On July 31, 1998 president Kabbah disbanded the Sierra Leone military and introduced a proposal for a new military.

The London Assembly was the first of these, established in 2000, following a referendum in 1998, but further plans were abandoned following rejection of a proposal for an elected assembly in North East England in a referendum in 2004.

As a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act ( 1998 ) Koszalin was assigned to become part of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship ( effective 1 January 1999 ) regardless of an earlier proposal for a new Middle Pomeranian Voivodeship covering approximately the area of former Koszalin Voivodeship ( 1950 – 75 ).

In 1998, Sempra Energy submitted a proposal to the Connecticut Siting Council to construct a power plant approximately south of Washington in New Milford.

In 1990, a proposal to disincorporate was defeated by a 2 to 1 margin while a proposal in 1998 failed by 41 votes.

In 1998, Blue Ash was to be the northern end of a proposed MetroMoves light rail line, but the proposal was rejected by Hamilton County voters.

In this resolution the Security Council wrote: Welcomes the proposal that a meeting of experts be convened for the purpose of devising a system of controls to facilitate the implementation of the measures contained in Resolution 1173 ( 1998 ), including arrangements that would allow for increased transparency and accountability in the control of diamonds from their point of origin to the bourses, emphasizes that it is important that, in devising such controls, every effort be made to avoid inflicting collateral damage on the legitimate diamond trade, and welcomes the intention of the Republic of South Africa to host a relevant conference this year

A Constitutional Convention was held in 1998, resulting in a slightly different proposal which was rejected by the Australian electorate in the 1999 referendum.

However, the departure of President Suharto and a shift in Australian policy by the Howard Government in 1998 precipitated a proposal for a referendum on the question of independence.

In 1998 and 1999 Greenspan testified to Congress in opposition to the Clinton Administration proposal to permit national bank subsidiaries to engage in expanded securities and other activities.

There was a proposal to ban cars during Friday and Saturday evenings and in 1998 there was a plan to ban cars every evening after 8. 00 pm.

Originally a Taliban idea endorsed by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and accepted on behalf of the United Front ( formerly the Northern Alliance ) by President Burhanuddin Rabbani in early January 1998, the proposal took shape as a proposed commission of ulema, or religious scholars, to settle the Afghan conflict in the light of the shariah.

In 1998, it was submitted to referendum a proposal to create 8 administrative regions in mainland Portugal, and, therefore, to extinguish the districts.

Perhaps the most fully developed such proposal to date is Michael Fortescue's Uralo-Siberian hypothesis, published in 1998.

In such circumstance, recognizing that these challenges and opportunities require global discussion on the highest level, the International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ), following a proposal by the government of Tunisia during ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Minneapolis in 1998, approved Resolution 73 to hold a World Summit on the Information Society and put forward it to the United Nations.

The proposal to link the airport with a bridge had been previously approved by Toronto City Council in 1995 and 1998, with the proviso that a business plan would be presented for approval by the THC and later the TPA for operating the airport.

An original proposal to run from Westmead to St Leonards, via Epping was considered, but in 1998 the Parramatta Rail Link was announced as part of the NSW Government's Action for Transport 2010 plan.

After its first publicly known proposal for a second theme park in Anaheim was scrapped, construction began in 1998 on a theme park called " Disney's California Adventure Park ", later renamed Disney California Adventure ; a hotel called Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa ; a renovation, renaming, and re-theming of the Disneyland Pacific Hotel as the Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel ; and an admission-free shopping and dining area called Downtown Disney.

In 1998, producers of the Barbaresco region drafted a proposal to allow 10-15 % of other grape varieties into the wine but bad press by Italian wine critics lead to the rejection of that plan.

Michael Fortescue in 1998 proposed a group of Uralo-Siberian languages, in which Uralic languages like Finnish were related to Eskimo-Aleut languages supported by lexical correspondences and grammatical similarities, expanding upon a proposal of Morris Swadesh in 1962 that itself reiterates similarities that have been noted since at least 1746.

In 1997 and 1998 a conflict developed between the CFTC and the SEC over an SEC proposal to ease its broker-dealer regulations for securities firm affiliates that engaged in OTC derivatives activities.

The Kane quantum computer is a proposal for a scalable quantum computer proposed by Bruce Kane in 1998, then at the University of New South Wales.

That proposal sparks more cohesiveness among AIAS members than has occurred in recent years and debates at the 1998 AIA Convention appear to reaffirm AIA members ' support for the AIAS.

Differing personalities of individual team members can affect the team climate in a negative way as members may clash and reduce team performance ( Barrick, et al., 1998 ).

Bolivia is the world's third-largest cultivator of coca ( after Peru and Colombia ) with an estimated 218 km² under cultivation in 1999, a 45 % decrease in overall cultivation of coca from 1998 levels ; intermediate coca products and cocaine exported to or through Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile to the United States and other international drug markets ; alternative crop program aims to reduce illicit coca cultivation.

In January 1998, Postel was threatened by US Presidential science advisor Ira Magaziner with the statement " You'll never work on the Internet again " after Postel collaborated with root server operators to reduce Network Solutions ' influence, which had undermined IANA's authority over the root zone.

Kawasoe unveiled an aggressive restructuring program that aimed to cut costs by ¥ 350 billion in three years, reduce personnel by 1, 400, and return the company to profitability by 1998.

In 1998 O ' Connor underwent a second surgery to clear the blockage in a cardiac artery, to reduce his risk of stroke.

Saudi Aramco issued a statement in 1998 stating that the company is trying to reduce the amount of lead in their gasoline and has already done so by about 50 percent.

Overall, Smurfit-Stone has reduced its use of fossil fuel by 20 % since 1998 and has already met the obligation of CCX Phase I to reduce green house gas emissions by 312, 000 tons, a goal that was met by utilizing such practices as the combined heat and power process ( CHP ) to burn biomass in mills.

In December 1998, set J59 was fitted experimentally with new 700 series style single-arm pantographs and fairings to reduce noise and air resistance.

In 2011, Labor MP David Llewellyn confirmed to ABC Radio that the two major parties had " conspired " to reduce the number of seats in the House specifically to increase the quota for minor parties such as the Greens: " I could admit now that being part of the government back in 1998 or 1997 in conspiring, suppose that's not the best of words but that's what it was, between the Liberal Party and the Labor Party to reduce the size of Parliament on the basis that it would take more percentage for minor parties to actually win a seat.

Mitchell supported a private member's bill introduced by Liberal backbencher Albina Guarnieri in 1998 to reduce parole opportunities for criminals convicted of multiple murders.

However, the widespread availability of used Japanese imports prompted official importers to reduce the price of brand new cars, and in 1998, New Zealand became one of the few countries in the world to remove all import tariffs on motor vehicles.

On June 1, 1998 the control and maintenance of the satellites were transferred to NOAA in order to reduce costs.

The Commercial Aviation Safety Team ( CAST ) was founded in 1998 with a goal to reduce the commercial aviation fatality rate in the United States by 80 percent by 2007.

In February 1998 he asked the parole board to reduce his probation by four months ; the judge instead increased the probation by five years.

The continuous-motion Active Comfort Seat technology was introduced in 1998 to improve comfort and reduce fatigue for the driver and front passenger.

In the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Psychiatrists organized the campaign Changing Minds ( 1998 – 2003 ) to help reduce stigma.

The bridge was built to reduce the traffic congestion at the Johor – Singapore Causeway, and was opened to traffic on 2 January 1998.

Ards were forced to sell their Castlereagh Park home in 1998 to try to reduce their crippling debts.

In 1998, Medicare changed its funding arrangements in an attempt to reduce exploitation and payments by $ 100 billion.

Due to recession, Onur Air had to reduce the number of the planes in its fleet to 13 in 1998, and then to nine in 1999.

The Raritan Valley Rail Coalition, formed in 1998 by former U. S. Congressman Bob Franks, is currently looking for cost-effective ways to improve mobility, reduce highway congestion, and increase transit ridership along the Raritan Valley Line.

The renovation is set to be completed in 2010 and will reduce nitrogen oxide emissions at the plant by approximately 85 percent from levels recorded in 1998.

In 1989 he was awarded the Queen ’ s Service Medal for services to New Zealand ; in the following year he received the Royal Society of New Zealand ’ s Fleming Award for Environmental Achievement ; in 1992 the honorary degree of Doctor of Science was conferred on him by Massey University for his contribution to science ; in 1994 the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( UK ) awarded him its medal for his “ international contribution to species survival ” and in 1998 the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) elected him to its Global 500 Roll of Honour for his “ outstanding contributions to the protection and improvement of the environment .” Don was named one of “ 100 Great New Zealanders of the 20th Century ” in the 60th anniversary issue of the New Zealand Listener ; in 2001 the New Zealand Government presented him with a certificate in commemoration of the United Nations International Year of the Volunteer 2001, for his “ valued contribution toward assisting developing countries to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development ”; in 2004, BirdLife International awarded him its Conservation Achievement Award for achievements during his 48 year career in the rescue and recovery of endangered birds within New Zealand and elsewhere ; on his retirement from the NZ Department of Conservation in April 2005 the Department granted him Honorary Technical Associate status – the first such recipient ; in 2010 the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of NZ presented him with its “ Old Blue Award ” in recognition of his extraordinary and sustained contributions to conservation in NZ and worldwide ”; and in 2011 he became a “ Fellow of the Ornithological Society of NZ in recognition of his “ lifetime contributions to ornithology and to the work of the Society ”.