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
- Peoples Republic of China: 165
- Taiwan: 171
- Colombia: 176
- Comoro Islands: 181
- Congo: 186
- Costa Rica: 192
- Côte dIvoire: 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 Peoples 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, 19451996: 1145
- Appendix B: Chronology of Major United Nations Conferences, 19461996: 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