Elaine Henderson - Fact File (Collins Gem)

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First published 1994
Updated, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
This edition published 1999

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Ebook Edition NOVEMBER 2013 ISBN: 9780007554881
Version: 2013-10-29

Have you ever tried to find the answer to what you originally thought was a relatively simple question? Have you ever searched high and low and finally given up in complete exasperation? The Gem Fact File is the book you need, with its thousands of difficult-to-remember and hard-to-find facts. Here you will find the answers to such diverse enquiries as What are the member countries of NATO? and Who were the Seven Fathers of the Church? There are lists of everything from phobias, chemical elements, winners of the Booker Prize and Olympic Games venues, to the worlds five largest deserts, the seven liberal arts and the winners of the championships in all the major sports. In among the hard facts are entries on more lighthearted matters, such as the order of the presents in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas.

This fascinating little book draws together material from nine distinct fields: Politics, History, Geography, Religion, Science, The Arts, Language, Sport and General Interest.

Like its numerical companion volume, Gem Ready Reference, the Gem Fact File provides an easy-to-use quick reference point for a broad miscellany of information that could only be otherwise obtained after consulting a wide variety of sources, and as such will appeal to everyone from trivia buffs and quiz compilers to students and journalists.

Contents

Founded in 1945 to promote Arab unity.

Members (original members in italics)

Algeria

Bahrain

Comoros

Djibouti

Egypt

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Mauritania

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

PLO

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Somalia

Sudan

Syria

Tunisia

UAE

Yemen

South American organization founded in 1969 for economic and social cooperation between members.

Members (original members in italics)

Bolivia

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Venezuela

Chile withdrew in 1977.

Initiated in November 1989 as an informal consultative forum to promote multilateral economic cooperation on issues of trade and development.

Members

Australia

Brunei

Canada

Chile

China

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Mexico

New Zealand

Papua New

Guinea

Philippines

Republic of Korea

Singapore

Taiwan

Thailand

USA

Admitted as Chinese Taipei; Peru, Russia and Vietnam from 1998.

Established in 1973 by the Treaty of Chaguaramas for foreign policy and economic and social coordination in the Caribbean region.

Members

Antigua & Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

British Virgin Islands

Dominica

Grenada

Guyana

Jamaica

Montserrat

St Christopher & Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent & the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad & Tobago

Turks & Caicos Islands

Bahamas is a member of the Community but not of the Common Market.

Associate member

Observer status

Dominican Rep.

Haiti

Mexico

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

An informal association of sovereign states, without charter or constitution but coordinated by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. Inaugurated in 1926 and based originally on membership of the British Empire. It is now a multi-racial association of equal, independent nations.

Members (and date of joining)

Antigua & Barbuda (1981)

Australia (1931)

Bahamas (1973)

Bangladesh (1972)

Barbados (1966)

Belize (1981)

Botswana (1966)

Brunei (1984)

Cameroon (1995)

Canada (1931)

Cyprus (1961)

Dominica (1978)

Gambia, The (1965)

Ghana (1957)

Grenada (1974)

Guyana (1966)

India (1947)

Jamaica (1962)

Kenya (1963)

Kiribati (1979)

Lesotho (1966)

Malawi (1964)

Malaysia (1957)

Maldives (1982)

Malta (1964)

Mauritius (1968)

Mozambique (1995)

Namibia (1990)

Nauru (1968)

New Zealand (1931)

Nigeria (1960)

Pakistan (1947; left 1972; rejoined 1989)

Papua New Guinea (1975)

St Christopher & Nevis (1983)

St Lucia (1979)

St Vincent & the Grenadines (1979)

Seychelles (1976)

Sierra Leone (1961)

Singapore (1965)

Solomon Islands (1978)

South Africa (1931; left 1961; rejoined 1994)