note - abbreviated as Nuclear Test Ban opened for signature_The 2009 CIA World Factbook

1963 entered into force - 10 October 1963 objective - to obtain an

agreement on general and complete disarmament under strict

international control in accordance with the objectives of the United

Nations; to put an end to the armaments race and eliminate incentives

for the production and testing of all kinds of weapons, including

nuclear weapons parties - (113) Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda,

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bangladesh,

Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,

Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China,

Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire,

Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,

Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana,

Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran,

Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South

Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi,

Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal,

Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New

Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San

Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia,

Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,

Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,

Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela, Zambia countries that have

signed, but not yet ratified - (17) Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi,

Cameroon, Chile, Ethiopia, Haiti, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, Paraguay,

Portugal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen

Tropical Timber 83

see International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

Tropical Timber 94

see International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)

note - abbreviated as Law of the Sea opened for signature - 10

December 1982 entered into force - 16 November 1994 objective - to

set up a comprehensive new legal regime for the sea and oceans; to

include rules concerning environmental standards as well as enforcement

provisions dealing with pollution of the marine environment parties -

(157) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,

Armenia, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,

Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma,

Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Comoros, Democratic

Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica,

Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,

Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, EU, Fiji,

Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,

Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,

Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica,

Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia,

Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,

Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova,

Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru,

Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman,

Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint

Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe,

Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and

Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Vanuatu,

Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe countries that have signed, but not

yet ratified - (21) Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Central

African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador,

Ethiopia, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Niger,

Rwanda, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, UAE

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries

Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in

Africa

note - abbreviated as Desertification opened for signature - 14

October 1994 entered into force - 26 December 1996 objective - to

combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through

national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies

supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements

parties - (193) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua

and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,

Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,

Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,

Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,

Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the

Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus,

Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic,

Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, EU,

Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,

Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti,

Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel,

Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North

Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,

Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,

Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova,

Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru,

Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman,

Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and

Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San

Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia,

Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon

Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,

Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tanzania,

Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,

Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay,

Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

note - abbreviated as Climate Change opened for signature - 9 May 1992

entered into force - 21 March 1994 objective - to achieve

stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a

low enough level to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with

the climate system parties - (192) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria,

Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria,

Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,

Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi,

Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad,

Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire,

Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica,

Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea,

Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The

Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,

Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait,

Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,

Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi,

Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania,

Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco,

Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal,

Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman,

Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and

Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San

Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia,

Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon

Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,

Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-

Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,

Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu,

Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Wetlands

see Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As

Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)

Whaling

see International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

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Appendix D :: Cross-reference List of Country Data Codes

FIPS 10: Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and

Their Principal Administrative Divisions (FIPS 10) is maintained by the

Office of Targeting and Transnational Issues, National Geospatial-

Intelligence Agency, and published by the National Institute of

Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce). FIPS 10 codes are

intended for general use throughout the US Government, especially in

activities associated with the mission of the Department of State and

national defense programs.

ISO 3166: Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries (ISO 3166)

is prepared by the International Organization for Standardization. ISO

3166 includes two- and three-character alphabetic codes and three-digit

numeric codes that may be needed for activities involving exchange of

data with international organizations that have adopted that standard.

Except for the numeric codes, ISO 3166 codes have been adopted in the

US as FIPS 104-1: American National Standard Codes for the

Representation of Names of Countries, Dependencies, and Areas of

Special Sovereignty for Information Interchange.

STANAG 1059: Letter Codes for Geographical Entities (8th edition, 2004)

is a Standardization Agreement (STANAG) established and maintained by

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO/OTAN) for the purpose of

providing a common set of geo-spatial identifiers for countries,

territories, and possessions. The 8th edition established trigraph

codes for each country based upon the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 character

sets. These codes are used throughout NATO. Internet: The Internet

country code is the two-letter digraph maintained by the International

Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the

ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers

Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).

Entity FIPS 10 ISO 3166 Stanag Internet Comment

Afghanistan AF AF AFG 004 AFG .af

Albania AL AL ALB 008 ALB .al

Algeria AG DZ DZA 012 DZA .dz

American Samoa AQ AS ASM 016 ASM .as

Andorra AN AD AND 020 AND .ad

Angola AO AO AGO 024 AGO .ao

Anguilla AV AI AIA 660 AIA .ai

Antarctica AY AQ ATA 010 ATA .aq

ISO defines as the territory south of 60 degrees south latitude

Antigua and Barbuda AC AG ATG 028 ATG .ag

Argentina AR AR ARG 032 ARG .ar

Armenia AM AM ARM 051 ARM .am

Aruba AA AW ABW 533 ABW .aw

Ashmore and Cartier Islands AT - - - AUS -

ISO includes with Australia

Australia AS AU AUS 036 AUS .au

ISO includes Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands

Austria AU AT AUT 040 AUT .at

Azerbaijan AJ AZ AZE 031 AZE .az

Entity FIPS 10 ISO 3166 Stanag Internet Comment

Bahamas, The BF BS BHS 044 BHS .bs

Bahrain BA BH BHR 048 BHR .bh

Baker Island FQ - - - UMI -

ISO includes with the US Minor Outlying Islands

Bangladesh BG BD BGD 050 BGD .bd

Barbados BB BB BRB 052 BRB .bb

Bassas da India BS - - - - -

administered as part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands; no

ISO codes assigned

Belarus BO BY BLR 112 BLR .by

Belgium BE BE BEL 056 BEL .be

Belize BH BZ BLZ 084 BLZ .bz

Benin BN BJ BEN 204 BEN .bj

Bermuda BD BM BMU 060 BMU .bm

Bhutan BT BT BTN 064 BTN .bt

Bolivia BL BO BOL 068 BOL .bo

Bosnia and Herzegovina BK BA BIH 070 BIH .ba

Botswana BC BW BWA 072 BWA .bw

Bouvet Island BV BV BVT 074 BVT .bv

Brazil BR BR BRA 076 BRA .br

British Indian Ocean Territory IO IO IOT 086 IOT .io

British Virgin IslandsVI VG VGB 092 VGB .vg

Brunei BX BN BRN 096 BRN .bn

Bulgaria BU BG BGR 100 BGR .bg

Burkina Faso UV BF BFA 854 BFA .bf

Burma BM MM MMR 104 MMR .mm

ISO uses the name Myanmar

Burundi BY BI BDI 108 BDI .bi

Entity FIPS 10 ISO 3166 Stanag Internet Comment

Cambodia CB KH KHM 116 KHM .kh

Cameroon CM CM CMR 120 CMR .cm

Canada CA CA CAN 124 CAN .ca

Cape Verde CV CV CPV 132 CPV .cv

Cayman Islands CJ KY CYM 136 CYM .ky

Central African Republic CT CF CAF 140 CAF .cf

Chad CD TD TCD 148 TCD .td

Chile CI CL CHL 152 CHL .cl

China CH CN CHN 156 CHN .cn

note - abbreviated as Nuclear Test Ban opened for signature - 5 August