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	Suriname (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		The Republic of Suriname (also spelled Surinam) is a country in northern South America, in between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west.
		A military regime led by Desi Bouterse ruled the country in the 1980s, until democracy was re-established in 1988.
		Suriname, the smallest country in South America, is situated on the Guiana Shield[?], the highest point being the Julianatop[?] (1,286 m above sea level).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/su/Surinam.html (489 words)

	Comparative Criminology \| South America - Suriname
		Suriname became an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on December 15, 1954, and gained independence on November 25, 1975.
		Military prosecutions are directed by an officer on the public prosecutor's staff and take place in separate courts before two military judges and one civilian judge.
		Suriname is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention, but has yet to implement legislation bringing the country into conformity with the Convention.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/samerica/suriname.html (5213 words)

	Suriname (country) - MSN Encarta
		The economy of Suriname is based on the mining of bauxite, the ore from which aluminum is made.
		Suriname is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by French Guiana, on the south by Brazil, and on the west by Guyana.
		Suriname’s chief resources are bauxite, iron ore, copper, nickel, and extensive forests.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761573549 (605 words)

	Suriname History
		Suriname, located on the northeastern coast of South America, was settled by the Dutch and the British in the early 1600s.
		Eight years later, military rule was removed but the limitations placed on civil liberties remained in place.
		It was not until 1991 that civilian rule was reestablished (although there is evidence that the true ruler of the country remains the former military ruler, Col. Desi Bouterse).
	www.nationbynation.com /Suriname/History1.html (106 words)

	CaribNation Television: Links - Suriname
		Suriname, republic of northeastern South America, bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by French Guiana, on the south by Brazil, and on the west by Guyana.
		Suriname's food is an exotic mix of East Indian, Indian, Creole and Chinese cuisines; the cheapest eateries are warungs, Javanese food stalls serving fried noodle and rice dishes.
		Suriname's capital Paramaribo (often abbreviated to 'Parbo') is a curious hybrid of northern Europe and tropical America.
	www.caribnationtv.com /suriname.html (1305 words)

	Suriname - Amnesty International
		Suriname’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee in October.
		As Suriname had not fulfilled its obligation to submit a report, the review took place under new procedures and was based on questions put to Suriname’s representatives on issues of concern, including impunity for past violations, prison conditions, alleged ongoing human rights violations and the death penalty.
		Lawyers for Desi Bouterse, the coup-installed military leader of Suriname at the time of the killings, were allowed to attend the hearings in the Netherlands.
	web.amnesty.org /report2003/Sur-summary-eng (770 words)

	Suriname
		The Republic of Suriname, more commonly known as Suriname or Surinam, (formerly known as Netherlands Guiana and Dutch Guiana) is a country in northern South America, in between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west.
		Suriname is the smallest independent country in South America.
		The economy of Suriname is dominated by the bauxite industry, which accounts for more than 15 percent of GDP and 70 percent of export earnings.
	en.mcfly.org /Suriname (833 words)

	Surinam.net Network
		Nickerie is a district of Suriname, on the north-west coast.
		Saramacca is a district of Suriname, in the north.
		Wanica is a district of Suriname, in the northeast.
	www.surinam.net (5844 words)

	ipedia.com: Suriname Article
		The Republic of Suriname is a country in northern South America, in between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west.
		While Dutch is the official language of Suriname, Sranang Tongo, originally a Creole language, is the lingua franca.
		Also, the original Carib and Arowak Amerindians of Suriname speak their own languages, as do the descendants of escaped slaves in the interior; Aucan (n'Djuga) and Saramaccan.
	www.ipedia.com /suriname.html (831 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Publications: Americas : Suriname
		According to Foreign Minister Erroll G. Snijders: Suriname has already taken the necessary action to be able to ratify the Ottawa Convention....This Convention is brought to the attention of the meeting of the State Council....
		A military coup in Suriname in December 1990 reversed the trend toward elected government in South America.
		It also examines the military's dominance of the government even during the three years of civilian rule that preceded the coup, and analyzes the prospect for the new government to exert civilian control over the army.
	hrw.org /reports/world/suriname-pubs.php (253 words)

	SURINAME
		Suriname became a flourishing agricultural colony with an important export of sugar and timber.
		Thanks to these initiatives, one of the most historic monuments in Suriname and probably in South America, which was hidden in the dense jungle of the Guyanas, has been preserved for the future.
		The Jewish population group in Suriname is one of the oldest of the country, and it is practically needless to say that these descendants of colonists from the seventeenth century are completely integrated with the Surinamese community.
	www.ujcl.org /surinam.html (2154 words)

	Suriname
		As a result of the conflict from previous years, the effectiveness of the civilian and military courts still was limited in practice, but at year's end the judiciary appeared to be acting generally independently, albeit inefficiently, since it is hampered by a large case backlog.
		While in the past there were complaints of surveillance of human rights workers by members of the military police and the division of central intelligence, none were reported during the year.
		There are historical and cultural impediments to equal participation by women in leadership positions in government and political parties, and the percentage of women in government and politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/wha/8235.htm (6211 words)

	Suriname
		Its efforts in these areas are compromised by dependence on a single extractive resource (alumina), the residual effects of a succession of authoritarian (often military) regimes in the 1970s and 1980s, and ongoing tensions among a large number of ethnic-based political parties.
		These deficiencies have significantly inhibited Suriname’s ability to secure its borders (the military police have responsibility for immigration functions) and vast, sparsely populated interior, making Suriname a favored transshipment country for drugs and weapons traffickers and alien smugglers.
		Suriname will be eligible in FY 2007 to receive Excess Defense Articles (EDA) on a grant basis under Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act.
	www.state.gov /t/pm/64531.htm (639 words)

	Annual Report 1990-1991 Chapter IV Suriname
		The recent coup in Suriname has resulted in the political isolation of the country and a worsening of the already grave economic situation.
		Suriname became the first member state of the Organization of American States to ratify the Additional Protocol on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (the Pact of San Salvador) when it deposited its instrument of ratification with the General Secretariat on July 10, 1990.
		Given this practice and the severe economic situation in Suriname, it is not surprising that there has been an increase in armed robberies in which military personnel are the suspected culprits.
	www.cidh.oas.org /annualrep/90.91eng/chap.4f.htm (1599 words)

	Preamble
		Political democracy is characterized by the participation and representation of the Suriname people, which shall express itself through the participation of the people in laying down a democratic political regime, and through their participation in legislation and administration, aimed at the upholding and expanding of this system.
		Eligible are the inhabitants who have Suriname nationality, who have reached the age of twenty-one and have not been deprived of the right to vote on the grounds mentioned in the previous article under (a) and (c).
		The President shall not declare the Republic of Suriname to be at war, in danger of war of in state of siege, except with the previous consent of the National Assembly.
	www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/suriname.html (10302 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Suriname
		PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Two weeks after a homeless man was killed by unknown assailants, the fifth for this year, police in Suriname have issued an appeal to the public for assistance in solving the crime.
		MOENGO, Suriname: In the presence of hundreds of surviving relatives, Suriname’s president on Saturday July 15 formally apologized for the slaying of at least 39 unarmed civilians by an army unit.
		Suriname’s national airline, SLM, is planning cooperation with regional carriers in order to survive liberalisation of the very lucrative mid-Atlantic route between Suriname and the Netherlands.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /suriname/suriname.htm (3245 words)

	Suriname
		The backbone of Suriname's economy is the export of alumina and small amounts of aluminum produced from bauxite mined in the country.
		Suriname is densely forested and has thus far suffered little from deforestation, but increased interest in large-scale commercial logging and mining in Suriname's interior have raised environmental concerns.
		Suriname's tourism sector remains a minor part of the economy, and tourist infrastructure is limited (in 2000, some 56,843 foreign tourists visited Suriname).
	www.factmonster.com /country/profiles/suriname.html (3989 words)

	Military Of Suriname (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		If you would like to use this flag of Suriname or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
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	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/suriname_country_military.shtml (198 words)

	Suriname (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Suriname is located in northern South America between French Guiana and Guyana.
		Suriname has a small foreign debt and depends on its exports for its ability to repay the loans.
		Suriname is a constitutional democracy that gained its independence from the Netherlands on November 25, 1975
	www.elca.org /countrypackets/suriname/country-print.html (484 words)

	Suriname 1985 - Chapter III
		Liew Yen Tair also stated that a registry of civilian and military prisoners in custody of the military police is kept.
		Likewise the system of military justice reserved for members of the armed forces accused of common crimes appears to be working in a normal manner.
		Oosterling, the military thereafter published a communique commanding the military police to respect judicial authority.
	www.cidh.org /countryrep/Suriname85eng/chap.3.htm (1451 words)

	Military of Suriname - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Suriname's armed forces consist of the national army, under the control of the Minister of Defense, and a smaller civil police force, which reports to the Minister of Justice and Police.
		After the creation of the Statute of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Army was entrusted with the defense of Suriname, while the defense of the Netherlands Antilles was the responsibility of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
		In recent years, the USA has provided training to military officers and policymakers to promote a better understanding of the role of the military in a civilian government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_Suriname (297 words)

	Suriname (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		The most southern parts of the borders with Guyana and French Guiana are disputed (upper Corantijn and Marowijne rivers—the map shows the Guyana and Guiana versions of the border).
		A military regime led by Dési Bouterse ruled the country in the 1980s, until democracy was re-established in 1988.
		Suriname is a full and participating member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
	creekin.net /n175-suriname.html (839 words)

	Suriname Human Rights
		military officers and supporters of former dictator Desi Bouterse, who ruled the country in the 1980's.
		military hierarchy has placed a growing emphasis on civilian control over the military.
		military jurisdiction, and military police are responsible for all such investigations.
	www.nationbynation.com /Suriname/Human.html (4280 words)

	Wikinfo \| Suriname (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		In May 1999, after mass demonstrations protesting poor economic conditions, the government was forced to call early elections.
		But while the Venetiaan administration has made progress in stabilizing the economy, tensions within the coalition and the impatience of the populace have impeded progress.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Suriname (857 words)

	Suriname - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the autumn of 2006, Suriname's army was dispatched to Nickerie in anticipation of the possible illegal immigration of Guyanese people escaping violence during Guyana's election on August 28, 2006.
		Suriname's population of 438,144 (July 2005 estimate) is made up of several distinct ethnic groups.
		They previously operated an autonomous region of Suriname called the "Jodensavanne", which in the mid-seventeenth century was one of the largest Jewish communities in the Western Hemisphere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suriname (1831 words)

	Suriname Web Page - Sharon Grau
		Suriname has the right to give priority to protecting its forests over the trade desires of any other nation.
		Even though deforestation is the major environmental problem facing Suriname, were it to trade its timber, it is not the final resting place of the issue.
		Different animals live in different parts of the world, and although Suriname may not lay claim to nearly 420 gorillas (as many as live in Odzala), the numbers are comparable and noteworthy.
	www.american.edu /TED/surinamewood.htm (4171 words)

	Suriname Facing Past Human Rights Violations
		[See Suriname Faces Past Human Rights Violations in the Spring 1994 issue of The Brief.] After Suriname conceded liability, the Court considered the social structure of the Saramaca tribe in determining the compensation to be paid to the survivors of the victims.
		The Commission contended that Suriname was responsible for violating several sections of the American Convention on Human Rights, in pertinent part, Article 1 (obligation to respect rights), 2 (domestic legal effects), 4 (right to life), 5 (right to humane treatment), 7 (right to personal liberty), and 25 (right to judicial protection).
		The Court considered the two contradictory government autopsies - one concluding that the victim died as a consequence of a violent death, and the other asserting that the death was not violent - as falling below the necessary standard of proof.
	www.wcl.american.edu /hrbrief/v1i2/surina12.htm (939 words)

	Suriname Military
		Caribbean Net NewsFormer Suriname dictator calls for national cabinetCaribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - Dec 11, 2006Former military ruler, Desi Bouterse, has called for a national cabinet in Suriname to replace the Venetiaan coalition government.
		Suriname massacre survivors say government not complying with...International Herald Tribune, France - Nov 30, 2006PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Surinamese authorities have not pursued a court-ordered investigation into a massacre of 39 people under the former military...
		that Khan would be in great danger if he returned to Guyana or Suriname because of his enemies in the police and military in those two countries.
	www.nation-info.com /Suriname-Military.html (288 words)

	MBEAW: Suriname
		"Suriname: a military and its auxiliaries," Armed Forces and Society 22,3 (spr 96):469-85.
		Suriname: Politics, Economics and Society (NY: F. Pinter, 1987).
		Dew, Edward M. The Difficult Flowering of Suriname: Ethnicity and Politics in a Plural Society (Hague: Nijhoff, 1978).
	www.mbeaw.org /resources/countries/suriname.html (120 words)

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