Editing 1976 (section)

===January===
{{Main|January 1976}}
* [[January 2]] – The [[International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]] enters into force.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b36c0.html|title=Refworld {{pipe}} International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|last=Refugees|website=Refworld|access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – The [[Pol Pot]] regime proclaims a new constitution for [[Democratic Kampuchea]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) |url=https://d.dccam.org/Archives/Documents/DK_Policy/DK_Policy_DK_Constitution.htm |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=d.dccam.org}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh - Pakistan |url=https://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/107.htm |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Country Studies}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] 
** The United States vetoes a [[United Nations]] resolution that calls for an independent [[Palestinian state]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palestine question/Palestine question core of conflict - Vetoed draft resolution |url=https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-189673/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine |language=en-US}}</ref>
** The [[First Battle of Amgala (1976)|First Battle of Amgala]] breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Besenyő |first=János |date=2017 |title=Guerrilla Operations in Western Sahara: The Polisario versus Morocco and Mauritania |url=http://connections-qj.org/article/guerrilla-operations-western-sahara-polisario-versus-morocco-and-mauritania |journal=Connections: The Quarterly Journal |language=en |volume=16 |issue=3|pages=23–45 |doi=10.11610/Connections.16.3.02 |doi-access=free}}</ref>