Background notes, Laos. (http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33725)
Description based on: Apr. 2002.
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments - Laos (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs98.html)
The Central Intelligence Agency publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments weekly. The directory is a reference aid. This link goes directly to the Laos pages of this CIA site.
Country at-a-Glance: Lao PDR (http://www.worldbank.org/la)
A search by country yields numerous English language reports on the economic development of regions of the world and the World Bank Groups' advice, initiatives and warnings concerning them. This page is for Laos.
Country profile. (http://db.eiu.com/report%5Flist.asp?deliveryKey=CPLA&title=Country+Profile+Laos)
Provides the historical context behind current economic and political events. Analyses the infrastructure and major industrial sectors of the economy. Includes a map and tables of economic data covering the previous five years.
Elections in Laos (http://www.electionworld.org/election/laos.htm)
Electionworld.org provides regularly-updated information about the president, prime minister, parliament, and political parties of Laos, as part of Elections Around the World. The results of the most recent elections held in the country are available, as well as links to related Web sites on politics in Laos.
European Commission Delegation to Burma Myanmar - Cambodia - Lao PDR - Malaysia and Thailand (http://www.deltha.ec.europa.eu/)
The European Commission Delegation oversees funding for European Union activities and projects in Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Thailand. The site provides information, much of it in PDF format, on projects, news, and cultural events. Charts on trade and investments, EU press releases, and newsletters are also available, as are links to EU websites. The search function is not operational.
Governments on the WWW: Laos (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/la.html)
Links to websites of governmental institutions and political parties in Laos.
Hmong-Lao Human Rights Council, Inc (http://home.earthlink.net/%7Elaohumrights/)
Nonprofit organization that promotes and defends human rights in Laos and human and civil rights of Laotian and Hmong people around the world. Contains population, education, other data on Hmong in U.S.; photographs proving genocide going on in Laos; some of the written reports of human rights violations on the site are in the Lao language as well as in English.
Land Mine Awareness Education (LMAE). (http://www.pitt.edu/%7Eginie/lm/welcome.html)
Presents information about land mine awareness, provided as part of the Global Information Network in Education (GINIE), a project of the Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Explains that GINIE assists governments and international organizations in providing educational services to citizens and refugees of nations in emergency or post-emergency transition. Offers access to educational materials developed for people in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Somalia, Afghanistan, Angola, Croatia, El Salvador, Laos, Mozambiquie, Yemen, and Zaire. Offers access to an online forum. Includes personal stories related to land mine awareness. Contains information about child amputees, developmental disabilities, and psychological disorders. Links to the home page of GENIE and sites related to mines.
Lao Human Rights Council, Inc. (http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4228141)
Searchable web site of the Lao Human Rights Council, which opposes human rights violations against Lao and Hmong people in Laos and refugees in Thailand. Offers access to council photographs and documents and describes the council's present and past activities.
Lao Study Review (http://www.global.lao.net/laostudy/laostudy.htm)
Irregular scholarly journal published by the Lao Studies Society, Australia contains articles and book reviews on history, culture, religion, geography, and politics of Laos and Lao communities around the world. Articles largely deal with Lao communities in Australia. The site is part of LaoNet web site and features full-text of each article from issues 1-3, with bibliographical references. Each issue is also available in Word format.
Laos (http://www.polisci.com/world/nation/LA.htm)
Concise information on the government and politics of Laos.
Laos (http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Laos.htm)
The Laos pages of World Statesmen lists the historical leaders of Laos. It lists the heads of state and government, has images of the Lao flag in different periods of history, includes maps, has the English text of the national anthem, chronology, as well as era names.
Laos: Consular Information Sheet (http://travel.state.gov/laos.html)
The Bureau of Consular Affairs of the U.S. Department of State presents a consular information sheet for Laos. The bureau includes information about the embassy location, entry requirements, customs regulations, crime, criminal penalties, medical facilities, traffic safety, and more.
Loas (http://www.pennyhill.com/)
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Mennonite Central Committee. (http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4163554)
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a relief, service, community development and peace agency of the North American Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches. This section of the MCC website describes the committee's work addressing the problems of unexploded cluster bombs and other unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan, Laos, Serbia/Kosovo, Chechnya and Sudan.
NTEC (http://www.namtheun2.com/indexie.htm)
Describes partnership with the government of Laos, the World Bank, private sector developers, local community groups and international NGOs for the proposed Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project in central Laos. Includes extensive project descriptions, maps, statistics, news clippings, documentation, participant profiles, and discussions of resettlement and environmental issues.
Reports on Laos (http://db.eiu.com/composite.asp?topicid=LA&desc=Laos)
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UXO LAO (http://www.uxolao.org/)
National agency established in 1996 by Prime Ministerial decree responsible for "unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance and education in the Lao PDR." Provides information about problems surrounding unexploded ordnance and government efforts at clearance in the program, history of the organization, case studies, map of UXO LAO operations, and photo galleries.
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