The Annual Register: A Record of World Events in 1996

African agreement announced April Arab AREA August Bank British budget campaign candidate CAPITAL cent CFA franc China coalition continued cooperation Council countries Court CPLP CURRENCY CWTH December Defence Democratic Party despite economic ECOWAS elections electoral European Union exports February federal Finance forces Foreign Minister former France Francophonie GNP PER CAPITA government's HEAD OF GOVERNMENT held Hutu IGO MEMBERSHIPS non-UN Israel Israeli issues January July June km OFFICIAL LANGUAGE Labour leader MAIN IGO MEMBERSHIPS major March ment military million National NATO negotiations North Korea November nuclear October OFFICIAL LANGUAGE opposition organizations OSCE Palestinian parliament peace polls PPP calculation presidential HEAD Prime Minister programme referendum reform regional relations Republic Republican resigned RULING PARTY Russia Rwanda Saudi seats secretary-general September Sinn Féin social South sq km OFFICIAL sq km POPULATION summit tion trade treaty United vote