUARY 2003, ON LEGALITY OF MILTARY ACTION IN IRAQ -- FOREWORD TO UK COALITION GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMME -- EUROPEAN STABILISATION MECHANISM TO PRESERVE FINANCIAL STABILITY -- SERBIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DECLARATION CONDEMNING 1995 SREBRENICA MASSACRE -- EL SALVADOR PRESIDENT'S SPEECH ON ANNIVERSARY OF MURDER OF ARCHBISHOP ROMERO -- BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'S APOLOGY FOR THE EVENTS OF "BLOODY SUNDAY" IN NORTHERN IRELAND, 1972 -- UNITED KINGDOM COALITION GOVERNMENT -- UNITED STATES DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION -- THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION -- NOBEL LAUREATES 2010 -- INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS: POPULATION, GDP AND GROWTH -- XX. CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 2010 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.