held 14 December 1946) aim-UN specialized agency concerned with world labor issues members-(158) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Colombia,Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, UK, France External debt: $9 billion (December 1991 est.) commodities: cocoa 85%, copra, coffee, palm oil processing, mining of cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in Europe *Switzerland, People Population: 165,876 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: NA% Budget: revenues $52 million (excluding foreign transfers); expenditures $83 million, including capital expenditures of $42 million Currency: 1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimos Exchange rates: Philippine pesos (P) per US$1 - 5.4812 (January 1993), 1,232.4 (1992), 1,240.6 (1991), 1,198.1 (1990), 1,372.1 (1989), 1,301.6 (1988) Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March *Swaziland, Communications Railroads: 3,505 km 1.067-meter gauge, 716 km 1.6096-meter-gauge plantation line Highways: 20,703 km total; 500 km paved, 450 km gravel or laterite, 3,000 km unimproved Inland waterways: 1,500 km total; 33,400 km national (includes 2,433 km limited-access divided highway); Northern Ireland, 23,499 km (22,907 paved, 592 km gravel) Inland waterways: 10,000 km forest and woodland: 39% other: 37%
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