THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1982 -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER A RECORD OF WORLD EVENTS 1982. -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- ANNUAL REGISTER FOR THE YEAR 1982 -- EDITORIAL -- I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 1 -- WAR IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC -- CHAPTER 2 -- A DIVIDED OPPOSITION -- CHAPTER 3 -- GOVERNMENT POLICIES -- CHAPTER 4 -- DEPRESSION AND DISPUTE -- CHAPTER 5 -- FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 6 -- FOR THE RECORD -- 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 -- CUBA -- THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI -- CENTRAL AMERICA -- MEXICO -- CHAPTER4 -- THE CARIBBEAN -- JAMAICA -- GRENADA -- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO -- BARBADOS -- GUYANA -- ST LUCIA -- ST KITTS-NEVIS -- DOMINICA -- ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES -- ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA -- THE BAHAMAS -- ANGUILLA -- BELIZE -- BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS -- SURINAME -- III. THE USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1 -- THE USSR -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC -- 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 -- THE 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 -- THE ARAB GULF STATES -- 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 -- MAURITANIA -- SENEGAL -- GUINEA -- MALI -- IVORY COAST -- UPPER VOLTA -- TOGO -- BENIN -- NIGER -- CAMEROON -- CHAD -- GABON -- CONGO -- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC -- EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- VII. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA -- CHAPTER 1 -- ZAÏRE -- RWANDA AND BURUNDI -- GUINEA-BISSAU AND CAPE VERDE -- SÃO TOME AND PRINCIPE -- MOZAMBIQUE -- ANGOLA -- CHAPTER 2 -- ZAMBIA -- MALAWI -- ZIMBABWE -- NAMIBIA -- BOTSWANA -- LESOTHO -- SWAZILAND -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA -- 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 -- COMORO STATE -- IX. SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIA -- CHAPTER 1 -- BURMA -- THAILAND -- MALAYSIA AND BRUNEI -- SINGAPORE -- INDONESIA -- PHILIPPINES -- VIETNAM -- KAMPUCHEA -- LAOS -- HONG KONG -- 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 -- POLITICAL -- GLOBAL ISSUES -- ECONOMIC -- SOCIAL -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE COMMONWEALTH -- CHAPTER 3 -- DEFENCE ORGANIZATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS -- CHAPTER 4 -- THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER 5 -- COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION -- THE NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY -- EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION.

ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT -- NORDIC COUNCIL -- COMECON -- CHAPTER 6 -- AFRICAN CONFERENCES AND ORGANIZATIONS -- SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS -- 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 -- ENVIRONMENT -- IV. THE LAW -- CHAPTER 1 -- INTERNATIONAL LAW -- EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW -- CHAPTER 2 -- LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- XV. THE ARTS -- CHAPTER 1 -- OPERA -- BALLET -- THEATRE -- MUSIC -- THE CINEMA -- TELEVISION AND RADIO -- CHAPTER 2 -- ART -- ARCHITECTURE -- FASHION -- CHAPTER 3 -- LITERATURE -- XVI. SPORT -- XVII. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER 1 -- CRISIS IN WORLD FINANCE AND TRADE -- CHAPTER 2 -- THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY -- CHAPTER 3 -- THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES -- CHAPTER 4 -- ECONOMY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER 5 -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DATA -- A. THE UNITED KINGDOM -- B. THE UNITED STATES -- C. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS -- XVIII. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE -- DOCUMENTS -- THE FALKLANDS WAR -- WAR IN LEBANON, AND ISRAEL-ARAB RELATIONS -- ROMAN-CATHOLIC-ANGLICAN DECLARATION -- THE UNITED KINGDOM CONSERVATIVE ADMINISTRATION -- OBITUARY -- CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 1982 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.