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The Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), branded as UK Export Finance (UKEF), is the export credit agency and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. In 1920, UKEF had a maximum total exposure of just £26 million.
It was responsible for striking and extending trade agreements between the United Kingdom and foreign countries, as well as for encouraging foreign investment and export trade. [ 2 ] DIT's purpose was to develop, coordinate and deliver a new trade policy for the United Kingdom, including preparing for and then negotiating free trade agreements ...
Map of the British Empire (as of 1910). At its height, it was the largest empire in history. The 100 years were generally peaceful--a sort of Pax Britannica enforced by the Royal Navy. There were two important wars, both limited in scope. The Crimean War (1853–1856) saw the defeat of Russia and its threat to the Ottoman Empire.
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification . [ 2 ]
A map showing from which countries from the Eastern European Group has there been elected a President of the United Nations General Assembly as of September 2017 Members of the Western European and Others Group colour-coded for the number of years each spent on the Security Council as of 2010
Countries and territories on the list have imposed or joined sanctions against Russia. [475] In May 2022, the European Commission (EC) proposed a ban on oil imports from Russia. [476] European policy-makers decided to replace Russian fossil fuel imports with other fossil fuels imports and European coal energy production.
Appendix D – Country Data Codes — comparison of FIPS 10, ISO 3166, and STANAG 1059 country codes; List of all countries with their 2 digit codes (ISO 3166-1) (CSV, JSON) Archived 2017-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. Comprehensive country codes: ISO 3166, ITU, ISO 4217 currency codes and many more (CSV, JSON) Archived 2017-08-26 at the Wayback ...