The statesman's yearbook : the politics, cultures and economies of the world 2001

For the last 137 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 137 years - brought enhancements to the 1998-99 edition and these have been continued since then. 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. 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Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii The Single Currency—Europe’s Opportunity....Pages 3-7 The United Nations (UN)....Pages 8-16 Universal Declaration of Human Rights....Pages 17-19 Nobel Peace Prize Winners: 1975–99....Pages 20-20 United Nations System....Pages 21-25 The Changing Pattern of Arms Control....Pages 26-29 Specialized Agencies of the UN....Pages 30-47 Other Organs Related to the UN....Pages 47-50 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)....Pages 50-53 Bank for International Settlements (BIS)....Pages 53-54 Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)....Pages 54-56 Europe Sans Frontières....Pages 57-59 European Union (EU)....Pages 60-70 Council of Europe....Pages 70-72 Western European Union (WEU)....Pages 72-74 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)....Pages 74-75 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)....Pages 75-76 European Free Trade Association (EFTA)....Pages 76-77 CERN — The European Laboratory for Particle Physics....Pages 77-78 Central European Initiative (CEI)....Pages 78-78 The Nordic Council....Pages 78-78 Council of Baltic Sea States....Pages 78-79 European Broadcasting Union (EBU)....Pages 79-79 Black Sea Economic Co-Operation Group (BSEC)....Pages 79-79 Danube Commission....Pages 79-80 The Commonwealth....Pages 80-83 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)....Pages 83-85 Organization of American States (OAS)....Pages 86-88 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)....Pages 88-88 Central American Common Market (CACM)....Pages 88-89 Latin American Integration Association (ALADI/LAIA)....Pages 89-89 The Andean Community....Pages 89-90 Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)....Pages 90-90 Association of Caribbean States (ACS)....Pages 90-91 Caribbean Community (CARICOM)....Pages 91-93 Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)....Pages 93-93 Asian Development Bank....Pages 93-94 Economic Co-operation Organization (ECO)....Pages 94-95 Colombo Plan....Pages 95-96 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC)....Pages 96-97 The Pacific Community (SPC)....Pages 97-98 South Pacific Forum (SPF)....Pages 98-98 Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)....Pages 99-100 South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation (SAARC)....Pages 100-101 The League of Arab States....Pages 101-102 Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC)....Pages 102-102 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)....Pages 103-103 Arab Maghreb Union....Pages 104-104 Organization of African Unity (OAU)....Pages 104-104 African Development Bank....Pages 105-105 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)....Pages 105-105 Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)....Pages 105-106 Southern African Development Community (SADC)....Pages 106-106 Lake Chad Basin Commission....Pages 107-107 East African Community....Pages 107-107 World Council of Churches....Pages 107-108 Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)....Pages 108-109 International Organization for Migration (IOM)....Pages 109-109 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)....Pages 110-110 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)....Pages 111-111 Amnesty International (AI)....Pages 111-111 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)....Pages 111-112 Antarctic Treaty....Pages 112-112 Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)....Pages 112-113 Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)....Pages 113-113 World Customs Organization....Pages 113-113 Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)....Pages 114-114 International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)....Pages 114-115 International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT)....Pages 115-115 The World Tourism Organization (WTO)....Pages 115-116 International Air Transport Association (IATA)....Pages 116-116 International Road Federation (IRF)....Pages 116-116 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)....Pages 117-117 World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)....Pages 117-118 World Confederation of Labour (WCL)....Pages 118-118 The International Organization for Francophonie....Pages 118-119 International Organization for Standardization (ISO)....Pages 119-119 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)....Pages 119-120 International Union Against Cancer (UICC)....Pages 120-120 Afghanistan....Pages 123-127 Albania....Pages 128-133 Algeria....Pages 134-139 Andorra....Pages 140-142 Angola....Pages 143-148 Antigua and Barbuda....Pages 149-152 Argentina....Pages 153-159 Armenia....Pages 160-163 Australia....Pages 164-230 Austria....Pages 231-238 Azerbaijan....Pages 239-244 Bahamas....Pages 245-249 Bahrain....Pages 250-254 Bangladesh....Pages 255-260 Barbados....Pages 261-264 Belarus....Pages 265-269 Belgium....Pages 270-278 Belize....Pages 279-282 Benin....Pages 283-287 Bhutan....Pages 288-291 Bolivia....Pages 292-297 Bosnia-Hercegovina....Pages 298-302 Botswana....Pages 303-307 Brazil....Pages 308-317 Brunei....Pages 318-321 Bulgaria....Pages 322-328 Burkina Faso....Pages 329-333 Burundi....Pages 334-338 Cambodia....Pages 339-343 Cameroon....Pages 344-348 Canada....Pages 349-407 Cape Verde....Pages 408-412 Central African Republic....Pages 413-416 Chad....Pages 417-420 Chile....Pages 421-427 China....Pages 428-458 Colombia....Pages 459-464 Comoros....Pages 465-468 Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Formerly Zaïre)....Pages 469-474 Congo, Republic of the....Pages 475-479 Costa Rica....Pages 480-484 Côte D’Ivoire....Pages 485-490 Croatia....Pages 491-495 Cuba....Pages 496-502 Cyprus....Pages 503-510 Czech Republic....Pages 511-517 Denmark....Pages 518-533 Djibouti....Pages 534-537 Dominica....Pages 538-541 Dominican Republic....Pages 542-546 Ecuador....Pages 547-552 Egypt....Pages 553-559 El Salvador....Pages 560-564 Equatorial Guinea....Pages 565-569 Eritrea....Pages 570-573 Estonia....Pages 574-579 Ethiopia....Pages 580-585 Fiji Islands....Pages 586-591 Finland....Pages 592-603 France....Pages 604-645 Gabon....Pages 646-650 The Gambia....Pages 651-654 Georgia....Pages 655-660 Germany....Pages 661-709 Ghana....Pages 710-715 Greece....Pages 716-724 Grenada....Pages 725-728 Guatemala....Pages 729-733 Guinea....Pages 734-737 Guinea-Bissau....Pages 738-741 Guyana....Pages 742-746 Haiti....Pages 747-751 Honduras....Pages 752-756 Hungary....Pages 757-765 Iceland....Pages 766-773 India....Pages 774-823 Indonesia....Pages 850-858 Iran....Pages 859-866 Iraq....Pages 867-872 Ireland....Pages 873-891 Israel....Pages 892-902 Italy....Pages 903-914 Jamaica....Pages 915-919 Japan....Pages 920-930 Jordan....Pages 931-935 Kazakhstan....Pages 936-941 Kenya....Pages 942-947 Kiribati....Pages 948-951 Korea....Pages 952-960 North Korea....Pages 961-966 Kuwait....Pages 967-971 Kyrgyzstan....Pages 972-975 Laos....Pages 976-980 Latvia....Pages 981-987 Lebanon....Pages 988-992 Lesotho....Pages 993-996 Liberia....Pages 997-1000 Libya....Pages 1001-1005 Liechtenstein....Pages 1006-1009 Lithuania....Pages 1010-1016 Luxembourg....Pages 1017-1024 Macedonia....Pages 1025-1029 Madagascar....Pages 1030-1034 Malaŵi....Pages 1035-1039 Malaysia....Pages 1040-1048 Maldives....Pages 1049-1051 Mali....Pages 1052-1055 Malta....Pages 1056-1062 Marshall Islands....Pages 1063-1065 Mauritania....Pages 1066-1069 Mauritius....Pages 1070-1074 Mexico....Pages 1075-1082 Micronesia....Pages 1083-1085 Moldova....Pages 1086-1090 Monaco....Pages 1091-1094 Mongolia....Pages 1095-1099 Morocco....Pages 1100-1106 Mozambique....Pages 1107-1112 Myanmar....Pages 1113-1118 Namibia....Pages 1119-1123 Nauru....Pages 1124-1126 Nepal....Pages 1127-1131 The Netherlands....Pages 1132-1148 New Zealand....Pages 1149-1167 Nicaragua....Pages 1168-1172 Niger....Pages 1173-1176 Nigeria....Pages 1177-1184 Norway....Pages 1185-1196 Oman....Pages 1197-1202 Pakistan....Pages 1203-1211 Palau....Pages 1212-1214 Panama....Pages 1215-1219 Papua New Guinea....Pages 1220-1225 Paraguay....Pages 1226-1230 Peru....Pages 1231-1237 Philippines....Pages 1238-1244 Poland....Pages 1245-1254 Portugal....Pages 1255-1263 Qatar....Pages 1264-1267 Romania....Pages 1268-1275 Russia....Pages 1276-1299 Rwanda....Pages 1300-1304 St Kitts and Nevis....Pages 1305-1308 St Lucia....Pages 1309-1311 St Vincent and the Grenadines....Pages 1312-1315 Samoa....Pages 1316-1319 San Marino....Pages 1320-1322 São Tomé e Príncipe....Pages 1323-1326 Saudi Arabia....Pages 1327-1333 Senegal....Pages 1334-1339 Seychelles....Pages 1340-1344 Sierra Leone....Pages 1345-1349 Singapore....Pages 1350-1358 Slovakia....Pages 1359-1365 Slovenia....Pages 1366-1370 Solomon Islands....Pages 1371-1376 Somalia....Pages 1377-1380 South Africa....Pages 1381-1413 Spain....Pages 1414-1428 Sri Lanka....Pages 1429-1435 Sudan....Pages 1436-1441 Suriname....Pages 1442-1446 Swaziland....Pages 1447-1450 Sweden....Pages 1451-1461 Switzerland....Pages 1462-1471 Syria....Pages 1472-1476 Tajikistan....Pages 1477-1480 Tanzania....Pages 1481-1486 Thailand....Pages 1487-1493 Togo....Pages 1494-1498 Tonga....Pages 1499-1502 Trinidad and Tobago....Pages 1503-1507 Tunisia....Pages 1508-1513 Turkey....Pages 1514-1522 Turkmenistan....Pages 1523-1526 Tuvalu....Pages 1527-1529 Uganda....Pages 1530-1535 Ukraine....Pages 1536-1543 United Arab Emirates (UAE)....Pages 1544-1548 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland....Pages 1549-1666 United States of America....Pages 1667-1874 Uruguay....Pages 1875-1879 Uzbekiston....Pages 1880-1884 Vanuatu....Pages 1885-1888 Vatican City State....Pages 1889-1890 Venezuela....Pages 1891-1896 Vietnam....Pages 1897-1903 Yemen....Pages 1904-1908 Yugoslavia....Pages 1909-1921 Zambia....Pages 1922-1926 Zimbabwe....Pages 1927-1933 Back Matter....Pages 1934-1986