Cooperation with regional organizations The UN cooperates with regional organizations in most areas. Many UN bodies have observer status in various international organizations, and a number of major regional organizations have long had the status of observers in the General Assembly and Ecosoc, among others. Since the end of the Cold War, co – operation […]
The structure UNESCO, based in Paris, has three main bodies: the General Conference, the Management Board and the Secretariat. The General Conference, the highest decision – making body, is held every two years with representatives of all UNESCO member countries. The General Conference, the highest decision – making body, is held every two years with […]
A canal is an artificial waterway or a waterway. Small canals were used to irrigate soil very early in human history, and at the time of the Roman Empire, the engineers at that time built impressive viaducts all over the then giant empire to ensure the water supply. Around the same time, but in a […]
Landscape picture Two thirds of Cambodia is occupied by the Cambodian Basin, which is 5 to 30 m above sea level and in the western center of which is Lake Tonle Sap. Mountains and plateaus adjoin the basin on three sides. Southwest of the Tonle Saps, mainly in the provinces of Koh Kong and Pursat, […]
Welcome to “Chinese Panorama”, one of the most comprehensive trips to China. For 15 days you get to experience the big cities Beijing and Shanghai with all its tourist attractions, the world-famous terracotta army in Xian, a cruise on the Lifloden with the extraordinary landscape and the scenic Hangzhou and Suzhou. After traveling on this […]
Join a different China trip during which you will experience a China that you do not encounter during the standard trips to the People’s Republic of China on the Chinese mainland. The former colonies of Hong Kong and Macao were not handed over to the People’s Republic of China until the late 1990s and Taiwan […]
Thai food is some of the best in the world, and Krabi also has the opportunity to sample unbeatable food at its best at extremely reasonable prices. The best food in Krabi is in the city of Krabi but also elsewhere and especially in Nappharat Thara next to Ao Nang, there is excellent value for […]
Yemen is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, YE is the two-letter ISO code of Yemen, and YEM is the three-letter country abbreviation for Yemen. Yearbook 1997 Yemen. According to Countryaah, the national day of Yemen is November 30. The House of Representatives, the Legislative Assembly, approved the budget for January 1, despite […]
Vietnam is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, VN is the two-letter ISO code of Vietnam, and VNM is the three-letter country abbreviation for Vietnam. Yearbook 1997 Vietnam. Through the reform policy (Đôi Mo迂i), initiated in 1986, the Vietnam Communist Party tried to liberalize the economy without diminishing its power. However, during the […]
Uzbekistan is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, UZ is the two-letter ISO code of Uzbekistan, and UZB is the three-letter country abbreviation for Uzbekistan. Yearbook 1997 Uzbekistan. According to Countryaah, the national day of Uzbekistan is September 1. A new law on political parties became effective January 7. According to this, parties […]
United Arab Emirates is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, AE is the two-letter ISO code of United Arab Emirates, and ARE is the three-letter country abbreviation for United Arab Emirates. Yearbook 1997 United Arab Emirates. According to Countryaah, the national day of United Arab Emirates is December 2. The authorities in Dubai, […]
Turkmenistan is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, TM is the two-letter ISO code of Turkmenistan, and TKM is the three-letter country abbreviation for Turkmenistan. Yearbook 1997 Turkmenistan. On July 5, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan issued a letter questioning Azerbaijan’s ownership of the Kjapaz oil field. The oil field is […]
Turkey is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, TR is the two-letter ISO code of Turkey, and TUR is the three-letter country abbreviation for Turkey. Yearbook 1997 Turkey. According to Countryaah, the national day of Turkey is October 29. Turkey’s domestic policy was marked by a government crisis during the year that ended […]
Thailand is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, TH is the two-letter ISO code of Thailand, and THA is the three-letter country abbreviation for Thailand. Yearbook 1997 Thailand. In February 1997, a deteriorating economy forced major budget cuts. According to Countryaah, the national day of Thailand is December 5. More signs of an […]
Tajikistan is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, TJ is the two-letter ISO code of Tajikistan, and TJK is the three-letter country abbreviation for Tajikistan. Yearbook 1997 Tajikistan. According to Countryaah, the national day of Tajikistan is September 9. Peace talks to resolve the internal contradictions in Tajikistan began January 6 in Iran’s […]
Taiwan is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, TW is the two-letter ISO code of Taiwan, and TWN is the three-letter country abbreviation for Taiwan. Yearbook 1997 Taiwan. The archival rivals Taiwan and China recorded their first direct maritime traffic in April since the end of the war in 1949. A Chinese cargo […]
Syria is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, SY is the two-letter ISO code of Syria, and SYR is the three-letter country abbreviation for Syria. Yearbook 1997 Syria. According to Countryaah, the national day of Syria is April 17. The talks with Israel on peace and on the Golan Heights had been in […]
Sri Lanka is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, LK is the two-letter ISO code of Sri Lanka, and LKA is the three-letter country abbreviation for Sri Lanka. Yearbook 1997 Sri Lanka. In May, the army launched its biggest offensive to date against the Tamil guerrillas. 20,000 people were put into “Operation Safe […]
South Korea is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, KR is the two-letter ISO code of South Korea, and KOR is the three-letter country abbreviation for South Korea. Yearbook 1997 South Korea. According to Countryaah, the national day of South Korea is August 15. South Korea’s economy was in bad shape during the […]
Singapore is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, SG is the two-letter ISO code of Singapore, and SGP is the three-letter country abbreviation for Singapore. Yearbook 1997 Singapore. On January 2, general elections were held to Parliament. The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong as its leader, won […]
Saudi Arabia is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, SA is the two-letter ISO code of Saudi Arabia, and SAU is the three-letter country abbreviation for Saudi Arabia. Yearbook 1997 Saudi Arabia. In October, all immigrants who did not have a residence permit were expelled. Hundreds of thousands of people moved home to […]
Russia is a country located in Europe. According to AbbreviationFinder, RU is the two-letter ISO code of Russia, and RUS is the three-letter country abbreviation for Russia. Yearbook 1997 Russian Federation. According to Countryaah, the national day of Russia is June 12. President Boris Yeltsin’s faltering health once again brought concern to Russian politics. The […]
Qatar is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, QA is the two-letter ISO code of Qatar, and QAT is the three-letter country abbreviation for Qatar. Yearbook 1997 Qatar. According to Countryaah, the national day of Qatar is December 18. The ruling emir, Sheikh Hamad, reached an agreement with her father, in 1995 Sheikh […]
Philippines is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, PH is the two-letter ISO code of Philippines, and PHL is the three-letter country abbreviation for Philippines. Yearbook 1997 Philippines. During the year, the government negotiated with the Muslim guerrilla Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). According to Countryaah, the national day of Philippines is June […]
Pakistan is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, PK is the two-letter ISO code of Pakistan, and PAK is the three-letter country abbreviation for Pakistan. Yearbook 1997 Pakistan. In the February election, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s branch of the Pakistan Muslim League, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), received 134 of the 204 seats in […]
Oman is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, OM is the two-letter ISO code of Oman, and OMN is the three-letter country abbreviation for Oman. Yearbook 1997 Oman At the end of July, the telecommunications group Ericsson received an order from General Telecommunications Organizations in Oman, worth SEK 158 million. According to Countryaah, […]
North Korea is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, KP is the two-letter ISO code of North Korea, and PRK is the three-letter country abbreviation for North Korea. Yearbook 1997 North Korea is a country located in eastern Asia as listed on Abbreviationfinder.org. Alarms about crying food shortages overshadowed other news this year […]
Myanmar is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, MM is the two-letter ISO code of Myanmar, and MMR is the three-letter country abbreviation for Myanmar. Yearbook 1997 Burma. According to Countryaah, the national day of Myanmar is January 4. The fighting between the army and the last major guerrilla movement, the Karen Union […]
Mongolia is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, MN is the two-letter ISO code of Mongolia, and MNG is the three-letter country abbreviation for Mongolia. Yearbook 1997 Mongolia. According to Countryaah, the national day of Mongolia is December 29. The bourgeois government that took office in 1996 has accelerated the restoration of the […]
Maldives is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, MV is the two-letter ISO code of Maldives, and MDV is the three-letter country abbreviation for Maldives. Yearbook 1997 Maldives. According to Countryaah, the national day of Maldives is July 26. Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom appeared at the United Nations Environment Conference in New […]
Malaysia is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, MY is the two-letter ISO code of Malaysia, and MYS is the three-letter country abbreviation for Malaysia. Yearbook 1997 Malaysia. During the year, the Malaysia government decided to postpone all new agreements with neighboring Singapore, and the relations between the two countries dropped to their […]
Lebanon is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, LB is the two-letter ISO code of Lebanon, and LBN is the three-letter country abbreviation for Lebanon. Yearbook 1997 Lebanon. According to Countryaah, the national day of Lebanon is November 22. The Lebanon government continued to urge Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon, which Israelis […]
Laos is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, LA is the two-letter ISO code of Laos, and LAO is the three-letter country abbreviation for Laos. Yearbook 1997 Laos. According to Countryaah, the national day of Laos is May 11. Laos, which is isolated and financially disadvantaged but politically stable, took a major step […]
Kyrgyzstan is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, KG is the two-letter ISO code of Kyrgyzstan, and KGZ is the three-letter country abbreviation for Kyrgyzstan. Yearbook 1997 Kyrgyzstan. On March 18, an agreement was signed between Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation to extend Russian control of Kyrgyzstan’s borders to the end of 1997. […]
Kuwait is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, KW is the two-letter ISO code of Kuwait, and KWT is the three-letter country abbreviation for Kuwait. Yearbook 1997 Kuwait. Although political parties are banned in Kuwait and despite the fact that Parliament has no real power, opposition groups and individual parliamentarians attracted attention during […]
Kazakhstan is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, KZ is the two-letter ISO code of Kazakhstan, and KAZ is the three-letter country abbreviation for Kazakhstan. Yearbook 1997 Kazakhstan. On March 1, President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree requiring foreign investors to be tax-exempt in whole or in part during the first five years […]
Jordan is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, JO is the two-letter ISO code of Jordan, and JOR is the three-letter country abbreviation for Jordan. Yearbook 1997 Jordan. According to Countryaah, the national day of Jordan is May 25. The 1994 peace agreement with Israel still did not give a concrete dividend and […]
Japan is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, JP is the two-letter ISO code of Japan, and JPN is the three-letter country abbreviation for Japan. Yearbook 1997 Japan. With a series of spectacular financial crashes, a year of testing ended for the world’s second largest economy. Problems with Japan’s largest brokerage were added […]
Israel is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, IL is the two-letter ISO code of Israel, and ISR is the three-letter country abbreviation for Israel. Yearbook 1997 Israel. The support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was increasingly eroded during the year. Several ministers jumped out of the government after conflicts with the prime […]
Iraq is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, IQ is the two-letter ISO code of Iraq, and IRQ is the three-letter country abbreviation for Iraq. Yearbook 1997 Iraq. Tensions between Iraq and the UN – with the United States at the forefront – intensified during the fall to the extent that both parties […]
Iran is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, IR is the two-letter ISO code of Iran, and IRN is the three-letter country abbreviation for Iran. Yearbook 1997 Iran. In the May 23 presidential election, Mohammad Khatami won just as much as surprisingly over his main rival, Parliament Speaker Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri. Inflation and […]
Indonesia is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, ID is the two-letter ISO code of Indonesia, and IDN is the three-letter country abbreviation for Indonesia. Yearbook 1997 Indonesia. 1997 was another difficult year for 76-year-old President Suharto. Severe ethnic unrest, with a backdrop in the state migration program, shook the province of Western […]
India is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, IN is the two-letter ISO code of India, and IND is the three-letter country abbreviation for India. Yearbook 1997 India. In March, the Congress Party withdrew its support for the United Front’s minority government. It had taken office in the spring of 1996 and, with […]
Georgia is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, GE is the two-letter ISO code of Georgia, and GEO is the three-letter country abbreviation for Georgia. Yearbook 1997 Georgia. According to Countryaah, the national day of Georgia is April 9. Representatives of the Georgian government and the Abkhazia Republic met in Geneva in July […]
East Timor is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, TL is the two-letter ISO code of East Timor, and TLS is the three-letter country abbreviation for East Timor. 1996 Nobel Peace Prize to Horta and Belo In December 1996, exiled activist José Ramos-Horta and Catholic Archbishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo received the Oslo […]
Cyprus is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, CY is the two-letter ISO code of Cyprus, and CYP is the three-letter country abbreviation for Cyprus. Yearbook 1997 Cyprus. Since the Cypriot government ordered anti-aircraft missiles from the Russian Federation, tensions between Greek and Turkish Cypriots increased in the spring as well as between […]
China is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, CN is the two-letter ISO code of China, and CHN is the three-letter country abbreviation for China. Yearbook 1997 China. With Deng Xiaoping’s demise and Hong Kong’s return, 1997 became a historic year for China. On February 19, Deng, the man who, with “China’s Second […]
Cambodia is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, KH is the two-letter ISO code of Cambodia, and KHM is the three-letter country abbreviation for Cambodia. Yearbook 1997 Cambodia. According to Countryaah, the national day of Cambodia is November 9. Cambodia’s internal riots flared up again into open military violence that drove thousands of […]
Brunei is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, BN is the two-letter ISO code of Brunei, and BRN is the three-letter country abbreviation for Brunei. Yearbook 1997 Brunei. According to Countryaah, the national day of Brunei is February 23. Brunei became mass media when former Miss USA Shannon Marketic in March sued Sultan […]
Bhutan is a country located in Asia. According to AbbreviationFinder, BT is the two-letter ISO code of Bhutan, and BTN is the three-letter country abbreviation for Bhutan. The image of political stability that the authorities sought to provide to the outside world was to some extent disturbed by the actions of groups demanding the introduction […]
