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2006-MAY-26

Union of the COMOROS

(Moroni)

	Union of the COMOROS
Flag or logo since 2002-01-07*	Udzima wa KOMORI (zdj) + Al-Ittiḥād AL-QUMURIYY : الاتّحاد القُمُريّ (ar) + Union des COMORES (fr)	Emblem or Symbol*

Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
(ruler of COMOROS since 2006-05-26)





Capitals & administrative places*:	Moroni (Moroni)
Official & national languages:	*Arabic (ar) . French (fr) . Comorian (zdj) .*

Mainland:

COMOROS

Union of COMOROS (Moroni)

3 Largely Autonomous or Semi-Independent Polities

ANJOUAN

Autonomous Island of ANJOUAN (Mutsamudu)

President Mohamed Bacar

GREAT COMORO

Autonomous Island of GREAT COMORO (Moroni)

President Mze Abdou Soule Elbak

MOHELI

Autonomous Island of MOHELI (Fomboni)

President Mohamed Said Fazul

61 Organisations or Groupings membership (selective)

AFRICAN BANK

African Development Bank : AFDB (Tunis)

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES

African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States : ACP STATES (Brussels)

AFRICAN NATURE

African Convention on Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources : CONVENTION ON CONSERVATION (Maputo)

AFRICAN UNION

African Union : AU (Addis Ababa ^o + Midrand ^l)

AOSIS

Alliance of Small Island States : AOSIS (New York)

ARAB LEAGUE

League of Arab States : ARAB LEAGUE (Cairo)

ASECNA

Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar : ASECNA (Dakar)

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa : COMESA (Lusaka)

COMMON FUND

Common Fund for Commodities : CFC (Geneva)

CUSTOMS

World Customs Organization : WCO (Brussels)

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : FAO Specialized Agency (Rome)

FIFA

Federation of International Football Association : FIFA (Zurich)

FRANCE-AFRICA

Conference of Heads of State of Africa and France : FRANCE-AFRICA Summit (Bamako)

FRANCOPHONIE

International Organization of The Francophonie : OIF (Paris)

GENEVA CONVENTION

GENEVA Convention (Geneva)

GLOBAL FUND

The Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria : GFATM (Vernier-Geneva)

GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN

GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN at the United Nations [Coalition of Developing Countries] (New York)

IBRD

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development : IBRD (Washington-District of Columbia)

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization : ICAO Specialized Agency (Montreal)

ICJ

International Court of Justice : ICJ (The Hague)

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development : IFAD Specialized Agency (Rome)

ILO

International Labour Organization : ILO Specialized Agency (Geneva)

IMF

International Monetary Fund : IMF Specialized Agency (Washington-District of Columbia)

IMO

International Maritime Organization : IMO Specialized Agency (London)

IMSO

International Mobile Satellite Organization : IMSO (London)

INDIAN OCEAN

Secretariat of Indian Ocean Commission : IOC (Port Louis)

INTERPOL

International Criminal Police Organization : ICPO (Lyons)

ISESCO

Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : ISESCO (Rabat)

ISLAM

Organization of the Islamic Conference : OIC (Jedda)

ISLAMIC BANK

Islamic Development Bank : IDB (Jedda)

ITSO

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization : ITSO (Washington-District of Columbia)

ITU

International Telecommunication Union : ITU Specialized Agency (Geneva)

NON-ALIGNED

Non-Aligned Movement : NAM [Coordinating Bureau – Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation : NAM CSSTC] (Kuala Lumpur + New York + Jakarta)

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty : NPT (New York)

OHADA

Organisation for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa : OHADA (Yaounde)

OHCHR

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : OHCHR Specialized Agency (Geneva)

OLYMPIC GAMES

International Olympic Committee : IOC (Lausanne)

PELINDABA TREATY

African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty : ANWFZ (Pelindaba)

RED CROSS

International Committee of the Red Cross : ICRC (Geneva)

RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies : IFRCS (Geneva)

SEABED

Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority : ISA (Kingston)

TRIBUNAL OF THE SEA

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea : ITLOS (Hamburg)

UN-HABITAT

United Nations Human Settlements Programme : UN-HABITAT Specialized Agency (Nairobi)

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : UNCTAD (Geneva)

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency (New York)

UNEP

United Nations Environmental Programme : UNEP Specialized Agency (Nairobi)

UNESCO

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : UNESCO Specialized Agency (Paris)

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : UNFCCC (New York)

UNHCR

United Nations High Commission for Refugees : UNHCR Agency (Geneva)

UNICEF

United Nations International Children´s Emergency Fund : UNICEF Specialized Agency (New York)

UNIDIR

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research : UNIDIR Specialized Agency (Geneva)

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization : UNIDO Specialized Agency (Vienna)

UNIFEM

United Nations Development Fund for Women : UNIFEM (New York)

UNITED NATIONS

United Nations Organization : UNO (New York)

UNODC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime : UNODC Agency (Vienna)

UPEACE

University for Peace : UPEACE (Ciudad Colon)

UPU

Universal Postal Union : UPU Specialized Agency (Berne)

WFP

World Food Programme : WFP (Rome)

WHO

World Health Organization : WHO Specialized Agency (Pregny-Chambesy)

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization : WIPO Specialized Agency (Geneva)

WMO

World Meteorological Organization : WMO Specialized Agency (Geneva)

Other Independent or Semi-Independent Polities within the 2024's internationally recognized Country boundaries: