The statesman's yearbook. 2000 : the politics, cultures and economies of the world : a limited edition centenary collection

For the last 136 years, The Statesman's Yearbook has been relied upon to provide accurate and comprehensive information on the current political, economic and social status of every country in the world. The appointment of the new editor - only the seventh in 136 years - brought enhancements to the 1998-99 edition and these are continued in the 2000 edition. Internet usage figures are included. Specially commissioned essays from major political and academic figures supplement country entries in areas of major upheaval and change. A fold out colour section provides a political world map and flags for the 191 countries of the world. The task of monitoring the pattern or flow of world change is never-ending. However, the annual publication of The Statesman's Yearbook gives all the information needed in one easily digestible single volume. It will save hours of research and cross-referencing between different sources. A prestigious and popular book, The Statesman's Yearbook is updated every 12 months. In a world of continual change The Statesman's Yearbook is a necessary annual purchase. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii Nervous Breakdown: America and UN Reform....Pages 3-6 The United Nations (UN)....Pages 7-15 Universal Declaration of Human Rights....Pages 16-18 United Nations System....Pages 19-23 Chemical and Biological Weapon Proliferation....Pages 24-26 Specialized Agencies of the UN....Pages 27-44 Other Organs Related to the UN....Pages 44-47 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)....Pages 47-50 Bank for International Settlements (BIS)....Pages 50-51 Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)....Pages 51-53 A Capital for Europe....Pages 54-55 European Union (EU)....Pages 56-66 Council of Europe....Pages 66-68 Western European Union (WEU)....Pages 68-70 Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE)....Pages 70-71 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)....Pages 72-72 European Free Trade Association (EFTA)....Pages 72-73 Cern — The European Laboratory for Particle Physics....Pages 74-74 Central European Initiative (CEI)....Pages 74-74 The Nordic Council....Pages 74-74 Council of Baltic Sea States....Pages 75-75 European Broadcasting Union (EBU)....Pages 75-75 Black Sea Economic Co-Operation Group (BSEC)....Pages 75-76 Danube Commission....Pages 76-76 The Commonwealth....Pages 76-79 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)....Pages 80-82 Organization of American States (OAS)....Pages 82-84 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)....Pages 84-85 Central American Common Market (CACM)....Pages 85-85 Latin American Integration Association (ALADI/LAIA)....Pages 85-86 The Andean Community....Pages 86-86 Southern Common Market (Mercosur)....Pages 86-87 Association of Caribbean States (ACS)....Pages 87-87 Caribbean Community (Caricom)....Pages 87-89 Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)....Pages 89-89 Asian Development Bank....Pages 90-90 Economic Co-Operation Organization (ECO)....Pages 90-91 Colombo Plan....Pages 91-92 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-Operation (APEC)....Pages 92-93 The Pacific Community (SPC)....Pages 93-94 South Pacific Forum (SPF)....Pages 94-94 Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)....Pages 95-96 South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation (SAARC)....Pages 96-97 The League of Arab States....Pages 97-98 Gulf Co-Operation Council (CCG)....Pages 98-98 Organization of The Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)....Pages 99-99 Arab Maghreb Union....Pages 100-100 Organization of African Unity(OAU)....Pages 100-101 African Development Bank....Pages 101-101 Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas)....Pages 101-101 Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa)....Pages 101-102 Southern African Development Community (Sadc)....Pages 102-103 Lake Chad Basin Commission....Pages 103-103 World Council of Churches....Pages 103-104 Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)....Pages 104-104 International Organization for Migration (IOM)....Pages 105-105 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)....Pages 105-106 Amnesty International (AI)....Pages 106-106 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)....Pages 107-107 Antarctic Treaty....Pages 107-107 Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)....Pages 108-108 Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)....Pages 108-108 World Customs Organization....Pages 108-109 Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)....Pages 109-109 International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)....Pages 110-110 International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Intelsat)....Pages 110-110 International Air Transport Association (IATA)....Pages 111-111 International Road Federation (IRF)....Pages 111-111 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)....Pages 111-112 World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)....Pages 112-112 World Confederation of Labour (WCL)....Pages 113-113 The Francophonie Institutionnelle....Pages 113-113 International Organization For Standardization (ISO)....Pages 114-114 World wide fund for nature (WWF)....Pages 114-114 International Union Against Cancer (UICC)....Pages 115-115 Afghanistan....Pages 119-123 Albania....Pages 124-131 Algeria....Pages 132-138 Andorra....Pages 139-141 Angola....Pages 142-147 Antigua and Barbuda....Pages 148-151 Argentina....Pages 152-159 Armenia....Pages 160-164 Australia....Pages 165-233 Austria....Pages 234-241 Azerbaijan....Pages 242-247 Bahamas....Pages 248-252 Bahrain....Pages 253-257 Bangladesh....Pages 258-264 Barbados....Pages 265-269 Belarus....Pages 270-275 Belgium....Pages 276-285 Belize....Pages 286-290 Benin....Pages 291-295 Bhutan....Pages 296-299 Bolivia....Pages 300-305 Bosnia-Hercegovina....Pages 306-310 Botswana....Pages 311-316 Brazil....Pages 317-327 Brunei....Pages 328-332 Bulgaria....Pages 333-340 Burkina Faso....Pages 341-345 Burundi....Pages 346-350 Cambodia....Pages 351-356 Cameroon....Pages 357-362 Canada....Pages 363-418 Cape Verde....Pages 419-423 Central African Republic....Pages 424-428 Chad....Pages 429-433 Chile....Pages 434-440 China....Pages 441-471 Colombia....Pages 472-478 Comoros....Pages 479-482 Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Formerly Zaïre)....Pages 483-488 Congo, Republic of the....Pages 489-493 Costa Rica....Pages 494-498 Côte d’Ivoire....Pages 499-504 Croatia....Pages 505-509 Cuba....Pages 510-516 Cyprus....Pages 517-524 Czech Republic....Pages 525-532 Denmark....Pages 533-549 Djibouti....Pages 550-553 Dominica....Pages 554-557 Dominican Republic....Pages 558-563 Ecuador....Pages 564-570 Egypt....Pages 571-578 El Salvador....Pages 579-583 Equatorial Guinea....Pages 584-588 Eritrea....Pages 589-592 Estonia....Pages 593-599 Ethiopia....Pages 600-605 Fiji Islands....Pages 606-611 Finland....Pages 612-623 France....Pages 624-667 Gabon....Pages 668-672 The Gambia....Pages 673-676 Georgia....Pages 677-682 Germany....Pages 683-729 Ghana....Pages 730-735 Greece....Pages 736-745 Grenada....Pages 746-749 Guatemala....Pages 750-755 Guinea....Pages 756-759 Guinea-Bissau....Pages 760-763 Guyana....Pages 764-768 Haiti....Pages 769-773 Honduras....Pages 774-778 Hungary....Pages 779-788 Iceland....Pages 789-795 India: Bharat (Republic of India)....Pages 796-872 Indonesia....Pages 873-881 Iran....Pages 882-889 Iraq....Pages 890-896 Ireland....Pages 897-914 Israel....Pages 915-925 Italy....Pages 926-937 Jamaica....Pages 938-942 Japan....Pages 943-953 Jordan....Pages 954-958 Kazakhstan....Pages 959-964 Kenya....Pages 965-971 Kiribati....Pages 972-975 Korea....Pages 976-984 North Korea....Pages 985-990 Kuwait....Pages 991-995 Kyrgyzstan....Pages 996-999 Laos....Pages 1000-1004 Latvia....Pages 1005-1011 Lebanon....Pages 1012-1016 Lesotho....Pages 1017-1020 Liberia....Pages 1021-1024 Libya....Pages 1025-1029 Liechtenstein....Pages 1030-1033 Lithuania....Pages 1034-1040 Luxembourg....Pages 1041-1048 Macedonia....Pages 1049-1053 Madagascar....Pages 1054-1058 Malaŵi....Pages 1059-1063 Malaysia....Pages 1064-1072 Maldives....Pages 1073-1075 Mali....Pages 1076-1080 Malta....Pages 1081-1087 Marshall Islands....Pages 1088-1090 Mauritania....Pages 1091-1095 Mauritius....Pages 1096-1100 Mexico....Pages 1101-1109 Micronesia....Pages 1110-1112 Moldova....Pages 1113-1117 Monaco....Pages 1118-1121 Mongolia....Pages 1122-1126 Morocco....Pages 1127-1134 Mozambique....Pages 1135-1139 Myanmar....Pages 1140-1145 Namibia....Pages 1146-1151 Nauru....Pages 1152-1154 Nepal....Pages 1155-1159 The Netherlands....Pages 1160-1176 New Zealand....Pages 1177-1196 Nicaragua....Pages 1197-1201 Niger....Pages 1202-1205 Nigeria....Pages 1206-1213 Norway....Pages 1214-1225 Oman....Pages 1226-1231 Pakistan....Pages 1232-1241 Palau....Pages 1242-1244 Panama....Pages 1245-1250 Papua New Guinea....Pages 1251-1256 Paraguay....Pages 1257-1261 Peru....Pages 1262-1268 Philippines....Pages 1269-1276 Poland....Pages 1277-1286 Portugal....Pages 1287-1296 Qatar....Pages 1297-1301 Romania....Pages 1302-1310 Russia....Pages 1311-1336 Rwanda....Pages 1337-1341 ST Kitts and Nevis....Pages 1342-1345 St Lucia....Pages 1346-1348 St Vincent and the Grenadines....Pages 1349-1352 Samoa....Pages 1353-1356 San Marino....Pages 1357-1359 São Tomé E Príncipe....Pages 1360-1363 Saudi Arabia....Pages 1364-1370 Senegal....Pages 1371-1376 Seychelles....Pages 1377-1380 Sierra Leone....Pages 1381-1385 Singgapore....Pages 1386-1394 Slovakia....Pages 1395-1401 Slovenia....Pages 1402-1406 Solomon Islands....Pages 1407-1411 Somalia....Pages 1412-1415 South Africa: Republic of South Africa....Pages 1416-1444 Spain: Reino de España (Kingdom of Spain)....Pages 1445-1459 Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)....Pages 1460-1466 Sudan: Jamhuryat es-Sudan (Republic of Sudan)....Pages 1467-1472 Suriname: Republic of Suriname....Pages 1473-1477 Swaziland: Umbuso weSwatini—Kingdom of Swaziland....Pages 1478-1482 Sweden: Konungariket Sverige (Kingdom of Sweden)....Pages 1483-1493 Syria: Jumhuriya al-Arabya as-Suriya (Syrian Arab Republic)....Pages 1494-1502 Tajikistan: Jumkhurii Tojikiston....Pages 1503-1508 Tanzania: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania—United Republic of Tanzania....Pages 1509-1512 Thailand: Prathet Thai (Kingdom of Thailand)....Pages 1513-1518 Togo: République Togolaise....Pages 1519-1525 Tonga: Kingdom of Tonga....Pages 1526-1530 Trinidad and Tobago: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago....Pages 1531-1534 Tunisia: Jumhuriya at-Tunisiya (Republic of Tunisia)....Pages 1535-1539 Turkey: Türkiye Çumhuriyeti (Republic of Turkey)....Pages 1540-1545 Turkmenistan....Pages 1546-1554 Tuvalu....Pages 1555-1558 Uganda: Republic of Uganda....Pages 1559-1561 Uganda: Republic of Uganda....Pages 1562-1567 Uganda: Republic of Uganda....Pages 1568-1575 Uganda: Republic of Uganda....Pages 1576-1580 United States of America....Pages 1581-1700 Uruguay....Pages 1701-1912 Uzbekiston....Pages 1913-1918 Vanuatu....Pages 1919-1923 Vatican City State....Pages 1924-1927 Venezuela....Pages 1928-1929 Vietnam....Pages 1930-1935 Yemen....Pages 1936-1943 Yugoslavia....Pages 1944-1948 Zambia....Pages 1949-1962 Zimbabwe....Pages 1963-1967 Back Matter....Pages 1968-1974 ....Pages 1975-2025 "The Centenary Collection" is a limited edition facsimile of the 1900 edition of "The Statesman's Yearbook", presented in a boxed set with the 2000 edition of the same work. The set offers a profile of the world at the beginning and end of what has probably been the most dramatic century