Political Handbook Of The World

TOC

Preface ix: GOVERNMENTS

Intergovernmental Organization Abbreviations 2

Afghanistan: 3
Albania: 8
Algeria: 12
Andorra: 20
Angola: 22
Antarctica: 28
Antigua and Barbuda: 31
Argentina: 34
Contested Territory: 41
Armenia: 42
Australia: 45
Related Territories: 51
Austria: 51
Azerbaijan: 55
Bahamas: 58
Bahrain: 60
Bangladesh: 63
Barbados: 69
Belarus: 71
Belgium: 75
Belize: 79
Benin: 82
Bhutan: 86
Bolivia: 89
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 94
Botswana: 101
Brazil: 104
Brunei: 109
Bulgaria: 111
Burkina Faso: 117
Burundi: 122

Cambodia: 127
Cameroon: 133
Canada: 138
Cape Verde Islands: 144
Central African Republic: 147
Chad: 152
Chile: 159
China: 164
People’s Republic of China: 165
Taiwan: 171
Colombia: 176
Comoro Islands: 181
Congo: 186
Costa Rica: 192
C�te d’Ivoire: 195
Croatia: 200
Cuba: 204
Cyprus: 209
Turkish Sector: 213
Czech Republic: 215
Denmark: 220
Related Territories: 225
Djibouti: 225
Dominica: 230
Dominican Republic: 233
Ecuador: 236
Egypt: 242
El Salvador: 249
Equatorial Guinea: 254
Eritrea: 259
Estonia: 261
Ethiopia: 266
Fiji: 273
Finland: 277
France: 281
Related Territories: 291
Gabon: 295
Gambia: 299
Georgia: 303
Germany: 307
Ghana: 316
Greece: 321
Grenada: 326
Guatemala: 329
Guinea: 336
Guinea-Bissau: 340
Guyana: 344
Haiti: 348
Honduras: 353
Hungary: 358
Iceland: 363
India: 366
Indonesia: 378
Annexed Territories: 382
Iran: 384
Iraq: 391
Ireland: 398
Israel: 403
Occupied and Previously Occupied Areas: 412
Italy: 414
Jamaica: 422
Japan: 425
Jordan: 434
Kazakhstan: 440
Kenya: 443
Kiribati: 450
Korea: 452
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: 453
Republic of Korea: 457
Kuwait: 464
Kyrgyzstan: 467
Laos: 470
Latvia: 473
Lebanon: 477
Lesotho: 485
Liberia: 489
Libya: 495
Liechtenstein: 499
Lithuania: 501
Luxembourg: 505
Macedonia: 507
Madagascar: 511
Malawi: 516
Malaysia: 520
Maldives: 527
Mali: 529
Malta: 533
Marshall Islands: 536
Mauritania: 537
Mauritius: 542
Mexico: 547
Federated States of Micronesia: 554
Moldova: 556
Monaco: 560
Mongolia: 561
Morocco: 564
Mozambique: 572
Myanmar (Burma): 577
Namibia: 582
Nauru: 587
Nepal: 589
Netherlands: 593
Aruba: 598
Netherlands Antilles: 599
New Zealand: 602
Related Territories: 606
Nicaragua: 507
Niger: 614
Nigeria: 621
Norway: 627
Related Territories: 632
Oman: 632
Pakistan: 635
Related Territories: 642
Palau: 643
Panama: 645
Related Territory: 649
Papua New Guinea: 650
Paraguay: 654
Peru: 658
Philippines: 666
Poland: 673
Portugal: 681
Related Territories: 686
Qatar: 687
Romania: 689
Russia: 696
Rwanda: 707
St. Kitts and Nevis: 712
St. Lucia: 715
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: 717
San Marino: 719
Sao Tome and Principe: 721
Saudi Arabia: 724
Senegal: 728
Seychelles: 734
Sierra Leone: 738
Singapore: 743
Slovakia: 747
Slovenia: 752
Solomon Islands: 756
Somalia: 759
Somaliland: 763
South Africa: 766
Spain: 775
Related Territories: 785
Sri Lanka: 785
Sudan: 793
Suriname: 800
Swaziland: 805
Sweden: 808
Switzerland: 812
Syria: 817
Tajikistan: 821
Tanzania: 825
Thailand: 830
Togo: 835
Tonga: 841
Trinidad and Tobago: 843
Tunisia: 846
Turkey: 851
Turkmenistan: 859
Tuvalu: 861
Uganda: 863
Ukraine: 869
United Arab Emirates: 874
United Kingdom: 877
Related Terretories: 886
Northern Ireland: 892
United States: 899
Related Territories: 909
Uruguay: 913
Uzbekistan: 918
Vanuatu: 921
Vatican City State: 925
Venezuela: 928
Vietnam: 933
Western Samoa: 939
Yemen: 941
Yugoslavia: 947
Zaire: 954
Zambia: 964
Zimbabwe: 968
Palestine Liberation Organization: 975

Intergovernmental Organizations

Agency For Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT): 985
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (OPANAL): 986
Andean Group: 987
ANZUS: 988
Arab League: 989
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU): 990
Arab Monetary Fund (AMF): 991
Arctic Council (AC): 992
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): 993
Association of Caribbean States (ACS): 994
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): 994
Bank for International Settlements (BIS/BIZ): 996
Benelux Economic Union: 997
Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC): 999
Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom): 999
Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC): 1001
Central American Common Market (CACM/MCCA): 1002
Central European Initiative (CEI): 1003
Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific: 1003
The Commonwealth: 1004
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): 1006
Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP): 1008
Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU): 1008
Council of Europe: 1009
Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS): 1011
Council of the Entente: 1011
Customs Co-operation Council (CCC): 1012
Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC): 1013
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL): 1014
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO): 1015
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO): 1016
European Free Trade Association (EFTA): 1017
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN): 1018
European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol): 1020
European Space Agency (ESA): 1021
European Union (EU): 1022
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC/CECA): 1027
European Community (EC/CE): 1028
European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom/CEEA): 1031
Group of Ten: 1031
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): 1033
Indian Ocean Commission (IOC): 1034
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD): 1035
International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO/Interpol): 1036
International Energy Agency (IEA): 1037
International Mobile Satellite Organization (Inmarsat): 1038
International Organization for Migration (IOM/OIM): 1039
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Intelsat): 1040
Latin American Economic System (LAES/SELA): 1041
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA/ALADI): 1043
Mano River Union: 1043
Nonaligned Movement (NAM): 1044
Nordic Council: 1046
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO/OTAN): 1048
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/OCDE): 1052
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE): 1053
Organization of African Unity (OAU/OUA): 1055
Organization of American States (OAS/OEA): 1057
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC): 1059
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS): 1059
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC): 1061
Organization of the Peroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): 1062
Permanent Court of Arbitration: 1064
Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS): 1065
Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (PTA)/Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): 1066
Regional and Subregional Development Banks: 1067
African Development Bank (AfDB/BAD): 1067
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA): 1068
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD): 1069
Asian Development Bank (ADB): 1069
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB): 1070
Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC): 1070
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE): 1071
East African Development Bank (EADB): 1071
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): 1072
European Investment Bank (EIB): 1072
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB): 1073
Islamic Development Bank (IDB): 1074
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB): 1075
West African Development Bank (BOAD): 1075
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC): 1076
South Pacific Commission (SPC/CPS): 1077
South Pacific Forum (SPF): 1079
Southern African Development Community (SADC): 1080
Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur): 1082
United Nations (UN): 1083
General Assembly: 1084
General Assembly: Special Bodies: 1089
Security Council: 1098
Security Council: Peacekeeping Forces: 1101
Economic and Social Council: 1103
Economic and Social Council: Functional Commissions: 1104
Economic and Social Council: Regional Commissions: 1105
Trusteeship Council: 1109
International Court of Justice (ICJ): 1110
Secretariat: 1112
United Nations: Specialized Agencies: 1115
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): 1115
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD): 1116
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): 1118
International Development Association (IDA): 1120
International Finance Corporation (IFC): 1121
International Fund for Agricultureal Development (IFAD): 1122
International Labour Organisation (ILO): 1123
International Maritime Organization (IMO): 1125
International Monetary Fund (IMF): 1126
International Telecommunication Union (ITU): 1129
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): 1130
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO): 1132
Universal Postal Union (UPU): 1133
World Health Organization (WHO): 1134
World Intellectrual Property Organization (WIPO): 1136
World Meteorological Organization (WMO): 1137
United Nations: Related Organizations: 1138
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): 1138
World Trade Organization (WTO): 1140
Western European Union (WEU): 1142

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Chronology of Major International Events, 1945–1996: 1145
Appendix B: Chronology of Major United Nations Conferences, 1946–1996: 1150
Appendix C: Membership of the United Nations and Its Specialized and Related Agencies: 1154
Appendix D: International Party Organizations: 1158
Appendix E: Serials List: 1162
Appendix F: Late Developments: 1163

INDEX

Part I: Geographical and Organizational Names: 1165
Part II: Personal Names: 1171