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The roughly 200 detailed entries in this annually updated reference offer readers a thorough political background for each country plus up-to-date coverage. Entries on national governments, arranged alphabetically, incorporate elections through 2014, newly formed parties and new party leaders, political events and foreign policy initiatives, and current population figures and economic statistics. Intergovernmental organizations, treated in separate entries, include the African Union Arab League, United Nations (each council, and specialized agencies), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, among many others. Appendices provide chronologies of major international events, 1945-2014, and of international conferences sponsored by the United Nations; membership of the UN and its related agencies; and a serials list. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
