Statesman's Yearbook 2009 (eBook)

BARRY TURNER is the seventh editor in the 145-year history of The Statesman's Yearbook. He has a PhD in Political History and has worked as a journalist, broadcaster and author for over 30 years. He is editor of the annual The Writer's Handbook.

Cover 1
Half Title 2
Title Page 4
Copyright Page 5
PREFACE 6
Table of Contents 7
KEY WORLD FACTS 14
ENVIRONMENT FACT SHEET 15
OIL FACT SHEET 16
WORLD POPULATION DEVELOPMENTS 17
CHRONOLOGY 19
ADDENDA 28
Part I: International Organizations 29
In Defence of Scepticism 30
UNITED NATIONS (UN) 32
General Assembly 32
Security Council 33
Economic and Social Council 34
Trusteeship Council 34
International Court of Justice 34
Secretariat 35
Member States 36
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 37
NOBEL PRIZES 39
UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM 40
Operational Programmes and Funds 40
Research and Training Institutes 41
Other UN Entities 42
Information 42
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES OF THE UN 43
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 43
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — The World Bank (IBRD) 43
International Development Association (IDA) 44
International Finance Corporation (IFC) 45
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) 45
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 45
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 45
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 45
International Labour Organization (ILO) 46
International Maritime Organization (IMO) 46
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 47
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 48
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 49
UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 49
Universal Postal Union (UPU) 50
World Health Organization (WHO) 50
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 52
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 53
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) 53
OTHER ORGANS RELATED TO THE UN 53
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 53
World Trade Organization (WTO) 54
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) 54
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) 55
Europe 55
EUROPEAN UNION (EU) 55
EU INSTITUTIONS 59
European Commission 59
Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers) 60
European Council 61
European Parliament 61
Court of Justice of the European Communities 61
European Court of Auditors 61
OTHER EU STRUCTURES 62
European System of Central Banks 62
European Investment Bank 62
European Investment Fund 62
European Data Protection Supervisor 62
European Ombudsman 62
Advisory Bodies 62
MAIN DECENTRALIZED EU BODIES 63
Community Fisheries Control Agency 63
Community Plant Variety Office 63
European Agency for Reconstruction. 63
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work 63
European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders 63
European Aviation Safety Agency 63
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 63
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training 63
European Chemicals Agency 63
European Environment Agency 63
European Food Safety Authority 63
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 63
European GNSS Supervisory Authority 63
European Maritime Safety Agency 64
European Medicines Agency 64
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 64
European Network and Information Security Agency 64
European Railway Agency 64
European Training Foundation 64
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 64
Fusion for Energy: The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy 64
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market 64
Translation Centre for Bodies of the European Union 64
Europol 64
Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) 64
COUNCIL OF EUROPE 65
WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION (WEU) 66
ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE (OSCE) 67
EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) 68
EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION (EFTA) 68
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) 69
CERN—THE EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH 69
CENTRAL EUROPEAN INITIATIVE (CEI) 69
NORDIC COUNCIL 69
NORDIC DEVELOPMENT FUND 69
NORDIC INVESTMENT BANK 70
COUNCIL OF THE BALTIC SEA STATES 70
EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION (EBU) 70
BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION (BSEC) 70
DANUBE COMMISSION 70
EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ETUC) 71
Other Organizations 71
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 71
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS (BIS) 71
COMMONWEALTH 71
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS) 73
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA) 74
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC) 74
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) 75
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE (IDEA) 75
INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SATELLITE ORGANIZATION (IMSO) 75
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) 76
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM) 76
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO) 76
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE FRANCOPHONIE 77
INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION (IRF) 77
INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY (ISA) 77
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ORGANIZATION (ITSO) 78
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) 78
INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA (ITLOS) 78
INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST CANCER (UICC) 78
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU) 79
INTERPOL (INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION) 79
ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK 79
MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF) 80
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) 80
ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) 82
ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) 84
UNREPRESENTED NATIONS AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION (UNPO) 84
WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES 84
WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION 85
WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (WFTU) 85
WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) 85
Africa 86
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 86
AFRICAN EXPORT–IMPORT BANK (AFREXIMBANK) 86
AFRICAN UNION (AU) 86
BANK OF CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES (BEAC) 86
CENTRAL BANK OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (BCEAO) 87
COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (COMESA) 87
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (EAC) 87
EAST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (EADB) 87
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES (CEEAC) 88
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) 88
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON DEVELOPMENT 88
LAKE CHAD BASIN COMMISSION 88
NIGER BASIN AUTHORITY 88
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) 89
WEST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (BOAD) 89
WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION (UEMOA) 89
Americas 89
AGENCY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (OPANAL) 89
ANDEAN COMMUNITY 90
ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN STATES (ACS) 90
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) 90
CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (CDB) 91
CENTRAL AMERICAN BANK FOR ECONOMIC INTEGRATION (CABEI) 91
CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET (CACM) 91
EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK (ECCB) 92
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB) 92
LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC SYSTEM (SELA) 92
LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION (ALADI/LAIA) 92
LATIN AMERICAN RESERVE FUND 93
ORGANISATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES (OECS) 93
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) 93
SECRETARIAT FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION (SIECA) 94
SOUTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF NATIONS (CSN/SACN) 94
SOUTHERN COMMON MARKET (MERCOSUR) 94
Asia/Pacific 95
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 95
ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (APEC) 95
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) 95
ASEAN-Mekong Basin Development Co-operation (Mekong Group) 96
COLOMBO PLAN 96
ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION ORGANIZATION (ECO) 96
PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM (PIF) 97
SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY (SPC) 97
SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL CO-OPERATION (SAARC) 98
Middle East 98
ARAB FUND FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (AFESD) 98
ARAB MAGHREB UNION 98
ARAB MONETARY FUND (AMF) 98
ARAB ORGANIZATION FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (AOAD) 99
GULF CO-OPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) 99
LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES 99
ORGANIZATION OF ARAB PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OAPEC) 100
ORGANIZATION OF THE PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC) 100
OPEC Fund for International Development 100
Treaties 101
ANTARCTIC TREATY 101
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE 101
Part II: Countries of the World A–Z 102
AFGHANISTAN 103
ALBANIA 109
ALGERIA 115
ANDORRA 121
ANGOLA 123
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 128
ARGENTINA 131
ARMENIA 138
AUSTRALIA 142
Territories 155
Australian Capital Territory 155
Northern Territor 157
States 159
New South Wales 159
Queensland 162
South Australia 165
Tasmania 167
Victoria 169
Western Australia 172
Australian External Territories 175
Australian Antarctic Territory 175
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 175
Christmas Island 176
Norfolk Island 176
Heard and McDonald Islands 177
Ashmore and Cartier Islands 177
Coral Sea Islands 178
AUSTRIA 179
AZERBAIJAN 187
Nakhichevan 191
Nagorno-Karabakh 191
BAHAMAS 192
BAHRAIN 196
BANGLADESH 200
BARBADOS 205
BELARUS 209
BELGIUM 214
BELIZE 223
BENIN 226
BHUTAN 230
BOLIVIA 233
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 238
BOTSWANA 242
BRAZIL 246
BRUNEI 256
BULGARIA 260
BURKINA FASO 266
BURUNDI 270
CAMBODIA 274
CAMEROON 279
CANADA 284
Provinces 295
Alberta 296
British Columbia 298
Manitoba 301
New Brunswick 302
Newfoundland and Labrador 304
Nova Scotia 306
Ontario 308
Prince Edward Island 310
Quebec 311
Saskatchewan 313
Territories 315
Northwest Territories 315
Nunavut 317
Yukon Territory 318
CAPE VERDE 321
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 325
CHAD 329
CHILE 333
CHINA, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 340
Hong Kong 353
Macao 357
Taiwan 359
COLOMBIA 364
COMOROS 370
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF 373
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF 378
COSTA RICA 382
CÔTE D’IVOIRE 386
CROATIA 391
CUBA 396
CYPRUS 401
‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ 406
CZECH REPUBLIC 408
DENMARK 417
Faroe Islands 425
Greenland 426
DJIBOUTI 428
DOMINICA 431
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 434
EAST TIMOR 438
ECUADOR 441
EGYPT 446
EL SALVADOR. 453
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 457
ERITREA 461
ESTONIA 465
ETHIOPIA 471
FIJI ISLANDS 476
FINLAND 481
FRANCE 491
Departments and Collectivities Overseas 506
Overseas Departments and Regions 506
French Guiana 506
Guadeloupe 507
Martinique 509
Réunion 510
Overseas Collectivities 512
French Polynesia 512
Mayotte 514
St Barthélemy 515
St Martin 515
St Pierre and Miquelon 515
Wallis and Futuna 516
Sui Generis Collectivities 517
New Caledonia 517
Southern and Antarctic Territories 519
Minor Territories 520
Clipperton Island 520
GABON 521
THE GAMBIA 526
GEORGIA 529
Abkhazia 533
Adjaria 534
South Ossetia 534
GERMANY 535
Bundesländer 552
Baden-Württemberg 552
Bavaria 553
Berlin 554
Brandenburg 556
Bremen 557
Hamburg 557
Hessen 559
Lower Saxony 560
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania 561
North Rhine-Westphalia 562
Rhineland-Palatinate 564
Saarland 565
Saxony 566
Saxony-Anhalt 567
Schleswig-Holstein 567
Thuringia 569
GHANA 570
GREECE 575
GRENADA 583
GUATEMALA 586
GUINEA 590
GUINEA-BISSAU 594
GUYANA 597
HAITI 601
HONDURAS 605
HUNGARY 609
ICELAND 618
INDIA 625
States and Territories 640
Andhra Pradesh 641
Arunachal Pradesh 642
Assam 643
Bihar 644
Chhattisgarh 645
Goa 646
Gujarat 647
Haryana 648
Himachal Pradesh 649
Jammu and Kashmir 651
Jharkhand 652
Karnataka 653
Kerala 654
Madhya Pradesh 656
Maharashtra 657
Manipur 659
Meghalaya 660
Mizoram 661
Nagaland 661
Orissa 662
Punjab (India) 664
Rajasthan 665
Sikkim 666
Tamil Nadu 667
Tripura 669
Uttar Pradesh 670
Uttarakhand 671
West Bengal 672
Union Territories 673
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 673
Chandigarh 674
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 674
Daman and Diu 676
Delhi 676
Lakshadweep 677
Puducherry 677
INDONESIA 679
IRAN 686
IRAQ 693
IRELAND 701
ISRAEL 715
Palestinian-Administered Territories 723
ITALY 725
JAMAICA 738
JAPAN 742
JORDAN 753
KAZAKHSTAN 758
KENYA 763
KIRIBATI 768
SOUTH KOREA 771
NORTH KOREA 780
KUWAIT 787
KYRGYZSTAN 791
LAOS 795
LATVIA 799
LEBANON 805
LESOTHO 810
LIBERIA 814
LIBYA 818
LIECHTENSTEIN 823
LITHUANIA 826
LUXEMBOURG 833
MACEDONIA 839
MADAGASCAR 843
MALA?I 847
MALAYSIA 851
MALDIVES 859
MALI 862
MALTA 866
MARSHALL ISLANDS 872
MAURITANIA 875
MAURITIUS 879
MEXICO 883
MICRONESIA 890
MOLDOVA 893
MONACO 898
MONGOLIA 901
MONTENEGRO 905
MOROCCO 909
Western Sahara 913
MOZAMBIQUE 914
MYANMAR 918
NAMIBIA 923
NAURU 927
NEPAL 930
NETHERLANDS 935
Aruba 945
Netherlands Antilles 946
NEW ZEALAND 949
Territories Overseas 959
Cook Islands 960
Niue 961
NICARAGUA 963
NIGER 967
NIGERIA 971
NORWAY 978
Dependencies 986
Svalbard 986
Jan Mayen 987
Bouvet Island 987
Peter I Island 987
Queen Maud Land 987
OMAN 988
PAKISTAN 993
PALAU 1002
PANAMA 1004
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1009
Bougainville 1013
PARAGUAY 1014
PERU 1018
PHILIPPINES 1024
POLAND 1030
PORTUGAL 1041
QATAR 1050
ROMANIA 1054
RUSSIA 1061
Republics 1075
Adygeya 1075
Altai 1075
Bashkortostan 1075
Buryatia 1075
Chechnya 1075
Chuvashia 1076
Dagestan 1076
Ingushetia 1077
Kabardino-Balkaria 1077
Kalmykia 1077
Karachai-Cherkessia 1078
Karelia 1078
Khakassia 1078
Komi 1078
Mari-El 1078
Mordovia 1079
North Ossetia 1079
Sakha 1079
Tatarstan 1079
Tuva 1080
Udmurtia 1080
Autonomous Districts and Provinces 1080
RWANDA 1081
ST KITTS AND NEVIS 1086
ST LUCIA 1089
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1092
SAMOA 1095
SAN MARINO 1098
SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE 1101
SAUDI ARABIA 1104
SENEGAL 1111
SERBIA 1116
Kosovo and Metohija 1120
Vojvodina 1121
SEYCHELLES 1123
SIERRA LEONE 1127
SINGAPORE 1131
SLOVAKIA 1138
SLOVENIA 1144
SOLOMON ISLANDS 1149
SOMALIA 1153
SOUTH AFRICA 1157
Province 1168
Eastern Cape 1168
Free State 1169
Gauteng 1170
KwaZulu-Natal 1171
Limpopo 1172
Mpumalanga 1172
Northern Cape 1173
North-West 1174
Western Cape 1175
SPAIN 1176
SRI LANKA 1187
SUDAN 1193
SURINAME 1200
SWAZILAND 1204
SWEDEN 1208
SWITZERLAND 1218
SYRIA 1226
TAJIKISTAN 1231
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region 1234
TANZANIA 1235
THAILAND 1240
TOGO 1245
TONGA 1249
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1252
TUNISIA 1257
TURKEY 1262
TURKMENISTAN 1270
TUVALU 1274
UGANDA 1276
UKRAINE 1282
Crimea 1288
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1289
UNITED KINGDOM 1294
England 1327
Scotland 1331
Wales 1336
Northern Ireland 1339
Isle of Man 1344
Channel Islands 1346
Jersey 1347
Guernsey 1348
Alderney 1349
Sark 1349
UK Overseas Territories 1350
Anguilla 1350
Bermuda 1351
British Antarctic Territory 1353
British Indian Ocean Territory 1353
British Virgin Islands 1354
Cayman Islands 1355
Falkland Islands 1357
Gibraltar 1358
Montserrat 1361
Pitcairn Island 1362
St Helena 1363
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1364
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus 1364
Turks and Caicos Islands 1365
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1367
States and Territories 1398
Alabama 1398
Alaska 1400
Arizona 1402
Arkansas 1404
California 1406
Colorado 1408
Connecticut 1410
Delaware 1412
District of Columbia 1414
Florida 1415
Georgia 1417
Hawaii 1419
Idaho 1421
Illinois 1422
Indiana 1425
Iowa 1427
Kansas 1428
Kentucky 1430
Louisiana 1432
Maine 1434
Maryland 1435
Massachusetts 1437
Michigan 1439
Minnesota 1441
Mississippi 1442
Missouri 1444
Montana 1446
Nebraska 1447
Nevada 1449
New Hampshire 1451
New Jersey 1453
New Mexico 1455
New York 1456
North Carolina 1459
North Dakota 1461
Ohio 1462
Oklahoma 1464
Oregon 1466
Pennsylvania 1468
Rhode Island 1471
South Carolina 1472
South Dakota 1474
Tennessee 1475
Texas 1477
Utah 1480
Vermont 1481
Virginia 1483
Washington 1485
West Virginia 1486
Wisconsin 1489
Wyoming 1491
Outlying Territories 1493
Northern Mariana Islands 1493
Puerto Rico 1494
American Samoa 1496
Guam 1498
US Virgin Islands 1500
Other Unincorporated Territories 1501
Incorporated Territories 1502
URUGUAY 1503
UZBEKISTAN 1508
Karakalpak Autonomous Republic (Karakalpakstan) 1512
VANUATU 1513
VATICAN CITY STATE 1516
VENEZUELA 1519
VIETNAM 1525
YEMEN 1531
ZAMBIA 1536
ZIMBABWE 1540
ISO COUNTRY CODES 1546
ABBREVIATIONS 1548
SOURCES 1549
CURRENT LEADERS INDEX 1551
PLACE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INDEX 1555