The Annual Register, 1996: A Record of World Events

African agreement announced April Arab AREA August British budget campaign candidate CAPITAL Caricom ceasefire cent China Clinton coalition continued Council countries Court CURRENCY CWTH December defence deficit Democratic Party despite East Caribbean dollar economic elections electoral English POLITICAL SYSTEM European Union February federal forces Foreign Minister former Francophonie GNP PER CAPITA government's HEAD OF GOVERNMENT Hutu IGO MEMBERSHIPS non-UN increase 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 OSCE parliament parliamentary democracy HEAD polls PPP calculation President presidential HEAD Prime Minister programme referendum reform regional Republic resigned RULING PARTY Russia Rwanda Saudi seats September Sinn Féin social South sq km OFFICIAL sq km POPULATION summit tion trade treaty United vote