The Statesman's Yearbook 2003 : The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World

For nearly one hundred and forty 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 the book's history - brought enhancements to the 1998-99 edition and these have been continued since then. The 2003 edition is fully updated and contains more information than ever before, including for the first time websites for national governments and international organizations. A foldout colour section provides a political world map and flags for the one hundred and ninety two countries of the world. In an endlessly changing world, the annual publication of The Statesman's Yearbook gives all the information you need in one easily digestible single volume. It will save hours of research and cross-referencing between different sources, and it is an essential annual purchase. Front Matter....Pages ii-xlvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The United Nations (UN)....Pages 5-13 Universal Declaration of Human Rights....Pages 13-16 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty....Pages 16-16 Nobel Peace Prize Winners: 1977–2001....Pages 16-17 United Nations System....Pages 17-22 Specialized Agencies of the UN....Pages 22-39 Other Organs Related to the UN....Pages 39-43 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)....Pages 43-46 Bank for International Settlements (BIS)....Pages 46-47 Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)....Pages 47-48 European Union (EU)....Pages 49-54 EU Institutions....Pages 54-59 EU Agencies and Other Bodies....Pages 59-61 Council of Europe....Pages 61-63 Western European Union (WEU)....Pages 64-66 Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE)....Pages 66-67 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)....Pages 67-68 European Free Trade Association (EFTA)....Pages 68-69 European Space Agency (ESA)....Pages 69-70 Cern — The European Organisation for Nuclear Research....Pages 70-70 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Central European Initiative (CEI)....Pages 70-70 The Nordic Council....Pages 70-71 Nordic Development Fund (NDF)....Pages 71-71 Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)....Pages 71-71 Council of the Baltic Sea States....Pages 71-72 European Broadcasting Union (EBU)....Pages 72-72 Black Sea Economic Co-Operation Group (BSEC)....Pages 72-72 Danube Commission....Pages 73-73 The Commonwealth....Pages 73-76 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)....Pages 76-78 Organization of American States (OAS)....Pages 78-80 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)....Pages 81-81 Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)....Pages 81-81 Central American Common Market (CACM)....Pages 81-82 Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)....Pages 82-82 Latin American Integration Association (ALADI/LAIA)....Pages 82-82 Latin American Economic System (SELA)....Pages 83-83 Latin American Reserve Fund....Pages 83-83 The Andean Community....Pages 83-84 Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)....Pages 84-84 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Association of Caribbean States (ACS)....Pages 84-85 Caribbean Community (CARICOM)....Pages 85-87 Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)....Pages 87-88 Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)....Pages 88-88 Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB)....Pages 88-89 Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)....Pages 89-89 Asian Development Bank....Pages 89-90 Economic Co-Operation Organization (ECO)....Pages 90-91 Colombo Plan....Pages 91-92 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-Operation (APEC)....Pages 92-93 Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)....Pages 93-93 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)....Pages 94-94 Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)....Pages 94-96 South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation (SAARC)....Pages 96-97 The League of Arab States....Pages 97-98 Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)....Pages 98-98 Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)....Pages 98-99 Gulf Co-Operation Council (GCC)....Pages 99-99 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)....Pages 99-100 Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)....Pages 100-101 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Arab Maghreb Union....Pages 101-101 Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)....Pages 101-102 African Union (AU)....Pages 102-102 African Development Bank....Pages 102-103 Bank of Central African States (BEAC)....Pages 103-103 East African Development Bank (EADB)....Pages 103-103 West African Development Bank (BOAD)....Pages 103-104 Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)....Pages 104-104 African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK)....Pages 104-104 Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)....Pages 104-105 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)....Pages 105-105 West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA)....Pages 105-105 Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)....Pages 106-106 Southern African Development Community (SADC)....Pages 106-107 Lake Chad Basin Commission....Pages 107-107 Niger Basin Authority....Pages 107-107 East African Community....Pages 107-108 Intergovernmental Authority on Development....Pages 108-108 World Council of Churches....Pages 108-109 Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)....Pages 109-110 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 International Organization for Migration (IOM)....Pages 110-110 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)....Pages 111-111 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)....Pages 112-112 Amnesty International (AI)....Pages 112-112 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)....Pages 112-113 Antarctic Treaty....Pages 113-113 Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)....Pages 113-114 Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)....Pages 114-114 Islamic Development Bank....Pages 114-115 World Customs Organization....Pages 115-115 Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)....Pages 115-116 International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)....Pages 116-116 International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT)....Pages 116-117 The World Tourism Organization....Pages 117-117 International Air Transport Association (IATA)....Pages 117-118 International Road Federation (IRF)....Pages 118-118 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)....Pages 118-119 World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)....Pages 119-119 European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)....Pages 119-120 World Confederation of Labour (WCL)....Pages 120-120 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The International Organization of the Francophonie....Pages 120-121 International Organization for Standardization (ISO)....Pages 121-121 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)....Pages 121-122 International Olympic Committee (IOC)....Pages 122-122 International Union Against Cancer (UICC)....Pages 122-123 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Afghanistan....Pages 127-133 Albania....Pages 134-139 Algeria....Pages 140-145 Andorra....Pages 146-148 Angola....Pages 149-154 Antigua and Barbuda....Pages 155-158 Argentina....Pages 159-166 Armenia....Pages 167-171 Australia....Pages 172-237 Austria....Pages 238-246 Azerbaijan....Pages 247-252 Bahamas....Pages 253-257 Bahrain....Pages 258-262 Bangladesh....Pages 263-269 Barbados....Pages 270-274 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Belarus....Pages 275-280 Belgium....Pages 281-289 Belize....Pages 290-294 Benin....Pages 295-299 Bhutan....Pages 300-303 Bolivia....Pages 304-309 Bosnia-Herzegovina....Pages 310-314 Botswana....Pages 315-320 Brazil....Pages 321-330 Brunei....Pages 331-334 Bulgaria....Pages 335-341 Burkina Faso....Pages 342-346 Burundi....Pages 347-351 Cambodia....Pages 352-356 Cameroon....Pages 357-362 Canada....Pages 363-421 Cape Verde....Pages 422-426 Central African Republic....Pages 427-431 Chad....Pages 432-436 Chile....Pages 437-443 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 China....Pages 444-475 Colombia....Pages 476-482 Comoros....Pages 483-486 Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Formerly Zaïre)....Pages 487-492 Congo, Republic of the....Pages 493-497 Costa Rica....Pages 498-502 Côte D’Ivoire....Pages 503-508 Croatia....Pages 509-514 Cuba....Pages 515-521 Cyprus....Pages 522-530 Czech Republic....Pages 531-538 Denmark....Pages 539-555 Djibouti....Pages 556-559 Dominica....Pages 560-563 Dominican Republic....Pages 564-569 East Timor....Pages 570-572 Ecuador....Pages 573-578 Egypt....Pages 579-586 El Salvador....Pages 587-591 Equatorial Guinea....Pages 592-596 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Eritrea....Pages 597-600 Estonia....Pages 601-607 Ethiopia....Pages 608-613 Fiji Islands....Pages 614-619 Finland....Pages 620-631 France....Pages 632-674 Gabon....Pages 675-679 The Gambia....Pages 680-683 Georgia....Pages 684-690 Germany....Pages 691-741 Ghana....Pages 742-747 Greece....Pages 748-756 Grenada....Pages 757-760 Guatemala....Pages 761-765 Guinea....Pages 766-770 Guinea-Bissau....Pages 771-774 Guyana....Pages 775-779 Haiti....Pages 780-784 Honduras....Pages 785-789 Hungary....Pages 790-798 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Iceland....Pages 799-806 India....Pages 807-887 Indonesia....Pages 888-895 Iran....Pages 896-903 Iraq....Pages 904-910 Ireland....Pages 911-929 Israel....Pages 930-940 Italy....Pages 941-952 Jamaica....Pages 953-958 Japan....Pages 959-970 Jordan....Pages 971-976 Kazakhstan....Pages 977-982 Kenya....Pages 983-989 Kiribati....Pages 990-993 Korea....Pages 994-1002 North Korea....Pages 1003-1008 Kuwait....Pages 1009-1014 Kyrgyzstan....Pages 1015-1019 Laos....Pages 1020-1024 Latvia....Pages 1025-1031 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Lebanon....Pages 1032-1036 Lesotho....Pages 1037-1040 Liberia....Pages 1041-1044 Libya....Pages 1045-1049 Liechtenstein....Pages 1050-1053 Lithuania....Pages 1054-1059 Luxembourg....Pages 1060-1067 Macedonia....Pages 1068-1073 Madagascar....Pages 1074-1078 Malaŵi....Pages 1079-1083 Malaysia....Pages 1084-1091 Maldives....Pages 1092-1094 Mali....Pages 1095-1099 Malta....Pages 1100-1106 Marshall Islands....Pages 1107-1109 Mauritania....Pages 1110-1114 Mauritius....Pages 1115-1119 Mexico....Pages 1120-1127 Micronesia....Pages 1128-1130 Moldova....Pages 1131-1135 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Monaco....Pages 1136-1139 Mongolia....Pages 1140-1145 Morocco....Pages 1146-1153 Mozambique....Pages 1154-1159 Myanmar....Pages 1160-1165 Namibia....Pages 1166-1171 Nauru....Pages 1172-1174 Nepal....Pages 1175-1179 The Netherlands....Pages 1180-1196 New Zealand....Pages 1197-1215 Nicaragua....Pages 1216-1220 Niger....Pages 1221-1224 Nigeria....Pages 1225-1232 Norway....Pages 1233-1244 Oman....Pages 1245-1250 Pakistan....Pages 1251-1259 Palau....Pages 1260-1262 Panama....Pages 1263-1268 Papua New Guinea....Pages 1269-1273 Paraguay....Pages 1274-1278 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Peru....Pages 1279-1285 Philippines....Pages 1286-1293 Poland....Pages 1294-1303 Portugal....Pages 1304-1312 Qatar....Pages 1313-1317 Romania....Pages 1318-1326 Russia....Pages 1327-1352 Rwanda....Pages 1353-1357 St Kitts and Nevis....Pages 1358-1361 St Lucia....Pages 1362-1365 St Vincent and the Grenadines....Pages 1366-1369 Samoa....Pages 1370-1373 San Marino....Pages 1374-1376 São Tomé e Príncipe....Pages 1377-1380 Saudi Arabia....Pages 1381-1387 Senegal....Pages 1388-1393 Seychelles....Pages 1394-1398 Sierra Leone....Pages 1399-1403 Singapore....Pages 1404-1412 Slovakia....Pages 1413-1419 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Slovenia....Pages 1420-1424 Solomon Islands....Pages 1425-1430 Somalia....Pages 1431-1435 South Africa....Pages 1436-1466 Spain....Pages 1467-1479 Sri Lanka....Pages 1480-1486 Sudan....Pages 1487-1492 Suriname....Pages 1493-1497 Swaziland....Pages 1498-1502 Sweden....Pages 1503-1514 Switzerland....Pages 1515-1524 Syria....Pages 1525-1530 Tajikistan....Pages 1531-1535 Tanzania....Pages 1536-1541 Thailand....Pages 1542-1548 Togo....Pages 1549-1553 Tonga....Pages 1554-1557 Trinidad and Tobago....Pages 1558-1563 Tunisia....Pages 1564-1569 Turkey....Pages 1570-1579 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Turkmenistan....Pages 1580-1583 Tuvalu....Pages 1584-1586 Uganda....Pages 1587-1592 Ukraine....Pages 1593-1600 United Arab Emirates....Pages 1601-1605 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland....Pages 1606-1728 United States of America....Pages 1729-1944 Uruguay....Pages 1945-1950 Uzbekistan....Pages 1951-1955 Vanuatu....Pages 1956-1959 Vatican City State....Pages 1960-1961 Venezuela....Pages 1962-1967 Vietnam....Pages 1968-1975 Yemen....Pages 1976-1980 Yugoslavia....Pages 1981-1995 Zambia....Pages 1996-2000 Zimbabwe....Pages 2001-2007 Back Matter....Pages 2008-2060

for Nearly One 140 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 2003 Edition Is Fully Updated And Contains More Information Than Ever Before, Including For The First Time Websites For National Governments And International Organizations. A Foldout Color Section Provides A Political World Map And Flags For The 192 Countries Of The World.

Widely respected as an authoritative and accessible reference work, this text provides the basic building blocks of knowledge about any country in the world, including constitution and government, international relations, industry and social issues, as well as profiles of current leaders and government histories