Political Handbook of the World 2007

by Banks, Arthur S.; Muller, Thomas C.; Overstreet, William R.

• ISBN13: 9780872893702
• ISBN10: 0872893707
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-28
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Summary

Providing thorough and accurate information on more than 200 countries throughout the world, Political Handbook of the World 2007 (PHW) is the one-stop source for finding complete, authoritative facts and analysis on each country's governmental and political makeup. PHW is renouned for its extensive coverage of major, minor, and anti-systemic political parties in each political system around the world.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	p. vii
Intergovernmental Organization Abbreviations	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
Governments
Afghanistan	p. 1
Albania	p. 12
Algeria	p. 20
Andorra	p. 31
Angola	p. 34
Antarctica	p. 43
Antigua and Barbuda	p. 46
Argentina	p. 49
Contested Territory	p. 55
Armenia	p. 56
Australia	p. 64
Related Territories	p. 71
Austria	p. 72
Azerbaijan	p. 78
Bahamas	p. 84
Bahrain	p. 86
Bangladesh	p. 91
Barbados	p. 100
Belarus	p. 102
Belgium	p. 110
Belize	p. 116
Benin	p. 119
Bhutan	p. 124
Bolivia	p. 127
Bosnia and Herzegovina	p. 135
Botswana	p. 150
Brazil	p. 154
Brunei	p. 160
Bulgaria	p. 163
Burkina Faso	p. 172
Burundi	p. 180
Cambodia	p. 189
Cameroon	p. 197
Canada	p. 204
Cape Verde	p. 212
Central African Republic	p. 216
Chad	p. 224
Chile	p. 234
China	p. 239
People's Republic of China	p. 240
Taiwan	p. 250
Colombia	p. 256
Comoro Islands	p. 263
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	p. 271
Congo, Republic of the	p. 284
Costa Rica	p. 291
Cote d'Ivoire	p. 296
Croatia	p. 303
Cuba	p. 310
Cyprus	p. 315
Turkish Sector	p. 321
Czech Republic	p. 325
Denmark	p. 333
Related Territories	p. 338
Djibouti	p. 339
Dominica	p. 345
Dominican Republic	p. 348
Ecuador	p. 352
Egypt	p. 359
El Salvador	p. 368
Equatorial Guinea	p. 374
Eritrea	p. 381
Estonia	p. 385
Ethiopia	p. 392
Fiji	p. 402
Finland	p. 409
France	p. 414
Related Territories	p. 426
Gabon	p. 433
Gambia	p. 440
Georgia	p. 444
Germany	p. 453
Ghana	p. 464
Greece	p. 469
Grenada	p. 477
Guatemala	p. 480
Guinea	p. 488
Guinea-Bissau	p. 494
Guyana	p. 501
Haiti	p. 506
Honduras	p. 513
Hungary	p. 518
Iceland	p. 525
India	p. 529
Indonesia	p. 546
Annexed Territory	p. 558
Iran	p. 559
Iraq	p. 570
Ireland	p. 583
Israel	p. 590
Occupied and Previously Occupied Territories	p. 604
Italy	p. 608
Jamaica	p. 620
Japan	p. 623
Jordan	p. 633
Kazakhstan	p. 641
Kenya	p. 648
Kiribati	p. 662
Korea	p. 664
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	p. 666
Republic of Korea	p. 671
Kuwait	p. 679
Kyrgyzstan	p. 684
Laos	p. 691
Latvia	p. 694
Lebanon	p. 701
Lesotho	p. 709
Liberia	p. 714
Libya	p. 725
Liechtenstein	p. 730
Lithuania	p. 733
Luxembourg	p. 740
Macedonia	p. 743
Madagascar	p. 751
Malawi	p. 759
Malaysia	p. 764
Maldives	p. 774
Mali	p. 777
Malta	p. 784
Marshall Islands	p. 787
Mauritania	p. 789
Mauritius	p. 796
Mexico	p. 803
Micronesia, Federated States of	p. 812
Moldova	p. 813
Monaco	p. 820
Mongolia	p. 822
Montenegro	p. 828
Morocco	p. 835
Disputed Territory	p. 842
Mozambique	p. 844
Myanmar (Burma)	p. 851
Namibia	p. 858
Nauru	p. 865
Nepal	p. 867
Netherlands	p. 876
Aruba	p. 882
Netherlands Antilles	p. 884
New Zealand	p. 887
Related Territories	p. 894
Nicaragua	p. 896
Niger	p. 904
Nigeria	p. 913
Norway	p. 923
Related Territories	p. 929
Oman	p. 929
Pakistan	p. 932
Related Territories	p. 945
Palau	p. 946
Panama	p. 948
Recovered Territory	p. 953
Papua New Guinea	p. 954
Paraguay	p. 960
Peru	p. 965
Philippines	p. 974
Poland	p. 985
Portugal	p. 997
Related Territories	p. 1003
Qatar	p. 1004
Romania	p. 1006
Russia	p. 1017
Rwanda	p. 1033
St. Kitts and Nevis	p. 1040
St. Lucia	p. 1042
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	p. 1045
Samoa	p. 1047
San Marino	p. 1050
Sao Tome and Principe	p. 1053
Saudi Arabia	p. 1058
Senegal	p. 1062
Serbia	p. 1071
Seychelles	p. 1086
Sierra Leone	p. 1090
Singapore	p. 1098
Slovakia	p. 1102
Slovenia	p. 1110
Solomon Islands	p. 1116
Somalia	p. 1119
Somaliland	p. 1127
South Africa	p. 1131
Spain	p. 1144
Related Territories	p. 1155
Sri Lanka	p. 1155
Sudan	p. 1167
Suriname	p. 1178
Swaziland	p. 1184
Sweden	p. 1188
Switzerland	p. 1193
Syria	p. 1199
Tajikistan	p. 1204
Tanzania	p. 1211
Thailand	p. 1218
Timor-Leste (East Timor)	p. 1227
Togo	p. 1232
Tonga	p. 1240
Trinidad and Tobago	p. 1243
Tunisia	p. 1247
Turkey	p. 1254
Turkmenistan	p. 1264
Tuvalu	p. 1268
Uganda	p. 1270
Ukraine	p. 1277
United Arab Emirates	p. 1291
United Kingdom	p. 1294
Related Territories	p. 1305
Northern Ireland	p. 1313
United States	p. 1324
Related Territories	p. 1337
Uruguay	p. 1342
Uzbekistan	p. 1348
Vanuatu	p. 1353
Vatican City State	p. 1358
Venezuela	p. 1361
Vietnam	p. 1368
Yemen	p. 1373
Zambia	p. 1381
Zimbabwe	p. 1388
Palestine Liberation Organization	p. 1397
Intergovernmental Organizations
African Union (AU)	p. 1409
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)	p. 1412
Andean Community of Nations (CAN)	p. 1413
ANZUS	p. 1415
Arab League	p. 1416
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)	p. 1419
Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)	p. 1420
Arctic Council	p. 1421
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)	p. 1422
Association of Caribbean States (ACS)	p. 1424
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)	p. 1425
Bank for International Settlements (BIS/BIZ)	p. 1428
Benelux Economic Union	p. 1430
Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom)	p. 1431
Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)	p. 1434
Central American Common Market (CACM/MCCA)	p. 1435
Central American Integration System (SICA)	p. 1437
Central European Initiative (CEI)	p. 1438
Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific	p. 1440
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa)	p. 1440
Commonwealth	p. 1442
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)	p. 1445
Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP)	p. 1447
Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU)	p. 1448
Council of Europe	p. 1449
Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)	p. 1451
Council of the Entente	p. 1453
East African Community (EAC)	p. 1453
Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)	p. 1454
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)	p. 1456
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO)	p. 1456
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)	p. 1459
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	p. 1460
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)	p. 1462
European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol)	p. 1463
European Space Agency (ESA)	p. 1464
European Union (EU)	p. 1465
European Community (EC/CE)	p. 1476
European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom/CEEA)	p. 1479
Group of Seven/Group of Eight	p. 1480
Group of Ten	p. 1482
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)	p. 1483
Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)	p. 1484
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC)	p. 1485
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)	p. 1486
International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO/Interpol)	p. 1487
International Energy Agency (IEA)	p. 1488
International Organization for Migration (IOM/OIM)	p. 1490
International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF)	p. 1491
Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (LAES/SELA)	p. 1493
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA/ALADI)	p. 1494
Mano River Union	p. 1495
Nonaligned Movement (NAM)	p. 1496
Nordic Council	p. 1498
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO/OTAN)	p. 1500
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/OCDE)	p. 1506
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)	p. 1508
Organization of American States (OAS/OEA)	p. 1511
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)	p. 1514
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)	p. 1515
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)	p. 1517
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)	p. 1518
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)	p. 1520
Pacific Community	p. 1523
Pacific Islands Forum	p. 1524
Permanent Court of Arbitration	p. 1526
Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS)	p. 1527
Regional and Subregional Development Banks	p. 1528
African Development Bank (AfDB/BAD)	p. 1528
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)	p. 1530
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)	p. 1530
Asian Development Bank (ADB)	p. 1531
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)	p. 1532
Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC)	p. 1533
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)	p. 1533
East African Development Bank (EADB)	p. 1534
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD/BERD)	p. 1534
European Investment Bank (EIB)	p. 1535
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB/BRD)	p. 1536
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)	p. 1538
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)	p. 1539
West African Development Bank (BOAD)	p. 1540
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	p. 1540
Southern African Development Community (SADC)	p. 1541
Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur/Mercosul)	p. 1544
United Nations (UN)	p. 1546
General Assembly	p. 1547
General Assembly: Special Bodies	p. 1553
Security Council	p. 1564
Security Council: Peacekeeping Forces and Missions	p. 1569
Security Council: International Criminal Tribunals	p. 1572
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)	p. 1572
Economic and Social Council: Functional Commissions	p. 1573
Economic and Social Council: Regional Commissions	p. 1575
Trusteeship Council	p. 1578
International Court of Justice (ICJ)	p. 1579
Secretariat	p. 1582
United Nations: Specialized Agencies	p. 1585
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)	p. 1585
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)	p. 1587
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)	p. 1590
International Development Association (IDA)	p. 1591
International Finance Corporation (IPC)	p. 1593
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)	p. 1594
International Labour Organization (ILO)	p. 1595
International Maritime Organization (IMO)	p. 1597
International Monetary Fund (IMF)	p. 1599
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)	p. 1603
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	p. 1604
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)	p. 1606
Universal Postal Union (UPU)	p. 1607
World Health Organization (WHO)	p. 1609
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	p. 1611
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	p. 1612
United Nations: Related Organization	p. 1614
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)	p. 1614
West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)	p. 1616
Western European Union (WEU)	p. 1617
World Customs Organization (WCO)/Customs Co-operation Council (CCC)	p. 1619
World Trade Organization (WTO)	p. 1620
Appendixes
Chronology of Major International Events, 1945-2006	p. 1627
Chronology of Major International Conferences Sponsored by the United Nations, 1946-2006	p. 1635
Membership of the United Nations and Its Specialized and Related Agencies	p. 1641
Serials List	p. 1645
Indexes
Geographical and Organizational Names	p. 1647
Personal Names	p. 1651
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