The International Labor Organization (abbreviated as ILO by Abbreviationfinder) was founded in 1919 with the aim of improving the conditions for workers worldwide and thereby contributing to a higher standard of living and social justice.[…]
The business The purpose of the WTO is to abolish all tariffs and other barriers to trade in order to achieve the goal of global free trade and thereby promote growth in the world. The[…]
Yearbook 1998 Yemen. According to Countryaah, the capital of Yemen is Sanaa. 1998 was a troubled year. In June, the government announced price increases of up to 40% as a result of the economic reform[…]
Yearbook 1998 United Arab Emirates. What the United Arab Emirates as well as the other states south of the Persian Gulf especially want to see in the region is stability. As a result, frustration grew[…]
Yearbook 1998 Turkey. The year was marked by crises both domestic and foreign policy. The Islamic Welfare Party (Refah Partisi, RP) – whose government had been forced to fall by the military in 1997 and[…]
Yearbook 1998 Syria. In February President Hafiz al-Asad dismissed his brother Rifat al-Asad from the post of Vice President. The two brothers had been on edge before, including 1984 when Hafiz al-Asad forced his brother[…]
Yearbook 1998 Qatar. In February, a lawsuit was initiated against more than 100 people suspected of involvement in a coup attempt in 1996. Two people were sentenced to ten years in prison for revealing state[…]
Yearbook 1998 Oman. According to Countryaah, the capital of Oman is Muscat. Oman’s new two-chamber parliament began working in January. A great deal of energy went into finding collaborative forms for the two chambers, Majlis[…]
Yearbook 1998 Lebanon. Following the sign of Syria, in October, Lebanon’s parliament elected Commander-in-Chief Emile Lahoud as new president. He succeeded Elias Hrawi, who has held the post since the end of the war in[…]
Yearbook 1998 Kuwait. During the year, the power struggle between the government and certain members of the country’s parliament, especially Islamists, was made clearer. Since the government is completely dominated by the governing family and[…]
Yearbook 1998 Jordan. King Hussein, one of the heads of state in the world who has spent the longest time in his post, was cared for a large part of the year for lymph node[…]
Yearbook 1998 Israel. According to Countryaah, the capital of Israel is Jerusalem. Israel was characterized during the year by a political crisis that culminated just before the turn of the year when the government’s position[…]
Yearbook 1998 Iraq. According to Countryaah, the capital of Iraq is Baghdad. During the year, Iraq continued to prevent UN weapons inspectors UNSCOM (United Nations Special Commission) from carrying out their missions, ie. inspect facilities[…]
Yearbook 1998 Iran. The year was marked by a dramatic power struggle between the country’s conservative and liberal camps. In April, one of Liberal President Mohammad Khatami’s closest ally was arrested, Tehran’s popular mayor Gholamhossain[…]
