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Background Notes: Europe and the New Independent States
Of the Former Soviet Union

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Albania (03/99)
Andorra (5/00)
Armenia (03/96)
Austria (07/00)
Belarus (03/96)
Belgium (06/00)
Bermuda (05/96)
Bosnia (12/00)
Bulgaria (10/99)
Croatia (01/00)
Cyprus (10/98)
Czech Republic (03/99)
Denmark (06/97)
Estonia (09/97)
Finland (06/99)
France (10/99)
Georgia (11/98)
Germany (05/00)
Greece (10/99)
Holy See, The (07/00)
Hungary (08/99)
Iceland (10/99)
Ireland (07/00)
Italy (7/00)
Latvia (09/97)
Lithuania (01/98)
Luxembourg (07/00)
Malta (04/95)
Moldova (03/96)
Monaco (01/99)
Netherlands (6/00)
Norway (05/99)
Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (11/99)

Poland (06/00)
Portugal (05/00)
Romania (07/00)
Russia (05/00)
San Marino (11/98)
Serbia and Montenegro (08/99)
Slovenia (02/99)
Slovakia (08/99)
Spain (08/00)
Sweden (09/98)
Switzerland (05/99)
Turkmenistan (01/01)
Turkey (10/99)
Ukraine (05/00)
United Kingdom (09/00)
Uzbekistan (09/98)

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