Time Zones Map |
Flags of the World/Map of the World (Colour Pullout Section) |
Key World Facts |
Chronology of World Events from April 2005 to March 2006 |
Addenda |
Essay: The Misapplication of Military Expenditure / Part 1: |
Essay: The Evolution of Democracy |
Essay: The World Economy |
International Organizations |
Countries of the World A-Z, including the following sections: / Part 2: |
Key Historical Events |
Territory and Population |
Social Statistics |
Climate |
Constitution and Government |
Government Chronology |
Recent Elections |
Current Administration |
Current Leaders |
Defence |
International Relations |
Economy |
Energy and Natural Resources |
Environment |
Industry |
International Trade |
Communications |
Social Institutions |
Culture |
Diplomatic Representatives |
Further Reading |
Abbreviations |
Place and International Organizations |
Index |
Index of Current Leaders |
Flags of the World/Map of the World (colour pull-out section) |
Chronology of World Events from April 2000 to March 2001 |
Lead Article: As Europe Comes of Age |
Countries Of The World A-Z, including the following sections / Part I: |
Flags of the World/Map of the World (colour pullout section) |
ISO Country Codes |
Chronology of World Events from April 2004 to March 2005 |
Countries of The World A-Z, including the following sections: |
Climate Constitution and Government |
Time Zones |
Map Flags of the World/Map of the World (color pullout section) |
Chronology of World Events from April 2003 to March 2004 |
Addenda Special Guest Essay |
Countries of the World A-Z, including the following sections: Key Historical Events |
Chronology |
Has NATO a Future? / Alyson Bailes |
The United Nations (UN) |
General Assembly |
Security Council |
Economic and Social Council |
Trusteeship Council |
International Court of Justice |
Secretariat |
Member States |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
Nobel Prizes |
United Nations System |
Operational Programmes and Funds |
Training and Research Institutes |
Information |
Specialized Agencies of the UN |
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) |
International Development Association (IDA) |
International Finance Corporation (IFC) |
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) |
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) |
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
International Labour Organization (ILO) |
International Maritime Organization (IMO) |
International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) |
Universal Postal Union (UPU) |
World Health Organization (WHO) |
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) |
Other Organs Related to the UN |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
World Trade Organization (WTO) |
World Tourism Organization (WTO) |
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) |
International Criminal Court (ICC) |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) |
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) |
Europe |
European Union (EU) |
EU Institutions |
European Commission |
Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers) |
The European Council |
European Parliament |
Court of Justice of the European Communities |
European Court of Auditors |
European Ombudsman |
European Investment Bank |
European System of Central Banks |
The Consultative Bodies |
Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) |
EU Agencies and other Bodies |
Community Plant Variety Office |
European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products |
European Agency for Reconstruction |
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work |
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training |
European Environment Agency |
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions |
European Investment Fund |
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction |
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia |
European Training Foundation |
Europol |
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market |
Translation Centre for Bodies of the European Union |
European Food Safety Agency |
Council of Europe |
Western European Union (WEU) |
Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) |
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) |
European Space Agency (ESA) |
CERN--The European Laboratory for Particle Physics |
Central European Initiative (CEI) |
The Nordic Council |
Nordic Development Fund |
Nordic Investment Bank |
Council of the Baltic Sea States |
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
Black Sea Economic Co-Operation Group (BSEC) |
Danube Commission |
The Commonwealth |
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) |
Americas |
Organization of American States (OAS) |
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) |
Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) |
Central American Common Market (CACM) |
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) |
Latin American Integration Association (ALADI/LAIA) |
Latin American Economic System (SELA) |
Latin American Reserve Fund |
The Andean Community |
Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) |
Association of Caribbean States (ACS) |
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) |
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) |
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) |
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) |
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) |
Asia/Pacific |
Asian Development Bank |
Economic Co-operation Organization (ECO) |
Colombo Plan |
Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) |
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) |
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) |
Asean Mekong Basin Development Co-operation (Mekong Group) |
South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) |
Middle East |
League of Arab States |
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) |
Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) |
Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) |
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) |
OPEC Fund for International Development |
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) |
Arab Maghreb Union |
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) |
Africa |
African Union (AU) |
African Development Bank |
Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
East African Development Bank (EADB) |
West African Development Bank (BOAD) |
Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) |
African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) |
Economic Community of Central African States (CEAAC) |
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) |
West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA) |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) |
Southern African Development Community (SADC) |
Lake Chad Basin Commission |
Niger Basin Authority |
East African Community |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
Other Organizations |
World Council of Churches |
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) |
International Organization for Migration (IOM) |
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) |
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) |
Amnesty International |
International Seabed Authority |
Antarctic Treaty |
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) |
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) |
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) |
Islamic Development Bank |
World Customs Organization |
Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) |
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) |
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) |
International Air Transport Association (IATA) |
International Road Federation (IRF) |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) |
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) |
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) |
World Confederation of Labour (WCL) |
The International Organization of the Francophonie |
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) |
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) |
International Olympic Committee (IOC) |
International Union Against Cancer (UICC) |
Countries of the World A-Z |
Afghanistan |
Albania |
Algeria |
Andorra |
Angola |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Argentina |
Armenia |
Australia |
Territories |
Australian Capital Territory |
Northern Territory |
States |
New South Wales |
Queensland |
South Australia |
Tasmania |
Victoria |
Western Australia |
Australian External Territories |
Australian Antarctic Territory |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
Christmas Island |
Norfolk Island |
Heard and McDonald Islands |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
Coral Sea Islands |
Austria |
Azerbaijan |
Nakhichevan |
Nagorno-Karabakh |
Bahamas |
Bahrain |
Bangladesh |
Barbados |
Belarus |
Belgium |
Belize |
Benin |
Bhutan |
Bolivia |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Botswana |
Brazil |
Brunei |
Bulgaria |
Burkina Faso |
Burundi |
Cambodia |
Cameroon |
Canada |
Provinces |
Alberta |
British Columbia |
Manitoba |
New Brunswick |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
Nova Scotia |
Ontario |
Prince Edward Island |
Quebec |
Saskatchewan |
Northwest Territories |
Nunavut |
Yukon Territory |
Cape Verde |
Central African Republic |
Chad |
Chile |
China, People's Republic of |
Hong Kong |
Macao |
Taiwan |
Colombia |
Comoros |
Congo, Democratic Republic of |
Congo, Republic of |
Costa Rica |
Cote D'Ivoire |
Croatia |
Cuba |
Cyprus |
'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' |
Czech Republic |
Denmark |
Faroe Islands |
Greenland |
Djibouti |
Dominica |
Dominican Republic |
East Timor |
Ecuador |
Egypt |
El Salvador |
Equatorial Guinea |
Eritrea |
Estonia |
Ethiopia |
Fiji Islands |
Finland |
France |
Overseas Departments |
French Guiana |
Guadeloupe |
Martinique |
Reunion |
Departmental Collectivities |
Mayotte |
Overseas Territories |
French Polynesia |
Southern and Antarctic Territories |
Wallis and Futuna |
Dependencies |
Bassas da India |
Clipperton Island |
Europa Island |
Glorieuses Islands |
Juan de Nova Island |
Tromelin Island |
Gabon |
The Gambia |
Georgia |
Abkhazia |
Adjaria |
South Ossetia |
Germany |
Lander |
Baden-Wurttemberg |
Bavaria |
Berlin |
Brandenburg |
Bremen |
Hamburg |
Hessen |
Lower Saxony |
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
Rhineland-Palatinate |
Saarland |
Saxony |
Saxony-Anhalt |
Schleswig-Holstein |
Thuringia |
Ghana |
Greece |
Grenada |
Guatemala |
Guinea |
Guinea-Bissau |
Guyana |
Haiti |
Honduras |
Hungary |
Iceland |
India |
States and Territories |
Andhra Pradesh |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Assam |
Bihar |
Chhattisgarh |
Goa |
Gujarat |
Haryana |
Himachal Pradesh |
Jammu and Kashmir |
Jharkhand |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
Madhya Pradesh |
Maharashtra |
Manipur |
Meghalaya |
Mizoram |
Nagaland |
Orissa |
Punjab (India) |
Rajasthan |
Sikkim |
Tamil Nadu |
Tripura |
Uttar Pradesh |
Uttaranchal |
West Bengal |
Union Territories |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Chandigarh |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
Daman and Diu |
Delhi |
Lakshadweep |
Pondicherry |
Indonesia |
Iran |
Iraq |
Ireland |
Israel |
Palestinian-Administered Territories |
Italy |
Jamaica |
Japan |
Jordan |
Kazakhstan |
Kenya |
Kiribati |
South Korea |
North Korea |
Kuwait |
Kyrgyzstan |
Laos |
Latvia |
Lebanon |
Lesotho |
Liberia |
Libya |
Liechtenstein |
Lithuania |
Luxembourg |
Macedonia |
Madagascar |
Malawi |
Malaysia |
Maldives |
Mali |
Malta |
Marshall Islands |
Mauritania |
Mauritius |
Mexico |
Micronesia |
Moldova |
Monaco |
Mongolia |
Morocco |
Western Sahara |
Mozambique |
Myanmar |
Namibia |
Nauru |
Nepal |
Netherlands |
Aruba |
Netherlands Antilles |
New Zealand |
Territories Overseas |
Cook Islands |
Niue |
Nicaragua |
Niger |
Nigeria |
Norway |
Svalbard |
Jan Mayen |
Bouvet Island |
Peter I Island |
Queen Maud Land |
Oman |
Pakistan |
Palau |
Panama |
Papua New Guinea |
Paraguay |
Peru |
Philippines |
Poland |
Portugal |
Qatar |
Romania |
Russia |
Republics |
Adygeya |
Altai |
Bashkortostan |
Buryatia |
Chechnya |
Chuvashia |
Dagestan |
Ingushetia |
Kabardino-Balkaria |
Kalmykia |
Karachai-Cherkessia |
Karelia |
Khakassia |
Komi |
Mari-El |
Mordovia |
North Ossetia |
Sakha |
Tatarstan |
Tuva |
Udmurtia |
Jewish Autonomous Region |
Autonomous Areas |
Rwanda |
St Kitts and Nevis |
St Lucia |
St Vincent and the Grenadines |
Samoa |
San Marino |
Sao Tome E Principe |
Saudi Arabia |
Senegal |
Serbia and Montenegro |
Republics and Provinces |
Montenegro |
Serbia |
Kosovo and Metohija |
Vojvodina |
Seychelles |
Sierra Leone |
Singapore |
Slovakia |
Slovenia |
Solomon Islands |
Somalia |
South Africa |
Eastern Cape |
Free State |
Gauteng |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Limpopo |
Mpumalanga |
Northern Cape |
North-West |
Western Cape |
Spain |
Sri Lanka |
Sudan |
Suriname |
Swaziland |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
Syria |
Tajikistan |
Badakhshan Autonomous Republic |
Tanzania |
Thailand |
Togo |
Tonga |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Tunisia |
Turkey |
Turkmenistan |
Tuvalu |
Uganda |
Ukraine |
Crimea |
United Arab Emirates |
United Kingdom |
Justice |
Religion |
Education |
Health |
Welfare |
England |
Scotland |
Wales |
Northern Ireland |
Isle of Man |
Channel Islands |
Jersey |
Guernsey |
Alderney |
Sark |
UK Overseas Territories |
Anguilla |
Bermuda |
British Antarctic Territory |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
British Virgin Islands |
Cayman Islands |
Falkland Islands |
Gibraltar |
Montserrat |
Pitcairn Island |
St Helena |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
United States of America |
Alabama |
Alaska |
Arizona |
Arkansas |
California |
Colorado |
Connecticut |
Delaware |
District of Columbia |
Florida |
Hawaii |
Idaho |
Illinois |
Indiana |
Iowa |
Kansas |
Kentucky |
Louisiana |
Maine |
Maryland |
Massachusetts |
Michigan |
Minnesota |
Mississippi |
Missouri |
Montana |
Nebraska |
Nevada |
New Hampshire |
New Jersey |
New Mexico |
New York |
North Carolina |
North Dakota |
Ohio |
Oklahoma |
Oregon |
Pennsylvania |
Rhode Island |
South Carolina |
South Dakota |
Tennessee |
Texas |
Utah |
Vermont |
Virginia |
Washington |
West Virginia |
Wisconsin |
Wyoming |
Outlying Territories |
Northern Mariana Islands |
Puerto Rico |
American Samoa |
Guam |
US Virgin Islands |
Other Unincorporated Territories |
Uruguay |
Uzbekistan |
Karakalpak Autonomous Republic (Karakalpakstan) |
Vanuatu |
Vatican City State |
Venezuela |
Vietnam |
Yemen |
Zambia |
Zimbabwe |
Place and International Organization Index |
Chronology of World Events from April 2001 to March 2002 |
Addenda All the World's a Village: The Challenge of Globalization by Barry Turner |
Social Statistics Climate |
Defence International Relations |
Economy Energy and Natural Resources |
Environment Industry |
International Trade Communications |
Culture Diplomatic Representatives |
Further Reading Place and International Organizations |
Index? |
Chronology of World Events from April 2006 to March 2007 |
Essay: Globalization |
Index of Current Leaders Time Zones Map |
Flags of the World/Map of the World (Colour Pull-out Section) |
Chronology of World Events |
Olympics Chronology |
Countries of the World A-Z: |
Place and International Organizations Index |
Chronology of World Events from April 2007 to March 2008 |
In Defence of Scepticismby Barry Turner |
Chronology of World Events from April 2008 to March 2009 |
Credit Crunch Chronology from April 2007 to March 2009 |
The Last Resort--B.Turner |
Countries of the World A-Z, Including the Following Sections: |
NEW: Haiti in Perspective: A Timeline of Natural Disasters in Recent Years |