STATESMAN’S YEARBOOK SOURCES The Statesman’s Yearbook references the following sources to maintain accuracy and currency of information contained in our database: • United Nations Statistical Yearbook • Euromonitor International Marketing Data and Statistics • United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report • United Nations World Population Prospects • United Nations World Urbanization Prospects • United Nations Demographic Yearbook • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Yearbook • International Institute of Strategic Studies Military Balance • International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook • Selected International Monetary Fund Reports • Selected European Union Reports • Selected Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Reports • Selected World Bank Reports • Selected World Trade Organization Reports • International Monetary Fund Government Finance Statistics Yearbook • United Nations Energy Statistics Yearbook • Food and Agricultural Organization Production Yearbook • Food and Agricultural Organization Forest Products Yearbook • Food and Agricultural Organization Fishery Statistics – Capture Production • United Nations Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook • International Labour Organization Yearbook of Labour Statistics • International Monetary Fund Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook • United Nations International Trade Statistics Yearbook • International Road Federation World Road Statistics • Railway Directory • International Civil Aviation Organization Civil Aviation Statistics of the World • International Civil Aviation Organization Airport Traffic • International Telecommunication Union Yearbook of Statistics • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Statistical Yearbook • Religious Trends No 7 • World Association of Newspapers World Press Trends • Statistical offices, government departments, embassies and international organizations throughout the world • Selected print and online national and international news media 1528 ABBREVIATIONS ACP African Caribbean Pacific K kindergarten Adm. Admiral kg kilogramme(s) Adv. Advocate kl kilolitre(s) a.i. ad interim km kilometre(s) kW kilowatt b. born kWh kilowatt hours bbls barrels bd board lat. latitude bn. billion (one thousand million) lb pound(s) (weight) Brig. Brigadier Lieut. Lieutenant bu. bushel long. longitude Capt. Captain m. million Cdr Commander Maj. Major CFA Communauté Financière Africaine MW megawatt CFP Comptoirs Français du Pacifique MWh megawatt hours CGT compensated gross tonnes c.i.f. cost, insurance, freight NA not available C.-in-C. Commander-in-Chief n.e.c. not elsewhere classified CIS Commonwealth of Independent States NRT net registered tonnes cm centimetre(s) NTSC National Television System Committee Cres. Crescent (525 lines 60 fields) cu. cubic CUP Cambridge University Press OUP Oxford University Press cwt hundredweight oz ounce(s) D. Democratic Party PAL Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 fields DWT dead weight tonnes 4·43 MHz sub-carrier) PAL M Phased Alternate Line (525 lines 60 PAL 3·58 ECOWAS Economic Community of West African MHz sub-carrier) States PAL N Phased Alternate Line (625 lines 50 PAL 3·58 EEA European Economic Area MHz sub-carrier) EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone PAYE Pay-As-You-Earn EMS European Monetary System PPP Purchasing Power Parity EMU European Monetary Union ERM Exchange Rate Mechanism R. Republican Party est. estimate Rd Road retd retired f.o.b. free on board Rt Hon. Right Honourable FDI foreign direct investment ft foot/feet SADC Southern African Development Community FTE full-time equivalent SDR Special Drawing Rights SECAM H Sequential Couleur avec Memoire (625 lines G8 Group Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, 50 fields Horizontal) USA, Russia SECAM V Sequential Couleur avec Memoire (625 lines GDP gross domestic product 50 fields Vertical) Gdns Gardens sq. square Gen. General St. Street GNI gross national income SSI Supplemental Security Income GNP gross national product GRT gross registered tonnes TAFE technical and further education GW gigawatt TEU twenty-foot equivalent units GWh gigawatt hours trn. trillion (one million million) TV television ha. hectare(s) HDI Human Development Index Univ. University ind. independent(s) VAT value-added tax ICT information and communication technology v.f.d. value for duty ISO International Organization for Standardization (domain names) 1529 CURRENT LEADERS INDEX An * denotes a further reference in ‘As we go to press’, page xxx Abdel Aziz, Gen. Mohamed Ould (Mauritania) 850 Cowen, Brian (Ireland) 679–80 Abdullah, King (Saudi Arabia) 1078–9 Cvetković, Mirko (Serbia) 1091 Abdullah II, King (Jordan) 728–9 Abela, George (Malta) 841 Déby, Lieut.-Gen. Idriss (Chad) 305 Abhisit Vejjajiva (Thailand) 1217 Delgado, Rafael Vicente Correa (Ecuador) 415 Afewerki, Issaias (Eritrea) 434 Djibo, Salou (Niger) 941–2 Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud (Iran) 662 Dombrovskis, Valdis (Latvia) 775 Ahmed, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh (Somalia) 1128 Douglas, Dr Denzil L. (St Kitts and Nevis) 1058–9 Albert II, Prince (Monaco) 871–2 Dung, Nguyen Tan (Vietnam) 1506–7 Aliyev, Ilham (Azerbaijan) 160–1 Anni (Maldives) 834 Elbegdorj, Tsakhiagiin (Mongolia) 875 Ansip, Andrus (Estonia) 439 Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip (Turkey) 1244–5 Assad, Bashar al- (Syria) 1202–3 Atta Mills, John (Ghana) 544 Faymann, Werner (Austria) 154–5 Ayma, Evo Morales (Bolivia) 209–10 Fernández, Dr Leonel (Dominican Republic) 410 Azarov, Mykola (Ukraine) 1264 Fernández de Kirchner, Cristina (Argentina) 106 Fico, Robert (Slovakia) 1113 Fillon, François (France) 469 Bacai Sanhá, Malam (Guinea-Bissau) 568 Fischer, Dr Heinz (Austria) 154 Bainimarama, Josaia Voreqe (Fiji Islands) 449–50 Fischer, Jan (Czech Republic) 388 Bajnai, Gordon (Hungary) 586 Fogh Rasmussen, Anders (NATO) 53 Balkenende, Jan Peter (Netherlands) 912–13 Funes Cartagena, Mauricio (El Salvador) 426 Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 6–7 Banda, Rupiah (Zambia) 1516–17 Barroso, José Manuel (European Commission) 30–1 García Pérez, Alan (Peru) 993 Gašparovič, Ivan (Slovakia) 1112–13 Barrow, Dean (Belize) 197 Gbagbo, Laurent (Côte d’Ivoire) 362–3 Bartumeu Cassany, Jaume (Andorra) 93–4 Ghimpu, Mihai (Moldova) 868 Băsescu, Traian (Romania) 1028–9 Gnassingbé, Faure (Togo) 1225–6 Bashir, Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed al- (Sudan) 1170–1 Golding, Bruce (Jamaica) 713 Batbold, Sukhbaataryn (Mongolia) 875 Gonsalves, Dr Ralph E. (St Vincent and Grenadines) 1065 Ben Ali, Zine-Al Abidine (Tunisia) 1238 Gonzi, Lawrence (Malta) 841 Benedict XVI, Pope (Vatican City State) 1494–5 Grímsson, Ólafur Ragnar (Iceland) 593 Berdymukhammedov, Gurbanguly (Turkmenistan) 1250 Grybauskaitė, Dalia (Lithuania) 802 Berisha, Dr Sali (Albania) 83 Guebuza, Armando (Mozambique) 888 Berlusconi, Silvio (Italy) 705–6 Guelleh, Ismail Omar (Djibouti) 404 Biya, Paul (Cameroon) 255–6 Gül, Abdullah (Turkey) 1243–4 Biyoghé Mba, Paul (Gabon) 494–5 Gusmão, Xanana (East Timor) 1222 Boc, Emil (Romania) 1029 Bongo Ondimba, Ali-Ben (Gabon) 494 Halonen, Tarja (Finland) 457 Bolkiah, Sultan Hassanal (Brunei) 232 Hamad, Sheikh bin Isa Al-Khalifa (Bahrain) 170 Boni, Yayi (Benin) 201 Hamad, Sheikh bin Khalifa Al Thani (Qatar) 1023 Borisov, Boyko (Bulgaria) 237 Hans-Adam II, Prince (Liechtenstein) 798 Bouteflika, Abdelaziz (Algeria) 89 Hariri, Saad al- (Lebanon) 781 Bozizé, Gen. François (Central African Republic) 301 Harper, Stephen (Canada) 263–4 Hasina Wajed, Sheikh (Bangladesh) 175 Caballeros, Álvaro Colom (Guatemala) 560 Hatoyama, Yukio (Japan) 720 Calderón Hinojosa, Felipe de Jesús (Mexico) 859–60 Hinojosa, Felipe de Jesús Calderón (Mexico) 859–60 Cameron, David (United Kingdom) 1281–2 Hu Jintao (China) 320 Castro Ruz, Raúl (Cuba) 372–3 Hun Sen (Cambodia) 250–1 Cavaco Silva, Aníbal (Portugal) 1017 Chan, Dr Margaret (World Health Organization) 22–3 Ielemia, Apisai (Tuvalu) 1253–4 Chávez, Hugo (Venezuela) 1499–500 Ilves, Toomas (Estonia) 438–9 Chinchilla Miranda, Laura* (Costa Rica) 358 Ingraham, Hubert (Bahamas) 166 Choummaly Sayasone, Lieut.-Gen. (Laos) 770 Ivanov, Gjorgje (Macedonia) 814 Christofias, Dimitris (Cyprus) 377–8 Colom Caballeros, Álvaro (Guatemala) 560 Jagdeo, Bharrat (Guyana) 571 Compaoré, Blaise (Burkina Faso) 242 Jammeh, Yahya (Gambia) 499 Conti, Marco (San Marino) 1070–1 Jayaratne, Dissanayake Mudiyansalage (Sri Lanka) 1163 Correa Delgado, Rafael Vicente (Ecuador) 415 Jiabao, Wen (China) 320–1 1530 CURRENT LEADERS INDEX 1531 Jintao, Hu (China) 320 Mori, Immanuel (Micronesia) 864–5 Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen (Liberia) 789 Mosisili, Pakalitha Bethuel (Lesotho) 785 Jonathan, Goodluck* (Nigeria) 947 Mswati III, King (Swaziland) 1179 Jong Il, Kim (North Korea) 748–9 Mubarak, Muhammad Hosni (Egypt) 420–1 Josipović, Ivo (Croatia) 367 Mugabe, Robert (Zimbabwe) 1522–3 Juncker, Jean-Claude (Luxembourg) 808–9 Mujica, José Alberto (Uruguay) 1482–3 Museveni, Yoweri (Uganda) 1257–8 Kabila, Joseph (Congo, Dem. Rep.) 350 Mutharika, Dr Bingu wa (Malaŵi) 822 Kagame, Paul (Rwanda) 1055 Myung-bak, Lee (South Korea) 755 Karimov, Islam (Uzbekistan) 1487–8 Karzai, Hamid (Afghanistan) 77–8 Nahyan, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al- (United Arab Emirates) Key, John (New Zealand) 926 1270 Khalifa, Sheikh bin Zayed al-Nahyan (United Arab Emirates) Nailatikau, Ratu Epeli (Fiji Islands) 449 1270 Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Dato’ Sri Haji Mohd (Malaysia) Khalifa, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al- (Bahrain) 170 828–9 Khama, Lieut.-Gen. Seretse Khama Ian (Botswana) 218 Nasheed, Mohamed (Maldives) 834 Khamenei, Ayatollah Seyed Ali (Iran) 661–2 Natapei, Edward (Vanuatu) 1492 Ki-moon, Ban (United Nations)