by UN
Jan 1 - Global Family Day
Jan 6 - World Day for War Orphans
Jan 15 - Martin Luther King Day
Jan 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Feb 12 - Darwin Day
Feb 21 - International Mother Language Day
March 8 - International Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22 - World Day for Water
March 23 - World Metereological Day
March 24 - World Tuberculosis Day
March 27 - World Theatre Day, World Wear Odd Socks Day
April 4 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
April 7 - World Health Day
April 22 - Earth Day
April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day
April 25 - Africa Malaria Day
April 26 - World Intellectual Property Day
April 29 - World Dance Day
May 1 - May Day
May 3 - World Press Freedom Day
May 4 - International FireFighter's Day
May 12 - International Nurses Day
May 15 - International Day of Families
May 17 - World Telecommunications Day
May 21 - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22 - International Day for Biological Diversity
May 29 - International Day for United Nations Peacekeepers
May 31 - World No Tobacco Day
1st tuesday of May - World Asthma Day
2nd saturday of May - World Fair Trade Day
June 1 - World Children's Day
June 4 - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 - World Environment Day
June 8 - World Brain Tumour Day, World Ocean Day
June 12 - World Day against Child Labour
June 14 - World Blood Donation Day
June 17 - World Day to combat Desertification and Drought
June 20 - World Refugees Day
June 21 - World Music Day
June 23 - United Nations Public Services Day
June 26 - International Day against Drugs Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of Torture
Ist saturday of July - International Day of Cooperatives
July 11 - World Population Day
July 29 - International Day for Social Cultural Diversity and the fight against positive discrimination
August 9 - International Day of the World's Indigenous People
August 12 - International Youth Day
August 23 - International Day for the remembrance of the Slave trade and its abolition
September 8 - International Literacy Day
September 16 - International Day for the preservance of the Ozone Layer
September 19 - International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 21 - International Day of Peace, World Alzheimer's Day
September 22 - World Car Free Day
September 25 - International Grab Hand Day
September 26 - European Day of Languages
September 27 - World Tourism Day
4th week of September - World Peace Week
During Last week of September - World maritime Day
First Monday of October - World Habitat Day
Oct 1 - International Day of Older Persons, World Vegetarian Day
Oct 4 - World Animal Day
Oct 5 - World Teacher's Day
Second wed of oct - World Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
Oct 6 - World Hospice and Palliviate Day
Oct 9 - World Post Day
Oct 10 - World Mental Health Day
Oct 15 -Foundation of the Black Panthers Day
Oct 16 - World Food Day
Oct 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Oct 24 - United Nations Day, World Development Information Day
Nov 1 - World Vegan Day
Nov 6 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Nov 9 - International Day for the mobilisation for the Fight against Terrorism and the terrorist movements in the world , World Inventor's Day
Nov 16 - International Day for Tolerance
Nov 17 - International Students Day
Nov 19 - World Toilet Day
Nov 20 - Africa Industrialization Day, Universal Children's Day
Nov 21 - World Television Day
Nov 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Nov 29 - International Day of Solidarity with the Palastine People
Dec 1 - World Aids Day
Dec 2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Dec 3 - International Day of Disabled Persons
Dec 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
Dev 7 - International Civil Aviations Day
Dec 9 - International Day against Corruption
Dec 10 - Human Rights Day
Dec 18 - International Migrants Day
Dec 20 - International Human Solidarity Day
2000 - International Year of Thanksgiving, International Year for the Culture of Peace
2001 - International Year for Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, International Year of Volunteers, United Nations Year for Dialogue among Civilizations
2002 - International Year of Ecotourism , International Year of Mountains, United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage
2003 - International Year of Freshwater, European Disability Year
2004 - International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its abolition , International Year of Rice
2005 - International Year for Sports and Physical Education, International Year of Microcredit, World Year of Physics
2006 - International Year for Deserts and Desertification
2007 - International Year of the Dolphin
2007, 2008,2009 - International Year of Planet Earth
2008 - International Year of Potato
2009 - Internatioal Year of Natural Fibres, International Year of Astronomy
2010 - Nothing as yet
2011 - International Year of Forests
1976-85 - United Nations Decade for Women
1994 -2004 - First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
1997-2006 - First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2000-2010 - Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
2001-2010 - International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World
2003-2012 - United Nations Literacy Decade
200. - 201. - United Nations Decade on Education for Sustenable Development
2005-2014 - Second International Decade for World's Indigenous People
2005 -2015 - Water for Life Decade
Monday, April 30, 2007
UNO
UNO: United Nations Organization
Started: 24th October 1945 with the United Nations Charter by 50 countries replacing the League of Nations, founded in 1919
UN Security Council Permanent Members - USA, UK, The Russian Federation, The People's Republic of China and The French Republic
Member nations - 192
Headquarters - International Territory on Manhattan Island, New York City
Official Languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
Flag - The emblem is composed of an azimuthal equidistant projection of a world map (less Antarctica) centred on the North Pole, enclosed in olive branches
Official Colors - White and Blue
Secretary General - Ban-ki-Moon from Jan 01, 2007
List of Previous Sec-Gens:
#Gladwynn Jebb - UK (acting) until the first elections
1. Halvdan Lie -Norway
2. Dag Hammarskjold - Sweden
3. U Thant - Myanmar
4. Kurt Waldheim - Austria - China vetoed his third term!
5. Javier de Cuellar - Peru
6. Boutrous Boutrous Ghali - Egypt - US Vetoed his second term!
7. Kofi Annan - Ghana
8. Ban-ki-Moon - South Korea
Last country to join UNO - Montenegro in 2006
The Republic of China (Tiawan) and Holy See (administering Authority of Vatican City) are not members of the UN
Five Principal Organs: General Assembly, UN Security Council, International Court of Justice, UN Economic and Social Council and the UN Secretariat
Security Counil - 15 member states - 5 permanent and 10 temporary (for 2 yr term on a regional basis). the presidency of the security council is rotated each month alphabetically
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 1948
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
United Nations Peace Messenger Cities
UN Peace-Keeping Forces (called the Blue Helmets) received the 1988 Nobel Prize for Peace
Kofi Annan and the UN won Nobel Peace Prize in 2001
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is the largest multilateral source of grant technical assistance in the world
The UN annually publishes the Human Development Index (HDI)
The Millennium Development Goals from the United Nations Millennium Declaration 2000:
Special agency for Palastine - United Nations Reliefs and Works Agency for Palastine Refugees
for all other world refugee programs - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees!
Started: 24th October 1945 with the United Nations Charter by 50 countries replacing the League of Nations, founded in 1919
UN Security Council Permanent Members - USA, UK, The Russian Federation, The People's Republic of China and The French Republic
Member nations - 192
Headquarters - International Territory on Manhattan Island, New York City
Official Languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
Flag - The emblem is composed of an azimuthal equidistant projection of a world map (less Antarctica) centred on the North Pole, enclosed in olive branches
Official Colors - White and Blue
Secretary General - Ban-ki-Moon from Jan 01, 2007
List of Previous Sec-Gens:
#Gladwynn Jebb - UK (acting) until the first elections
1. Halvdan Lie -Norway
2. Dag Hammarskjold - Sweden
3. U Thant - Myanmar
4. Kurt Waldheim - Austria - China vetoed his third term!
5. Javier de Cuellar - Peru
6. Boutrous Boutrous Ghali - Egypt - US Vetoed his second term!
7. Kofi Annan - Ghana
8. Ban-ki-Moon - South Korea
Last country to join UNO - Montenegro in 2006
The Republic of China (Tiawan) and Holy See (administering Authority of Vatican City) are not members of the UN
Five Principal Organs: General Assembly, UN Security Council, International Court of Justice, UN Economic and Social Council and the UN Secretariat
Security Counil - 15 member states - 5 permanent and 10 temporary (for 2 yr term on a regional basis). the presidency of the security council is rotated each month alphabetically
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 1948
- The UN Conference on Environment and Development (the Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992, led to the creation of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
- The International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo, Egypt, in September 1994
- The Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, China, in September 1995
- The Second UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), convened in June 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey
- ICARA 2 or ICARA II: International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa established in 1984.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
United Nations Peace Messenger Cities
UN Peace-Keeping Forces (called the Blue Helmets) received the 1988 Nobel Prize for Peace
Kofi Annan and the UN won Nobel Peace Prize in 2001
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is the largest multilateral source of grant technical assistance in the world
The UN annually publishes the Human Development Index (HDI)
The Millennium Development Goals from the United Nations Millennium Declaration 2000:
- Eradicate extreme Poverty and Hunger
- Universal Primary Education
- Gender Equality and Empower women
- Reduce Child Mortality
- Improve Maternal Health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
- Ensure Environmental Sustenability and
- Global partnership for Development
Special agency for Palastine - United Nations Reliefs and Works Agency for Palastine Refugees
for all other world refugee programs - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Institutions in India
Indian National Center for Ocean Information - Hyderabad
(A Tsunami warning system is being developed here now)
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology - Hyderabad
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology - Pune
Center for Economic and Social Studies - Hyderabad
Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology - Hyderabad
Central Institute for English as a Foreign Language - Hyderabad
Cyber Security Research Center - Chandigarh (started in March 2007 and this is the first of its kind in India)
Indian Maritime University - Chennai (proposed)
National Fisheries Development Board - Hyderabad
National Institute for Tobacco Research - Rajahmundry
National geophysical Research insitute - Hyderabad
Space Applications Center, ISRO - Ahmedabad
ISRO Satellite Center - Bangalore
Satish Dhavan Space Center - Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
Vikram Sarabhai Space Center - Thiruvananthapuram
Integrated Test Range Center - Balasore, Orissa
INSAT Master Control Facility - Hassan (Karnataka) and Bhopal
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development - Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu
Laxmibai National Institute of Physical Education - Gwalior
Central Building Research Institute-Roorkee
Central Drug Research Institute-Lucknow
Central Electro Chemical Research Institute-karaikudi TN
Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute-Pilani, Rajasthan
Central Food Technological Research Institute - Mysore
Central Fuel Research Institute - Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute - Jadhavpur, West Bengal
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Lucknow
Central Leather Research Institute - Chennai
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute - Durgapur, West Bengal
Central Mining Research Station - Dhanbad
Central Road Research Institute - New Delhi
Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute - Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Central Scientific Instruments Organisation - Chandigarh
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology - Kolkata
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research - Mohali, Punjab
(four more to come at Hyderabad, Kolkata Ahmedabad and Hajipur)
Indian Institute of Advanced Study - Shimla
Industrial Texicology Center - Lucknow
National Aeronautic Lab - Benguluru
National Botanical Research Insititute - Lucknow
National Chemical Lab - Pune
National Environmental Engineering Institute - Nagpur
National Geophysical Research Institute - Hyderabad
National Institute for Oceanography - Panjim, Goa
Bose Research Institute - Kolkata
National Metallurgical Lab - Jamshedpur
National Physical Lab - Delhi
Structural Research Engineering Center - Roorkee and Chennai
Vishveshwaraya Industrail and Technological Museum - Benguluru
High Altitute Research Lab - Gulmarg, J & K
Indian Cancer Research Institute - Mumbai
Seismic Research Institute - Gaurivindanur, near Benguluru, Karnataka
Cent Marine Research Station - Chennai
Cent Research Lab - Chennai
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - New Delhi
Forest Research Institute - Dehradun
Indian Institute of Science - Benguluru
Indian Institute of Sugar Technology - Kanpur
Birbal Shani Institute of Paleobotany - Lucknow
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health - Kolkata
All India Malaria Institute - New Delhi
Insitute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research - Jamnagar, Gujarat
National Institute of Communcable Diseases - New Delhi
Central Research Institute - Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh
Indian Council for Medical Research - Belgaum
Central Fertilizer Quality Control and Training Institute - Faraidabad
Regional Centers at Navi Mumbai, Chennai and Kalyani
National Bio-fertilizer Development Center (renamed as National Center for Organic Farming) - Ghaziabad
Six regional centers - Jabalpur, Nagpur, Blore, Bhuvaneshwar, Hissar and Imphal
Locust Warning Organization - Jodhpur
National Plant Protection Training Institute - Hyderabad (started in 1966)- this has been recognized as the Regional Training Center for Plant Protection by FAO of the United Nations and Advanced Center for Training in Plant Protection Technology by the World Bank
Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes - Budni (MP), Hissar (Haryana), Garladinne (Andhra Pradesh), Biswanath Chariali (Assam)
National Institute of Agricultural Marketing - Jaipur (started in 1988)
Naval Institute of Computer Applications - Mumbai
National Technical Research Organization and the National Institute of Cryptology and Research and Development - Hyderabad (to be setup soon)
(this will be under the National Security Advisor, PMO)
Please add extensively to this subject...(thanks to the great contributions by Arun)
(A Tsunami warning system is being developed here now)
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology - Hyderabad
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology - Pune
Center for Economic and Social Studies - Hyderabad
Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology - Hyderabad
Central Institute for English as a Foreign Language - Hyderabad
Cyber Security Research Center - Chandigarh (started in March 2007 and this is the first of its kind in India)
Indian Maritime University - Chennai (proposed)
National Fisheries Development Board - Hyderabad
National Institute for Tobacco Research - Rajahmundry
National geophysical Research insitute - Hyderabad
Space Applications Center, ISRO - Ahmedabad
ISRO Satellite Center - Bangalore
Satish Dhavan Space Center - Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
Vikram Sarabhai Space Center - Thiruvananthapuram
Integrated Test Range Center - Balasore, Orissa
INSAT Master Control Facility - Hassan (Karnataka) and Bhopal
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development - Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu
Laxmibai National Institute of Physical Education - Gwalior
Central Building Research Institute-Roorkee
Central Drug Research Institute-Lucknow
Central Electro Chemical Research Institute-karaikudi TN
Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute-Pilani, Rajasthan
Central Food Technological Research Institute - Mysore
Central Fuel Research Institute - Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute - Jadhavpur, West Bengal
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Lucknow
Central Leather Research Institute - Chennai
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute - Durgapur, West Bengal
Central Mining Research Station - Dhanbad
Central Road Research Institute - New Delhi
Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute - Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Central Scientific Instruments Organisation - Chandigarh
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology - Kolkata
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research - Mohali, Punjab
(four more to come at Hyderabad, Kolkata Ahmedabad and Hajipur)
Indian Institute of Advanced Study - Shimla
Industrial Texicology Center - Lucknow
National Aeronautic Lab - Benguluru
National Botanical Research Insititute - Lucknow
National Chemical Lab - Pune
National Environmental Engineering Institute - Nagpur
National Geophysical Research Institute - Hyderabad
National Institute for Oceanography - Panjim, Goa
Bose Research Institute - Kolkata
National Metallurgical Lab - Jamshedpur
National Physical Lab - Delhi
Structural Research Engineering Center - Roorkee and Chennai
Vishveshwaraya Industrail and Technological Museum - Benguluru
High Altitute Research Lab - Gulmarg, J & K
Indian Cancer Research Institute - Mumbai
Seismic Research Institute - Gaurivindanur, near Benguluru, Karnataka
Cent Marine Research Station - Chennai
Cent Research Lab - Chennai
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - New Delhi
Forest Research Institute - Dehradun
Indian Institute of Science - Benguluru
Indian Institute of Sugar Technology - Kanpur
Birbal Shani Institute of Paleobotany - Lucknow
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health - Kolkata
All India Malaria Institute - New Delhi
Insitute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research - Jamnagar, Gujarat
National Institute of Communcable Diseases - New Delhi
Central Research Institute - Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh
Indian Council for Medical Research - Belgaum
Central Fertilizer Quality Control and Training Institute - Faraidabad
Regional Centers at Navi Mumbai, Chennai and Kalyani
National Bio-fertilizer Development Center (renamed as National Center for Organic Farming) - Ghaziabad
Six regional centers - Jabalpur, Nagpur, Blore, Bhuvaneshwar, Hissar and Imphal
Locust Warning Organization - Jodhpur
National Plant Protection Training Institute - Hyderabad (started in 1966)- this has been recognized as the Regional Training Center for Plant Protection by FAO of the United Nations and Advanced Center for Training in Plant Protection Technology by the World Bank
Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes - Budni (MP), Hissar (Haryana), Garladinne (Andhra Pradesh), Biswanath Chariali (Assam)
National Institute of Agricultural Marketing - Jaipur (started in 1988)
Naval Institute of Computer Applications - Mumbai
National Technical Research Organization and the National Institute of Cryptology and Research and Development - Hyderabad (to be setup soon)
(this will be under the National Security Advisor, PMO)
Please add extensively to this subject...(thanks to the great contributions by Arun)
Monday, April 23, 2007
Parliaments of the World
Afghanisthan - National Assembly
Albania - Kurendi Popullor
Algeria - National People's Assembly, Council of the Nation
Andorra - General Council
Angola - National Assembly
Antigua and Barbuda - Parliament
Argentina - Congress of the Nation, Senate, Chamber of Deputies
Armenia - Parliament - Azgayin Zhoghov
Australia - Parliament - Australian Parliament House (Representative and Senate)
Austria - Parliament
Azerbaijan - Milli Mejlis - also called as Azerbaidjan
Bahamas - Parliament -Bahamas Condo and Villa Vacations
Bahrain - Majlis-al-shurah, Majlis-al-Nuwab
Bangladesh - Parliament - Jatiya Samsada
Barbados - Parliament
Belarus - Council of the Republic, House of the Representatives
Belgium - Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Belize - House of Representatives, Senate
Benin - National Assembly
Bhutan - National Assembly - Tshogdu
Bolivia - National Congress
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Skupstina
Bostwana - National Assembly
Brazil - Chamber of Deputies, Federal Senate, Interlegis - Parliamento Latinoamerico
Bulgaria - National Assembly
Burkina Faso - National Assembly
Burma - People's Assembly - Pyithu Hluttaw
Burundi - Senate
Cambodia - National Assembly, Senate
Cameroon - National Assembly
Canada - Parliament
Cape Verde - National Assembly
Central Africal Republic - National Assembly
Chad - National Assembly
Chile - National Congress, Chamber of Deputies, Senate
China - National People's Congress
Colombia - Chamber of Representatives, Senate
Comoros -Assembly of the Union
Congo - National Assembly
Costa Rica - Legislative Assembly
Cote D I'voire - National Assembly
Croatia - Parliament - called as Sabor
Cuba - National Assembly of the People's Power
Cyprus - House of Representatives
Czech Republic - Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Supreme People's Assembly
Democratic Republic of Congo - Parliament
Denmark - Parliament - Folketinget - only one chamber
Dijbouti - National Assembly
Dominica - House of the Assembly
Dominican Assembly - Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Equador - National Assembly
Egypt - People's Assembly, Shoura Assembly
El Salvador - Legislative Assembly
Equitorial Guinea - House of the Represetative of the People
Eritrea - National Assembly - Hagerawi Baito
Estonia - Parliament - called as Riigikogu
Ethiopia - Parliament - called as Shengo
Finland - Parliament - called as Eduskunta
France - National Assembly, Senate
Gabon - Senate, National Assembly
The Gambia - National Assembly
Georgia - Parliament
Germany - Federal Diet (Bundestag), Bundesrat (the parliament building is called Reichstag)
Ghana - Parliament
Greece - Chamber of Deputies
Greenland - Landsting
Grenada - House of Representatives, Senate
Guatemala - Congress of the Republic
Guinea - National Assembly
Guinea - Bissau - National People's Assembly
Guyana - National Assembly
Haiti - Parliament
Honduras - National Congress
Hungary - National Assembly - called as Országgyüles
Iceland - parliament - called as Althing
India - Parliament - called as sansad with Lok sabha and Rajya sabha
Indonesia - House of Representatives - people's Consultative Assembly- called as Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat
Islamic Republic of Iran - Islamic Consultative Assembly
Iraq - Transitional National Assembly
Republic of Ireland - Parliament- called as Oireachatas
Israel - Parliamemt - called as Knesset
Italy - Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Jamaica - Parliament
Japan - House of Representatives, House of Councillors - called as Diet
Jordan - Parliament
Kazakhstan - Parliament - called as Kenges
Kenya - National Assembly - called as Bunge
Kiribati - House of Assembly
Kuwait - National Assembly
Kyrgyztan - Supreme Council - Jogurku Kenesh
People's Democratic Republic of Laos - National Assembly - Sapha Heng Xat
Latvia - Parliament - Saeima
Lebanon - National Assembly
Lesotho - Parliament
Liberia - Transitional Legislative Assembly
Libyan Arab Jamahiria - General People's Congress
Liechtenstein - Diet - called as Landtag
Lithuania - Parliament - Seimas
Luxembourg - Chamber of Deputies
Madagascar - National Assembly
Malawi - National Assembly
Malaysia - Parliament
Maldives - People's Majlis
Mali - National Assembly
Malta - House of Representatives
Marshall Islands - Parliament - Nitijela
Mauritius - National Assembly
Mexico - Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Micronesia - Congress
Monaco - National Council
Mongolia - State Great Hural and Little Hural
Montenegro - Parliament - called as Skupstina
Morocco - Majlis Nawab, Majlis-al-Mustacharin
Mozambique - Assembly of the Republic
Namibia - Parliament
Nauru - Parliament
Nepal - Parliament - Sansad
Netherlands - Parliament, Tweedy Kamer(House of Representatives), States General - in the city of Hague is the seat of Govt though the official capital is Amsterdam
New Zealand - House of Representatives
Nicaragua - National Assembly
Niger - National Assembly
Nigeria - National Assembly
Norway - Storting
Oman - Majlis A'Shura, Majlis Al Dawla
Pakistan - Senate, National Assembly
Palau -House of Delegates, Senate
Panama - Legislative Assembly
Papua New Guinea - National Parliament
Paraguay - Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Peru - Congress of the Republic
Philippines - House of Representatives, Senate
Poland - Diet, Senate - called as Sejm
Portugal - Assembly of the Republic
Qatar - Majlis Al Shura
Republic of Korea - National Assembly - called as Kuk Hoe
Republic of Moldovo - Parliament
Romania - House of Deputies, Senate
Russian Federation - State Duma, Council of Federation
Rwanda - Parliament
Saint Kitts and Nevis - National Assembly
Saint Lucia - Parliament
Saint Vincent and Grenadines - House of Assembly
Samoa - Legislative Assembly - Fono
San Marino - Great General Council
Sao Tome and Principe - National Assembly
Saudi Arabia - Majlis Al Shura
Senegal - National Assembly
Serbia - National Assembly
Seychelles - National Assembly
Sierra Leone - Parliament
Singapore - Parliament
Slovakia - National Council
Slovenia - National Assembly, National Council
Solomon Islands - National Parliament
Somalia - Transitional Federal Parliament
South Africa - Parliament - cape town has parliament, supreme court in Bloemfontein, and the seat of Govt is in Pretoria
Spain - Congress of Deputies, Senate - called as Cortes
Sri Lanka - Parliament
Sudan - Majlis Watani
Suriname - National Assembly
Swaziland - Parliament - Libandla
Sweden - Riksdagen
Switzerland - Federal Assembly
Syrian Arab Republic - Poeple's Council
Taiwan: Li fa Yuan
Tajikistan - Majlisi Oli, Majlisi Milli
Thailand - National Assembly, Senate - Ratha Sapha
Timor Leste - Parliament
Republic of Macedonia - Assembly of the Republic
Togo - National Assembly
Tonga - Legislative Assembly - Fale Alea
Trinidad and Tobago - Parliament
Tunisia - Chamber of Deputies
Turkey - Grand National Assembly
Turkmenistan - Parliament
Tuvalu - Parliament
Uganda - Parliament
Ukraine - Parliament
United Arab Emirates - Federal National Council
United Kingdom - Parliament, British Group of IPU
United Republic of Tanzania - National Assembly
United States of America - Congress, Senate, House of Representatives
Uruguay - Parliament, Chamber of Deputies
Uzbekistan - Supreme Council, Senate - called as Oliy Majlis
Vanuatu - Parliament
Venezuela - National Assembly
Vietnam - National Assembly - Quoc Hoi
Yemen - House of Representatives
Zambia - National Assembly
Zimbabwe - Parliament
European Union: European Parliament
Internationally Not-Recognized Entities
Kosovo: Kuvendi
Northern Cyprus: Temsilciler Meclisi
Palestine: National Council
Sahara: National Assembly
European Parliament Seat - Strasbourg - it splits between Brussels and Strasbourg, the European Commission is moslty in Brussels and the European Court of Justice for the EC is in Luxembourg
Father of Trias Politica - Montesquieu- he based his theory of the Trias Politica on the English philosopher Locke's strict separation of the legislative and executive powers. Montesquieu added the judiciary
Albania - Kurendi Popullor
Algeria - National People's Assembly, Council of the Nation
Andorra - General Council
Angola - National Assembly
Antigua and Barbuda - Parliament
Argentina - Congress of the Nation, Senate, Chamber of Deputies
Armenia - Parliament - Azgayin Zhoghov
Australia - Parliament - Australian Parliament House (Representative and Senate)
Austria - Parliament
Azerbaijan - Milli Mejlis - also called as Azerbaidjan
Bahamas - Parliament -Bahamas Condo and Villa Vacations
Bahrain - Majlis-al-shurah, Majlis-al-Nuwab
Bangladesh - Parliament - Jatiya Samsada
Barbados - Parliament
Belarus - Council of the Republic, House of the Representatives
Belgium - Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Belize - House of Representatives, Senate
Benin - National Assembly
Bhutan - National Assembly - Tshogdu
Bolivia - National Congress
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Skupstina
Bostwana - National Assembly
Brazil - Chamber of Deputies, Federal Senate, Interlegis - Parliamento Latinoamerico
Bulgaria - National Assembly
Burkina Faso - National Assembly
Burma - People's Assembly - Pyithu Hluttaw
Burundi - Senate
Cambodia - National Assembly, Senate
Cameroon - National Assembly
Canada - Parliament
Cape Verde - National Assembly
Central Africal Republic - National Assembly
Chad - National Assembly
Chile - National Congress, Chamber of Deputies, Senate
China - National People's Congress
Colombia - Chamber of Representatives, Senate
Comoros -Assembly of the Union
Congo - National Assembly
Costa Rica - Legislative Assembly
Cote D I'voire - National Assembly
Croatia - Parliament - called as Sabor
Cuba - National Assembly of the People's Power
Cyprus - House of Representatives
Czech Republic - Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Supreme People's Assembly
Democratic Republic of Congo - Parliament
Denmark - Parliament - Folketinget - only one chamber
Dijbouti - National Assembly
Dominica - House of the Assembly
Dominican Assembly - Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Equador - National Assembly
Egypt - People's Assembly, Shoura Assembly
El Salvador - Legislative Assembly
Equitorial Guinea - House of the Represetative of the People
Eritrea - National Assembly - Hagerawi Baito
Estonia - Parliament - called as Riigikogu
Ethiopia - Parliament - called as Shengo
Finland - Parliament - called as Eduskunta
France - National Assembly, Senate
Gabon - Senate, National Assembly
The Gambia - National Assembly
Georgia - Parliament
Germany - Federal Diet (Bundestag), Bundesrat (the parliament building is called Reichstag)
Ghana - Parliament
Greece - Chamber of Deputies
Greenland - Landsting
Grenada - House of Representatives, Senate
Guatemala - Congress of the Republic
Guinea - National Assembly
Guinea - Bissau - National People's Assembly
Guyana - National Assembly
Haiti - Parliament
Honduras - National Congress
Hungary - National Assembly - called as Országgyüles
Iceland - parliament - called as Althing
India - Parliament - called as sansad with Lok sabha and Rajya sabha
Indonesia - House of Representatives - people's Consultative Assembly- called as Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat
Islamic Republic of Iran - Islamic Consultative Assembly
Iraq - Transitional National Assembly
Republic of Ireland - Parliament- called as Oireachatas
Israel - Parliamemt - called as Knesset
Italy - Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Jamaica - Parliament
Japan - House of Representatives, House of Councillors - called as Diet
Jordan - Parliament
Kazakhstan - Parliament - called as Kenges
Kenya - National Assembly - called as Bunge
Kiribati - House of Assembly
Kuwait - National Assembly
Kyrgyztan - Supreme Council - Jogurku Kenesh
People's Democratic Republic of Laos - National Assembly - Sapha Heng Xat
Latvia - Parliament - Saeima
Lebanon - National Assembly
Lesotho - Parliament
Liberia - Transitional Legislative Assembly
Libyan Arab Jamahiria - General People's Congress
Liechtenstein - Diet - called as Landtag
Lithuania - Parliament - Seimas
Luxembourg - Chamber of Deputies
Madagascar - National Assembly
Malawi - National Assembly
Malaysia - Parliament
Maldives - People's Majlis
Mali - National Assembly
Malta - House of Representatives
Marshall Islands - Parliament - Nitijela
Mauritius - National Assembly
Mexico - Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Micronesia - Congress
Monaco - National Council
Mongolia - State Great Hural and Little Hural
Montenegro - Parliament - called as Skupstina
Morocco - Majlis Nawab, Majlis-al-Mustacharin
Mozambique - Assembly of the Republic
Namibia - Parliament
Nauru - Parliament
Nepal - Parliament - Sansad
Netherlands - Parliament, Tweedy Kamer(House of Representatives), States General - in the city of Hague is the seat of Govt though the official capital is Amsterdam
New Zealand - House of Representatives
Nicaragua - National Assembly
Niger - National Assembly
Nigeria - National Assembly
Norway - Storting
Oman - Majlis A'Shura, Majlis Al Dawla
Pakistan - Senate, National Assembly
Palau -House of Delegates, Senate
Panama - Legislative Assembly
Papua New Guinea - National Parliament
Paraguay - Chamber of Deputies, Senate
Peru - Congress of the Republic
Philippines - House of Representatives, Senate
Poland - Diet, Senate - called as Sejm
Portugal - Assembly of the Republic
Qatar - Majlis Al Shura
Republic of Korea - National Assembly - called as Kuk Hoe
Republic of Moldovo - Parliament
Romania - House of Deputies, Senate
Russian Federation - State Duma, Council of Federation
Rwanda - Parliament
Saint Kitts and Nevis - National Assembly
Saint Lucia - Parliament
Saint Vincent and Grenadines - House of Assembly
Samoa - Legislative Assembly - Fono
San Marino - Great General Council
Sao Tome and Principe - National Assembly
Saudi Arabia - Majlis Al Shura
Senegal - National Assembly
Serbia - National Assembly
Seychelles - National Assembly
Sierra Leone - Parliament
Singapore - Parliament
Slovakia - National Council
Slovenia - National Assembly, National Council
Solomon Islands - National Parliament
Somalia - Transitional Federal Parliament
South Africa - Parliament - cape town has parliament, supreme court in Bloemfontein, and the seat of Govt is in Pretoria
Spain - Congress of Deputies, Senate - called as Cortes
Sri Lanka - Parliament
Sudan - Majlis Watani
Suriname - National Assembly
Swaziland - Parliament - Libandla
Sweden - Riksdagen
Switzerland - Federal Assembly
Syrian Arab Republic - Poeple's Council
Taiwan: Li fa Yuan
Tajikistan - Majlisi Oli, Majlisi Milli
Thailand - National Assembly, Senate - Ratha Sapha
Timor Leste - Parliament
Republic of Macedonia - Assembly of the Republic
Togo - National Assembly
Tonga - Legislative Assembly - Fale Alea
Trinidad and Tobago - Parliament
Tunisia - Chamber of Deputies
Turkey - Grand National Assembly
Turkmenistan - Parliament
Tuvalu - Parliament
Uganda - Parliament
Ukraine - Parliament
United Arab Emirates - Federal National Council
United Kingdom - Parliament, British Group of IPU
United Republic of Tanzania - National Assembly
United States of America - Congress, Senate, House of Representatives
Uruguay - Parliament, Chamber of Deputies
Uzbekistan - Supreme Council, Senate - called as Oliy Majlis
Vanuatu - Parliament
Venezuela - National Assembly
Vietnam - National Assembly - Quoc Hoi
Yemen - House of Representatives
Zambia - National Assembly
Zimbabwe - Parliament
European Union: European Parliament
Internationally Not-Recognized Entities
Kosovo: Kuvendi
Northern Cyprus: Temsilciler Meclisi
Palestine: National Council
Sahara: National Assembly
European Parliament Seat - Strasbourg - it splits between Brussels and Strasbourg, the European Commission is moslty in Brussels and the European Court of Justice for the EC is in Luxembourg
Father of Trias Politica - Montesquieu- he based his theory of the Trias Politica on the English philosopher Locke's strict separation of the legislative and executive powers. Montesquieu added the judiciary
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