Preface, Introduction, and Executive Summary
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Preface
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Introduction
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Executive Summary
Africa
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Angola
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Angola [Portuguese]
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Benin
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Benin [French]
[62 Kb]
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Botswana
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Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso [French]
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Burundi
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Burundi [French]
[52 Kb]
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Cameroon
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Cape Verde
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Central African Republic
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Central African Republic [French]
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Chad
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Chad [French]
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Comoros
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Comoros [French]
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the [French]
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Congo, Republic of the
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Congo, Republic of the [French]
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Cote d'Ivoire [French]
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Djibouti
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Djibouti [French]
[125 Kb]
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Equatorial Guinea
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Eritrea
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Eritrea [Arabic]
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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia [Amharic]
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Gabon
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Gabon [French]
[76 Kb]
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Gambia, The
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Ghana
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Guinea
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Guinea-Bissau
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Kenya
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Lesotho
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Liberia
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Madagascar
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Madagascar [French]
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Madagascar [Malagasy]
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Malawi
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Mali
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Mali [French]
[51 Kb]
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Mauritania
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Mauritania [Arabic]
[678 Kb]
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Mauritius
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Mozambique
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Mozambique [Portuguese]
[98 Kb]
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Namibia
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Niger
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Niger [French]
[64 Kb]
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Nigeria
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Rwanda
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Senegal
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Senegal [French]
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Seychelles
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Sierra Leone
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Somalia
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South Africa
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Sudan
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Sudan [Arabic]
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Swaziland
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Tanzania
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Togo
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Uganda
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Zambia
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Zimbabwe
East Asia and Pacific
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Australia
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Brunei
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Burma
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Burma [Burmese]
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Cambodia
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Cambodia [Khmer]
[232 Kb]
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China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau)
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China - Tibet [Tibetan]
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China [Chinese]
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China [Uighur]
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Fiji
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Hong Kong [Chinese]
[500 Kb]
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Indonesia
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Indonesia [Indonesian]
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Japan
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Japan [Japanese]
[165 Kb]
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Kiribati
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Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
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Korea, Democratic People's Republic of [Korean]
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Korea, Republic of
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Korea, Republic of [Korean]
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Laos
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Laos [Lao]
[355 Kb]
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Macau [Chinese]
[374 Kb]
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Malaysia
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Marshall Islands
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Marshall Islands [Marshallese]
[58 Kb]
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Micronesia, Federated States of
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Mongolia
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Mongolia [Mongolian]
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Nauru
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New Zealand
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Palau
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Papua New Guinea
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Philippines
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Samoa
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Singapore
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Solomon Islands
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Taiwan
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Taiwan [Chinese]
[396 Kb]
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Thailand
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Thailand [Thai]
[5540 Kb]
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Timor-Leste
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Tonga
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Tuvalu
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Vanuatu
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Vietnam
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Vietnam [Vietnamese]
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Europe and Eurasia
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Albania
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Albania [Albanian]
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Andorra
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Armenia
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Armenia [Armenian]
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Austria
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Austria [German]
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Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan [Azerbaijani]
[350 Kb]
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Belarus
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Belarus [Belarusian]
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Belarus [Russian]
[150 Kb]
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Belgium
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Belgium [Dutch]
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Belgium [French]
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosnia and Herzegovina [Serbocroation]
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Bulgaria
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Bulgaria [Bulgarian]
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Croatia
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Croatia [Croation]
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Cyprus
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Czech Republic
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Czech Republic [Czech]
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Estonia [Estonian]
[45 Kb]
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Estonia [Russian]
[103 Kb]
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Finland
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France
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France [French]
[188 Kb]
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Georgia
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Georgia [Georgian]
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Germany
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Germany [German]
[52 Kb]
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Greece
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Greece [Greek]
[328 Kb]
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Hungary
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Hungary [Hungarian]
[183 Kb]
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Iceland
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Ireland
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Italy
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Italy [Italian]
[86 Kb]
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Kosovo
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Kosovo [Albanian]
[70 Kb]
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Kosovo [Serbian]
[117 Kb]
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Latvia
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Latvia [Latvian]
[140 Kb]
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Liechtenstein
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Liechtenstein [German]
[49 Kb]
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Lithuania
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Lithuania [Lithuanian]
[126 Kb]
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Luxembourg
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Macedonia
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Macedonia [Albanian]
[61 Kb]
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Macedonia [Macedonian]
[104 Kb]
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Malta
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Malta [Maltese]
[78 Kb]
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Moldova
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Moldova [Romanian]
[187 Kb]
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Moldova [Russian]
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Monaco
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Montenegro
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Montenegro [Montenegrin]
[65 Kb]
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Netherlands
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Norway
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Poland
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Poland [Polish]
[137 Kb]
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Portugal
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Portugal [Portuguese]
[68 Kb]
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Romania
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Romania [Romanian]
[122 Kb]
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Russia
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Russia [Russian]
[258 Kb]
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San Marino
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Serbia
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Serbia [Serbian]
[184 Kb]
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Slovak Republic
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Slovak Republic [Slovak]
[110 Kb]
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Slovenia
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Slovenia [Slovenian]
[63 Kb]
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Spain
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Spain [Spanish]
[180 Kb]
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Switzerland [German]
[62 Kb]
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Turkey
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Turkey [Turkish]
[153 Kb]
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Ukraine
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Ukraine [Ukranian]
[197 Kb]
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United Kingdom
Near East and North Africa
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Algeria
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Algeria [Arabic]
[2896 Kb]
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Algeria [French]
[114 Kb]
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Bahrain
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Bahrain [Arabic]
[1965 Kb]
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Egypt
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Egypt [Arabic]
[8369 Kb]
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Iran
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Iran [Persian]
[4233 Kb]
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Iraq
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Iraq [Arabic]
[5173 Kb]
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Israel [Arabic]
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Israel [Hebrew]
[2578 Kb]
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Israel and the occupied territories
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Jordan
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Jordan [Arabic]
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Kuwait
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Kuwait [Arabic]
[2516 Kb]
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Lebanon
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Lebanon [Arabic]
[1797 Kb]
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Libya
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Libya [Arabic]
[123 Kb]
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Morocco
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Morocco [Arabic]
[2673 Kb]
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Morocco [French]
[117 Kb]
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Occupied Territories [Arabic]
[3215 Kb]
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Occupied Territories [Hebrew]
[1886 Kb]
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Oman
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Oman [Arabic]
[1551 Kb]
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Qatar
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Qatar [Arabic]
[695 Kb]
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Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia [Arabic]
[6945 Kb]
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Syria
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Syria [Arabic]
[2760 Kb]
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Tunisia
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Tunisia [Arabic]
[1580 Kb]
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Tunisia [French]
[72 Kb]
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United Arab Emirates
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United Arab Emirates [Arabic]
[1950 Kb]
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Western Sahara
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Western Sahara [Arabic]
[274 Kb]
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Western Sahara [French]
[47 Kb]
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Yemen
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Yemen [Arabic]
[2053 Kb]
South and Central Asia
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Afghanistan
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Afghanistan [Dari]
[4073 Kb]
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Afghanistn [Pashto]
[6860 Kb]
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Bangladesh
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Bangladesh [Bengali]
[147 Kb]
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Bhutan
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India
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Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan [Russian]
[156 Kb]
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Kyrgyz Republic
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Kyrgyz Republic [Russian]
[370 Kb]
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Maldives
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Nepal
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Nepal [Nepali]
[75 Kb]
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Pakistan
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Pakistan [Urdu]
[8914 Kb]
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Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka [Sinhala]
[106 Kb]
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Sri Lanka [Tamil]
[168 Kb]
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Tajikistan
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Tajikistan [Russian]
[211 Kb]
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Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan [Russian]
[199 Kb]
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Turkmenistan [Turkmen]
[171 Kb]
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Uzbekistan
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Uzbekistan [Uzbek]
[251 Kb]
Western Hemisphere
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Argentina
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Argentina [Spanish]
[169 Kb]
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Bahamas
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Barbados
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Belize
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Bolivia
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Bolivia [Spanish]
[53 Kb]
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Brazil
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Brazil [Portuguese]
[98 Kb]
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Canada
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Canada [French]
[98 Kb]
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Chile
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Chile [Spanish]
[49 Kb]
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Colombia
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Colombia [Spanish]
[118 Kb]
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Costa Rica
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Costa Rica [Spanish]
[70 Kb]
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Cuba
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Cuba [Spanish]
[179 Kb]
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Dominica
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Dominican Republic
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Dominican Republic [Spanish]
[16 Kb]
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Ecuador
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Ecuador [Spanish]
[65 Kb]
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El Salvador
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El Salvador [Spanish]
[91 Kb]
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Grenada
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Guatemala
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Guatemala [Spanish]
[163 Kb]
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Guyana
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Haiti
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Haiti [French]
[319 Kb]
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Honduras
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Honduras [Spanish]
[15 Kb]
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Jamaica
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Mexico
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Mexico [Spanish]
[65 Kb]
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Nicaragua
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Nicaragua [Spanish]
[133 Kb]
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Panama
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Panama [Spanish]
[73 Kb]
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Paraguay
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Paraguay [Spanish]
[55 Kb]
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Peru
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Peru [Spanish]
[63 Kb]
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St. Kitts and Nevis
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St. Lucia
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Suriname
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Suriname [Dutch]
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Uruguay
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Uruguay [Spanish]
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Venezuela
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Venezuela [Spanish]
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Appendices
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Appendix A: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Appendix B: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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Appendix C: The Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief
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Appendix D: Regional Organizations' Religious Freedom Commitments
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Appendix E: Training at the Foreign Service Institute Related to the International Religious Freedom Act
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Appendix F: Department of Homeland Security and the International Religious Freedom Act
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Appendix G: Overview of U.S. Refugee Policy
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