Overview:

After the economic boom of 1986-90, the Spanish economy fell into

recession along with the economies of other EU member states. Real GDP

barely grew in 1992 and declined by approximately 1% in 1993.

Unemployment, now nearly one-fourth of the workforce, and the sharp

downturn in business investment have contributed to sagging domestic

demand. Devaluation of the peseta since September 1992 has made

Spanish exports more competitive, but an export-led recovery in 1994

will depend largely on economic recovery in Spain's major market - the

other EU nations. A solid recovery will also require appropriate

domestic policy actions, including controlling the budget deficit and

wage increases, reforming labor market regulations, and possibly

loosening monetary policy another notch. Foreign investors,

principally from other EU countries, have invested over $60 billion in

Spain since 1986. Despite the recession, inflation remained at about

5% in 1993. The main source of inflationary pressure is the fiscal

deficit.

National product:

GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $498 billion (1993)

National product real growth rate:

-1% (1993)

National product per capita:

$12,700 (1993)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

4.5% (1993 est.)

Unemployment rate:

22% (yearend 1993)

Budget:

revenues:

$97.7 billion

expenditures:

$128 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1993 est.)

Exports:

$72.8 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:

cars and trucks, semifinished manufactured goods, foodstuffs,

machinery

partners:

EC 71.2%, US 4.8%, other developed countries 7.9% (1992)

Imports:

$92.5 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:

machinery, transport equipment, fuels, semifinished goods, foodstuffs,

consumer goods, chemicals

partners:

EC 60.7%, US 7.4%, other developed countries 11.5%, Middle East 5.9%

(1992)

External debt:

$90 billion (1993 est.)

Industrial production:

growth rate -1.7% (1992)

Electricity:

capacity:

46,600,000 kW

production:

157 billion kWh

consumption per capita:

4,000 kWh (1992)

Industries:

textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals

and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine

tools, tourism

Agriculture:

accounts for about 5% of GDP and 14% of labor force; major products -

grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus fruit,

beef, pork, poultry, dairy; largely self-sufficient in food; fish

catch of 1.4 million metric tons is among top 20 nations

Illicit drugs:

key European gateway country for Latin American cocaine and North

African hashish entering the European market

Economic aid:

recipient:

US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-87), $1.9 billion; Western

(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-79), $545

million

note:

not currently a recipient

Currency:

1 peseta (Pta) = 100 centimos

Exchange rates:

pesetas (Ptas) per US$1 - 136.6 (May 1994), 127.26 (1993), 102.38

(1992), 103.91 (1991), 101.93 (1990), 118.38 (1989)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

@Spain, Communications

Railroads:

15,430 km total; Spanish National Railways (RENFE) operates 12,691 km

(all 1,668-mm gauge, 6,184 km electrified, and 2,295 km double track);

FEVE (government-owned narrow-gauge railways) operates 1,821 km

(predominantly 1,000-mm gauge, 441 km electrified); privately owned

railways operate 918 km (predominantly 1,000-mm gauge, 512 km

electrified, and 56 km double track)

Highways:

total:

318,022 km (1988)

paved:

178,092 km (including 2,142 km of expressways)

unpaved:

139,930 km

Inland waterways:

1,045 km, but of minor economic importance

Pipelines:

crude oil 265 km; petroleum products 1,794 km; natural gas 1,666 km

Ports:

Algeciras, Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena,

Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, El Ferrol del Caudillo, Puerto de Gijon,

Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Mahon, Malaga,

Melilla, Rota, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Sagunto, Tarragona, Valencia,

Vigo, and 175 minor ports

Merchant marine:

192 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,328,730 GRT/2,213,671 DWT,

bulk 21, cargo 55, chemical tanker 14, container 11, liquefied gas 5,

oil tanker 29, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 12, roll-on/roll-off

cargo 33, short-sea passenger 6, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier

1

Airports:

total:

105

usable:

99

with permanent-surface runways:

60

with runways over 3,659 m:

4

with runways 2,440-3,659 m:

22

with runways 1,220-2,439 m:

26

Telecommunications:

generally adequate, modern facilities; 15,350,464 telephones;

broadcast stations - 190 AM, 406 (134 repeaters) FM, 100 (1,297

repeaters) TV; 22 coaxial submarine cables; 2 communications satellite

earth stations operating in INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean and Indian

Ocean); MARECS, INMARSAT, and EUTELSAT systems; tropospheric links

@Spain, Defense Forces

Branches:

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Civil Guard, National Police, Coastal

Civil Guard

Manpower availability:

males age 15-49 10,377,990; fit for military service 8,396,405; reach

military age (20) annually 337,764 (1994 est.)

Defense expenditures:

exchange rate conversion - $5.8 billion, 1.3% of GDP (1994 est.)

@Spratly Islands, Geography

Location:

Southeastern Asia, in the South China Sea, between Vietnam and the

Philippines

Map references:

Asia, Southeast Asia

Area:

total area:

NA sq km but less than 5 km2

land area:

less than 5 sq km

comparative area:

NA

note:

includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over

the South China Sea

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

926 km

Maritime claims:

NA

International disputes:

all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam;

parts of them are claimed by Malaysia and the Philippines; in 1984,

Brunei established an exclusive economic zone, which encompasses

Louisa Reef, but has not publicly claimed the island

Climate:

tropical

Terrain:

flat

Natural resources:

fish, guano, undetermined oil and natural gas potential

Land use:

arable land:

0%

permanent crops:

0%

meadows and pastures:

0%

forest and woodland:

0%

other:

100%

Irrigated land:

0 sq km

Environment:

current issues:

NA

natural hazards:

subject to typhoons

international agreements:

NA

Note:

strategically located near several primary shipping lanes in the

central South China Sea; serious navigational hazard; includes

numerous small islands, atolls, shoals, and coral reefs

@Spratly Islands, People

Population:

no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are scattered garrisons

@Spratly Islands, Government

Names:

conventional long form:

none

conventional short form:

Spratly Islands

Digraph:

PG

@Spratly Islands, Economy

Overview:

Economic activity is limited to commercial fishing. The proximity to

nearby oil- and gas-producing sedimentary basins suggests the

potential for oil and gas deposits, but the region is largely

unexplored, and there are no reliable estimates of potential reserves;

commercial exploitation has yet to be developed.

Industries:

none

@Spratly Islands, Communications

Ports:

no natural harbors

Airports:

total:

4

usable:

4

with permanent-surface runways:

1

with runways over 3,659 m:

0

with runways 2,440-3,659 m:

0

with runways 1,220-2,439 m:

0

@Spratly Islands, Defense Forces

Note:

about 50 small islands or reefs are occupied by China, Malaysia, the

Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam

@Sri Lanka, Geography

Location:

Southern Asia, 29 km southeast of India across the Palk Strait in the

Indian Ocean

Map references:

Asia, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area:

total area:

65,610 sq km

land area:

64,740 sq km

comparative area:

slightly larger than West Virginia

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

1,340 km

Maritime claims:

contiguous zone:

24 nm

continental shelf:

200 nm or the edge of continental margin

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

none

Climate:

tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest

monsoon (June to October)

Terrain:

mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior

Natural resources:

limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay

Land use:

arable land:

16%

permanent crops:

17%

meadows and pastures:

7%

forest and woodland:

37%

other:

23%

Irrigated land:

5,600 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by

poaching; coastal degradation from mining activities and increased

pollution; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes

and sewage runoff

natural hazards:

occasional cyclones and tornadoes

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species,

Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone

Layer Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea,

Marine Life Conservation

Note:

strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes

@Sri Lanka, People

Population:

18,129,850 (July 1994 est.)

note:

since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed

Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil

civilians have fled the island; as of late 1992, nearly 115,000 were

housed in refugee camps in south India, another 95,000 lived outside

the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought political

asylum in the West

Population growth rate:

1.18% (1994 est.)

Birth rate:

18.51 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate:

5.77 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate:

-0.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

21.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

71.9 years

male:

69.37 years

female:

74.55 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.12 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Sri Lankan(s)

adjective:

Sri Lankan

Ethnic divisions:

Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%

Religions:

Buddhist 69%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 8%

Languages:

Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national

language) 18%

note:

English is commonly used in government and is spoken by about 10% of

the population

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

total population:

88%

male:

93%

female:

84%

Labor force:

6.6 million

by occupation:

agriculture 45.9%, mining and manufacturing 13.3%, trade and transport

12.4%, services and other 28.4% (1985 est.)

@Sri Lanka, Government

Names:

conventional long form:

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

conventional short form:

Sri Lanka

former:

Ceylon

Digraph:

CE

Type:

republic

Capital:

Colombo

Administrative divisions:

8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western,

Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western

Independence:

4 February 1948 (from UK)

National holiday:

Independence and National Day, 4 February (1948)

Constitution:

adopted 16 August 1978

Legal system:

a highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Muslim,

Sinhalese, and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ

jurisdiction

Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal

Executive branch:

chief of state and head of government:

President Dingiri Banda WIJETUNGA (since 7 May 1993); election last

held 19 December 1988 (next to be held NA December 1994); results -

Ranasinghe PREMADASA (UNP) 50%, Sirimavo BANDARANAIKE (SLFP) 45%,

other 5%; note - following the assassination of President PREMADASA on

1 May 1993, Prime Minister WIJETUNGA became acting president; on 7 May

1993, he was confirmed by a vote of Parliament to finish out the term

of the assassinated president

cabinet:

Cabinet; appointed by the president in consultation with the prime

minister

Legislative branch:

unicameral

Parliament:

elections last held 15 February 1989 (next to be held by NA February

1995); results - UNP 51%, SLFP 32%, SLMC 4%, TULF 3%, USA 3%, EROS 3%,

MEP 1%, other 3%; seats - (225 total) UNP 125, SLFP 67, other 33

Judicial branch:

Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders:

United National Party (UNP), Dingiri Banda WIJETUNGA; Sri Lanka

Freedom Party (SLFP), Sirimavo BANDARANAIKE; Sri Lanka Muslim Congress

(SLMC), M. H. M. ASHRAFF; All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), C. G.

Kumar PONNAMBALAM; People's United Front (MEP, or Mahajana Eksath

Peramuna), Dinesh GUNAWARDENE; Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF),

M. SIVASITHAMBARAM; New Socialist Party (NSSP, or Nava Sama Samaja

Party), Vasudeva NANAYAKKARA; Lanka Socialist Party/Trotskyite (LSSP,

or Lanka Sama Samaja Party), Colin R. DE SILVA; Sri Lanka People's

Party (SLMP, or Sri Lanka Mahajana Party), Ossie ABEYGUNASEKERA;

Communist Party, K. P. SILVA; Communist Party/Beijing (CP/B), N.

SHANMUGATHASAN; Democratic United National Front (DUNF), G. M.

PREMACHANDRA; Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP), Douglas

DEVANANDA; Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), leader NA;

Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRL), Suresh

PREMACHANDRAN; Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students (EROS),

Shankar RAJI; People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE),

Dharmalingam SIDARTHAN; Liberal Party (LP), Chanaka AMARATUNGA; Ceylon

Workers Congress (CLDC), S. THONDAMAN; several ethnic Tamil and Muslim

parties, represented in either parliament or provincial councils

note:

the United Socialist Alliance (USA), which was formed in 1987 and

included the NSSP, LSSP, SLMP, CP/M, and CP/B, was defunct as of 1993,

following the formation of the People's Alliance Party (PEP)

Other political or pressure groups:

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and other smaller Tamil

separatist groups; other radical chauvinist Sinhalese groups; Buddhist

clergy; Sinhalese Buddhist lay groups; labor unions

Member of:

AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-24, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,

ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,

IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, PCA, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,

UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in US:

chief of mission:

Ambassador Ananda W.P. GURUGE

chancery:

2148 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:

(202) 483-4025 through 4028

FAX:

(202) 232-7181

consulate(s):

New York

US diplomatic representation:

chief of mission:

Ambassador Teresita C. SCHAFFER

embassy:

210 Galle Road, Colombo 3

mailing address:

P. O. Box 106, Colombo

telephone:

[94] (1) 44-80-07

FAX:

[94] (1) 57-42-64

Flag:

yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal

vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a

large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there

is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a

border that goes around the entire flag and extends between the two

panels

@Sri Lanka, Economy

Overview:

Industry - dominated by the fast-growing apparel industry - has

surpassed agriculture as the main source of export earnings and

accounts for over 16% of GDP. The economy has been plagued by high

rates of unemployment since the late 1970s. Economic growth, which has

been depressed by ethnic unrest, accelerated in 1991-93 as domestic

conditions began to improve and conditions for foreign investment

brightened.

National product:

GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $53.5 billion (1993 est.)

National product real growth rate:

5% (1993 est.)

National product per capita:

$3,000 (1993 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

11.6% (1992)

Unemployment rate:

15% (1991 est.)

Budget:

revenues:

$2.3 billion

expenditures:

$3.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.5 billion (1993)

Exports:

$2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:

garments and textiles, teas, gems, petroleum products, coconuts,

rubber, other agricultural products, marine products, graphite

partners:

US 33.4%, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Japan, France, Singapore (1992)

Imports:

$3 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:

food and beverages, textiles and textile materials, petroleum and

petroleum products, machinery and equipment

partners:

Japan, India, US 4.3%, UK, Singapore, Germany, Hong King, Taiwan,

South Korea (1991)

External debt:

$5.2 billion (1991)

Industrial production:

growth rate 7% (1991 est.); accounts for 16.5% of GDP

Electricity:

capacity:

1,300,000 kW

production:

3.6 billion kWh

consumption per capita:

200 kWh (1992)

Industries:

processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural

commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco

Agriculture:

accounts for one-fourth of GDP and nearly half of labor force; most

important staple crop is paddy rice; other field crops - sugarcane,

grains, pulses, oilseeds, roots, spices; cash crops - tea, rubber,

coconuts; animal products - milk, eggs, hides, meat; not

self-sufficient in rice production

Economic aid:

recipient:

US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1 billion; Western

(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1980-89), $5.1

billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $169 million; Communist

countries (1970-89), $369 million

Currency:

1 Sri Lankan rupee (SLRe) = 100 cents

Exchange rates:

Sri Lankan rupees (SLRes) per US$1 - 49.672 (January 1994), 48.322

(1993), 43.687 (1992), 41.372 (1991), 40.063 (1990), 36.047 (1989)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

@Sri Lanka, Communications

Railroads:

1,948 km total (1990); all 1.868-meter broad gauge; 102 km double

track; no electrification; government owned

Highways:

total:

75,263 km

paved:

mostly bituminous treated 27,637 km

unpaved:

crushed stone, gravel 32,887 km; improved, unimproved earth 14,739 km

Inland waterways:

430 km; navigable by shallow-draft craft

Pipelines:

crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)

Ports:

Colombo, Trincomalee

Merchant marine:

26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 289,115 GRT/453,609 DWT, bulk 2,

cargo 12, container 1, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 8

Airports:

total:

14

usable:

13

with permanent-surface runways:

12

with runways over 3,659 m:

0

with runways 2,440-3,659 m:

1

with runways 1,220-2,439 m:

8

Telecommunications:

very inadequate domestic service, good international service; 114,000

telephones (1982); broadcast stations - 12 AM, 5 FM, 5 TV; submarine

cables extend to Indonesia and Djibouti; 2 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth

stations

@Sri Lanka, Defense Forces

Branches:

Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force

Manpower availability:

males age 15-49 4,906,666; fit for military service 3,825,774; reach

military age (18) annually 178,213 (1994 est.)

Defense expenditures:

exchange rate conversion - $417 million, 3.5% of GDP (1994 est.)

@Sudan, Geography

Location:

Northern Africa, along the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea

Map references:

Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area:

total area:

2,505,810 sq km

land area:

2.376 million sq km

comparative area:

slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US

Land boundaries:

total 7,687 km, Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km,

Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya

383 km, Uganda 435 km, Zaire 628 km

Coastline:

853 km

Maritime claims:

contiguous zone:

18 nm

continental shelf:

200-m depth or to depth of exploitation

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

administrative boundary with Kenya does not coincide with

international boundary; administrative boundary with Egypt does not

coincide with international boundary creating the "Hala'ib Triangle,"

a barren area of 20,580 sq km, the dispute over this area escalated in

1993, this area continues to be in dispute

Climate:

tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season (April to

October)

Terrain:

generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in east and west

Natural resources:

small reserves of petroleum, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc,

tungsten, mica, silver

Land use:

arable land:

5%

permanent crops:

0%

meadows and pastures:

24%

forest and woodland:

20%

other:

51%

Irrigated land:

18,900 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

contaminated water supplies present human health risks; wildlife

populations threatened by excessive hunting; soil erosion;

desertification

natural hazards:

dust storms

international agreements:

party to - Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Nuclear

Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified -

Biodiversity

Note:

largest country in Africa; dominated by the Nile and its tributaries

@Sudan, People

Population:

29,419,798 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.36% (1994 est.)

Birth rate:

41.95 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate:

12.09 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate:

-6.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

79.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

54.27 years

male:

53.4 years

female:

55.19 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6.09 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Sudanese (singular and plural)

adjective:

Sudanese

Ethnic divisions:

black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%

Religions:

Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5%

(mostly in south and Khartoum)

Languages:

Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic,

Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English

note:

program of Arabization in process

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

total population:

27%

male:

43%

female:

12%

Labor force:

6.5 million

by occupation:

agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 10%, government 6%

note:

labor shortages for almost all categories of skilled employment (1983

est.); 52% of population of working age (1985)

@Sudan, Government

Names:

conventional long form:

Republic of the Sudan

conventional short form:

Sudan

local long form:

Jumhuriyat as-Sudan

local short form:

As-Sudan

former:

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Digraph:

SU

Type:

ruling military junta - Revolutionary Command Council - dissolved on

16 October 1993 and government civilianized

Capital:

Khartoum

Administrative divisions:

9 states (wilayat, singular - wilayat or wilayah*); A'ali an Nil, Al

Wusta*, Al Istiwa'iyah*, Al Khartum, Ash Shamaliyah*, Ash Sharqiyah*,

Bahr al Ghazal, Darfur, Kurdufan

Independence:

1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK)

National holiday:

Independence Day, 1 January (1956)

Constitution:

12 April 1973, suspended following coup of 6 April 1985; interim

constitution of 10 October 1985 suspended following coup of 30 June

1989

Legal system:

based on English common law and Islamic law; as of 20 January 1991,

the now defunct Revolutionary Command Council imposed Islamic law in

the northern states; the council is still studying criminal provisions

under Islamic law; Islamic law applies to all residents of the six

northern states regardless of their religion; some separate religious

courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Suffrage:

none

Executive branch:

Chief of State and Head of Government:

President Lt. General Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR (since 16 October

1993); prior to 16 October 1993, BASHIR served concurrently as Chief

of State, Chairman of the RCC, Prime Minister, and Minister of Defence

(since 30 June 1989); Vice President Major General al-Zubayr Muhammad

SALIH (since 19 October 1993); note - upon its dissolution on 16

October 1993, the RCC's executive and legislative powers were devolved

to the President and the Transitional National Assembly (TNA), Sudan's

appointed legislative body

cabinet:

Cabinet; appointed by the president; note - on 30 October 1993

President BASHIR announced a new, predominantly civilian cabinet,

consisting of 20 federal ministers, most of whom retained their

previous cabinet positions

note:

Lt. Gen. BASHIR's government is dominated by members of Sudan's

National Islamic Front, a fundamentalist political organization formed

from the Muslim Brotherhood in 1986; front leader Hasan al-TURABI

controls Khartoum's overall domestic and foreign policies

Legislative branch:

appointed 300-member Transitional National Assembly; officially

assumes all legislative authority for Sudan until the eventual,

unspecified resumption of national elections

Judicial branch:

Supreme Court, Special Revolutionary Courts

Political parties and leaders:

none; banned following 30 June 1989 coup

Other political or pressure groups:

National Islamic Front, Hasan al-TURABI

Member of:

ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA,

IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IGADD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,

IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU,

WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in US:

chief of mission:

Ambassador Ahmad SULAYMAN

chancery:

2210 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:

(202) 338-8565 through 8570

FAX:

(202) 667-2406

US diplomatic representation:

chief of mission:

Ambassador Donald K. PETTERSON

embassy:

Shar'ia Ali Abdul Latif, Khartoum

mailing address:

P. O. Box 699, Khartoum, or APO AE 09829

telephone:

74700 or 74611

FAX:

Telex 22619 AMEM SD

Flag:

three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with a

green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side

@Sudan, Economy