therlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway,
Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, San
Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Solomon Islands,
Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvulu, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States,
Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa,
Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (54) Afghanistan,
Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cape
Verde, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus,
Djibouti, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala,
Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kiribati,
Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Moldova,
Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Panama, Rwanda,
Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South
Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Ukraine, Yemen, former
Yugoslavia

Wetlands

see -- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially
As Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)

Whaling

see -- International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

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APPENDIX F:

Weights and Measures

Mathematical Notation

Exponents immediately follow the ^ symbol throughout this appendix.

Mathematical Power Name

10^18 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 one quintillion

10^15 or 1,000,000,000,000,000 one quadrillion

10^12 or 1,000,000,000,000 one trillion

10^9 or 1,000,000,000 one billion

10^6 or 1,000,000 one million

10^3 or 1,000 one thousand

10^2 or 100 one hundred

10^1 or 10 ten

10^0 or 1 one

10-^1 or 0.1 one-tenth

10-^2 or 0.01 one-hundredth

10-^3 or 0.001 one-thousandth

10-^6 or 0.000 001 one-millionth

10-^9 or 0.000 000 001 one-billionth

10-^12 or 0.000 000 000 001