Editing 1992 (section)

===December===
*[[December 1]] – [[South Korea]] and [[South Africa]] reestablish diplomatic relations. [[South Korea]] previously had diplomatic relations with South Africa from 1961 to 1978, when they were severed by the former due to the latter's policy of [[apartheid]].
*[[December 3]] – [[UN Security Council Resolution 794]] is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of [[United Nations]] peacekeepers led by the United States to form [[UNITAF]], tasked with ensuring that humanitarian aid gets distributed and establishing peace in [[Somalia]].
*[[December 4]] – US President Bush announces the deployment of American troops as part of the United Task Force (UNITAF). The UNITAF troops land at Mogadishu on 9 December.
*[[December 6]] – [[Demolition of Babri Masjid]]: Extremist Hindu activists in India demolish [[Babri Masjid]] – a 16th-century [[mosque]] in [[Ayodhya]] which has been used as a temple since [[1949]] – leading to widespread communal violence, including the [[Bombay riots]], in all killing over 1,500 people.
*[[December 12]] – The 7.8 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami|Flores earthquake]] affects the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]] in [[Indonesia]] with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe'') leaving at least 2,500 dead. A destructive tsunami with wave heights of {{convert|25|m|abbr=on}} follows.
*[[December 16]] – The [[Czech National Council]] adopts the [[Constitution of the Czech Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Rett R. Ludwikowski|title=Constitution-making in the Region of Former Soviet Dominance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5K-RAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA374|year=1996|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-1797-5|pages=374}}</ref>
*[[December 18]] – The [[1992 South Korean presidential election|South Korean presidential election]] is won by [[Kim Young-sam]], the first non-military candidate elected since 1961.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/01361008.pdf|title=Electoral Politics in South Korea|last=Croissant|first=Aurel|publisher=Friedrich Ebert Foundation|page=266}}</ref>
*[[December 21]] – President of Serbia [[Slobodan Milošević]] defeats [[Milan Panić]] in the [[1992 Serbian general election|Serbian presidential election]].
*[[December 22]] – The [[Archives of Terror]] are discovered by [[Martín Almada]] in Asunción, detailing the fates of thousands of Latin Americans who have been secretly kidnapped, tortured and killed by the security services of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay in [[Operation Condor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1866517.stm|title=Paraguay's archive of terror|author=Mike Ceaser|date=11 March 2002|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
*[[December 28]] – Actress [[Daniella Perez]] is murdered in [[Rio de Janeiro]], after being stabbed 18 times with scissors by actor Guilherme de Pádua and his then-wife Paula Thomaz. The crime shocked [[Brazil]], due to both the victim and the murderer being romantic partners in the telenovela [[De Corpo e Alma (TV series)|''De Corpo e Alma'']], which aired on [[TV Globo]].<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1992/12/30/2/ ''Galã da novela das 8 mata com tesoura atriz Daniela Perez''] (primeira página do 1° caderno), ''[[Folha de S.Paulo]]'' (30 de dezembro de 1992).</ref>
*[[December 29]] – [[List of presidents of Brazil|Brazil's president]] [[Fernando Collor de Mello]] is found guilty on charges that he stole more than $32&nbsp;million from the government, preventing him from holding any elected office for eight years. Collor resigns the presidency hours before the sentence to be passed by the [[Supreme Federal Court]].<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1992/12/30/2/ ''Senado mantém o julgamento apesar da renúncia de Collor; Itamar é empossado presidente''] (primeira página do 1° caderno), ''[[Folha de S.Paulo]]'' (30 de dezembro de 1992).</ref>