The Annual Register, 1996: A Record of World Events

African agreed agreement announced AREA attack attempt August Bank became budget called campaign candidate CAPITAL cent claimed coalition concern continued Council countries Court criticism CURRENCY December defence democracy Democratic despite economic effect elections European February federal forces foreign former France further GNP PER CAPITA HEAD held House IGO MEMBERSHIPS non-UN important increase independent investment involved Israeli issues Italy January July June Labour later leader Liberal MAIN IGO MEMBERSHIPS major March measures meeting ment military million months negotiations November October OFFICIAL LANGUAGE opposition organizations parliament parliamentary peace plans POLITICAL SYSTEM position PPP calculation President presidential Prime Minister privatization progress proposed reform regional relations remained reported Republic response result RULING PARTY seats September signed social South South Korea sq km POPULATION talks tion took trade Union United vote