tions

Telephone system: 247,000 telephones; system was once one of the best
in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance
local: NA
intercity: consists of microwave links, open-wire lines, and radio
communications stations
international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 18, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 8
televisions: NA

@Zimbabwe:Defense Forces

Branches: Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,435,931; males fit for
military service 1,514,068 (1995 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $175 million, 3.1% of
GDP (FY94/95)

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APPENDIX B

Abbreviations for International Organizations and Groups

Note: Not all international organizations and groups have
abbreviations.

A

ABEDA -- Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

ACC -- Arab Cooperation Council

ACCT -- Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique; see Agency
for Cultural and Technical Cooperation

ACP -- African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries

AfDB -- African Development Bank

AFESD -- Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

AG -- Andean Group

AL -- Arab League

ALADI -- Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion; see Latin
American Integration Association (LAIA)

AMF -- Arab Monetary Fund

AMU -- Arab Maghreb Union

ANZUS -- Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty

APEC -- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

AsDB -- Asian Development Bank

ASEAN -- Association of Southeast Asian Nations

B

BAD -- Banque Africaine de Developpement; see African Development
Bank (AfDB)

BADEA -- Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique; see
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA)

BCIE -- Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico; see
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)

BDEAC -- Banque de Developpment des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale;
see Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC)

Benelux -- Benelux Economic Union

BID -- Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo; see Inter-American
Development Bank (IADB)