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consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Miami, New York, and SanJuan (Puerto Rico)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands:none (territory of Australia)

Holy See (Vatican City):chief of mission: Apostolic NuncioArchbishop Gabriele MONTALVO

chancery: 3339 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 333-7121

Honduras: chief of mission: Ambassador Hugo NOE PINO

chancery: Suite 4-M, 3007 Tilden Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 966-7702

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Juan (Puerto Rico)

honorary consulate(s): Boston, Detroit, and Jacksonville

Hong Kong:none (special administrative region of China)

Hungary:chief of mission: Ambassador Geza JESZENSZKY

chancery: 3910 Shoemaker Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 362-6730

consulate(s) general: Los Angeles and New York

Iceland: chief of mission: Ambassador Jon-Baldvin HANNIBALSSON

chancery: Suite 1200, 1156 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005

telephone: [1] (202) 265-6653

consulate(s) general: New York

India: chief of mission: Ambassador Naresh CHANDRA

chancery: 2107 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008; note - Embassy located at 2536 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 939-7000

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, New York, and San Francisco

Indonesia: chief of mission: Ambassador DORODJATUN Kuntjoro-Jakti

chancery: 2020 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 775-5200

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, andSan Francisco

Iran:none; note - Iran has an Interests Section in the PakistaniEmbassy; address: Iranian Interests Section, Pakistani Embassy, 2209Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007; telephone: [1] (202)965-4990

Iraq:none; note - Iraq has an Interest Section in the AlgerianEmbassy headed by Akram AL DOURI; address: Iraqi Interests Section,Algerian Embassy, 1801 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone:[1] (202) 483-7500; FAX: [1] (202) 462-5066

Ireland:chief of mission: Ambassador Sean O'HUIGINN

chancery: 2234 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 462-3939

consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco

Israel: chief of mission: Ambassador David IVRY

chancery: 3514 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 364-5500

consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, LosAngeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco

Italy:chief of mission: Ambassador Ferdinando SALLEO

chancery: 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 612-4400

consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco

consulate(s): Detroit

Jamaica: chief of mission: Ambassador Richard Leighton BERNAL

chancery: 1520 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 452-0660

consulate(s) general: Miami and New York

Japan: chief of mission: Ambassador Shunji YANAI

chancery: 2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 238-6700

consulate(s) general: Anchorage, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver,Detroit, Hagatna (Guam), Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City (Missouri),Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Portland (Oregon), SanFrancisco, and Seattle

consulate(s): Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)

Jersey:none (British crown dependency)

Jordan:chief of mission: Ambassador Marwan Jamil MUASHER

chancery: 3504 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 966-2664

Juan de Nova Island:none (possession of France)

Kazakhstan:chief of mission: Ambassador Kanat SAUDABAYEV

chancery: 1401 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 232-5488

consulate(s): New York

Kenya: chief of mission: Ambassador Yusuf Abdulraham NZIBO

chancery: 2249 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 387-6101

consulate(s) general: offices in Los Angeles and New York are closed; mission to the UN remains open

Kiribati:Kiribati does not have an embassy in the US; there is anhonorary consulate in Honolulu

Korea, North:none; note - North Korea has a Permanent Mission tothe UN in New York, headed by YI Hyong-chol

Korea, South:chief of mission: Ambassador YANG Song-chol

chancery: 2450 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 939-5600

consulate(s) general: Anchorage, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle

consulate(s): Hagatna (Guam)

Kuwait: chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant)

chancery: 2940 Tilden Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 966-0702

Kyrgyzstan: chief of mission: Ambassador Bakyt ABDRISAYEV

chancery: 1732 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007

telephone: [1] (202) 338-5141

Laos: chief of mission: Ambassador VANG Rattanavong

chancery: 2222 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 332-6416

Latvia: chief of mission: Ambassador Aivis RONIS

chancery: 4325 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011

telephone: [1] (202) 726-8213, 8214

Lebanon: chief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Farid ABBOUD

chancery: 2560 28th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 939-6300

consulate(s) general: Detroit, New York, and Los Angeles

Lesotho: chief of mission: Ambassador Lebohang Kenneth MOLEKO

chancery: 2511 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 797-5533 through 5536

Liberia: chief of mission: Ambassador William BULL

chancery: 5201 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011

telephone: [1] (202) 723-0437

consulate(s) general: New York

Libya:Libya does not have an embassy in the US

Liechtenstein:Liechtenstein's Ambassador to the US, ClaudiaFRITSCHE, is dually accredited to the UN in New York

Lithuania:chief of mission: Ambassador Vygaudas USACKAS

chancery: 2622 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone: [1] (202) 234-5860

consulate(s) general: Chicago and New York

Luxembourg: chief of mission: Ambassador Arlette CONZEMIUS

chancery: 2200 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 265-4171

consulate(s) general: New York and San Francisco

Macau: none (special administrative region of China)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: chief of mission: Ambassador Ljubica Z. ACEVSKA

chancery: 3050 K Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20007

telephone: [1] (202) 337 3063

consulate(s) general: New York

Madagascar: chief of mission: Ambassador Zina ANDRIANARIVELO-RAZAFY

chancery: 2374 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 265-5525, 5526

consulate(s) general: New York

Malawi: chief of mission: Ambassador Paul Tony Steven KANDIERO

chancery: 2408 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 797-1007

Malaysia: chief of mission: Ambassador GHAZZALI Sheikh Abdul Khalid

chancery: 2401 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 328-2700

consulate(s) general: Los Angeles and New York

Maldives:Maldives does not have an embassy in the US, but does havea Permanent Mission to the UN in New York

Mali:chief of mission: Ambassador Cheick Oumar DIARRAH

chancery: 2130 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 332-2249, 939-8950

Malta: chief of mission: Ambassador George SALIBA

chancery: 2017 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 462-3611, 3612

consulate(s): New York

Man, Isle of:none (British crown dependency)

Marshall Islands:chief of mission: Ambassador Banny DE BRUM

chancery: 2433 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 234-5414

consulate(s) general: Honolulu

Martinique:none (overseas department of France)

Mauritania:chief of mission: Ambassador Ahmed Ben Khalifa BEN JIDOU

chancery: 2129 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 232-5700

Mauritius:chief of mission: Ambassador Usha JEETAH

chancery: Suite 441, 4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 244-1491, 1492

Mayotte:none (territorial collectivity of France)

Mexico:chief of mission: Ambassador Juan Jose BREMER Martino

chancery: 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006

telephone: [1] (202) 728-1600

consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas,Denver, El Paso, Houston, Laredo (Texas), Los Angeles, Miami, NewOrleans, New York, Nogales (Arizona), Phoenix, Sacramento, SanAntonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan (Puerto Rico)

consulate(s): Albuquerque, Brownsville (Texas), Calexico(California), Corpus Christi, Del Rio (Texas), Detroit, Douglas(Arizona), Eagle Pass (Texas), Fresno (California), McAllen (Texas),Midland (Texas), Orlando, Oxnard (California), Philadelphia,Portland (Oregon), St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Bernardino, SanJose, Santa Ana (California), Seattle, Tucson

Micronesia, Federated States of:chief of mission: Ambassador JesseBibiano MAREHALAU

chancery: 1725 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 223-4383

consulate(s) general: Honolulu and Tamuning (Guam)

Moldova: chief of mission: Ambassador Ceslav CIOBANU

chancery: 2101 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 667-1130

Monaco:Monaco does not have an embassy in the US

consulate(s) general: New York

Mongolia: chief of mission: Ambassador Jalbuugiyn CHOINHOR

chancery: 2833 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007

telephone: [1] (202) 333-7117

consulate(s) general: New York

Montserrat:none (overseas territory of the UK)

Morocco:chief of mission: Ambassador Abdullah MAAROUFI

chancery: 1601 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone: [1] (202) 462-7979 through 7982

consulate(s) general: New York

Mozambique: chief of mission: Ambassador Marcos Geraldo NAMASHULUA

chancery: Suite 570, 1990 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 293-7146

Namibia: chief of mission: Ambassador Leonard Nangolo IIPUMBU

chancery: 1605 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone: [1] (202) 986-0540

Nauru:Nauru does not have an embassy in the US, but does have a UNoffice at 800 2nd Avenue, Suite 400 D, New York, New York 10017;telephone: (212) 937-0074

consulate(s): Hagatna (Guam)

Nepal: chief of mission: Ambassador Damodar Prasad GAUTAM

chancery: 2131 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 667-4550

consulate(s) general: New York

Netherlands: chief of mission: Ambassador Joris M. VOS

chancery: 4200 Linnean Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 244-5300

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York

consulate(s): Boston

Netherlands Antilles: none (represented by the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

New Caledonia:none (overseas territory of France)

New Zealand:chief of mission: Ambassador James Brendan BOLGER

chancery: 37 Observatory Circle NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 328-4800

consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, New York

Nicaragua: chief of mission: Ambassador Alfonso ORTEGA Urbina

chancery: 1627 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone: [1] (202) 939-6570

consulate(s) general: Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, NewYork

Niger:chief of mission: Ambassador Joseph DIATTA

chancery: 2204 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 483-4224 through 4227

Nigeria: chief of mission: Ambassador Jibril AMINU

chancery: 1333 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 986-8400

consulate(s) general: Atlanta and New York

Niue:none (self-governing territory in free association with NewZealand)

Norfolk Island:none (territory of Australia)

Norway:chief of mission: Ambassador Knut VOLLEBAEK

chancery: 2720 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 333-6000

consulate(s) general: Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, andSan Francisco

Oman:chief of mission: Ambassador Abdallah bin Muhammad bin Aqilal-DHAHAB

chancery: 2535 Belmont Road, NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 387-1980 through 1981, 1988

Pakistan: chief of mission: Ambassador Maleeha LODHI

chancery: 2315 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 939-6200

consulate(s) general: Los Angeles and New York

Palau: chief of mission: Ambassador Hersey KYOTA

chancery: 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 452-6814

Panama: chief of mission: Ambassador Alfredo BOYD

chancery: 2862 McGill Terrace NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 483-1407

consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Houston, Miami, New Orleans, NewYork, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tampa

Papua New Guinea:chief of mission: Ambassador Susan JACOBS

chancery: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 745-3680

Paraguay: chief of mission: Ambassador Leila RACHID

chancery: 2400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 483-6960 through 6962

consulate(s) general: Detroit (honorary), Los Angeles, Miami, NewOrleans, New York, San Juan (honorary)

Peru:chief of mission: Ambassador Alfonso RIVERO Monsalve

chancery: 1700 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 833-9860 through 9869

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, NewYork, Paterson (New Jersey), San Francisco

Philippines:chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); ActingAmbassador Ariel ABADILLA

chancery: 1600 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 467-9300

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco

consulate(s): San Diego

Pitcairn Islands:none (overseas territory of the UK)

Poland:chief of mission: Ambassador Przemyslaw GRUDZINSKI

chancery: 2640 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone: [1] (202) 234-3800 through 3802

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

Portugal:chief of mission: Ambassador Joao Alberto Bacelar ROCHAPARIS

chancery: 2125 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 328-8610

consulate(s) general: Boston, New York, Newark (New Jersey), andSan Francisco

consulate(s): Los Angeles, New Bedford (Massachusetts), Providence(Rhode Island)

Puerto Rico:none (commonwealth associated with the US)

Qatar:chief of mission: Ambassador Badr Umar al-DAFA

chancery: 4200 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016

telephone: [1] (202) 274-1600

consulate(s) general: Houston

Reunion:none (overseas department of France)

Romania:chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant)

chancery: 1607 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 332-4846, 4848, 4851

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

Russia: chief of mission: Ambassador Yuriy Viktorovich USHAKOV

chancery: 2650 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007

telephone: [1] (202) 298-5700, 5701, 5704, 5708

consulate(s) general: New York, San Francisco, and Seattle

Rwanda: chief of mission: Ambassador Richard SEZIBERA

chancery: 1714 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone: [1] (202) 232-2882

Saint Helena: none (overseas territory of the UK)

Saint Kitts and Nevis: chief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Osbert W. LIBURD

chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016

telephone: [1] (202) 686-2636

Saint Lucia: chief of mission: Ambassador Sonia Merlyn JOHNNY

chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016

telephone: [1] (202) 364-6792 through 6795

consulate(s) general: Miami and New York

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: none (territorial collectivity of France)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: chief of mission: Ambassador Ellsworth JOHN

chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016

telephone: [1] (202) 364-6730

Samoa: chief of mission: Ambassador Tuiloma Neroni SLADE

chancery: 800 Second Avenue, Suite 400D, New York, NY 10017

telephone: [1] (212) 599-6196, 6197

San Marino:San Marino does not have an embassy in the US

honorary consulate(s) general: Washington, DC, and New York

honorary consulate(s): Detroit

Sao Tome and Principe:Sao Tome and Principe does not have anembassy in the US, but does have a Permanent Mission to the UN,headed by First Secretary Domingos Augusto FERREIRA, located at 122East 42nd Street, Suite 1604, New York, NY 10168, telephone [1](212) 317-0533

Saudi Arabia:chief of mission: Ambassador BANDAR bin Sultan binAbd al-Aziz Al Saud

chancery: 601 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037

telephone: [1] (202) 342-3800

consulate(s) general: Houston, Los Angeles, and New York

Senegal: chief of mission: Ambassador Mamadou Mansour SECK

chancery: 2112 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 234-0540

Seychelles: chief of mission: Ambassador Claude Sylvestre MOREL

chancery: 800 Second Avenue, Suite 400C, New York, NY 10017

telephone: [1] (212) 972-1785

Sierra Leone: chief of mission: Ambassador John Ernest LEIGH

chancery: 1701 19th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone: [1] (202) 939-9261 through 9263

Singapore: chief of mission: Ambassador CHAN Heng Chee

chancery: 3501 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 537-3100

consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, San Francisco

consulate(s): New York

Slovakia: chief of mission: Ambassador Martin BUTORA

chancery: Suite 250, 2201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007; note - new chancery opening in June 2001 at International Court NW, Washington, DC

telephone: [1] (202) 965-5161

Slovenia: chief of mission: Ambassador Davorin KRACUN

chancery: 1525 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 667-5363

consulate(s) general: New York

consulate(s): Cleveland

Solomon Islands: chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires ad interim Jeremiah MANELE

chancery: 800 Second Avenue, Suite 400L, New York, NY 10017

telephone: [1] (212) 599-6192, 6193

Somalia:Somalia does not have an embassy in the US (ceasedoperations on 8 May 1991)

South Africa:chief of mission: Ambassador Makate Sheila SISULU

chancery: 3051 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 232-4400

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: none (overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina)

Spain: chief of mission: Ambassador Francisco Javier RUPEREZ

chancery: 2375 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037

telephone: [1] (202) 452-0100, 728-2340

consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico)

Sri Lanka:chief of mission: Ambassador Warnasena RASAPUTRAM

chancery: 2148 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 483-4025 (through 4028)

consulate(s) general: Los Angeles

consulate(s): New York

Sudan:chief of mission: Ambassador Mahdi Ibrahim MAHAMMAD(recalled to Khartoum in August 1998)

chancery: 2210 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 338-8565

Suriname:chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant)

chancery: Suite 460, 4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 244-7488

consulate(s) general: Miami

Swaziland: chief of mission: Ambassador Mary Madzandza KANYA

chancery: 3400 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 362-6683

Sweden: chief of mission: Ambassador Jan ELIASSON

chancery: 1501 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20005-1702

telephone: [1] (202) 467-2600

consulate(s) general: Los Angeles and New York

Switzerland: chief of mission: Ambassador Alfred DEFAGO

chancery: 2900 Cathedral Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 745-7900

consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco

consulate(s): Boston

Syria: chief of mission: Ambassador Rustum al-ZU'BI

chancery: 2215 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 232-6313

Tajikistan:Tajikistan does not have an embassy in the US, but doeshave a permanent mission to the UN: address - 136 East 67th Street,New York, NY 10021, telephone - [1] (212) 472-7645, FAX - [1] (212)628-0252; permanent representative to the UN is Rashid ALIMOV

Tanzania:chief of mission: Ambassador Mustafa Salim NYANG'ANYI

chancery: 2139 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 939-6125

Thailand: chief of mission: Ambassador TEJ Bunnag

chancery: 1024 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007

telephone: [1] (202) 944-3600

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

Togo: chief of mission: Ambassador Akoussoulelov BODJONA

chancery: 2208 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 234-4212

Tokelau:none (territory of New Zealand)

Tonga:Tonga does not have an embassy in the US; AmbassadorFetu'utolo TUPOU, resides in London; address: Embassy of the Kingdomof Tonga, c/o Tonga High Commission, 36 Molyneux Street, London W1H6AB, telephone [44] (171) 724-5828, FAX [44] (171) 723-9074

consulate(s) general: San Francisco

Trinidad and Tobago: chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant)

chancery: 1708 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 467-6490

consulate(s) general: Miami and New York

Tunisia: chief of mission: Ambassador Hatem ATALLAH

chancery: 1515 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005

telephone: [1] (202) 862-1850

Turkey: chief of mission: Ambassador Baki ILKIN

chancery: 2525 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 612-6700

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York

Turkmenistan: chief of mission: Ambassador Mered ORAZOV

chancery: 2207 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 588-1500

Turks and Caicos Islands:none (overseas territory of the UK)

Tuvalu:Tuvalu does not have an embassy in the US

Uganda:chief of mission: Ambassador Edith Grace SSEMPALA

chancery: 5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011

telephone: [1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416

Ukraine:chief of mission: Ambassador Konstantin IvanovychHRYSHCHENKO

chancery: 3350 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007

telephone: [1] (202) 333-0606

consulate(s) general: Chicago and New York

United Arab Emirates: chief of mission: Ambassador Asri Said Ahmad al-DHAHIRI

chancery: Suite 700, 1255 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037

telephone: [1] (202) 955-7999

United Kingdom:chief of mission: Ambassador Sir Christopher J. R.MEYER

chancery: 3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 588-6500

consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston,Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco

consulate(s): Dallas, Denver, Miami, Orlando (reports to Atlanta),San Juan, and Seattle

Uruguay:chief of mission: Ambassador Hugo FERNANDEZ Faingold

chancery: 2715 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007

telephone: [1] (202) 331-1313 through 1316

consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York

Uzbekistan: chief of mission: Ambassador Shavkat HAMRAKULOV

chancery: 1746 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone: [1] (202) 887-5300

consulate(s) general: New York

Vanuatu:Vanuatu does not have an embassy in the US, it does,however, have a Permanent Mission to the UN

Venezuela:chief of mission: Ambassador Alfredo TORO Hardy

chancery: 1099 30th Street NW, Washington, DC 20007

telephone: [1] (202) 342-2214

consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Miami, New Orleans,New York, San Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico)

Vietnam:chief of mission: Ambassador-designate Nguyen Tam CHIEN

chancery: 1233 20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036, Suite 400

telephone: [1] (202) 861-0737

consulate(s) general: San Francisco

Virgin Islands:none (territory of the US)

Wallis and Futuna:none (overseas territory of France)

Western Sahara:none

Yemen:chief of mission: Ambassador Abd al-Wahhab Abdallah al-HAJRI

chancery: Suite 705, 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037

telephone: [1] (202) 965-4760

Yugoslavia: chief of mission: Ambassador Milan PROTIC

chancery: 2410 California St. NW, Washington, DC 20008

note: Yugoslavia restored its diplomatic mission in the US in November 2000 after temporarily ceasing its operations at the beginning of the March 1999 NATO bombing campaign

Zambia: chief of mission: Ambassador Atan SHANSONGA

chancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 265-9717 through 9719

Zimbabwe: chief of mission: Ambassador Simbi Veke MUBAKO

chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100

Taiwan:none; unofficial commercial and cultural relations with thepeople of the US are maintained through a private instrumentality,the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) inthe US with headquarters in Taipei and field offices in Washingtonand 12 other US cities

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@Disputes - international

Afghanistan:support to Islamic militants worldwide by somefactions; question over which group should hold Afghanistan's seatat the UN

Albania:the Albanian Government supports protection of the rightsof ethnic Albanians outside of its borders but has downplayed themto further its primary foreign policy goal of regional cooperation;Albanian majority in Kosovo seeks independence from Yugoslavia;Albanians in The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia claimdiscrimination in education, access to public-sector jobs, andrepresentation in government

Algeria:part of southeastern region claimed by Libya; Algeriasupports exiled West Saharan Polisario Front and rejects Moroccanadministration of Western Sahara

American Samoa:none

Andorra:none

Angola:none

Anguilla:none

Antarctica:Antarctic Treaty freezes claims (see Antarctic TreatySummary in Government type entry); sections (some overlapping)claimed by Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway,and UK; the US and most other nations do not recognize theterritorial claims of other nations and have made no claimsthemselves (the US and Russia reserve the right to do so); no claimshave been made in the sector between 90 degrees west and 150 degreeswest

Antigua and Barbuda:none

Arctic Ocean:some maritime disputes (see littoral states)

Argentina:claims UK-administered Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas);claims UK-administered South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands;territorial claim in Antarctica partially overlaps British andChilean claims

Armenia:Armenia supports ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakhregion of Azerbaijan in the longstanding, separatist conflictagainst the Azerbaijani Government; traditional demands regardingformer Armenian lands in Turkey have subsided

Aruba:none

Ashmore and Cartier Islands:none

Atlantic Ocean:some maritime disputes (see littoral states)

Australia:territorial claim in Antarctica (Australian AntarcticTerritory)

Austria:minor disputes with Czech Republic and Slovenia overnuclear power plants and post-World War II treatment ofGerman-speaking minorities

Azerbaijan:Armenia supports ethnic Armenians in theNagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in the longstanding,separatist conflict against the Azerbaijani Government; Caspian Seaboundaries are not yet determined among Azerbaijan, Iran,Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan

Bahamas, The:none

Bahrain:in March of 2001, the International Court of Justice (ICJ)awarded the Hawar Islands to Bahrain and also adjusted Bahrain'smaritime boundary with Qatar

Baker Island:none

Bangladesh:a portion of the boundary with India is indefinite;exchange of 151 enclaves along border with India subject toratification by Indian parliament; dispute with India over SouthTalpatty/New Moore Island

Barbados:none

Bassas da India:claimed by Madagascar

Belarus:none

Belgium:none

Belize:Guatemala periodically asserts claims to territory insouthern Belize; to deter cross-border squatting, both states in2000 agreed to a "line of adjacency" based on the de facto boundary,which is not recognized by Guatemala

Benin:none

Bermuda:none

Bhutan:refugee issue over the presence in Nepal of approximately98,700 Bhutanese refugees, 90% of whom are in seven United NationsOffice of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) camps

Bolivia:has wanted a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific Oceansince the Atacama area was lost to Chile in 1884; dispute with Chileover Rio Lauca water rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina:none

Botswana:none

Bouvet Island:none

Brazil:none

British Indian Ocean Territory:the Chagos Archipelago is claimed byMauritius and Seychelles

British Virgin Islands:none

Brunei:possibly involved in a complex dispute over the SpratlyIslands with China, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam; in1984, Brunei established an exclusive fishing zone that encompassesLouisa Reef in the southern Spratly Islands, but has not publiclyclaimed the island

Burkina Faso:none

Burma:sporadic border hostilities with Thailand over borderalignment and ethnic Shan rebels operating in cross-border region

Burundi:none

Cambodia:portions of boundary with Vietnam are disputed; parts ofborder with Thailand are indefinite

Cameroon:delimitation of international boundaries in the vicinityof Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past,is complete and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, andNigeria; tripartite maritime boundary and economic zone dispute withEquatorial Guinea and Nigeria is currently before the ICJ

Canada:maritime boundary disputes with the US (Dixon Entrance,Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Machias Seal Island)

Cape Verde:none

Cayman Islands:none

Central African Republic:none

Chad:delimitation of international boundaries in the vicinity ofLake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past,has been completed and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger,and Nigeria

Chile:Bolivia has wanted a sovereign corridor to the South PacificOcean since the Atacama area was lost to Chile in 1884; dispute withBolivia over Rio Lauca water rights; territorial claim in Antarctica(Chilean Antarctic Territory) partially overlaps Argentine andBritish claims

China:most of boundary with India in dispute; dispute over at leasttwo small sections of the boundary with Russia remains to besettled, despite 1997 boundary agreement; portions of the boundarywith Tajikistan are indefinite; 33-km section of boundary with NorthKorea in the Paektu-san (mountain) area is indefinite; involved in acomplex dispute over the Spratly Islands with Malaysia, Philippines,Taiwan, Vietnam, and possibly Brunei; maritime boundary agreementwith Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin awaits ratification; ParacelIslands occupied by China, but claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan; claimsJapanese-administered Senkaku-shoto (Senkaku Islands/Diaoyu Tai), asdoes Taiwan

Christmas Island:none

Clipperton Island:none

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:none

Colombia:maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela in the Gulf ofVenezuela; territorial disputes with Nicaragua over Archipelago deSan Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank

Comoros:claims French-administered Mayotte; the island of Anjouan(Nzwani) has moved to secede from Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the grip of a civil war that has drawn in military forces from neighboring states, with Uganda and Rwanda supporting the rebel movements that occupy much of the eastern portion of the state; most of the Congo river boundary with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite (no agreement has been reached on the division of the river or its islands, except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area)

Congo, Republic of the:most of the Congo river boundary with theDemocratic Republic of the Congo is indefinite (no agreement hasbeen reached on the division of the river or its islands, except inthe Stanley Pool/Pool Malebo area)

Cook Islands:none

Coral Sea Islands:none

Costa Rica:legal dispute over navigational rights of Rio San Juanon border with Nicaragua

Cote d'Ivoire:none

Croatia:Croatia and Italy made progress toward resolving abilateral issue dating from World War II over property and ethnicminority rights; progress with Slovenia on discussions ofadjustments to land boundary, but problems remain in definingmaritime boundary in Gulf of Piran; Croatia and Yugoslavia arenegotiating the status of the strategically important PrevlakaPeninsula, which is currently under a UN military observer mission(UNMOP)

Cuba:US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and onlymutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate thelease

Cyprus:1974 hostilities divided the island into two de factoautonomous areas, a Greek Cypriot area controlled by theinternationally recognized Cypriot Government (59% of the island'sland area) and a Turkish-Cypriot area (37% of the island), that areseparated by a UN buffer zone (4% of the island); there are two UKsovereign base areas mostly within the Greek Cypriot portion of theisland

Czech Republic:Liechtenstein's royal family claims restitution for1,600 sq km of land in the Czech Republic confiscated in 1918;individual Sudeten German claims for restitution of propertyconfiscated in connection with their expulsion after World War II;Austria has minor dispute with Czech Republic over nuclear powerplants and post-World War II treatment of German-speaking minorities

Denmark:Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Iceland and theUK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in theRockall area); dispute with Iceland over the Faroe Islands fisheriesmedian line boundary within 200 NM; disputes with Iceland, the UK,and Ireland over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundaryoutside 200 NM

Djibouti:none

Dominica:none

Dominican Republic:none

Ecuador:none

Egypt:Egypt asserts its claim to the "Hala'ib Triangle," a barrenarea of 20,580 sq km under partial Sudanese administration that isdefined by an administrative boundary which supersedes the treatyboundary of 1899

El Salvador:with respect to the maritime boundary in the Golfo deFonseca, the ICJ referred to the line determined by the 1900Honduras-Nicaragua Mixed Boundary Commission and advised that sometripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragualikely would be required

Equatorial Guinea:tripartite maritime boundary and economic zonedispute with Cameroon and Nigeria is currently before the ICJ;maritime boundary dispute with Gabon because of disputed sovereigntyover islands in Corisco Bay

Eritrea:as a result of the 12 December 2000 peace agreement endinga two-year war with Ethiopia, the UN will administer a 25-km widetemporary security zone within Eritrea until a joint boundarycommission delimits and demarcates a final boundary

Estonia:Estonian and Russian negotiators reached a technical borderagreement in December 1996 which has not been signed nor ratified byRussia as of February 2001

Ethiopia:most of the southern half of the boundary with Somalia isa Provisional Administrative Line; as a result of the 12 December2000 peace agreement ending a two year war with Eritrea, the UN willadminister a 25-km wide temporary security zone within Eritrea untila joint boundary commission delimits and demarcates a finalboundary; dispute over alignment of boundary with Eritrea led toarmed conflict in 1998; a peace accord signed in December 2000provides for UN-assisted arbitration and demarcation of the border

Europa Island:claimed by Madagascar

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):claimed by Argentina

Faroe Islands:Faroese are considering proposals for fullindependence

Fiji:none

Finland:none

France:Madagascar claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, GloriosoIslands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island; Comoros claimsMayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial disputebetween Suriname and French Guiana; territorial claim in Antarctica(Adelie Land); Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New Caledoniaclaimed by France and Vanuatu


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