VOL. XXXIII

NO. 34

28-MAY-1990

Yemen

North and South Yemen Declare Unity; Oil Institutions to BeIntegrated

After approximately six months of intensive negotiations, North and SouthYemen merged their two countries on 22 May and declared a new state called TheYemen Republic. The parliaments of the two states, meeting in a joint session onthe same day in Aden, elected a five-man Presidential Council with the NorthYemeni President, Mr. 'Ali 'Abd Al-lah Salih, named as President of the newrepublic, and...