Small stores and retail businesses were privatized between 1990 and 1994, however, greenfield investments by foreign retail companies like Tesco, Cora and IKEA had a much bigger economic impact.

In 1990, IKEA invited Karl-Henrik Robèrt, founder of the Natural Step, to address its board of directors.

The government adopted legislation in 1990 to authorize the formation of multiple political parties and ease restrictions on forming animalistic associations and private newspapers.

The parliament adopted the current Constitution of Croatia on 22 December 1990, and decided to declare independence from Yugoslavia.

Following the collapse of the ruling Communist Party in Yugoslavia, Croatia adopted a new constitution in 1990 – which replaced the 1974 constitution adopted by the Socialist Republic of Croatia – and organised its first multi-party elections.

More recently, Canadian newspapers have adopted the British spelling variants such as-our endings, notably with The Globe and Mail changing its spelling policy in October 1990.

Noting that the Jargon File had not been maintained since about 1983, he adopted it in 1990 and currently has a third edition in print.

In November 1990, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 678, permitting member states to use all necessary means, authorizing military action against the Iraqi forces occupying Kuwait and demanded a complete withdrawal by January 15, 1991.

On 6 August 1990, after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the U. N. Security Council adopted Resolution 661 which imposed economic sanctions on Iraq, providing for a full trade embargo, excluding medical supplies, food and other items of humanitarian necessity, these to be determined by the Security Council sanctions committee.

In June 1990, Major suggested that the proposed Single European Currency should be a " hard ecu ", competing for use against existing national currencies ; this idea was not in the end adopted.

The statement was adopted in October 1990.

In November 1990 a new constitution was adopted.

The Three-Year Economic Salvation Programme ( 1990 – 1993 ), adopted by the Government of Sudan, emphasized the role of telecommunications in the socio-economic development process and called for the removal of the monopolistic environment in the sector and for the involvement of the private sector-whether local or foreign-in the telecommunication sector as well as in other sectors of the economy in an endeavour to overcome the persistent shortfalls in investment and performance.

Hill's adopted son Ross was killed in an accident in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1990 while the actor was preparing to film Lucky Luke on the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe.

The song was adopted as the pre-game anthem during the deciding match of the 1990 Five Nations Championship between Scotland and England, which Scotland won 13 – 7 to win the Grand Slam.

From there it was taken to Namibia, where it was released in 1990 and enthusiastically adopted by farmers.

The Labour party adopted a policy of a single, directly elected Mayor ( a policy first suggested by Tony Banks in 1990 ), together with an elected Assembly watching over the Mayor ; this model, based on American cities, was partly aimed at making sure the new body resemble the erstwhile GLC as little as possible.

In 1989 and 1990, after some internal debate, seven North American geographic organizations adopted a resolution recommending against using any rectangular projection ( including Mercator and Gall – Peters ) for reference maps of the world.

By 9 February 1990, the Constituent Assembly had drafted and adopted a constitution.

BASSR declared its sovereignty in 1990 and adopted the name Republic of Buryatia in 1992.

The amendments to the Federal Republic's Basic Law that were foreseen in the Unification Treaty or necessary for its implementation were adopted by the Federal Statute of 23 September 1990.

Although the Supreme Soviet of the Belarusians SSR adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic on July 27, 1990 ( some two weeks after Russia had declared its own sovereignty ), the March 1991 referendum held throughout the Soviet Union showed that 83 percent of Belarusians wanted to preserve the Soviet Union.

In part spurred by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resultant lack of donor support from the superpower, as well as an economic crisis within the country, Benin adopted a new constitution in 1990 in order to open up and liberalise the political system and economy.

The town adopted its flag in 1990.

The specific depiction of Golden Eagle legendarily considered to be Saladin's was adopted by the Arab nationalist movement, and currently appears on the arms of Egypt, Iraq, and Palestine ; it had previously appeared on the arms of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ( 1967 – 1990 ) and on the arms of the Libyan Arab Republic ( 1970 – 1972 ).

* 1990 – Jim Gary's " Twentieth Century Dinosaurs " exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D. C.

* Gerard Gazdar, Chris Mellish: Natural Language Processing in LISP: An Introduction to Computational Linguistics, Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., 1990, ISBN 0-201-17825-7

In 1990, Steven Pinker and Paul Bloom published their paper " Natural Language & Natural Selection " which strongly argued for an adaptationist approach to language origins.

The Center was awarded first prize in the Consolidated Natural Gas Company ’ s Annual Award of Excellence competition in 1990.

American scientists returned to Mongolia in 1990, and a joint Mongolian-American expedition to the Gobi, led by the American Museum of Natural History and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, turned up several well-preserved skeletons.

William Paley's Abortive Reform of Natural Theology ', Isis, 81 ( 1990 ), 214-229.

In 1990, Lyngstad became a member of the committee of the Swedish environmental organization Det Naturliga Steget ( The Natural Step ).

With the band now released from EMI, the label released the retrospective compilation Natural History in 1990.

Inspired ( or goaded ) by six civic groups ( Municipal Art Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, New Yorkers for Parks, Regional Plan Association, Riverside Park Fund, and Westpride ), which all opposed his massive development plan, Trump agreed in 1990 to a scaled-down plan that would also expand Riverside Park by.

The Lagomorph Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources proposed a plan of conservation in 1990.

The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Behaviour is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 4 October 1990.

The accompanying book, The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Behaviour by David Attenborough ( ISBN 0-00-219912-2 ), was published by BBC Books on 4 October 1990 and was shortlisted for the 1991 Rhône-Poulenc Prize.

Distinguished Service Award, by the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, in 1981 ; Governor's Award as Legislator of the Year, by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, in 1985 ; Award of Excellence, by the Triangle J Council of Governments, in 1985 ; Distinguished Service Award, by the Research Triangle Group of the Sierra Club, in 1986 ; Service Award, by the Orange-Chatham Alliance for the Mentally Ill ; Triangle Conservation Award, by the Triangle Land Conservancy, in 1987 ; Consumer Advocate of the Year, by the North Carolina Consumers Council, in 1987 ; Honorary Citizenship of the City of Raleigh, by Mayor Avery Upchurch, in 1987, for efforts in the passage of the phosphate detergent limitation ; Resolution of Appreciation, by the Governor's Crime Commission, in 1987 ; Service Award, by the Joint Orange Chatham Community Action, Inc. Board of Directors, in 1988 ; Service Award, by the North Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club, in 1988 ; Legislative Award, by the North Carolina Chapter, American Planning Association, in 1989 ; Legislative Award, by the N. C. Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the N. C. Pediatric Society, in 1989 ; Appreciation Award, by the Chatham County Advisory Council of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, in 1990 ; " Best Bets For 1990 ", by the Center For Policy Alternatives, Sustainable Growth Program, in 1990, " For Leadership in Reducing Environmental Hazards by Sponsoring Legislation to Establish Free Disposal Sites for Used Tires "; Service Award, by the Environmental Quality and Natural Resources Committee of the Southern Legislative Conference, in 1991, " In Appreciation For His Outstanding Leadership As Chairman .... 1989-1991 "; Recycling Merit Award, by the North Carolina Recycling Association in 1991 ; Appreciation Award, by the North Carolina Property Mappers Association, in 1993 ; Jake Alexander Public Service Award, by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Students Against Driving Drunk, and the Governor's Highway Safety Program, in 1993 ; Distinguished Service Award, by the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, in 1996 ; Legislator of the Year, by North Carolina Citizen Action, for " your years of outstanding leadership and dedication to the fair protection of North Carolina families, workers and environment ", in 1996 ; Certificate of Commendation, by the North Carolina Psychiatric Association, for " persistence and legislative commitment to improving mental health in North Carolina ", in 1997 ; Governor's Award as Legislator of the Year, by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, in 1998 ; Friend of Education Award, by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Association of Educators, in 1999 ; Public Service Award, by the Child Care Services Association, for " outstanding advocacy and service on behalf of young children and their families ", in 2003.

The illegal trade of protected parrots violates the Indonesian legislation passed in 1990 ( a wildlife law concerning Natural Resources and the Ecosystems Conservations ).

* Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk, a 1990 album by Talk Talk

The " Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy " study was commissioned by the Australian government in 1990 to create plans to protect the wilderness and a nomination for World Natural Heritage is currently being considered by the Queensland and Australian Federal governments.

* Rankin, Joan E., Meet Me at the Château: A Legacy of Memory, Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 1990.

The Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis ( IBAMA, Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources in English ) established in 1990 the Permanent Committee for the Recovery of Spix ’ s Macaw, called CPRAA, and its the Ararinha Azul Project ( Little Blue Macaw Project ) in order to conserve the species.

Vice President, International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth ’ s Interior ( 1983 – 1987 ), Board Member and Chair of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Section, International Council of Scientific Unions ( 1988 – 1991 ), Founding Chairman, International Committee for Geophysical Theory and Computers ( 1964 – 1979 ), and Expert, Technical meetings on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ( 1960 – 1990 ).

He is / was also a member of: Committee for International Security and Disarmament, Russian Academy of Sciences ( 1998 – 2000 ); The Union ’ s Scientific Committee for the UN Decade for Natural Disasters Reduction ( 1990 – 1999 ); International Working Group on the Geological Safety of Nuclear Waste Depositories ( 1994 – 1997 ).