The annual register : a record of world events in 1986 / edited by H. V. Hodson ; assisted by Verena Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hodson, H. V.

Hoffman, Verena.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--20th century--Periodicals.

Great Britain.

England--Periodicals.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (594 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Essex, England : Longman, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1986

THE ANNUAL REGISTER : A RECORD OF WORLD EVENT, 1986

CONTENTS

CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE ANNUAL REGISTER

ANNUAL REGISTER, 1986.

EDITORIAL

I. THE UNITED KINGDOM

CHAPTER 1

THE LOOM OF AN ELECTION

CHAPTER 2

FATEFUL DAYS FOR FLEET STREET AND THE CITY

CHAPTER 3

ROYAL JOY AND EMBARRASSMENT

CHAPTER 4

THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME

CHAPTER 5

A CONTROVERSIAL SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP

CHAPTER 6

TOWN HALLS UNDER FIRE

CHAPTER 7

POLITICS, PENSIONS AND POLICE

CHAPTER 8

SCOTLAND

CHAPTER 9

WALES

CHAPTER 10

NORTHERN IRELAND

II. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CANADA

LATIN AMERICA

ARGENTINA

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

CHILE

COLOMBIA

ECUADOR

PARAGUAY

PERU

URUGUAY

VENEZUELA

CUBA

THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI

CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA

MEXICO

JAMAICA

GUYANA

TRINIDAD &amp

TOBAGO

BARBADOS

BELIZE

GRENADA

THE BAHAMAS

THE LEEWARD &amp

WINDWARD ISLANDS

SURINAME

III. THE USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE

THE USSR

THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

POLAND

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

HUNGARY

ROMANIA

BULGARIA

YUGOSLAVIA

ALBANIA

MONGOLIA

IV. WESTERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EUROPE

FRANCE

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

ITALY

BELGIUM

THE NETHERLANDS

LUXEMBOURG

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

DENMARK

ICELAND

NORWAY

SWEDEN

FINLAND

AUSTRIA

SWITZERLAND

SPAIN

PORTUGAL

GIBRALTAR

MALTA

GREECE

TURKEY

CYPRUS

V. THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

ISRAEL

THE ARAB WORLD

EGYPT

JORDAN

SYRIA

LEBANON

IRAQ

SAUDI ARABIA

YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC.

THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN

THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF

SUDAN

LIBYA

TUNISIA

WESTERN SAHARA

ALGERIA

MOROCCO

VI. EQUATORIAL AFRICA

ETHIOPIA

SOMALIA

DJIBOUTI

KENYA

TANZANIA

UGANDA

GHANA

NIGERIA

SIERRA LEONE

THE GAMBIA

LIBERIA

SENEGAL

GUINEA

MALI

MAURITANIA

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

BURKINA FASO

NIGER

TOGO

BENIN

CAMEROON

CHAD

GABON

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CONGO

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

VII. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

ZAÏRE

RWANDA AND BURUNDI

GUINEA-BISSAU AND CAPE VERDE

SÄO TOMÉ &amp

PRÍNCIPE

MOZAMBIQUE

ANGOLA

ZAMBIA

MALAWI

ZIMBABWE

NAMIBIA

BOTSWANA

LESOTHO

SWAZILAND

THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

VIII. SOUTH ASIA AND INDIAN OCEAN

IRAN

AFGHANISTAN

INDIA

PAKISTAN

BANGLADESH

SRI LANKA

NEPAL

SEYCHELLES

MAURITIUS

MALAGASY AND COMORO STATE

IX. SOUTH-EAST AND EAST ASIA

BURMA

THAILAND

MALAYSIA

BRUNEI

SINGAPORE

INDONESIA

PHILIPPINES

VIETNAM

KAMPUCHEA

LAOS

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

TAIWAN

HONG KONG

JAPAN

SOUTH KOREA

NORTH KOREA

X. AUSTRALASIA AND SOUTH PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

NEW ZEALAND

THE SOUTH PACIFIC

XI. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES

POLITICAL

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL

SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN

LEGAL ISSUES

THE COMMONWEALTH

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION

NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY

EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION

ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

NORDIC COUNCIL

COMECON

AFRICAN CONFERENCES AND ORGANIZATIONS

SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ORGANIZATIONS

CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATIONS

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

SISTEMA ECONOMICA LATINO-AMERICANO

THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT

XII. DEFENCE AND ARMS CONTROL

THE GLOBAL SCENE

NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT

ARMS CONTROL

XIII. RELIGION

XIV. THE SCIENCES

A NUCLEAR POWER DISASTER

MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND ADVANCES

SPACE RESEARCH AND CLIMATOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY

ENVIRONMENT

XV. THE LAW

INTERNATIONAL LAW

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW

LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

XVI. THE ARTS

OPERA

MUSIC

DANCE/BALLET

THEATRE

THE CINEMA

TELEVISION AND RADIO

ART

ARCHITECTURE

FASHION

LITERATURE

XVII. SPORT

XVIII. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

SWITCHBACK IN OIL PRICES

THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY

THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES

THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DATA

A. THE UNITED KINGDOM

B. THE UNITED STATES

C. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS

XIX. DOCUMENTS AND REFERENCE

DOCUMENTS

SOUTH AFRICA, APARTHEID AND SANCTIONS

1. REPORT OF THE COMMONWEALTH EMINENT PERSONS GROUP

2. THE SOUTH AFRICAN STATE PRESIDENTS RESPONSE

3. THE COMMONWEALTH AND SANCTIONS

CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM

THE TOKYO SUMMIT

THE CHANNEL TUNNEL TREATY

THE UNITED KINGDOM CONSERVATIVE CABINET

OBITUARY

CHRONICLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN 1986

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 27, 2014).

"First edited in 1758 by Edmund Burke"--T.p verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

872989904