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The Statesman's Yearbook 2003

The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Barry Turner
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Part of the book series: The Statesman's Yearbook (SYBK)

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Table of contents (297 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages ii-xlvii
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  2. International Organizations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. All the World’s a Village

      1. The United Nations (UN)
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 5-13
      2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 13-16
      3. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 16-16
      4. Nobel Peace Prize Winners: 1977–2001
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 16-17
      5. United Nations System
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 17-22
      6. Specialized Agencies of the UN
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 22-39
      7. Other Organs Related to the UN
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 39-43
      8. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 43-46
      9. Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 46-47
      10. Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 47-48
      11. European Union (EU)
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 49-54
      12. EU Institutions
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 54-59
      13. EU Agencies and Other Bodies
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 59-61
      14. Council of Europe
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 61-63
      15. Western European Union (WEU)
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 64-66
      16. Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE)
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 66-67
      17. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 67-68
      18. European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
        • Barry Turner
        Pages 68-69
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About this book

For nearly one hundred and forty years, The Statesman's Yearbook has been relied upon to provide accurate and comprehensive information on the current political, economic and social status of every country in the world. The appointment of the new editor - only the seventh in the book's history - brought enhancements to the 1998-99 edition and these have been continued since then. The 2003 edition is fully updated and contains more information than ever before, including for the first time websites for national governments and international organizations. A foldout colour section provides a political world map and flags for the one hundred and ninety two countries of the world. In an endlessly changing world, the annual publication of The Statesman's Yearbook gives all the information you need in one easily digestible single volume. It will save hours of research and cross-referencing between different sources, and it is an essential annual purchase.

Reviews

'On the desert island of the imagination this title should certainly be up there with the Bible and Shakespeare.' - Parliamentary Maritime Review

'A classic reference work.' - Reference Reviews

'Perfect companion.' - The Times

'You need more than one of everything because no information is value-free - except perhaps The Statesman's Yearbook, a masterpiece of pure quantification.' - Victoria Glendinning, The Daily Telegraph

'The book should be in every office which is concerned with world trade and, indeed, in every school which produces the future traders. It is an essential tool of all global thinking.' - The Geographical Magazine

'An excellent parlour game for librarians would be to work out which ten reference books a library ought to buy if it could afford only that number. Very probably the Statesman's Yearbook would be on the list...This invaluable yearbook needs no commendation from me, but I do not hesitate to give it one anyway.' - K.C. Fraser, Formerly Senior Assistant Librarian, St Andrew University Library, Reference Reviews

About the authors

BARRY TURNER is the seventh editor in the 139-year history of The Statesman's Yearbook. He has a PhD in Political History and has been a full-time writer for 30 years. He has worked as a journalist and broadcaster in the field of politics, biography, travel and education, and is the author of over 20 books including the best-selling A Place in the Country, which became a television series, ...And the Policeman Smiled, the story of ten thousand refugee children who escaped to Britain just before the war, and (co-authored) When Daddy Came Home - How Family Life Changed Forever in 1945. He is a regular contributor to The Times as a book reviewer and serialiser, and is the editor of the annual Writer's Handbook.

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