THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1977. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER WORLD EVENTS, 1977. -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1977. -- EDITORIAL -- I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE SILVER JUBILEE -- CHAPTER 2 -- A LIBERAL-LABOUR PACT -- CHAPTER 3 -- WAGES AND PRICES -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE GRUNWICK AFFAIR -- CHAPTER 5 -- SOME DOMESTIC UPSETS -- CHAPTER 6 -- FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS -- 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 -- CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA -- CUBA -- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI -- MEXICO -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE CARIBBEAN -- COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN -- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO -- GUYANA -- JAMAICA -- BELIZE AND ANGUILLA -- BARBADOS -- ANTIGUA AND ST KITTS-NEVIS -- ST LUCIA -- DOMINICA -- ST VINCENT AND GRENADA -- SURINAM -- III. THE USSR, 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 -- 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 -- THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF 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 -- TOGO -- BENIN -- NIGER -- COMORO STATE -- EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- CHAD -- CAMEROON -- GABON -- CONGO -- CENTRAL AFRICAN EMPIRE -- 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 -- RHODESIA -- BOTSWANA -- LESOTHO -- SWAZILAND -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND NAMIBIA -- VIII. SOUTH ASIA AND INDIAN OCEAN -- CHAPTER 1 -- IRAN -- AFGHANISTAN -- CHAPTER 2 -- INDIA -- PAKISTAN -- BANGLADESH -- SRI LANKA -- NEPAL -- CHAPTER 3 -- SEYCHELLES -- MAURITIUS -- BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY -- MALAGASY REPUBLIC -- IX. SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIA -- CHAPTER 1 -- MALAYSIA AND BRUNEI -- SINGAPORE -- HONG KONG -- BURMA -- THAILAND -- INDONESIA -- PHILIPPINES -- VIETNAM -- CAMBODIA -- 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 NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES -- INTRODUCTION -- POLITICAL -- CONFERENCES -- ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- CHAPTER 3 -- DEFENCE NEGOTIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS -- TALKS ON MUTUAL FORCE REDUCTIONS -- THE SALT TALKS -- NATO -- THE WARSAW PACT -- CENTO -- ASEAN.

THE BELGRADE CONFERENCE -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER 5 -- COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION -- NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY -- EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION -- ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATIONAND DEVELOPMENT -- NORDIC COUNCIL -- COMECON -- CHAPTER 6 -- AFRICAN CONFERENCES AND INSTITUTIONS -- SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS -- CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATIONS -- XII. RELIGION -- XIII. THE SCIENCES -- CHAPTER 1 -- SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- XIV. 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 -- RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL -- SWIMMING -- ATHLETICS -- TENNIS -- BOXING -- GOLF -- MOTOR SPORT -- THE TURF -- ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL -- CRICKET -- XVII. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 1 -- BUSINESS INVESTMENT -- 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 REFERENCE -- DOCUMENTS -- CHARTER 77 -- THE CONSTITUTION OF THE USSR -- EURO-COMMUNIST DECLARATION -- CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA -- THE UNITED KINGDOM LABOUR ADMINISTRATION -- OBITUARY -- CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 1977 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.