This entry provides information on the approximate number of public and private TV and radio stations in a country, as well as basic information on the availability of satellite and cable TV services.
Rank country Broadcast media Date of Information
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Rank code: 2214
Country Comparison :: Stock of narrow money
This entry, also know as "M1," comprises the total quantity of currency in circulation (notes and coins) plus demand deposits denominated in the national currency held by nonbank financial institutions, state and local governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, and the private sector of the economy, measured at a specific point in time. National currency units have been converted to US dollars at the closing exchange rate for the date of the information. Because of exchange rate movements, changes in money stocks measured in national currency units may vary significantly from those shown in US dollars, and caution is urged when making comparisons over time in US dollars. Narrow money consists of more liquid assets than broad money and the assets generally function as a "medium of exchange" for an economy.
Rank country Stock of narrow money Date of Information
1 World $ 22,400,000,000,000 NA 2 European Union $ 5,542,000,000,000 NA 3 Japan $ 5,541,000,000,000 NA 4 China $ 3,838,000,000,000 NA 5 United States $ 1,740,000,000,000 NA 6 Germany $ 1,627,000,000,000 NA 7 Italy $ 1,234,000,000,000 NA 8 France $ 858,600,000,000 NA 9 Spain $ 849,200,000,000 NA 10 Canada $ 560,800,000,000 NA 11 Switzerland $ 384,200,000,000 NA 12 Netherlands $ 368,100,000,000 NA 13 Australia $ 347,100,000,000 NA 14 Taiwan $ 331,700,000,000 NA 15 India $ 328,400,000,000 NA 16 Russia $ 269,100,000,000 NA 17 Sweden $ 225,000,000,000 NA 18 Austria $ 173,400,000,000 NA 19 Belgium $ 172,900,000,000 NA 20 Saudi Arabia $ 166,900,000,000 NA 21 Brazil $ 165,800,000,000 NA 22 Greece $ 152,800,000,000 NA 23 Denmark $ 148,100,000,000 NA 24 Poland $ 138,700,000,000 NA 25 Mexico $ 135,700,000,000 NA 26 Ireland $ 127,700,000,000 NA 27 Norway $ 122,200,000,000 NA 28 Luxembourg $ 120,800,000,000 NA 29 Finland $ 108,000,000,000 NA 30 Korea, South $ 101,900,000,000 NA 31 Portugal $ 98,230,000,000 NA 32 Czech Republic $ 96,820,000,000 NA 33 United Kingdom $ 88,620,000,000 NA 34 Hong Kong $ 84,880,000,000 NA 35 Singapore $ 80,500,000,000 NA 36 Algeria $ 79,070,000,000 NA 37 Venezuela $ 69,360,000,000 NA 38 Malaysia $ 69,030,000,000 NA 39 United Arab Emirates $ 68,760,000,000 NA 40 Morocco $ 67,330,000,000 NA 41 South Africa $ 65,870,000,000 NA 42 Indonesia $ 65,470,000,000 NA 43 Pakistan $ 59,750,000,000 NA 44 Turkey $ 57,020,000,000 NA 45 Iran $ 50,370,000,000 NA 46 Argentina $ 41,660,000,000 NA 47 Nigeria $ 40,410,000,000 NA 48 Thailand $ 38,000,000,000 NA 49 Egypt $ 37,800,000,000 NA 50 Iraq $ 35,690,000,000 NA 51 Ukraine $ 34,970,000,000 NA 52 Slovakia $ 34,370,000,000 NA 53 Vietnam $ 33,760,000,000 NA 54 Colombia $ 31,830,000,000 NA 55 Philippines $ 30,090,000,000 NA 56 Libya $ 29,850,000,000 NA 57 Chile $ 29,810,000,000 NA 58 Hungary $ 28,670,000,000 NA 59 Israel $ 27,580,000,000 NA 60 Romania $ 24,390,000,000 NA 61 New Zealand $ 24,150,000,000 NA 62 Syria $ 21,600,000,000 NA 63 Kazakhstan $ 20,910,000,000 NA 64 Peru $ 20,530,000,000 NA 65 Kuwait $ 18,120,000,000 NA 66 Qatar $ 15,980,000,000 NA 67 Bangladesh $ 13,980,000,000 NA 68 Bulgaria $ 12,700,000,000 NA 69 Cuba $ 11,570,000,000 NA 70 Tunisia $ 11,490,000,000 NA 71 Slovenia $ 10,470,000,000 NA 72 Jordan $ 9,386,000,000 NA 73 Lithuania $ 8,917,000,000 NA 74 Angola $ 8,740,000,000 NA 75 Croatia $ 8,720,000,000 NA 76 Sudan $ 7,713,000,000 NA 77 Azerbaijan $ 7,340,000,000 NA 78 Oman $ 7,257,000,000 NA 79 Guatemala $ 6,600,000,000 NA 80 Bahrain $ 6,372,000,000 NA 81 Kenya $ 6,333,000,000 NA 82 Ghana $ 6,260,000,000 NA 83 Ecuador $ 6,198,000,000 NA 84 Latvia $ 5,769,000,000 NA 85 Estonia $ 5,345,000,000 NA 86 Malta $ 5,195,000,000 NA 87 Cote d'Ivoire $ 5,094,000,000 NA 88 Panama $ 5,040,000,000 NA 89 Burma $ 4,907,000,000 NA 90 Uzbekistan $ 4,895,000,000 NA 91 Ethiopia $ 4,764,000,000 NA 92 Belarus $ 4,747,000,000 NA 93 Dominican Republic $ 4,734,000,000 NA 94 Costa Rica $ 4,504,000,000 NA 95 Iceland $ 4,413,000,000 NA 96 Sri Lanka $ 4,400,000,000 NA 97 Bolivia $ 4,374,000,000 NA 98 Cyprus $ 4,341,000,000 NA 99 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 4,098,000,000 NA 100 Afghanistan $ 3,943,000,000 NA 101 Macau $ 3,831,000,000 NA 102 Trinidad and Tobago $ 3,734,000,000 NA 103 Uruguay $ 3,706,000,000 NA 104 Lebanon $ 3,692,000,000 NA 105 Serbia $ 3,554,000,000 NA 106 Yemen $ 3,551,000,000 NA 107 Tanzania $ 3,394,000,000 NA 108 Brunei $ 3,374,000,000 NA 109 Namibia $ 3,049,000,000 NA 110 Nepal $ 3,030,000,000 NA 111 Cameroon $ 2,888,000,000 NA 112 Senegal $ 2,800,000,000 NA 113 Albania $ 2,708,000,000 NA 114 Mozambique $ 2,657,000,000 NA 115 Paraguay $ 2,600,000,000 NA 116 Papua New Guinea $ 2,551,000,000 NA 117 El Salvador $ 2,534,000,000 NA 118 Congo, Republic of the $ 2,403,000,000 NA 119 Uganda $ 1,997,000,000 NA 120 Mauritius $ 1,889,000,000 NA 121 Equatorial Guinea $ 1,860,000,000 NA 122 Gabon $ 1,835,000,000 NA 123 Barbados $ 1,793,000,000 NA 124 Mali $ 1,758,000,000 NA 125 Benin $ 1,551,000,000 NA 126 Jamaica $ 1,432,000,000 NA 127 Burkina Faso $ 1,416,000,000 NA 128 Eritrea $ 1,382,000,000 NA 129 Honduras $ 1,296,000,000 NA 130 Bahamas, The $ 1,284,000,000 NA 131 Nicaragua $ 1,273,000,000 NA 132 Zambia $ 1,234,000,000 NA 133 Madagascar $ 1,233,000,000 NA 134 Moldova $ 1,221,000,000 NA 135 Georgia $ 1,175,000,000 NA 136 Botswana $ 1,146,000,000 NA 137 Macedonia $ 1,146,000,000 NA 138 Armenia $ 1,131,000,000 NA 139 Chad $ 920,900,000 NA 140 Aruba $ 865,000,000 NA 141 Tajikistan $ 863,000,000 NA 142 Cambodia $ 850,700,000 NA 143 Montenegro $ 816,800,000 NA 144 Haiti $ 787,200,000 NA 145 Niger $ 782,600,000 NA 146 Togo $ 754,500,000 NA 147 Fiji $ 748,000,000 NA 148 Kyrgyzstan $ 714,900,000 NA 149 Lesotho $ 653,300,000 NA 150 Laos $ 630,000,000 NA 151 Malawi $ 626,500,000 NA 152 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 613,900,000 NA 153 Suriname $ 608,000,000 NA 154 Rwanda $ 602,300,000 NA 155 Cape Verde $ 585,000,000 NA 156 Djibouti $ 577,800,000 NA 157 Turkmenistan $ 573,000,000 NA 158 Guinea $ 496,200,000 NA 159 Maldives $ 460,000,000 NA 160 Mongolia $ 451,400,000 NA 161 Belize $ 389,500,000 NA 162 Guyana $ 386,900,000 NA 163 Swaziland $ 335,700,000 NA 164 Bhutan $ 335,000,000 NA 165 Cayman Islands $ 334,300,000 NA 166 Burundi $ 329,300,000 NA 167 Central African Republic $ 288,800,000 NA 168 Seychelles $ 274,200,000 NA 169 Saint Lucia $ 244,300,000 NA 170 Antigua and Barbuda $ 233,500,000 NA 171 Vanuatu $ 229,200,000 NA 172 Gambia, The $ 222,900,000 NA 173 Sierra Leone $ 209,400,000 NA 174 Liberia $ 206,900,000 NA 175 Guinea-Bissau $ 192,100,000 NA 176 Solomon Islands $ 139,900,000 NA 177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 133,000,000 NA 178 Grenada $ 123,100,000 NA 179 Comoros $ 104,700,000 NA 180 Timor-Leste $ 102,800,000 NA 181 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 94,450,000 NA 182 Samoa $ 80,560,000 NA 183 Dominica $ 74,840,000 NA 184 Tonga $ 44,640,000 NA 185 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 29,020,000 NA 186 Anguilla $ 19,030,000 NA 187 Sao Tome and Principe $ 17,180,000 NA 188 Montserrat $ 14,130,000 NA
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Rank code: 2215
Country Comparison :: Stock of broad money
This entry covers all of "Narrow money," plus the total quantity of time and savings deposits, credit union deposits, institutional money market funds, short-term repurchase agreements between the central bank and commercial deposit banks, and other large liquid assets held by nonbank financial institutions, state and local governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, and the private sector of the economy. National currency units have been converted to US dollars at the closing exchange rate for the date of the information. Because of exchange rate movements, changes in money stocks measured in national currency units may vary significantly from those shown in US dollars, and caution is urged when making comparisons over time in US dollars. In addition to serving as a medium of exchange, broad money includes assets that are slightly less liquid than narrow money and the assets tend to function as a "store of value" - a means of holding wealth.
Rank country Stock of broad money Date of Information
1 World $ 75,860,000,000,000 NA 2 Japan $ 18,300,000,000,000 NA 3 United States $ 12,390,000,000,000 NA 4 European Union $ 11,170,000,000,000 NA 5 China $ 10,080,000,000,000 NA 6 Germany $ 4,288,000,000,000 NA 7 United Kingdom $ 3,344,000,000,000 NA 8 France $ 2,292,000,000,000 NA 9 Spain $ 2,264,000,000,000 NA 10 Italy $ 1,884,000,000,000 NA 11 Brazil $ 1,522,000,000,000 NA 12 Canada $ 1,469,000,000,000 NA 13 Korea, South $ 1,346,000,000,000 NA 14 India $ 1,290,000,000,000 NA 15 Australia $ 1,134,000,000,000 NA 16 Netherlands $ 1,124,000,000,000 NA 17 Taiwan $ 952,200,000,000 NA 18 Hong Kong $ 850,800,000,000 NA 19 Switzerland $ 834,600,000,000 NA 20 Russia $ 650,700,000,000 NA 21 Mexico $ 583,800,000,000 NA 22 Belgium $ 539,400,000,000 NA 23 Austria $ 402,800,000,000 NA 24 Thailand $ 354,500,000,000 NA 25 Malaysia $ 337,600,000,000 NA 26 Greece $ 335,900,000,000 NA 27 Singapore $ 295,800,000,000 NA 28 Sweden $ 293,200,000,000 NA 29 Saudi Arabia $ 286,900,000,000 NA 30 Portugal $ 282,000,000,000 NA 31 Indonesia $ 276,800,000,000 NA 32 Ireland $ 257,100,000,000 NA 33 Norway $ 256,300,000,000 NA 34 South Africa $ 256,200,000,000 NA 35 Luxembourg $ 255,500,000,000 NA 36 Turkey $ 255,500,000,000 NA 37 Poland $ 251,900,000,000 NA 38 United Arab Emirates $ 228,500,000,000 NA 39 Denmark $ 209,000,000,000 NA 40 Israel $ 208,800,000,000 NA 41 Iran $ 167,400,000,000 NA 42 Egypt $ 166,200,000,000 NA 43 Syria $ 161,000,000,000 NA 44 Finland $ 160,400,000,000 NA 45 Chile $ 160,300,000,000 NA 46 Czech Republic $ 138,600,000,000 NA 47 Vietnam $ 118,800,000,000 NA 48 New Zealand $ 118,100,000,000 NA 49 Argentina $ 112,900,000,000 NA 50 Algeria $ 109,700,000,000 NA 51 Morocco $ 108,700,000,000 NA 52 Colombia $ 104,900,000,000 NA 53 Lebanon $ 92,010,000,000 NA 54 Nigeria $ 91,970,000,000 NA 55 Philippines $ 91,500,000,000 NA 56 Kuwait $ 88,710,000,000 NA 57 Pakistan $ 85,220,000,000 NA 58 Venezuela $ 78,110,000,000 NA 59 Ukraine $ 73,910,000,000 NA 60 Hungary $ 67,940,000,000 NA 61 Qatar $ 65,950,000,000 NA 62 Kazakhstan $ 65,550,000,000 NA 63 Romania $ 63,670,000,000 NA 64 Bangladesh $ 57,210,000,000 NA 65 Peru $ 55,200,000,000 NA 66 Slovakia $ 52,630,000,000 NA 67 Cyprus $ 50,500,000,000 NA 68 Iraq $ 46,010,000,000 NA 69 Croatia $ 40,800,000,000 NA 70 Libya $ 35,980,000,000 NA 71 Cuba $ 35,920,000,000 NA 72 Jordan $ 35,530,000,000 NA 73 Bulgaria $ 35,370,000,000 NA 74 Tunisia $ 29,390,000,000 NA 75 Macau $ 26,560,000,000 NA 76 Guatemala $ 25,400,000,000 NA 77 Angola $ 24,920,000,000 NA 78 Panama $ 24,170,000,000 NA 79 Slovenia $ 24,030,000,000 NA 80 Oman $ 22,350,000,000 NA 81 Bahrain $ 21,020,000,000 NA 82 Iceland $ 19,970,000,000 NA 83 Sri Lanka $ 19,720,000,000 NA 84 Serbia $ 18,690,000,000 NA 85 Ecuador $ 18,620,000,000 NA 86 Lithuania $ 17,260,000,000 NA 87 Costa Rica $ 16,810,000,000 NA 88 Dominican Republic $ 15,710,000,000 NA 89 Kenya $ 15,380,000,000 NA 90 Malta $ 14,300,000,000 NA 91 Uruguay $ 14,220,000,000 NA 92 Belarus $ 13,620,000,000 NA 93 Sudan $ 13,500,000,000 NA 94 Trinidad and Tobago $ 12,470,000,000 NA 95 Bolivia $ 12,160,000,000 NA 96 Azerbaijan $ 11,640,000,000 NA 97 Latvia $ 11,170,000,000 NA 98 Estonia $ 10,700,000,000 NA 99 Nepal $ 10,010,000,000 NA 100 Yemen $ 9,739,000,000 NA 101 El Salvador $ 9,666,000,000 NA 102 Mauritius $ 9,605,000,000 NA 103 Ghana $ 9,583,000,000 NA 104 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 9,307,000,000 NA 105 Albania $ 9,096,000,000 NA 106 Brunei $ 8,569,000,000 NA 107 Ethiopia $ 8,248,000,000 NA 108 Burma $ 7,800,000,000 NA 109 Cote d'Ivoire $ 7,653,000,000 NA 110 Honduras $ 7,618,000,000 NA 111 Tanzania $ 7,440,000,000 NA 112 Uzbekistan $ 7,197,000,000 NA 113 Botswana $ 6,679,000,000 NA 114 Bahamas, The $ 5,991,000,000 NA 115 Jamaica $ 5,782,000,000 NA 116 West Bank $ 5,567,000,000 NA 117 Cayman Islands $ 5,564,000,000 NA 118 Paraguay $ 5,030,000,000 NA 119 Cambodia $ 4,982,000,000 NA 120 Cameroon $ 4,831,000,000 NA 121 Namibia $ 4,756,000,000 NA 122 Papua New Guinea $ 4,726,000,000 NA 123 Senegal $ 4,603,000,000 NA 124 Barbados $ 4,563,000,000 NA 125 Afghanistan $ 4,149,000,000 NA 126 Macedonia $ 4,134,000,000 NA 127 Uganda $ 3,905,000,000 NA 128 Mozambique $ 3,803,000,000 NA 129 Zambia $ 3,573,000,000 NA 130 Armenia $ 3,507,000,000 NA 131 Haiti $ 3,137,000,000 NA 132 Nicaragua $ 2,900,000,000 NA 133 Moldova $ 2,889,000,000 NA 134 Eritrea $ 2,872,000,000 NA 135 Gabon $ 2,764,000,000 NA 136 Congo, Republic of the $ 2,746,000,000 NA 137 Mali $ 2,514,000,000 NA 138 Benin $ 2,424,000,000 NA 139 Burkina Faso $ 2,406,000,000 NA 140 Equatorial Guinea $ 2,207,000,000 NA 141 Georgia $ 2,146,000,000 NA 142 Madagascar $ 2,012,000,000 NA 143 Mongolia $ 1,996,000,000 NA 144 Laos $ 1,818,000,000 NA 145 Suriname $ 1,809,000,000 NA 146 Aruba $ 1,771,000,000 NA 147 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 1,562,000,000 NA 148 Malawi $ 1,434,000,000 NA 149 Montenegro $ 1,406,000,000 NA 150 Belize $ 1,351,000,000 NA 151 Cape Verde $ 1,314,000,000 NA 152 Guyana $ 1,303,000,000 NA 153 Swaziland $ 1,266,000,000 NA 154 Chad $ 1,257,000,000 NA 155 Rwanda $ 1,243,000,000 NA 156 Togo $ 1,238,000,000 NA 157 Antigua and Barbuda $ 1,186,000,000 NA 158 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,100,000,000 NA 159 Tajikistan $ 1,095,000,000 NA 160 Saint Lucia $ 1,094,000,000 NA 161 Maldives $ 1,065,000,000 NA 162 Lesotho $ 1,057,000,000 NA 163 Turkmenistan $ 1,053,000,000 NA 164 Niger $ 1,038,000,000 NA 165 Djibouti $ 940,800,000 NA 166 Guinea $ 830,000,000 NA 167 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 823,800,000 NA 168 Grenada $ 743,500,000 NA 169 Vanuatu $ 614,200,000 NA 170 Burundi $ 568,300,000 NA 171 Anguilla $ 458,900,000 NA 172 Gambia, The $ 453,900,000 NA 173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 444,400,000 NA 174 Sierra Leone $ 437,000,000 NA 175 Seychelles $ 415,000,000 NA 176 Dominica $ 398,500,000 NA 177 Central African Republic $ 343,400,000 NA 178 Samoa $ 283,200,000 NA 179 Timor-Leste $ 268,400,000 NA 180 Solomon Islands $ 227,100,000 NA 181 Guinea-Bissau $ 209,300,000 NA 182 Comoros $ 168,600,000 NA 183 Tonga $ 153,800,000 NA 184 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 114,000,000 NA 185 Sao Tome and Principe $ 82,200,000 NA 186 Montserrat $ 69,630,000 NA 187 Zimbabwe $ 3,057,000 NA
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Appendix A :: Abbreviations
A
ABEDA
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ACP Group
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
ADB
Asian Development Bank
AfDB
African Development Bank
AFESD
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
AG
Australia Group
Air Pollution
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or
Their Transboundary Fluxes
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Air Pollution-Sulphur 85
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary
Fluxes by at Least 30%
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic
Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes
AMF
Arab Monetary Fund
AMU
Arab Maghreb Union
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Antarctic Seals
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
ANZUS
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
AOSIS
Alliance of Small Island States
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Arabsat
Arab Satellite Communications Organization
ARF
ASEAN Regional Forum
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU
African Union
Autodin
Automatic Digital Network
B
BA
Baltic Assembly
bbl/day barrels per day
BCIE
Central American Bank for Economic Integration
BDEAC
Central African States Development Bank
Benelux
Benelux Union
BGN
United States Board on Geographic Names
BIMSTEC
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation
Biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity
BIS
Bank for International Settlements
BSEC
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
C
C
Commonwealth
c.i.f. cost, insurance, and freight
CACM
Central American Common Market
CAEU
Council of Arab Economic Unity
CAN
Andean Community of Nations
Caricom
Caribbean Community and Common Market
CB citizen's band mobile radio communications
CBSS
Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCC
Customs Cooperation Council
CD
Community of Democracies
CDB
Caribbean Development Bank
CE
Council of Europe
CEI
Central European Initiative
CEMA
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
CEMAC
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
CEPGL
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CEPT
Conference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications
CERN
European Organization for Nuclear Research
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CICA
Conference of Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CITES see Endangered Species
Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change
COCOM
Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Comsat
Communications Satellite Corporation
CP
Colombo Plan
CPLP
Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa
CSN
South American Community of Nations became UNASUL - Union of South
American Nations
CSN
Union of South American Nations
CSTO
Collective Security Treaty Organization
CTBTO
Preparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation
CY calendar year
D
D-8
Developing Eight
DC developed country
DDT dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
Desertification
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in
Africa
DIA
United States Defense Intelligence Agency
DSN
Defense Switched Network
DST daylight savings time
DWT deadweight ton
E
EAC
East African Community
EADB
East African Development Bank
EAEC
Eurasian Economic Community
EAPC
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EAS
East Asia Summit
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC
European Community or European Commission
ECA
Economic Commission for Africa
ECE
Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECO
Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOSOC
Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
ECSC
European Coal and Steel Community
EE
Eastern Europe
EEC
European Economic Community
EEZ exclusive economic zone
EFTA
European Free Trade Association
EIB
European Investment Bank
EMU
European Monetary Union
Endangered Species
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Flora and Fauna (CITES)
Entente
Council of the Entente
Environmental Modification
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of
Environmental Modification Techniques
ESA
European Space Agency
ESCAP
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
est. estimate
EU
European Union
Euratom
European Atomic Energy Community
Eutelsat
European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Ex-Im
Export-Import Bank of the United States
F
f.o.b. free on board
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FATF
Financial Action Task Force
FAX facsimile
FLS
Front Line States
FOC flags of convenience
FSU former Soviet Union
FY fiscal year
FZ
Franc Zone
G
G-2
Group of 2
G-3
Group of 3
G-5
Group of 5
G-6
Group of 6
G-7
Group of 7
G-8
Group of 8
G-9
Group of 9
G-10
Group of 10
G-15
Group of 15
G-11
Group of 11
G-24
Group of 24
G-77
Group of 77
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO
GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
GCTU
General Confederation of Trade Unions
GDP gross domestic product
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GNP gross national product
GRT gross register ton
GSM global system for mobile cellular communications
GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova
GWP gross world product
H
Hazardous Wastes
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and Their Disposal
HF high-frequency
HIV/AIDS human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
I
IADB
Inter-American Development Bank
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC
International Chamber of Commerce
ICCt
International Criminal Court
ICJ
International Court of Justice (World Court)
ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRM
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
ICSID
International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes
ICTR
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICTY
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
IDA
International Development Association
IDB
Islamic Development Bank
IDP
Internally Displaced Person
IEA
International Energy Agency
IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC
International Finance Corporation
IFRCS
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IGAD
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
IHO
International Hydrographic Organization
ILO
International Labor Organization
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IMSO
International Mobile Satellite Organization
Inmarsat
International Maritime Satellite Organization
InOC
Indian Ocean Commission
INSTRAW
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of
Women
Intelsat
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Interpol
International Criminal Police Organization
Intersputnik
International Organization of Space Communications
IOC
International Olympic Committee
IOM
International Organization for Migration
IPU
Inter-parliamentary Union
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISP
Internet Service Provider
ITSO
International Telecommunications Satellites Organization
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
ITUC
International Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU
(International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (World
Confederation of Labor)
K
kHz kilohertz
km kilometer
kW kilowatt
kWh kilowatt-hour
L
LAES
Latin American Economic System
LAIA
Latin American Integration Association
LAS
League of Arab States
Law of the Sea
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
LDC less developed country
LLDC least developed country
London Convention see Marine Dumping
LOS see Law of the Sea
M
m meter
Marecs
Maritime European Communications Satellite
Marine Dumping
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and
Other Matter
Marine Life Conservation
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High
Seas
MARPOL see Ship Pollution
Medarabtel
Middle East Telecommunications Project of the International
Telecommunications Union
Mercosur
Southern Cone Common Market
MHz megahertz
MICAH
International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti
MIGA
Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency
MINURSO
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MINUSTAH
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
MONUSCO
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo
N
NA not available
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAM
Nonaligned Movement
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NC
Nordic Council
NEA
Nuclear Energy Agency
NEGL negligible
NGA
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NGO nongovernmental organization
NIB
Nordic Investment Bank
NIC newly industrializing country
NIE newly industrializing economy
NIS new independent states
nm nautical mile
NMT
Nordic Mobile Telephone
NSG
Nuclear Suppliers Group
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water
NZ
New Zealand
O
OAPEC
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS
Organization of American States
OAU
Organization of African Unity; see African Union
ODA official development assistance
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OHCHR
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIC
Organization of the Islamic Conference
OIF
International Organization of the French-speaking World
OOF other official flows
OPANAL
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the
Caribbean
OPCW
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Ozone Layer Protection
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
P
PCA
Permanent Court of Arbitration
PFP
Partnership for Peace
PIF
Pacific Islands Forum
PPP purchasing power parity
R
Ramsar see Wetlands
RG
Rio Group
S
SAARC
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SACEP
South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme
SACU
Southern African Customs Union
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SAFE
South African Far East Cable
SCO
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SECI
Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
SHF super-high-frequency
Ship Pollution
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)
SICA
Central American Integration System
Sparteca
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement
SPC
Secretariat of the Pacific Communities
SPF
South Pacific Forum
sq km square kilometer
sq mi square mile
T
TAT
Trans-Atlantic Telephone
TEU Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit, a unit of measure for containerized cargo capacity
Tropical Timber 83
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
Tropical Timber 94
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
U
UAE
United Arab Emirates
UDEAC
Central African Customs and Economic Union
UHF ultra-high-frequency
UK
United Kingdom
UN
United Nations
UN-AIDS
Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
UNAMID
African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur
UNASUR
Union of South American Nations
UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know as LOS
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDCP
United Nations Drug Control Program
UNDEF
United Nations Democracy Fund
UNDOF
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
UNDP
United Nations Development Program
UNEP
United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNFICYP
United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
UNFIP
United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund
UN-Habitat
United Nations Center for Human Settlements
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF
United Nations Children's Fund
UNICRI
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
UNIDIR
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIFIL
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UN-INSTRAW
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of
Women
UNITAR
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNMIK
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNMIL
United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNMIS
United Nations Mission in the Sudan
UNMIS
UNMIT
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
UNMOGIP
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNOCI
United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
UNOPS
United Nations Office of Project Services
UNRISD
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRWA
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East
UNSC
United Nations Security Council
UNSSC
Untied Nations System Staff College
UNTSO
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNU
United Nations University
UNWTO
World Tourism Organization
UPU
Universal Postal Union
US
United States
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
UV ultra violet
V
VHF very-high-frequency
VSAT very small aperture terminal
W
WADB
West African Development Bank
WAEMU
West African Economic and Monetary Union
WCL
World Confederation of Labor
WCO
World Customs Organization
Wetlands
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As
Waterfowl Habitat
WEU
Western European Union
WFP
World Food Program
WFTU
World Federation of Trade Unions
Whaling
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
WHO
World Health Organization
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WP
Warsaw Pact
WTO
World Trade Organization
Z
ZC
Zangger Committee
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Appendix B :: International Organizations and Groups
A
advanced developing countries
another term for those less developed countries (LDCs) with particularly rapid industrial development; see newly industrializing economies (NIEs)
advanced economies
a term used by the International Monetary FUND (IMF) for the top group in its hierarchy of advanced economies, countries in transition, and developing countries; it includes the following 33 advanced economies: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, US; note - this group would presumably also cover the following nine smaller countries of Andorra, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Holy See, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and San Marino that are included in the more comprehensive group of "developed countries"
African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
note - regional multilateral development finance institution
temporarily located in Tunis, Tunisia; the Bank Group consists of the
African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, and the
Nigerian Trust Fund established - 10 September 1964 aim - to promote
economic development and social progress regional members - (53)
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi,
Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo,
Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe nonregional members - (24)
Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
African Union (AU)
note - replaces Organization of African Unity (OAU) established - 8 July 2001 aim - to achieve greater unity among African States; to defend states' integrity and independence; to accelerate political, social, and economic integration; to encourage international cooperation; to promote democratic principles and institutions members - (53) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea (suspended), Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara), Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
established - 31 July 2007 aim - to contribute to the restoration of security conditions which will allow safe humanitarian assistance throughout Darfur, to contribute to the protection of civilian populations under imminent threat of physical attack, to monitor, observe compliance with, and verify the implementation of various ceasefire agreements members - (35) Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group)
established - 6 June 1975 aim - to manage their preferential economic
and aid relationship with the EU members - (79) Angola, Antigua and
Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands,
Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati,
Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu,
Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the
Caribbean (OPANAL)
note - acronym from Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe (OPANAL) established - 14 February 1967 under the Treaty of Tlatelolco; effective - 25 April 1969 on the 11th ratification aim - to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons members - (33) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
established - November 1990 aim - to call attention to threats of sea- level rise and coral bleaching to small islands and lowlying coastal developing states from global warming; to emphasize the importance of information and information technology in the process of achieving sustainable development members - (39) Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cook Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu observers - (3) American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands
Andean Community of Nations (CAN)
note - formerly known as the Andean Group (AG) and the Andean Common Market (Ancom) established - 26 May 1969; present name established 1 October 1992; effective - 16 October 1969 aim - to promote harmonious development through economic integration members - (4) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru associate members - (5) Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay observers - (2) Mexico, Panama
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA)
note - also known as Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique (BADEA) established - 18 February 1974; effective - 16 September 1974 aim - to promote economic development members - (17 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Palestine Liberation Organization; note - these are all the members of the Arab League excluding Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
established - 16 May 1968 aim - to promote economic and social development members - (20 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia (suspended 1993), Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
established - 17 February 1989 aim - to promote cooperation and integration among the Arab states of northern Africa members - (5) Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia
Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)
established - 27 April 1976; effective - 2 February 1977 aim - to promote Arab cooperation, development, and integration in monetary and economic affairs members - (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
Arctic Council