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 United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
In the area of population and reproductive health, regional aggregates also showed that TFR in the region decreased from 5.9 children in 1960 to 2.9 in 1995.
Some of the countries are also undergoing a demographic transition (increase in the proportion of older persons among the population because of reductions in fertility and increases in life expectancy due to improvements in health).
Thus, in countries where its member is the only NGO in the field of population and reproductive health, IPPF has encouraged and assisted the family planning association to play an advocacy and pioneering role in the provision of family planning and reproductive health information, education and clinic service delivery.
www.unescap.org /esid/psis/population/icpd/sec10.asp   (4089 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Europe Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
From the 15th century European nations, particularly Spain, Portugal, France, the Netherlands and Britain, built large colonial empires, with vast holdings in Africa, the Americas, and Asia.
Almost all European countries are members of the Council of Europe, the exceptions being Belarus, the Holy See (Vatican City), Kazakhstan, and Monaco.
This country lies partly in Europe according to definitions which consider the main watershed of the Caucasus as the boundary with Asia.
www.ipedia.com /europe.html   (1302 words)

  
 Europe - Gurupedia
In terms of population it is the third largest continent after Asia and Africa.
The population of Europe in 2001 was estimated to be 666,498,000: roughly one seventh of the world's population.
European Turkey comprises territory to the west and north of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles straits.
www.gurupedia.com /e/eu/europe.htm   (735 words)

  
 ILAB - Foreign Labor Trends - European Union
The European Council, which represents the governments of the member states, and the European Commission, which is the executive and the body maintaining the right to initiate legislation, have identified employment and social affairs as prominent issues for the EU’s internal agenda in the near future.
However, the migration of workers from newly acceded countries is expected to counterbalance a decline in the EU work force due to an aging population and declining birthrates.
The European notion of social exclusion is defined as a person’s inability to participate fully in the life of his country or the EU because of poverty, lack of education, disability, age, race, gender, or nationality, among others.
www.dol.gov /ILAB/media/reports/flt/european-union-2003.htm   (9644 words)

  
 Area and population of European countries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is listed as one country, although it is currently de facto divided between the primarily ethnically Greek and internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus and the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus", which is recognized only by Turkey.
Unlike the figures in the country articles, the figures in this table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers) and may therefore be lower here.
A similar list for the whole world is List of countries by population density.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Area_and_population_of_European_countries   (327 words)

  
 Europe Encyclopedia Article @ Bitterly.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Russia (excluding portions in Asia) is the second largest entity and Europe's largest state in area and population.
Russia, few areas of untouched wilderness are currently found in Europe, except for various national parks.
The country with the smallest percentage of forested area (excluding the micronations) is the
www.bitterly.net /encyclopedia/Europe   (1756 words)

  
 EUROPEAN UNION - UNITED STATES FACTS AND FIGURES - STATISTICS
The European Commission is represented in the United States by a Delegation in Washington, which was established in 1954 largely thanks to the work of the then President of the ECSC, Jean Monnet.
In the area of promoting peace and stability the EU and the US are working together in areas such as the former Yugoslavia and in the Middle East Peace Process.
In the economic area the EU and the US mostly work together within the framework of the Transatlantic Economic Partnership and under the multilateral umbrella of the WTO.
www.eurunion.org /profile/facts.htm   (788 words)

  
 Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In terms of area, Europe is the world's second smallest continent, with an area of 10,400,000 km² (4,000,000 square miles), making it slightly larger than Oceania.
From the 15th century European nations, particularly Spain, Portugal, France, and Britain, built large colonial empires, with vast holdings in Africa, the Americas, and Asia.
Almost all European states are members of the Council of Europe, the exceptions being Belarus, the Holy See, and Monaco.
www.fr-jeux.com /articles/e/u/Europe.html   (831 words)

  
 Top 20 Europe
In terms of population, it is the third-largest continent (Asia and Africa are larger).
According to one common view of the boundary, the European continent is the area coloured green on this map.
It is sometimes associated with the Latin countries, due to the geographical and cultural ties to the Mediterranean Sea, and sometimes to the Slavic-Orthodox part of Europe due to the importance or Orthodoxy in Greece.
www.top20europe.com   (3584 words)

  
 FreeTradeAreas
February 27, 2000 International participation in Free Trade Areas (FTAs) grew rapidly in the second half of the 20th century, and plans are underway to expand regional economic integration in the century ahead.
When a country enters into a free trade agreement with its associate members, it diverts trade from outside the region to more trade within its own area because of the tariff reduction or elimination.
The latter is the newest free trade area in Europe comprised of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Romania.
www.sonic.net /~schuelke/FreeTradeAreas.htm   (1686 words)

  
 Schengen area: 15 European countries
Some countries are part of the European Union, but do not belong to the Schengen area.
Two other countries, Norway and Iceland, are not part of the European Union, but are part of the Schengen area following a cooperation agreement signed with the Schengen States.
Amongst the new Member States of the European Union, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia (as from 01.12.2006), Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia consider the Schengen visa, as well as the residence permits in another Member State, as equivalent to their national visa for the purpose of a transit which does not exceed five days.
www.mediavisa.net /schengen-area.html   (545 words)

  
 Nordic Culture > Nordic and Baltic countries in the European Union
As the European countries leave aside their historical rivalries and parochial pride, many are now enjoying the benefits of integration and economic cooperation.
A large European market is putting the countries of the Union in a better position to take up the challenge of globalization, improving conditions for trade and job creation, celebrating the wealth of different cultures and giving a better quality of life for the European citizens.
The largest area of Nordic-Baltic cooperation is on economic and social development -Nordic countries are the major investors in the Baltic countries- and political -the Nordic and Baltic Prime Ministers meet annually to discuss common and regional issues.
www.scandinavica.com /culture/society/EU.htm   (1675 words)

  
 About European Union - Travel, Maps, Flag and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The European Union or the EU is an intergovernmental and supranational union of 25 European countries, known as member states.
The European Union was established under that name in 1992 by the Treaty on European Union (the Maastricht Treaty).
The culture throughout the European Union differes from country to country.
www.canadiancontent.net /profiles/European-Union.html   (346 words)

  
 europe maps of countries landforms rivers and information pages
Europe, the planet's 6th largest continent includes 47 countries and assorted dependencies and territories.
We are in the process of creating separate maps and individual pages for both countries, and hope to have them on line within 30 days.
I.E. Both are similar to the former CIS country of Georgia, now included as part of Europe.
www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/eu.htm   (465 words)

  
 Europe - European Countries
The European Parliament represents the peoples of the States brought together in the European Community.
The European Commission embodies and upholds the general interest of the Union.
The European Central Bank and the national central banks together constitute the Eurosystem, the central banking system of the euro area.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/europe.htm   (264 words)

  
 West European Area Studies Guide to Research - Georgetown University Library
Country Report: [Name of Country] and Country Profile: [Name of Country].
The social, political, and economic conditions of the country are described.
Ref. JF 37.P6 Annual publication which describes all the countries of the world and their governments, political parties, and important political leaders, as well as information on mass media and major intergovernmental organizations.
www.library.georgetown.edu /guides/weurope   (1551 words)

  
 The Math Forum - Math Library - Population
Problems in social math that call on learners to engage in math and history skills to look at real life problems: "To See The Forest for the Trees, Population Growth Rates in the United States, 1790-1980," and "Lincoln as Demographer or The Case of the Wrongful Projections." A tutorial for the Lincoln problem is included.
It covers all fields of interest to demographers, including fertility, mortality, population size and growth, migration, nuptiality and the family, research methodology, projections and predictions, historical demography, and demographic and economic interrelations.
A lesson unit dealing with population growth predictions and the social services that depend on population growth, meant to integrate mathematics and investigational procedures into a long-term project.
mathforum.org /library/topics/population   (2384 words)

  
 Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Uralic Languages are divided into three main groups of which the Finno-Permic languages are spoken in Finland, Estonia, Sweden and Norway and European Russia while the Ugric languages are spoken in Hungary, parts of Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, and Siberian Russia.
The Greek language, spoken in Greece, Cyprus and parts of Turkey, Albania and Italy, and in Greek diaspora communities in several other European countries (most notably Germany).
The Albanian language is its own independent branch of the Indo-European language family with no close living relatives.
www.tocatch.info /en/European.htm   (3405 words)

  
 Area and Population of Countries — Infoplease.com
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(the poor countries of the world have much larger populations, and this can be a threat to the more wealthy countries)(Brief......
Living on the edge: as the world's population grows people are pushed into areas that are basically uninhabitable.(Population--Margins)...
Countries with rapid population growth and resource constraints: issues of food, agriculture, and development.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0004379.html   (332 words)

  
 EMJ -- eLetters for Fairhurst, 22 (11) 760
In 2001, a study[1] was undertaken of the 21 countries of the European Economic Area (only one failed to respond) which confirmed this.
In 79% of countries, prioritisation determined speed of response and in 79% it determined level of response.
The training of dispatchers was highly variable, ranging from no formal training in one country to more than two years in six countries and the range of professionals that could be dispatched also varied considerably.
emj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/eletters/22/11/760   (310 words)

  
 European Union -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The most important EU institutions are the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Court of Justice.
If it were a country, it would be the seventh largest in the world by area and the third largest by population after China and India.
This trend is highlighted by the increasing number of policy areas that fall within EU competence: political power has tended to shift upwards from the member states to the EU.
www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=10535   (1505 words)

  
 European Geography Quizzes - Fun Map Games
Many of the nations of Europe are united under the banner of the European Union.
Though Europe is the second smallest continent in area, it is the third largest in population with roughly 800 million people.
Europe is home to the Swiss, Italian and French Alps, a mountain range that spread across three countries.
www.sheppardsoftware.com /European_Geography.htm   (631 words)

  
 IMF--Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board--European Central Bank
The European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) became fully operational in January 1999 when the euro currency unit was introduced, the rates for converting national currencies into euro were irrevocably fixed, and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) began conducting a single monetary policy for the euro area.
The metadata describing national practices of the subscribing euro area countries (currently all participating Member States) are drafted by the countries and posted on the Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB).
Beyond the 12 euro area countries, and Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom, since 1 May 2004, 10 new countries have joined the EU: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
dsbb.imf.org /Applications/web/euronote   (431 words)

  
 Introduction of Euro and OANDA Currency Services
On December 31, all European currencies will automatically be removed from your options and will be replaced with one entry for Euro.
FXMap: Starting January 1, 2002, clicking or selecting any of the European countries will be equivalent in choosing Euro as the desired currency (home or base).
Capital, Area, and population for these European countries will remain as-is to display the country's own capital, area and population respectively.
www.oanda.com /site/euro_intro.shtml   (1281 words)

  
 USEUCOM Area of Responsibility
The area of responsibility (AOR) of the United States European Command covers more than 21 million square miles and includes over 90 countries and territories.
Several other countries and territories are considered to be part of our area of interest (AOI).
The area of responsibility is the geographical area within which the Commander has authority to plan and conduct operations.
www.eucom.mil /english/AOR/main.asp   (226 words)

  
 Countries of Europe Summary
The following list summarizes the 43 major European countries.
I have included population, area, population density, the European countries capitals, major language, and major religion(s).
This Vaughns 1-Pagers Countries of Europe summary web page was updated on 2006-05-18.
www.vaughns-1-pagers.com /geography/european-countries.htm   (54 words)

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