[ '45-'49 | '50-'59 | '60-'69 | '70-'79 | '80-'89 | '90-'99 | '00- ] [ 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 ] Summary | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec January 1989

7-11 Jan	149 countries participate in an international Conference on Chemical Weapons in Paris.
18 Jan	President Gorbachev provides further details of intended reductions in Soviet armed forces referred to in his address to the United Nations on 7 December 1988, announcing cuts of 14.2 percent in Soviet defence expenditure and 19.5 percent in the production of arms and military equipment.
19 Jan	Conclusion of the Vienna CSCE Follow-up Meeting and adoption of a Concluding Document including mandates for new negotiations on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) and new negotiations on Confidence and Security Building Measures (CSBMs).
23-27 Jan	Future reductions in conventional forces and military budgets are announced by the German Democratic Republic, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. They are welcomed by Alliance countries as contributions to the reduction of conventional force imbalances in Europe.