diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index 1ae03728..61107574 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ "text": "Chad has committed approximately 1,000-1,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the ANT has considerable combat experience against insurgents and terrorist groups; it also has a tradition of deep involvement in domestic politics; over the past decade, the ANT has received substantial foreign military assistance, particularly from France, which maintains a military base in N’Djamena; the ANT's operational focus is on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations; it is engaged with the Boko Haram and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in West Africa terrorist groups in the Lake Chad Basin area; in addition, the ANT conducts frequent operations against internal anti-government militias and armed dissident groups

a number of rebel groups operate in northern Chad, some from bases in southern Libya, including the FACT (Front pour le Changement et la Concorde au Tchad), the Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic le Conseil de Commandement Militaire pour le salut de la République or CCSMR), the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (le Union des Forces pour la Démocratie et le Développement or UFDD), and the Union of Resistance Forces (le Union des Forces de la Résistance UFR); former Chadian President Idriss DEBY was killed in April 2021 during fighting in the northern part of the country between the FACT and the Chadian Army (2023)" + "text": "the ANT has combat experience against insurgents and terrorist groups; it also has a tradition of involvement in domestic politics; over the past decade, the ANT has received foreign military assistance, particularly from France, which maintains a military base in N’Djamena; the ANT's operational focus is on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations; it is engaged with the Boko Haram and Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in West Africa terrorist groups in the Lake Chad Basin area; in addition, the ANT conducts frequent operations against internal anti-government militias and armed dissident groups

a number of rebel groups operate in northern Chad, some from bases in southern Libya, including the FACT (Front pour le Changement et la Concorde au Tchad), the Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic le Conseil de Commandement Militaire pour le salut de la République or CCSMR), the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (le Union des Forces pour la Démocratie et le Développement or UFDD), and the Union of Resistance Forces (le Union des Forces de la Résistance UFR); former Chadian President Idriss DEBY was killed in April 2021 during fighting in the northern part of the country between the FACT and the Chadian Army (2023)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index fd9098ed..e508cf13 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Gabonese Armed Forces (Force Armées Gabonaise or FAG; aka Gabonese Defense and Security Forces or Forces de Défense et de Sécurité Gabonaises) : Army (Armée de Terre, AT), Navy (Marine Nationale, MN), Air Force (l'Armée de l'Air, AA), Light Aviation (L’Aviation Légère des Armées, ALA), Fire Brigade (du Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers); National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Gabonaise, GENA); Republican Guard (Garde Républicaine,GEN GR); Military Health Service (Service de Santé Militaire, SSM); Military Engineering (Génie Militaire)  (2024)", + "text": "Gabonese Armed Forces (Force Armées Gabonaise or FAG; aka National Defense and Security Forces of Gabon or des Forces Nationales de Défense et de Sécurité (FNDS) du Gabon): Army (Armée de Terre, AT), Navy (Marine Nationale, MN), Air Force (l'Armée de l'Air, AA), Light Aviation (L’Aviation Légère des Armées, ALA), Fire Brigade (du Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers); National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Gabonaise, GENA); Republican Guard (Garde Républicaine, GR); Military Health Service (Service de Santé Militaire, SSM); Military Engineering (Génie Militaire) (2024)", "note": "note 1: the National Police Forces, under the Ministry of Interior, and the National Gendarmerie (GENA), under the Ministry of Defense, are responsible for law enforcement and public security; elements of the armed forces and the Republican Guard, an elite unit that protects the president under his direct authority, sometimes perform internal security functions

note 2: the GENA is organized into regionally-based “legions,” mobile forces, a national parks security unit, and a special intervention group" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1132,16 +1132,16 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 6,500 active-duty troops including the Republican Guard and Gendarmerie (2023)" + "text": "approximately 7,000 active-duty troops including the Republican Guard and Gendarmerie (2023)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Gabonese military has a mix of older and more modern weapons and equipment from a variety of suppliers including Brazil, China, France, Germany, Russia/former Soviet Union, and South Africa (2024)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2023)" + "text": "18-24 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2024)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the Gabonese military is a small and lightly armed force that is responsible for both external and internal security; in August 2023, it seized control of the government in a coup; some members of the military attempted a failed coup in 2019 (2024)" + "text": "the Gabonese military is a small and lightly armed force that is responsible for both external and internal security; the military may also participate in the economic and social development work of the nation; in August 2023, officers from the Republican Guard seized control of the government and placed the president under arrest; the coup leader and chief of the Republican Guard, Gen. Brice OLIGUI Nguema, was subsequently announced as the leader of a transitional government (2024)" } }, "Space": { diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index d8403428..ee6cf501 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -658,10 +658,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "7 (4 cultural, 3 natural)" + "text": "8(5 cultural, 3 natural)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Lake Turkana National Parks (n); Mount Kenya National Park (n); Lamu Old Town (c); Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (c); Fort Jesus, Mombasa (c); Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (n); Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site (c)" + "text": "

Lake Turkana National Parks (n); Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (n); Lamu Old Town (c); Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (c); Fort Jesus, Mombasa (c); Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (n); Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site (c); The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index 5bef488c..b669fb39 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -645,12 +645,12 @@ }, "National anthem": { "name": { - "text": "\"Arise Oh Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey\"" + "text": "\"Nigeria, We Hail Thee\"" }, "lyrics/music": { - "text": "John A. ILECHUKWU, Eme Etim AKPAN, B.A. OGUNNAIKE, Sotu OMOIGUI and P.O. ADERIBIGBE/Benedict Elide ODIASE" + "text": "Lillie Jean WILLIAMS/Frances BERDA" }, - "note": "note: adopted 1978; lyrics are a mixture of the five top entries in a national contest" + "note": "note: May 2024 Parliament voted to revert back to the former national anthem used from 1960-1078  " }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 21c27f87..ef308647 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ "text": "president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 29 May 2024 (next to be held in May 2029) note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2024: Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA (ANC) elected president by the National Assembly unopposed

2019: Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA (ANC) elected president by the National Assembly unopposed

2014: Jacob ZUMA (ANC) reelected president by the National Assembly unopposed 

 

" + "text": "
2024: Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA (ANC) elected president by the National Assembly unopposed

2019: Matamela Cyril RAMAPHOSA (ANC) elected president by the National Assembly unopposed

 

 

" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -665,10 +665,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "10 (5 cultural, 4 natural, 1 mixed)" + "text": "12 (7 cultural, 4 natural, 1 mixed)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (c); iSimangaliso Wetland Park (n); Robben Island (c); Maloti-Drakensberg Park (m); Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (c); Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (n); Vredefort Dome (n); Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (c); Khomani Cultural Landscape (c); Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (n)" + "text": "

Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (c); iSimangaliso Wetland Park (n); Robben Island (c); Maloti-Drakensberg Park (m); Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (c); Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (n); Vredefort Dome (n); Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (c); Khomani Cultural Landscape (c); Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (n); Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (c); The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 6cf485c5..286d58e5 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { - "text": "

lower-middle-income Sub-Saharan economy; major copper exporter; regional hydroelectricity producer; trade ties and infrastructure investments from China; IMF credit facilities and bilateral agreements to restructure debt burden; one of youngest and fastest-growing labor forces; systemic corruption; extreme rural poverty

" + "text": "

lower-middle-income sub-Saharan economy; regional hydroelectricity producer; trade ties and infrastructure investments from China; IMF assistance to restructure debt burden; one of youngest and fastest-growing labor forces; systemic corruption; extreme rural poverty

" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { @@ -866,8 +866,8 @@ "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Exports - partners": { - "text": "Switzerland 30%, China 18%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 10%, Pitcairn Islands 10%, UAE 7% (2022)", - "note": "note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports" + "text": "Switzerland 30%, China 18%, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 10%, Pitcairn Islands 10%, UAE 7% (2022)", + "note": "note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports" }, "Exports - commodities": { "text": "raw copper, refined copper, gold, precious stones, iron alloys (2022)", @@ -886,8 +886,8 @@ "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Imports - partners": { - "text": "South Africa 26%, Equatorial Guinea 18%, China 14%, UAE 7%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 6% (2022)", - "note": "note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports" + "text": "South Africa 26%, Equatorial Guinea 18%, China 14%, UAE 7%, DRC 6% (2022)", + "note": "note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports" }, "Imports - commodities": { "text": "fertilizers, refined petroleum, trucks, copper ore, packaged medicine (2022)", diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index 6496504e..dd6c2c1e 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Republic of Fiji Military Force (RFMF): Land Force Command, Maritime Command (2024)", + "text": "Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Force Command, Maritime Command (2024)", "note": "note: the RFMF is subordinate to the president as the commander-in-chief, while the Fiji Police Force reports to the Ministry of Defense, National Security, and Policing" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1114,13 +1114,14 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "approximately 4,000 active personnel (2023)" + "text": "approximately 4,000 active personnel (2024)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the RFMF is lightly armed and equipped; Australia has provided patrol boats and a few armored personnel carriers; it also provides logistical support for RFMF regional or UN operations; in recent years, China has provided construction equipment and military vehicles (2024)" + "text": "the RFMF is lightly armed and equipped; Australia has provided patrol boats and a few armored personnel carriers; it also provides logistical support for RFMF regional or UN operations; in recent years, China and the US have provided small amounts of equipment  (2024)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; mandatory retirement at age 55 (2023)" + "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (2024)", + "note": "note: as of 2024, women comprised approximately 8% of the Fiji Military Forces" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "170 Egypt (MFO); 160 Iraq (UNAMI); 150 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (2024)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index 751c8048..130e6377 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -567,8 +567,7 @@ }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party - LIBRE 39.8%, PNH 31.3%, PL 16.4%, PSH 10.9%, DC 0.8%, PAC 0.8%; seats by party - LIBRE 51, PNH 40, PL 21, PSH 14, DC 1, PAC 1; composition - men 93, women 35, percentage women 27.3%" - }, - "note": "note: seats by party as of 1 May 2022 - LIBRE 50, PNH 44, PL 22, PSH 10, DC 1, PAC 1" + } }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index 14c5f693..1bfde8e6 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -705,10 +705,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "31 (20 cultural, 11 natural)" + "text": "32 (21 cultural, 11 natural)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (c); Historic Saint Petersburg (c); Novodevichy Convent (c); Historic Monuments of Novgorod (c); Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad (c); Volcanoes of Kamchatka (n); Lake Baikal (n); Central Sikhote-Alin (n); Historic Derbent (c); Kazan Kremlin (c)" + "text": "

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (c); Kizhi Pogost (c); Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (c); Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (c); Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings (c); White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal (c); Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad (c); Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye (c); Virgin Komi Forests (n); Lake Baikal (n); Volcanoes of Kamchatka (n); Golden Mountains of Altai (n); Western Caucasus (n); Curonian Spit (c); Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery (c); Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin (c); Central Sikhote-Alin (n); Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent (c); Uvs Nuur Basin (n); Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent(c); Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (n); Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (c); Struve Geodetic Arc (c); Putorana Plateau (n); Lena Pillars Nature Park (n); Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex (c); Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk (c); Landscapes of Dauria (n); Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture (c); Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea (c); Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University (c); Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 22d56d24..f1cd2c6a 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ }, "Capital": { "name": { - "text": "Jakarta; note - Indonesian lawmakers on 18 January 2022 approved the relocation of the country’s capital from Jakarta to a site on the island of Borneo between Samarinda City and the port city of Balikpapan; Nusantara (\"archipelago\"), the name of the new capital, is expected to be established in August 2024" + "text": "Jakarta; note - Indonesian lawmakers on 18 January 2022 approved the relocation of the country’s capital from Jakarta to a site on the island of Borneo between Samarinda City and the port city of Balikpapan; Nusantara (\"archipelago\"), the name of the new capital, was in development as of late 2024 and is expected to be completed in 2045" }, "geographic coordinates": { "text": "6 10 S, 106 49 E" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 9f3e6021..f76c17aa 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -657,10 +657,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "25 (20 cultural, 5 natural)" + "text": "26 (21 cultural, 5 natural)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (c); Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (c); Himeji-jo (c); Shiretoko (n); Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (c); Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (c); Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (c); Yakushima (n); Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (c); Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (c)" + "text": "

Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (c); Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (c); Himeji-jo (c); Shiretoko (n); Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (c); Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (c); Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (c); Yakushima (n); Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)(c); Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (c); Shirakami-Sanchi (n); Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (c); Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (c); Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (c); Shrines and Temples of Nikko (c); Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (c); Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (c); Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (c); Ogasawara Islands (n); Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (c); Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites (c); Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (c); The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (c); Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region (c); Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (c); Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (n); Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (c); Sado Island Gold Mines (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index f09150a9..ccae0f46 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -544,10 +544,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President YOON Suk Yeol (since 10 May 2022)" + "text": "President YOON Suk Yeol (since 10 May 2022); note - Prime Minister HAN Duck-soo became Acting President on 14 December 2024, after the National Assembly impeached and suspended YOON from office; South Korea's Constitutional Court has 180 days to rule on YOON's removal" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President YOON Suk Yeol (since 10 May 2022)" + "text": "President YOON Suk Yeol (since 10 May 2022); note - Prime Minister HAN Duck-soo became Acting President on 14 December 2024, after the National Assembly impeached and suspended YOON from office; South Korea's Constitutional Court has 180 days to rule on YOON's removal" }, "cabinet": { "text": "State Council appointed by the president on the prime minister's recommendation" @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ "election results": { "text": "
2022: YOON Suk-yeol elected president; YOON Suk-yeol (PPP) 48.6%, LEE Jae-myung (DP) 47.8%; other 3.6%

2017: MOON Jae-in elected president; MOON Jae-in (DP) 41.1%, HONG Joon-pyo (Liberty Korea Party) 24%, AHN Cheol-soo (PP) 21.4%, YOO Seung-min (Bareun Party) 6.8%, SIM Sang-jung (Justice Party) 6.2%" }, - "note": "note: the president is both chief of state and head of government; Prime Minister HAN Duck-soo (since 21 May 2022) serves as the principal executive assistant to the president, similar to the role of a vice president" + "note": "note: the president is both chief of state and head of government; the prime minister (HAN Duck-soo since 21 May 2022) serves as the principal executive assistant to the president, similar to the role of a vice president" }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index ee26431a..9bc47c63 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -643,10 +643,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "4 (2 cultural, 2 natural)" + "text": "5 (3 cultural, 2 natural)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Gunung Mulu National Park (n); Kinabalu Park (n); Malacca and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (c); Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (c)" + "text": "

Gunung Mulu National Park (n); Kinabalu Park (n); Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Melaka (c); Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (c); The Archaeological Heritage of Niah National Park’s Caves Complex (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index e06762bc..f832d00a 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -599,8 +599,7 @@ }, "election results": { "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - independents; seats by party - NA; composition - NA

House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - MFP 36.2%, PTP 27.7%, UTN 11.9%, BJT/PJT 2.9%, DP 2.3%, PPRP 1.4%, PCC 1.5%, other 16%; seats by party - MFP 152, PTP 141, BJT/PJT 71, PPRP 41, UTN 36, DP 24, PCC 9, CTP 10, Thai Sang Thai 6, other 11; composition - 403 men, 97 women, percentage women 19.4%" - }, - "note": "note: the 20 groups of professionals include agriculture, artists or athletes, business owners, education, employees or workers, independent professionals, industrialists, law and justice, mass communication, public health, science and technology, tourism-related professions, women, and elderly, disabled, or ethnic groups" + } }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { @@ -680,10 +679,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "7 (4 cultural, 3 natural)" + "text": "8 (5 cultural, 3 natural)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Historic City of Ayutthaya (c); Historic Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns (c); Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries (n); Ban Chiang Archaeological Site (c); Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (n); Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (n); The Ancient Town of Si Thep and its Associated Dvaravati Monuments (n)" + "text": "

Historic City of Ayutthaya (c); Historic Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns (c); Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries (n); Ban Chiang Archaeological Site (c); Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (n); Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (n); The Ancient Town of Si Thep and its Associated Dvaravati Monuments (n); Phu Phrabat, a testimony to the Sīma stone tradition of the Dvaravati period (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 8a76ff84..6529a144 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -728,6 +728,9 @@ "note": "note 1: Frontex is the European Border and Coast Guard Agency that supports EU Member States and Schengen-associated countries in the management of the EU’s external borders and the fight against cross-border crime; it has a standing corps of uniformed border guard officers directly employed by Frontex as staff members and regularly deployed to border guarding missions, plus thousands of other officers seconded by EU member states

note 2: in 2017, the EU set up the Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defense (PESCO), a mechanism for deepening defense cooperation amongst member states through binding commitments and collaborative programs on a variety of military-related capabilities such as cyber, maritime surveillance, medical support, operational readiness, procurement, and training; similar efforts to promote collaboration and cooperation that same year amongst members included the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), the Coordinated Annual Review on Defense (CARD), and the European Defense Fund (EDF)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2024": { + "text": "1.9% of GDP (2024 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.8% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, @@ -740,14 +743,11 @@ "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.6% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, - "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "1.4% of GDP (2019 est.)" - }, "note": "note 1: the European Defense Fund (EDF) has a budget of approximately $8 billion for 2021-2027; about $2.7 billion is devoted to funding collaborative defense research while about $5.3 billion is allocated for collaborative capability development projects that complement national contributions; the EDF identifies critical defense domains that it will support 

note 2: NATO is resourced through the direct and indirect contributions of its members; NATO’s common funds are direct contributions to collective budgets, capabilities and programs, which equate to only 0.3% of total NATO defense spending (approximately $3.3 billion for 2023) to develop capabilities and run NATO, its military commands, capabilities, and infrastructure; NATO's 2014 Defense Investment Pledge called for NATO members to meet the 2% of GDP guideline for defense spending and the 20% of annual defense expenditure on major new equipment by 2024

note 3:  average spending for all NATO countries in 2023 was 2.5% of GDP in 2023 and 2.7% of GDP in 2024" }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the 27 EU countries have a cumulative total of approximately 1.34 million active-duty troops; the largest EU country military forces belong to France, Germany, and Italy (2023)", - "note": "note: the combined forces of NATO have approximately 3.3 million active duty personnel" + "text": "the combined countries of the EU had an estimated 1.4m active military personnel in 2024; the largest EU country military forces belong to France, Germany, and Italy (2024)", + "note": "note: the combined countries of NATO had an estimated 3.4 million active military personnel in 2024" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "since 2003, the EU has launched more than 30 civilian and military crisis-management, advisory, and training missions in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and a naval operation in the Mediterranean to disrupt human smuggling and trafficking networks and prevent the loss of life at sea (2024)", diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index b2b34fdf..8f65694a 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ "text": "President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Michel BARNIER is the caretaker Prime Minister after resigning following a no-confidence vote on 4 December 2024 (since 5 September 2024)" + "text": "François BAYROU (since 13 December 2024)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president at the suggestion of the prime minister" @@ -601,9 +601,8 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 10 April 2022 with a runoff held on 24 April 2022 (next to be held in April 2027); prime minister appointed by the president" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2022: Emmanuel MACRON reelected in second round; percent of vote in first round - Emmanuel MACRON (LREM) 27.8%, Marine LE PEN (RN) 23.2%, Jean-Luc MELENCHON (LFI) 22%, Eric ZEMMOUR (Reconquete) 7.1%, Valerie PECRESSE (LR) 4.8%, Yannick JADOT (EELV) 4.6%, other 10.6%; percent of vote in second round - MACRON 58.5%, LE PEN 41.5%

2017: Emmanuel MACRON elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Emmanuel MACRON (EM) 24%, Marine LE PEN (FN) 21.3%, Francois FILLON (LR) 20%, Jean-Luc MELENCHON (FI) 19.6%, Benoit HAMON (PS) 6.4%, other 8.7%; percent of vote in second round - MACRON 66.1%, LE PEN 33.9%" - }, - "note": "note - Gabriel ATTAL, who initially took office as prime minister on 9 January 2024, resigned on 16 July 2024 following the parliamentary elections and is serving as prime minister in a caretaker status until a new prime minister is sworn into office" + "text": "
2022: Emmanuel MACRON reelected in second round; percent of vote in first round - Emmanuel MACRON (LREM) 27.8%, Marine LE PEN (RN) 23.2%, Jean-Luc MELENCHON (LFI) 22%, Eric ZEMMOUR (Reconquête) 7.1%, Valerie PECRESSE (LR) 4.8%, Yannick JADOT (EELV) 4.6%, other 10.6%; percent of vote in second round - MACRON 58.5%, LE PEN 41.5%

2017: Emmanuel MACRON elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Emmanuel MACRON (EM) 24%, Marine LE PEN (FN) 21.3%, Francois FILLON (LR) 20%, Jean-Luc MELENCHON (FI) 19.6%, Benoit HAMON (PS) 6.4%, other 8.7%; percent of vote in second round - MACRON 66.1%, LE PEN 33.9%" + } }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index be10ec89..646bced9 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ "text": "Cabinet or Bundesminister (Federal Ministers) recommended by the chancellor, appointed by the president" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president indirectly elected by a Federal Convention consisting of all members of the Federal Parliament (Bundestag) and an equivalent number of delegates indirectly elected by the state parliaments; president serves a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 13 February 2022 (next to be held in February 2027); following the most recent Federal Parliament election, the party or coalition with the most representatives usually elects the chancellor who is appointed by the president to serve a renewable 4-year term; Federal Parliament vote for chancellor last held on 8 December 2021 (next to be held after the Bundestag election in 2025)" + "text": "president indirectly elected by a Federal Convention consisting of all members of the Federal Parliament (Bundestag) and an equivalent number of delegates indirectly elected by the state parliaments; president serves a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 13 February 2022 (next to be held in February 2027); following the most recent Federal Parliament election, the party or coalition with the most representatives usually elects the chancellor who is appointed by the president to serve a renewable 4-year term; Federal Parliament vote for chancellor last held on 8 December 2021 (next to be held after the Bundestag election on 23 February 2025)" }, "election results": { "text": "
2022: Frank-Walter STEINMEIER reelected president; Federal Convention vote count - Frank-Walter STEINMEIER (SPD) 1,045, Max OTTE (CDU) 140, Gerhard TRABERT (The Left) 96, Stefanie GEBAUER (Free Voters) 58, abstentions 86

2021:  Olaf SCHOLZ (SPD) elected chancellor; Federal Parliament vote - 395 to 303

2017:  Frank-Walter STEINMEIER elected president; Federal Convention vote count - Frank-Walter STEINMEIER (SPD) 931, Christopher Butterwegge (independent) 128, abstentions 103" @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:
Federal Council or Bundesrat (69 seats statutory, 71 current; members appointed by each of the 16 state governments)
Federal Diet or Bundestag (736 seats statutory, 736 for the 2021-25 term; approximately one-half of members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and approximately one-half directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members' terms depend upon the states they represent)" }, "elections": { - "text": "Bundesrat - none; determined by the composition of the state-level governments; the composition of the Bundesrat has the potential to change any time one of the 16 states holds an election
Bundestag - last held on 26 September 2021 (next to be held by September 2025); almost all postwar German governments have been coalitions" + "text": "Bundesrat - none; determined by the composition of the state-level governments; the composition of the Bundesrat has the potential to change any time one of the 16 states holds an election
Bundestag - last held on 26 September 2021 (next to be held on 23 February 2025); almost all postwar German governments have been coalitions" }, "election results": { "text": "Bundesrat - composition - men 43, women 26, percentage women 37.7%

Bundestag - percent of vote by party - SPD 28%, CDU/CSU 26.8%, Alliance '90/Greens 16%, FDP 12.5%, AfD 11%, The Left 5.3%, other .04%; seats by party - SPD 206, CDU/CSU 197, Alliance '90/Greens 118, FDP 92, AfD 81, The Left 39, other 3; composition - men 476, women 260, percentage women 34.9%; note - total Parliament percentage women 35.5%" diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index a126f37b..1eba16fd 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ "text": "last held on 30 November 2024 (next to be held by 30 November 2028)" }, "election results": { - "text": "seats by party - SDA 15, IP 14, Reform Party 11, People's Party 10, CP 8, PP 5; composition - men 33, women 30; percentage women 47.6%" + "text": "seats by party - SDA 15, IP 14, Reform Party 11, People's Party 10, CP 8, PP 5; composition - men 34, women 29; percentage women 46%" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 579cc049..c1cac58b 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -654,10 +654,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "59 (53 cultural, 6 natural)" + "text": "60 (54 cultural, 6 natural)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Historic Center of Rome (c); Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata (c); Venice and its Lagoon (c); Historic Center of Florence (c); Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (c); Historic Centre of Naples (c); Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (c); Villa d'Este, Tivoli (c); Mount Etna (n); Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (c); Historic Siena (c)" + "text": "

Historic Center of Rome (c); Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata (c); Venice and its Lagoon (c); Historic Center of Florence (c); Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (c); Historic Centre of Naples (c); Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands  (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)(c); Villa d'Este, Tivoli (c); Mount Etna (n); Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (c); Historic Siena (c);Rock Drawings in Valcamonica(c); Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci (c);Historic Centre of San Gimignano (c); The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera (c); City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (c); Crespi d'Adda (c); Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta 15 (c); Castel del Monte (c); Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (c); Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (c);The Trulli of Alberobello (c); 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex (c); Archaeological Area of Agrigento (c); Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua (c); Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (c); Costiera Amalfitana (c); Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (c); Su Nuraxi di Barumini (c); Villa Romana del Casale (c); Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (c); Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum   and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (c); Historic Centre of Urbino (c); Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (c); Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (c); City of Verona (c); Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (n); Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) (c); Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (c); Monte San Giorgio (n); Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (c); Val d'Orcia (c); Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (c); Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (c); Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (n); Mantua and Sabbioneta (c); Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (c);The Dolomites (n); Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.) (c); Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (c); Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany (c); Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato (c); Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale  (c); Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar (c); Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century (c); Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene (c);Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles (c); The Great Spa Towns of Europe (c); The Porticoes of Bologna (c); Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines (n); Via Appia. Regina Viarum (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index 05657c44..99d0ab13 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -553,10 +553,10 @@ "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election first round 23 March 2024 with a runoff on 6 April 2024 (next to be held in 2029); following National Council elections (every 4 years), the president designates a prime minister candidate, usually the leader of the party or coalition that wins the most votes, who must win a vote of confidence in the National Council" + "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election first round held on 23 March 2024 with a runoff on 6 April 2024 (next to be held in 2029); following National Council elections (every 4 years), the president designates a prime minister candidate, usually the leader of the party or coalition that wins the most votes, who must win a vote of confidence in the National Council" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2024: Peter PELLEGRINI elected president in the second round; percent of vote in first round - Ivan KORCOK (independent) 42.5%; Peter PELLEGRINI (Hlas-SD) 37%; Stefan HARABIN (independent) 11.7%, other 8.8%; percent of vote in second round Peter PELLEGRINI (Hlas-SD) 53.1%; Ivan KORCOK (independent) 46.9%

2019: Zuzana CAPUTOVA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Zuzana CAPUTOVA (PS) 58.4%, Maros SEFCOVIC (independent) 41.6%" + "text": "
2024: Peter PELLEGRINI elected president in the second round; percent of vote in second round Peter PELLEGRINI 53.1%; Ivan KORCOK 46.9%; percent of vote in first round - Ivan KORCOK (independent) 42.5%; Peter PELLEGRINI (Hlas-SD) 37%; Stefan HARABIN (independent) 11.7%, other 8.8%; 

2019: Zuzana CAPUTOVA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Zuzana CAPUTOVA (PS) 58.4%, Maros SEFCOVIC (independent) 41.6%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription in peacetime suspended in 2004 (2023)", - "note": "note: as of 2021, women made up around 12% of the military's full-time personnel" + "note": "note: as of 2021, women made up nearly 13% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "240 Cyprus (UNFICYP); up to 150 Latvia (NATO) (2024)" diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index c0711c6c..9188f35c 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected using a modified 2-round system; a candidate can only be elected in the first round with an absolute majority from all registered voters; in the second round, voter turnout must be at least 40% for the result to be deemed valid; president elected for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 24 April and 8 May 2024 (next to be held in 2029); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is usually elected prime minister by the Assembly" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2024: Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA elected president in the second round; percent of vote - Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA (VMRO-DPMNE) 69%, Stevo PENDAROVSKI (SDSM) 31%

2024: Talat XHAFERI elected caretaker Prime Minister; Assembly vote - 65 for (opposition boycott)

2022: Dimitar KOVACEVSKI elected Prime Minister; Assembly vote - NA
" + "text": "2024: Hristijan MICKOSKI elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 77 for, 22 against

2024: Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA elected president in the second round; percent of vote - Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA (VMRO-DPMNE) 69%, Stevo PENDAROVSKI (SDSM) 31%

2024: Talat XHAFERI elected caretaker prime minister; Assembly vote - 65 for (opposition boycott)

2022: Dimitar KOVACEVSKI elected prime minister; Assembly vote - NA
" } }, "Legislative branch": { diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 8e9a5b6f..05573742 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Adam KRZYWOSĄDZKI (since 31 July 2024)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Bogdan KLICH (since 18 November 2024)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2640 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009" diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index 80a7826b..3a051070 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -572,11 +572,12 @@ "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 10 November 2019 with a runoff on 24 November 2019 (next to be held in November 2024); prime minister appointed by the president with consent of Parliament" + "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held in November 2024, but results were annulled, with new election expected in early 2025; prime minister appointed by the president with consent of Parliament" }, "election results": { "text": "
2019: Klaus IOHANNIS reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Klaus IOHANNIS (PNL) 66.1%, Viorica DANCILA (PSD) 33.9%

2014: Klaus IOHANNIS elected president in second round; percent of vote - Klaus IOHANNIS (PNL) 54.4%, Victor PONTA (PSD) 45.6%" - } + }, + "note": "note: Romania's constitutional court has annulled the results of the most recent presidential election in November-December 2024, which resets the election cycle. A new election is expected in early 2025." }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { @@ -664,10 +665,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "9 (7 cultural, 2 natural)" + "text": "11 (9 cultural, 2 natural)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Danube Delta (n); Churches of Moldavia (c); Monastery of Horezu (c); Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania (c); Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (c); Historic Center of Sighişoara (c); Wooden Churches of Maramureş (c); Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n); Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (c)" + "text": "

Danube Delta (n); Churches of Moldavia (c); Monastery of Horezu (c); Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania (c); Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (c); Historic Center of Sighişoara (c); Wooden Churches of Maramureş (c); Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (n); Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (c); Brâncuși Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu (c); Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index 8d55e829..d50dbe1b 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -469,10 +469,10 @@ "text": "Congress of State elected by the Grand and General Council" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "co-chiefs of state (captains regent) indirectly elected by the Grand and General Council for a single 6-month term; election last held in March 2024 (next to be held in September 2024; Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs indirectly elected by the Grand and General Council for a single 5-year term; election last held on 28 December 2019 (next to be held by November 2024)" + "text": "co-chiefs of state (captains regent) indirectly elected by the Grand and General Council for a single 6-month term; election last held on 1 October 2024 (next to be held in March 2025); Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs indirectly elected by the Grand and General Council for a single 5-year term; election last held on 28 December 2019" }, "election results": { - "text": "March 2024:  Alessandro ROSSI (Demos) and Milena GASPERONI (We for the Republic) elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA

September 2023: Filippo TAMAGNINI and Gaetano TROINA elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA

2019: Luca BECCARI (PDCS) elected Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA" + "text": "October 2024:  Francesca CIVERCHIA (PDCS) and Dalibor RICCARDI (Free San Marino) elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA

March 2024:  Alessandro ROSSI (Demos) and Milena GASPERONI (We for the Republic) elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA

September 2023: Filippo TAMAGNINI and Gaetano TROINA elected captains regent; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA

2019: Luca BECCARI (PDCS) elected Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs; percent of Grand and General Council vote - NA" }, "note": "note: the captains regent preside over meetings of the Grand and General Council and its cabinet (Congress of State), which has seven other members who are selected by the Grand and General Council; assisting the captains regent are seven secretaries of state; the secretary of state for Foreign Affairs has some prime ministerial roles" }, diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index b2f4aee6..cfe6b332 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -637,10 +637,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "27 (25 cultural, 2 natural)" + "text": "28 (26cultural, 2 natural)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Persepolis (c); Tchogha Zanbil (c); Bam and its Cultural Landscape (c); Golestan Palace (c); Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (c); Pasargadae (c); Hyrcanian Forests (n); Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex (c); Meidan Emam, Esfahan (c); Bisotun (c)" + "text": "

Persepolis (c); Tchogha Zanbil (c); Bam and its Cultural Landscape (c); Golestan Palace (c); Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (c); Pasargadae (c); Hyrcanian Forests (n); Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex (c); Meidan Emam, Esfahan (c); Bisotun (c); Takht-e Soleyman (c); Soltaniyeh(c); Bisotun (c); Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran(c); Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil (c); The Persian Garden (c); Gonbad-e Qābus (c); Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan (c); Shahr-i Sokhta (c); Cultural Landscape of Maymand (c); Susa (c); Lut Desert (n);The Persian Qanat (c); Historic City of Yazd (c); Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (c); Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat (c); Trans-Iranian Railway (c); The Persian Caravanserai (c); Hegmataneh (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 0f4bb6b2..cf202ea8 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -658,10 +658,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "6 (5 cultural, 1 mixed)" + "text": "7 (6 cultural, 1 mixed)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Petra (c); Quseir Amra (c); Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (c); Wadi Rum Protected Area (m); Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) (c); As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality (c)" + "text": "

Petra (c); Quseir Amra (c); Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (c); Wadi Rum Protected Area (m); Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) (c); As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality (c); Umm Al-Jimāl (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 0a0639e6..1df51cb7 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -640,10 +640,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "7 (6 cultural, 1 natural)" + "text": "7 (7 cultural, 1 natural)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ) (c); At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah (c); Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah (c); Rock Art in the Hail Region (c); Al-Ahsa Oasis (c); Ḥimā Cultural Area (c); ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid (n)" + "text": "

Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ) (c); At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah (c); Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah (c); Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia (c); Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape (c); Ḥimā Cultural Area (c); ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid (n);The Cultural Landscape of Al-Faw Archaeological Area (c)

" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index bfa78bc1..798ebec3 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -675,10 +675,10 @@ }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { - "text": "19 (17 cultural, 2 mixed)" + "text": "21 (19 cultural, 2 mixed)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { - "text": "Archaeological Site of Troy (c); Ephesus (c); Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape (c); Hierapolis-Pamukkale (m); Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (m); Göbekli Tepe (c); Historic Areas of Istanbul (c); Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex (c); Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük (c); Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire (c); Gordion (c)" + "text": "

Archaeological Site of Troy (c); Ephesus (c); Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape (c); Hierapolis-Pamukkale (m); Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (m); Göbekli Tepe (c); Historic Areas of Istanbul (c); Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex (c); Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük (c); Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire (c); Gordion (c); Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği (c); Hattusha: the Hittite Capital (c); Nemrut Dağ (c);  Xanthos-Letoon (c); City of Safranbolu (c); Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape (c); Ephesus (c); Archaeological Site of Ani (c); Aphrodisias (c); Arslantepe Mound (c); Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia (c); Turkmenistan (c)

" } } }, @@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "mandatory military service for men at age 20; service can be delayed if in university or in certain professions (researchers, professionals, and athletic, or those with artistic talents have the right to postpone military service until the age of 35); 6-12 months service; women may volunteer (2023)", - "note": "note 1: after completing six months of service, if a conscripted soldier wants to and is suitable for extending his military service, he may do so for an additional six months in return for a monthly salary; all male Turkish citizens over the age of 20 are required to undergo a one month military training period, but they can obtain an exemption from the remaining 5 months of their mandatory service by paying a fee 

note 2: as of 2020, women made up about 0.3% of the military's full-time personnel" + "note": "note 1: after completing six months of service, if a conscripted soldier wants to and is suitable for extending his military service, he may do so for an additional six months in return for a monthly salary; all male Turkish citizens over the age of 20 are required to undergo a one month military training period, but they can obtain an exemption from the remaining 5 months of their mandatory service by paying a fee 

note 2: as of 2021, women made up about 0.4% of the military's full-time personnel" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "approximately 150 (Azerbaijan; monitoring cease-fire, clearing mines); 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR); approximately 30-35,000 Cyprus; 800 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 130 Lebanon (UNIFIL); estimated 500 Libya; up to 5,000 Qatar; approximately 200 Somalia (training mission) (2023)", diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index eac1c5bc..bc9c859e 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ "text": "has 20 commercial, government, and private space ports hosting Federal Aviation Administration-licensed activity spread across 10 states (Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia) (2024)" }, "Space program overview": { - "text": "has a large and comprehensive space program and is one of the world’s top space powers; builds, launches, and operates space launch vehicles (SLVs)/rockets and the full spectrum of spacecraft, including interplanetary probes, manned craft, reusable rockets, satellites, space stations, and space planes; has an astronaut program and a large corps of astronauts; researching and developing a broad range of other space-related capabilities and technologies, such as advanced telecommunications and optics, navigational aids, propulsion, robotics, solar sails, space-based manufacturing, and robotic satellite repair/refueling; has launched orbital or lander probes to the Sun and all planets in the solar system, as well as to asteroids and beyond the solar system; has international missions and projects with dozens of countries and organizations, including such major partners as Canada, Japan, Russia, and South Korea, as well as the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU, and their individual member states; as of November 2024, nearly 50 countries had signed onto the US-led Artemis Accords, whose purpose is to establish principles, guidelines, and best practices to enhance the governance of the civil exploration and use of outer space with the intention of advancing the Artemis Program, an international effort to establish a sustainable and robust presence on the Moon and an onward human mission to Mars; the US commercial space industry is one of the world’s largest and most capable and is active across the entire spectrum of US government space programs; the majority of both NASA and US military space launches are conducted by US commercial companies; the US space economy was valued at over $200 billion in 2021 (2024)", + "text": "has a large and comprehensive space program and is one of the world’s top space powers; builds, launches, and operates space launch vehicles (SLVs)/rockets and the full spectrum of spacecraft, including interplanetary probes, manned craft, reusable rockets, satellites, space stations, and space planes; has an astronaut program and a large corps of astronauts; researching and developing a broad range of other space-related capabilities and technologies, such as advanced telecommunications and optics, navigational aids, propulsion, robotics, solar sails, space-based manufacturing, and robotic satellite repair/refueling; has launched orbital or lander probes to the Sun and all planets in the solar system, as well as to asteroids and beyond the solar system; has international missions and projects with dozens of countries and organizations, including such major partners as Canada, Japan, Russia, and South Korea, as well as the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU, and their individual member states; as of December 2024, more than 50 countries had signed onto the US-led Artemis Accords, whose purpose is to establish principles, guidelines, and best practices to enhance the governance of the civil exploration and use of outer space with the intention of advancing the Artemis Program, an international effort to establish a sustainable and robust presence on the Moon and an onward human mission to Mars; the US commercial space industry is one of the world’s largest and most capable and is active across the entire spectrum of US government space programs; the majority of both NASA and US military space launches are conducted by US commercial companies; the US space economy was valued at over $200 billion in 2021 (2024)", "note": "note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide" } }, diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index 67084b7a..9d851c83 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ "text": "unicameral National Assembly (70 seats; 40 members directly elected in single-seat, nationwide constituencies, 25 directly elected in multi-seat constituencies -- all by closed-list proportional representation vote, 2 non-elected ministers, 2 non-elected parliamentary secretaries, and the speaker; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "ast held on 2 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" + "text": "last held on 2 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party - PPP/C 50.69%, APNU-AFC 47.34%, LJP 0.58%, ANUG 0.5%, TNM 0.05%, other 0.84%; seats by party - PPP/C 33, APNU-AFC 31, LJP-ANUG-TNM 1; composition - men 43, women 28, percentage women 39.4%; note - the initial results were declared invalid and a partial recount was conducted from 6 May to 8 June 2020, in which PPP/C was declared the winner" diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index fa5295c3..9d30b36d 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -605,8 +605,7 @@ }, "election results": { "text": "
percent of vote by party/coalition - NA; seats by party/coalition - Free Peru 32, Popular Force 24, AP 15, APP 15, AvP 10, RP 9, Democratic Peru 7, We Are Peru 5, PP 5, JP 5, Purple Party 3; composition - men 80, women 50, percentage women 40%" - }, - "note": "note: seats by party/coalition as of January 2024 - Popular Force 23, Free Peru 16, AP 14, APP 11, AvP 9, Democratic Peru 9, RP 9, SP 6, PP 6, PB 5; BMCN 9, independent 25" + } }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index 66ff05a4..40b7c93c 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president in consultation with the prime minister" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president directly elected by preferential majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 21 September 2024 (next to be held in 2029)" + "text": "president directly elected by preferential majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 21 September 2024 (next to be held in 2029); prime minister appointed by the president" }, "election results": { "text": "
2024: Anura Kumara DISSANAYAKE elected president; percent of vote after reallocation - Anura Kumara DISSANAYAKE (JVP) 55.9%, Sajith PREMADASA (SJB) 44.1%

2022: Ranil WICKREMESINGHE elected president by Parliament on 20 July 2022; Parliament vote - WICKREMESINGHE (UNP) 134, Dullas ALAHAPPERUMA (SLPP) 82


 

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