ria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,
Turkey, Uganda, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam,
Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia (suspended), Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe

associate member -- (1) Puerto Rico

Former USSR

/Eastern Europe (former USSR/EE) the middle group in the hierarchy of
developed countries (DCs), former USSR/Eastern Europe (former
USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); these countries are in
political and economic transition and may well be grouped differently
in the near future; this group of 27 countries consists of Albania,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Four Dragons

the four small Asian less developed countries (LDCs) that have
experienced unusually rapid economic growth; also known as the Four
Tigers; this group includes Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan

Four Tigers

another term for the Four Dragons; see Four Dragons

Franc Zone (FZ)

address -- Direction Generale des Service Etrangers (Service de la
Zone Franc), Banque de France, 39 rue Crois-des-Petits-Champs, BP
140-01, Paris Cedex 01, France

telephone -- [33] (1) 42 92 31 26

FAX -- [33] (1) 42 92 39 88

established -- 20 December 1945

aim -- to form a monetary union among countries whose currencies are
linked to the French franc

members -- (15) Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic,
Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon,
Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo; note - France includes metropolitan
France, the four overseas departments of France (French Guiana,
Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion), the two territorial collectivities
of France (Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon), and the three overseas
territories of France (French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and
Futuna)

Front Line States (FLS)

established to achieve black majority rule in South Africa; members
included Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia,
Zimbabwe

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

note -- was subsumed by the World Trade Organization (WTrO) on 1
January 1995

address -- rue de Lausanne 154, CH-1211