local elections
aim to decentralize political power and are a key element of the
government's political reform program

Yugoslavia:
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM [Jozsef KASZA];
Civic Alliance of Serbia or GSS [Vesna PESIC]; Coalition Sandzak
[Rasim JAJIC]; Coalition Sumadija [Branislav KOVACEVIC]; Democratic
Alternative of DA [Nebojsa COVIC]; Democratic Center or DC
[Dragoljub MICUNOVIC]; Democratic Christian Party of Serbia of DHSS
[Vladan BATIC]; Democratic League of Kosovo or LDK [Dr. Ibrahim
RUGOVA, president]; Democratic Opposition of Serbia or DOS [leader
NA]; Democratic Party or DS [Zoran DJINDJIC]; Democratic Party of
Serbia or DSS [Vojislav KOSTUNICA]; Democratic Party of Socialists
of Montenegro or DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC]; Movement for a Democratic
Serbia or PDS [Momcilo PERISIC]; New Democracy or ND [Dusan
MIHAJLOVIC]; New Serbia [Velimir ILIC and Milan St. PROTIC];
People's Party of Montenegro or NS [Dragan SOC]; Serb People's Party
or SNS [leader NA]; Serbian Radical Party or SRS [Vojislav SESELJ];
Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC, president]; Serbian
Socialist Party or SPS (former Communist Party) [Slobodan
MILOSEVIC]; Social Democracy or SD [Vuk OBRADOVIC]; Social
Democratic Union or SDU [Zarko KORAC]; Socialist People's Party of
Montenegro or SNP [Momir BULATOVIC]; Yugoslav United Left or JUL
[Ljubisa RISTIC]

Zambia:
Agenda for Zambia or AZ [Akashambatwa LEWANIKA]; Labor Party
or LP [Chibiza MFUNI]; Liberal Progressive Front or LPF [Roger
CHONGWE, president]; Movement for Democratic Process or MDP [Chama
CHAKOM BOKA]; Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [Frederick
CHILUBA]; National Party or NP [Daniel LISULO]; Republican Party or
RP [Ben MWILA]; Social Democratic Party or SDP [Gwendoline Konie];
United National Independence Party or UNIP [Tilyenji KAUNDA]; United
Party for National Development or UPND [Anderson MAZOKA]; Zambia
Democratic Congress or Zadeco [Eden JERRY, acting head]

Zimbabwe:
Movement for Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI];
Popular Democratic Front or PDF [Austin CHAKAODZA]; United Parties
[Abel MUZOREWA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndonga or
ZANU-Ndonga [Ndabaningi SITHOLE]; Zimbabwe African National
Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert MUGABE]; Zimbabwe Unity
Movement or ZUM [Edgar TEKERE]

Taiwan:
Chinese New Party or CNP [HAU Lang-bin]; Democratic
P