diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index dbe378b6..56746ac0 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Algerian People's National Army (ANP): Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes coast guard), Air Forces, Territorial Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard; Ministry of National Defense: National Gendarmerie, Municipal Guard; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (2021)" + "text": "Algerian People's National Army (ANP): Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes coast guard), Air Forces, Territorial Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard (under ANP, but responsible to the President), National Gendarmerie; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2019": { @@ -1137,10 +1137,10 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Algerian People's National Army (ANP) has approximately 130,000 total active personnel (110,000 Army; 6,000 Navy; 14,000 Air Force); est. 50,000 Gendarmerie; est. 90,000 Municipal Guard (2021)" + "text": "the Algerian People's National Army (ANP) has approximately 130,000 total active personnel (110,000 Army; 6,000 Navy; 14,000 Air Force); estimated 140,000 National Gendarmerie (information varies widely) (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the ANP's inventory includes mostly Russian-sourced equipment; since 2010, Russia is by far the leading supplier of armaments to Algeria, followed by China and Germany (2020)" + "text": "the ANP's inventory includes mostly Russian-sourced equipment; since 2010, Russia is the leading supplier of armaments to Algeria, followed by China and Germany (2020)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 19-30 years of age for compulsory service; conscript service obligation reduced from 18 to 12 months in 2014 (2019)" diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index cebcddd6..5a34d8be 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ "text": "2124 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 232-6656/(202) 232-2611" + "text": "[1] (202) 232-6656; [1] (202) 232-2611" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 265-1996" diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index adaaf97d..b86c0c23 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ "text": "1100 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 725, Washington DC 20036" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 234-7690 through 7691" + "text": "[1] (202) 234-7690; [1] (202) 234-7691" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 234-2609" @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ "text": "
https://www.ambardcusa.org/" }, "representative office": { - "text": "New York New York" + "text": "New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 58a49a2b..95432cd9 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ "text": "18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation - 18-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 15 (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

since 2011, the Egyptian Armed Forces, police, and other security forces have been actively engaged in counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province; as of early 2020, Egypt reportedly had over 40,000 troops plus thousands of police and other security personnel deployed to the Sinai for internal security duties

the military has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, and shipping lines, producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing

the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) has operated in the Sinai since 1982 as a peacekeeping and monitoring force to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace; the MFO is an independent international organization, created by agreement between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel; it is composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries" + "text": "

since 2011, the Egyptian Armed Forces, police, and other security forces have been actively engaged in counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province; as of early 2020, Egypt reportedly had over 40,000 troops plus thousands of police and other security personnel deployed to the Sinai for internal security duties

the military has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, and shipping lines, producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing

the Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) has operated in the Sinai since 1982 as a peacekeeping and monitoring force to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace; the MFO is an independent international organization, created by agreement between Egypt and Israel; as of 2021, it was composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index 1adcc4b5..52746a13 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct callups when necessary and compliance is compulsory (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "each of the nine states has a regional and/or a \"special\" paramilitary security force that report to regional civilian authorities; local militias operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with these regional security and police forces, the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP), and the Ethiopian military; the EFP reports to the Ministry of Peace, which was created in October of 2018

Ethiopia faces considerable ethnic violence in some regions, including Oromo, where the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has conducted numerous attacks targeting the Amhara ethnic group; the OLA, assessed to number in the low thousands, broke off from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), an opposition party that spent years in exile but was allowed to return to Ethiopia after ABIY took office in 2018

in November 2020, the Ethiopian Government launched military operations against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – an ethnically-based political entity that runs the Tigray regional government and had its own paramilitary security forces; the TPLF had increasingly challenged the authority of the Federal Government; the TPLF’s security forces date back to the 1980s when it led the guerrilla movement that brought the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front coalition to power; during the fighting, the Ethiopian Government allowed ethnic Amhara and Afar militias to attack the TLPF (now merged into the Tigray Defense Forces, TDF); in addition, it invited Eritrean military forces to join in the fighting; Ethiopian and Eritrean military forces, as well as ethnic militias, have all been accused of committing atrocities against Tigrayan civilians during the fighting, which continued into 2021

" + "text": "each of the nine states has a regional and/or a \"special\" paramilitary security forces that report to regional civilian authorities; local militias operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with these regional security and police forces, the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP), and the Ethiopian military; the EFP reports to the Ministry of Peace, which was created in October of 2018

Ethiopia faces considerable ethnic violence in some regions, including Oromo, where the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has conducted numerous attacks targeting the Amhara ethnic group; the OLA, assessed to number in the low thousands, broke off from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), an opposition party that spent years in exile but was allowed to return to Ethiopia after ABIY took office in 2018

in November 2020, the Ethiopian Government launched military operations against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – an ethnically-based political entity that runs the Tigray regional government and had its own paramilitary security forces; the TPLF had increasingly challenged the authority of the Federal Government; the TPLF’s security forces date back to the 1980s when it led the guerrilla movement that brought the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front coalition to power; during the fighting, the Ethiopian Government allowed ethnic Amhara and Afar militias to attack the TLPF (now merged into the Tigray Defense Forces, TDF); in addition, it invited Eritrean military forces to join in the fighting; Ethiopian and Eritrean military forces, as well as ethnic militias, have all been accused of committing atrocities against Tigrayan civilians during the fighting, which continued into 2021

" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 680da660..e5921a2a 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ "text": "5630 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 785-1399/(202) 785-1428" + "text": "[1] (202) 785-1399; [1] (202) 785-1428" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 785-1430" diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 8741b9ed..4f71b14e 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador Lazarus Ombai AMAYO (since 17 July 2020)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "2249 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" + "text": "1616 P Street NW, Suite 340, Washington, DC 20036" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 387-6101" @@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 462-3829" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
information@kenyaembassydc.org

https://kenyaembassydc.org/#" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Los Angeles" }, diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index baa61003..1ea0bc3c 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador George PATTEN (since 11 January 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador George S.W. PATTEN, Sr. (since 11 January 2019)" }, "chancery": { "text": "5201 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011" @@ -598,6 +598,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 723-0436" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@liberiaemb.org

http://www.liberianembassyus.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index a7b64650..12420f73 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Charge D'Affaires AD Interim- Masopha Phoofolo Moses KAO, Counselor (28 May 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Masopha Phoofolo Moses KAO,  Counselor (28 May 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2511 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -582,6 +582,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 234-6815" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
lesothoembassy@verizon.net

https://www.gov.ls/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 0589e42c..9599d205 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -523,13 +523,16 @@ "text": "

Ambassador Wafa M.T. BUGHAIGHIS (since 29 November 2017)

" }, "chancery": { - "text": "

1460 Dahlia Street NW, Washington, DC

" + "text": "

1460 Dahlia Street NW, Washington, DC 20012

" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 944-9601" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 944-9606" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@embassyoflibyadc.com

https://www.embassyoflibyadc.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 043da56c..ae2270d0 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -615,6 +615,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 265-3034" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
contact@us-madagascar-embassy.org

https://www.us-madagascar-embassy.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index 1f083514..74f91218 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 721-0288" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
malawiembassy-dc.org

http://www.malawiembassy-dc.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index 82a410f3..4aa2cda8 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -608,10 +608,13 @@ "text": "2130 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 332-2249, 939-8950" + "text": "[1] (202) 332-2249" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-6603" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
infos@mali.embassy.us

https://www.maliembassy.us/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index cdef9b5c..44d25082 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -637,6 +637,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 462-7643" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
Washingtonembbmorocco@maec.gov.ma

https://www.embassyofmorocco.us/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } @@ -1186,6 +1189,9 @@ "text": "Royal Armed Forces: Royal Moroccan Army, Royal Moroccan Navy (includes Coast Guard, marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force, Morroccan Royal Guard (provides security for the royal family; officially part of the Royal Army); Royal Morroccan Gendarmerie (Ministry of Defense); Mobile Intervention Corps (a motorized paramilitary security force under the Ministry of Interior that supplements the military and the police as needed) (2020)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2020": { + "text": "3.8% of GDP (2020 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "3.1% of GDP (2019)" }, @@ -1197,9 +1203,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2016": { "text": "3.2% of GDP (2016)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2015": { - "text": "3.2% of GDP (2015)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index c13c9146..7ee825ae 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -558,10 +558,13 @@ "text": "1709 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; administrative offices at 3201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 441, Washington, DC 20036" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 244-1491 through 1492" + "text": "[1] (202) 244-1491; [1] (202) 244-1492" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 966-0983" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
mauritius.embassy@verizon.net; washingtonemb@govmu.org

https://mauritius-washington.govmu.org/Pages/index.aspx" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index a7b21855..e80d9d86 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -608,16 +608,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge D'Affaires Ad Interim Jiddou JIDDOU (since 24 June 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Jiddou JIDDOU, First Secretary (since 24 June 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2129 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 232-5700 through 5701" + "text": "[1] (202) 232-5700" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 319-2623" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
office@mauritaniaembassyus.com

http://mauritaniaembassyus.com/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 3da4f055..2b96f7a8 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -613,10 +613,13 @@ "text": "1525 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 293-7146" + "text": "[1] (202) 293-7147" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 835-0245" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington.dc@embamoc.gov.mz

https://usa.embamoc.gov.mz/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index d23ef2a1..56fba73b 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -606,16 +606,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Mahamane Bachir FIFI (since 16 December 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Mahamane Bachir FIFI, Minister (since 16 December 2020)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2204 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 483-4224 through 4227" + "text": "[1] (202) 483-4224" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 483-3169" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
communication@embassyofniger.org

http://www.embassyofniger.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index d4d538c6..4bfdea9b 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -607,17 +607,20 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Jane Bassey ADAMS (since 2 December 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador Uzoma Elizabeth EMENIKE (since 7 July 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3519 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 516-4277" + "text": "[1] (202) 800-7201 (ext. 100)" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 362-6541" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@nigeriaembassyusa.org

https://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, New York" } diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index 7509bbf8..9fd6ed81 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -551,13 +551,16 @@ "text": "Ambassador Philip Jada NATANA (since 17 September 2018)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "1015 31st Street NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC 20007" + "text": "1015 31st Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20007" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 293-7940" + "text": "[1] (202) 600-2238" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 293-7941" + "text": "[1] (202) 644-9910" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info.ssdembassy@gmail.com

https://www.southsudanembassyusa.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index 3e0132ca..46853319 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -586,13 +586,16 @@ "text": "Ambassador Mathilde MUKANTABANA (since 18 July 2013)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 418, Washington, DC 20009" + "text": "1714 New Hampshire Avenue NW,  Washington, DC 20009" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 232-2882" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 232-4544" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@rwandaembassy.org

https://rwandaembassy.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index 4a62c5dc..73c010d2 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Ronald Jean JUMEAU (since 8 September 2017)       
       " + "text": "Ambassador Ronald Jean JUMEAU (since 8 September 2017)       " }, "chancery": { "text": "800 Second Avenue, Suite 400C, New York, NY 10017" @@ -535,6 +535,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 972-1786" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
seychelles@un.int" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index ed16238e..4abe7b46 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -602,7 +602,10 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 232-4400" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 265-1607" + "text": "[1] (202) 265-1607; [1] (202) 387-9854" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://www.saembassy.org/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York" diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index a757be3a..5dfae9ff 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Mansour KANE (since 6 January 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador Mansour Elimane KANE (since 6 January 2020)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2215 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007" @@ -623,6 +623,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 629-2961" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
contact@ambasenegal-us.org

http://www.ambasenegal-us.org/index.php" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Houston, New York" } diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index 6f4a90aa..abd8c3ec 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -595,16 +595,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Sidique Abou-Bakarr WAI (since 4 April 2008)" + "text": "Ambassador Sidique Abou-Bakarr WAI (since 8 April 2019)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "1701 19th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009" + "text": "1701 19th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009-1605" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 939-9261 through 9263" + "text": "[1] (202) 939-9261" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 483-1793" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@embassyofsierraleone.net

https://embassyofsierraleone.net/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 9e052ea4..13de29ab 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -557,10 +557,13 @@ "text": "Ambassador Ali Sharif AHMED (since 16 September 2019)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "1705 DeSales Street NW, Suite 300,Washington, DC 20036" + "text": "1609 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 296-0570, [1] (202) 833-1523" + "text": "[1] (202) 853-9164" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@somaliembassydc.net

https://somaliembassydc.net/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -1023,8 +1026,8 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "estimates for the size of the Somali National Army (SNA) vary widely, from a low of about 10,000 to a high of some 25,000 due to inconsistent internal reporting and the ongoing attempts to integrate various militias (2020)", - "note": "note(s): a significant portion of the SNA is comprised of local militia forces that lack the discipline, structure, weapons, and overall capabilities for effective military operations; two effective SNA units are the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Brigade and the Turkish-trained Gorgor \"Eagle\" Special Division; in December of 2020, the Danab Brigade numbered about 1,150 personnel with plans for it to eventually have as many as 3,000 troops; the Gorgor Division was estimated to have 4,500-5,000 trained troops in early 2021

--in 2017, the Somali Government announced a plan for the SNA to eventually number about 18,000 troops; the same plan called for 32,000 federal and regional police" + "text": "estimates for the size of the Somali National Army (SNA) vary widely, from a low of about 10,000 to a high of some 25,000 due to inconsistent internal reporting and the ongoing attempts to integrate various militias (2021)", + "note": "note(s): a significant portion of the SNA is comprised of local militia forces that lack the discipline, structure, weapons, and overall capabilities for effective military operations; two effective SNA units are the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Brigade and the Turkish-trained Gorgor \"Eagle\" Special Division; in December of 2020, the Danab Brigade numbered about 1,150 personnel with plans for it to eventually have as many as 3,000 troops; the Gorgor Division was estimated to have 4,500-5,000 trained troops in early 2021; in 2017, the Government of Turkey said it intended to provide training for 10,000 Somalis

--in 2017, the Somali Government announced a plan for the SNA to eventually number about 18,000 troops; the same plan called for 32,000 federal and regional police" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the SNA is lightly armed with an inventory that includes a variety of older, second-hand equipment largely from Italy, Russia, South Africa, and the UK; since 2015, it has received small quantities of second-hand equipment from up to 10 different countries, usually as aid/donations (2020)" diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index b83c2dac..5c865dd9 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -619,6 +619,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 667-2406" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
consular@sudanembassy.org

https://www.sudanembassy.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index af260bf6..e6340dd1 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -619,6 +619,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 232-3190" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embassyoftogo@hotmail.com

https://embassyoftogousa.com/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index 54da5136..e2c87f12 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -591,6 +591,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 651-8117" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
rdstppmun@gmail.com" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index 41e960fb..49a35d5c 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -610,16 +610,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge D'Affaires Ad Interim Jean Abel MSABILA (since 21 May 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Jean Abel MSABILA, Counselor (since 21 May 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "1232 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 939-6125" + "text": "[1] (202) 884-1080, [1] (202) 939-6125, [1] (202) 939-6127" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 797-7408" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
ubalozi@tanzaniaembassy-us.org

https://tanzaniaembassy-us.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index 55a596d0..3b58170a 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 986-0443" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@namibiaembassyusa.org

https://namibiaembassyusa.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 4e4768f7..8f5dfbf0 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -546,10 +546,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Hakainde Hichilema (since 16 August 2021); Vice President Mutale Nalumango (since 16 August 2021) note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" + "text": "President Hakainde HICHILEMA (since 24 August 2021); Vice President Mutale NALUMANGO (since 24 August 2021) note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Hakainde Hichilema (since 16 August 2021); Vice President Mutale Nalumango (since 16 August 2021)" + "text": "President Hakainde HICHILEMA (since 24 August 2021); Vice President Mutale NALUMANGO (since 24 August 2021) note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed by president from among members of the National Assembly" @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); last held on 12 August 2021 (next to be held in 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Hakainde Hichilema (United Party for National Development) wins 57.9% of the vote and incumbent Edgar Lungu (Patriotic Front) 37.3% 
" + "text": "Hakainde HICHILEMA (UPND) wins 57.9% of the vote and incumbent Edgar LUNGU (PF) 37.3%, other 4.8%" } }, "Judicial branch": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index a65f99f0..d354c0aa 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -543,16 +543,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Janice MOSE" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Janice Mose KEMAKEZA" }, "chancery": { - "text": "800 Second Avenue, Suite 400L, New York, NY 10017" + "text": "685 Third Avenue, 11th Floor, Suite 1102, New York, NY 10017" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (212) 599-6192, 6193" + "text": "[1] (212) 599-6192; [1] (212) 599-6193" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 661-8925" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
simun@solomons.com" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index 83da26f0..82090143 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -511,8 +511,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 223-4391" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
dcmission@fsmembassy.fm

https://fsmembassy.fm/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Honolulu, Tamuning (Guam)" + "text": "Honolulu, Portland (OR), Tamuning (Guam)" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index 6e8bc347..3688af41 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -533,13 +533,16 @@ "text": "

Ambassador Teburoro TITO (since 24 January 2018)

" }, "chancery": { - "text": "800 Second Avenue, Suite 400A, New York, NY 10017" + "text": "685 Third Avenue, Suite 1109, New York, NY 10017" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1](212)867-3310" + "text": "[1] (212) 867-3310" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1](212)867-3320" + "text": "[1] (212) 867-3320" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
Kimission.newyork@mfa.gov.ki" }, "note": "note - the Kiribati Permanent Mission to the UN serves as the embassy" }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index 494dd9be..b885e5e9 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -491,13 +491,16 @@ "text": "Ambassador Marlene Inemwin MOSES (since 13 March 2006)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "800 2nd Avenue, Suite 400 D, New York, NY 10017" + "text": "800 2nd Avenue, Third Floor, New York, NY 10017" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (212) 937-0074" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 937-0079" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
nauru@onecommonwealth.org

https://www.un.int/nauru/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index e0dbd7a9..611fec46 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -557,10 +557,13 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 328-4800" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 667-5227" + "text": "[1] (202) 667-5277" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
wshinfo@mfat.govt.nz

https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/americas/united-states-of-america/" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Honolulu (HI), Los Angeles, New York" + "text": "Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index 03669e63..54b771a1 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -535,14 +535,17 @@ "text": "Ambassador Hersey KYOTA (since 12 November 1997)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "1701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036" + "text": "1701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 452-6814" + "text": "[1] (202) 349-8598" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 452-6281" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@palauembassy.org

https://www.palauembassy.org/" + }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "Tamuning (Guam)" } diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index 8eaf98a3..530abdb0 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador Gerald M. ZACKIOS (since 16 September 2016)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "2433 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 1st Floor, Washington, DC 20008" + "text": "2433 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 234-5414" @@ -559,11 +559,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 232-3236" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@rmiembassyus.org

https://www.rmiembassyus.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Honolulu, Springdale (AR)" - }, - "consulate(s)": { - "text": "Agana (Guam)" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index bb47d5a1..b2995bc4 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -571,6 +571,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (917) 369-1024" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
tongaunmission@aol.com" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "San Francisco" } diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index 06b164d9..cf118ba8 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -565,14 +565,17 @@ "text": "Ambassador Pa’olelei LUTERU (since 7 July 2021)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "800 Second Avenue, Suite 400J, New York, NY 10017" + "text": "685 Third Avenue, 44th Street, 11th Floor, Suite 1102, New York, NY 10017" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (212) 599-6196 through 6197" + "text": "[1] (212) 599-6196" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 599-0797" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
samoanymission@outlook.com

https://www.un.int/samoa/samoa/embassy-independent-state-samoa-united-states-america" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Pago Pago (American Samoa)" } diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index e8558b64..db7e543c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -499,9 +499,6 @@ }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Miami, New York, Washington, DC" - }, - "honorary consulate(s)": { - "text": "Aurora (CO), Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 2f723ad8..305313af 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (57 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - corresponding to the country's 7 provinces - by closed party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 4 February 2018 (next to be held in February 2022)" + "text": "last held on 4 February 2018 (next to be held on 6 February 2022)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote by party - PLN 19.5%, PRN 18.2%, PAC 16.3%, PUSC 14.6%, PIN 7.7%, PRS 4.2%, PFA 4%, ADC 2.5%, ML 2.3%, PASE 2.3%, PNG 2.2%, other 6.2%; seats by party - PLN 17, PRN 14, PAC 10, PUSC 9, PIN 4, PRS 2, PFA 1; composition - men 31, women 26, percent of women 45.6%" @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ "text": "Cabinet selected by the president" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "president and vice presidents directly elected on the same ballot by modified majority popular vote (40% threshold) for a 4-year term (eligible for non-consecutive terms); election last held on 4 February 2018 with a runoff on 1 April 2018 (next to be held in February 2022)" + "text": "president and vice presidents directly elected on the same ballot by modified majority popular vote (40% threshold) for a 4-year term (eligible for non-consecutive terms); election last held on 4 February 2018 with a runoff on 1 April 2018 (next to be held on 6 February 2022)" }, "election results": { "text": "
2018: Carlos ALVARADO Quesada elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Fabricio ALVARADO Munoz (PRN) 25%; Carlos ALVARADO Quesada (PAC) 21.6%; Antonio ALVAREZ (PLN) 18.6%; Rodolfo PIZA (PUSC) 16%; Juan Diego CASTRO (PIN) 9.5%; Rodolfo HERNANDEZ (PRS) 4.9%, other 4.4%; percent of vote in second round - Carlos ALVARADO Quesada (PAC) 60.7%; Fabricio ALVARADO Munoz (PRN) 39.3%

2014: Luis Guillermo SOLIS Rivera elected president; percent of vote - Luis Guillermo SOLIS Rivera (PAC) 77.8%; Johnny ARAYA (PLN) 22.2%" @@ -608,9 +608,6 @@ "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Washington DC" }, - "consulate(s)": { - "text": "Saint Paul (MN), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Tucson (AZ)" - }, "honorary consulate(s)": { "text": "San Juan (Puerto Rico), Saint Paul (MN), Tucson (AZ)" } diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index 5fbbdb7d..37cc6f42 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (32 seats; members elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms; note - electoral system changes by the Central Election Commission are being challenged by the ruling party and opposition)
House of Representatives or Camara de Diputados (190 seats; 178 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method, 5 members in a nationwide constituency and 7 diaspora members directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (32 seats; 26 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, and 6 members indirectly elected based upon province-wide party plurality votes for its candidates to the Chamber of Deputies; all members serve 4-year terms; note - in 2019, the Central Election Commission changed the electoral system for seats in26 constituencies to direct simple majority but retained indirect election for the remaining 6 constituencies; previously all 32 members were indirectly elected; the change had been challenged by the ruling and opposition parties)
House of Representatives or Camara de Diputados (190 seats; 178 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method, 5 members in a nationwide constituency and 7 diaspora members directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "
Senate - last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held 2024)
House of Representatives - last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held in 2024); note - the 2020 election was rescheduled from 17 May to 5 July 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic" @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ "text": "1715 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 332-6280, 660-2263" + "text": "[1] (202) 332-6280, [1] (202) 660-2263" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 265-8057" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index 2e444f78..7f74975d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ "text": "1627 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 939-6570, 6573" + "text": "[1] (202) 939-6570; [1] (202) 939-6573" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 939-6545" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 70f44939..5ee38702 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -597,6 +597,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 483-8413" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@embassyofpanama.org

https://www.embassyofpanama.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Houston, Miami, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, Washington DC" } diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index 6a9ee773..495b6893 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -532,14 +532,17 @@ "text": "Ambassador Anton Edsel EDMUNDS (since 8 September 2017)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "1628 K Street NW, Suite 1250, Washington, DC 20006" + "text": "1629 K Street NW, Suite 1250, Washington, DC 20006" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 364-6792 through 6795" + "text": "[1] (202) 364-6792" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 364-6723" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embassydc@gosl.gov.lc

https://www.embassyofstlucia.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index b3d0c455..44fe2bbc 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador Anthony Wayne Jerome PHILLIPS-SPENCER, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) (since 27 June 2016)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "1708 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036" + "text": "1708 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036-1975" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 467-6490" @@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 785-3130" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embdcinfo@foreign.gov.tt

https://foreign.gov.tt/missions-consuls/tt-missions-abroad/diplomatic-missions/embassy-washington-dc-us/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Miami, New York" } diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index 38b5d789..6bbfb80e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -498,6 +498,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 364-6730" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
mail@embsvg.com

http://wa.embassy.gov.vc/washington/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index cb4e9cfe..094a44a9 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -564,6 +564,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 449-8275" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
kgembassy.usa@mfa.gov.kg; kgconsulate.washington@mfa.gov.kg

https://mfa.gov.kg/en/dm/-Embassy-of-the-Kyrgyz-Republic-in-the-USA-and-Canada" + }, "honorary consulate(s)": { "text": "Maple Valley (WA)" } diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 747db87e..33de112b 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 232-5845" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@mfa.kz

https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mfa-washington?lang=en" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index b73cb16c..ae69f478 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -611,13 +611,16 @@ "text": "2650 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 298-5700, 5701, 5704, 5708" + "text": "[1] (202) 298-5700" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 298-5735" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
rusembusa@mid.ru

https://washington.mid.ru/en/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Houston, New York, Seattle" + "text": "Houston, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index f35b575b..159bf1b7 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -577,10 +577,13 @@ "text": "1005 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 223-6090" + "text": "[1] (202) 223-6090; [1] (202) 223-2666" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 223-6091" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
tajemus@mfa.tj; tajikistan@verizon.net

https://mfa.tj/en/washington" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 73c38500..4b6ab002 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ "text": "2300 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 332-3344/(202) 332-4250" + "text": "[1] (202) 332-3344; [1] (202) 332-4250" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-4351" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index a87b54c0..8c6ca0e8 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -469,13 +469,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Council or Majlis Mesyuarat Negara Brunei (36 seats; members appointed by the sultan including 3 ex-officio members - the speaker and first and second secretaries; members appointed for 5-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral Legislative Council or Majlis Mesyuarat Negara Brunei (33 seats; 20 members appointed by the sultan  from ex-officio cabinet ministers, titled people, and prominent citizens in public service and various professional fields and 13 members from 4 multi-seat constituencies, and 3 ex-officio members - the speaker and first and second secretaries" }, "elections": { "text": "appointed by the sultan" }, "election results": { - "text": "NA; composition - men 33, women 3, percent of women 8.3%" + "text": "NA; composition (as of July 2021) - men 30, women 3, percent of women 9.1%" } }, "Executive branch": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index 364b3ff8..930a1dc9 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -572,8 +572,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 797-0595" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
generalusa@mofa.go.kr

https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/us-en/index.do" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Agana (Guam), Anchorage (AK), Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle" + "text": "Anchorage (AK), Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas (TX), Hagatna (Guam), Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index 42decc8d..c1200995 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -579,17 +579,20 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador KHAMPHAN Anlavan (since January 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador KHAMPHAN Anlavan (since 21 July 2019)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2222 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 332-6416" + "text": "[1] (202) 328-9148; [1] (202) 332-6416" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-4923" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embasslao@gmail.com; laoemb@verizon.net

https://laoembassy.com/" + }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "New York" } diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index 7e66ec19..c7756932 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 298-9227" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@mfa.gov.mn

http://mongolianembassy.us/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York, San Francisco" } @@ -1107,23 +1110,23 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): General Purpose Troops (Mongolian Army), Air/Air Defense Force, Cyber Security, Special Forces, Civil Engineering, Civil Defense Forces; Border Troops; Internal Security Troops (2020)" + "text": "Mongolian Armed Forces (Mongol ulsyn zevsegt huchin): General Purpose Troops (Mongolian Army), Air/Air Defense Force, Cyber Security, Special Forces, Civil Engineering, Civil Defense Forces; Border Troops; Internal Security Troops
(2020)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2019": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2019)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2019 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2018": { - "text": "0.7% of GDP (2018)" + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2018 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { - "text": "0.8% of GDP (2017)" + "text": "0.8% of GDP (2017 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2016": { - "text": "0.9% of GDP (2016)" + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2016 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2015": { - "text": "0.9% of GDP (2015)" + "text": "0.9% of GDP (2015 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { @@ -1133,7 +1136,8 @@ "text": "the MAF are armed with Soviet-era equipment supplemented by deliveries of second-hand Russian weapons (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "860 South Sudan (UNMISS); 230 Afghanistan (NATO) (Jan 2021)" + "text": "860 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021)

note - from 2003 to July 2021, about 3,300 Mongolian troops served in Afghanistan, including about 1,300 since 2015 under the NATO-led mission Resolute Support Mission ", + "note": "note - from 2003 to July 2021, about 3,300 Mongolian troops served in Afghanistan, including about 1,300 since 2015 under the NATO-led mission Resolute Support Mission " }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 1-year conscript service obligation in army or air forces or police for males only (can be exchanged for a 24‐month stint in the civil service or a tax voucher); after conscription, soldiers can contract into military service for 2 or 4 years; citizens can also voluntarily join the armed forces (2020)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index f77470f4..388a9840 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ "text": "King Sultan ABDULLAH Sultan Ahmad Shah (since 24 January 2019); note - King MUHAMMAD V (formerly known as Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra) (selected on 14 October 2016; installed on 13 December 2016) resigned on 6 January 2019; the position of the king is primarily ceremonial, but he is the final arbiter on the appointment of the prime minister" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister ISMAIL Sabri Yaakob (since 21 August 2021); note - Tan Sri MUHYIDDIN Yassin resigned on 16 August 2021" + "text": "Prime Minister Ismail SABRI Yaakob (since 21 August 2021); note - Tan Sri MUHYIDDIN Yassin resigned on 16 August 2021" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed by the prime minister from among members of Parliament with the consent of the king; note - cabinet dissolved 24 February 2020 with Prime Minister MAHATHIR resignation" @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Dato' AZMIL Zabidi (since February 2019)" + "text": "(vacant)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3516 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 572-9882" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
mwwashington@kln.gov.my

https://www.kln.gov.my/web/usa_washington/home" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Los Angeles, New York" } diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json index 08826dfd..e176ca53 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pg.json @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military - note": { - "text": "Spratly Islands consist of more than 100 small islands or reefs of which about 45 are claimed and occupied by China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam

China: assessed to have 7 outposts (Fiery Cross, Mischief, Subi, Cuarteron, Gavin, Hughes, and Johnson reefs); the outposts on Fiery Cross, Mischief, and Subi include air bases with helipads and aircraft hangers, naval port facilities, surveillance radars, air defense and anti-ship missile sites, and other military infrastructure such as communications, barracks, maintenance facilities, and ammunition and fuel bunkers

Malaysia:  assessed to have 5 outposts in the southern portion of the archipelago, closest to the Malaysian state of Sabah (Ardasier Reef, Eric Reef, Mariveles Reef, Shallow Reef, and Investigator Shoal); all the outposts have helicopter landing pads, while Shallow Reef also has an airstrip

Philippines: assessed to occupy 9 features (Commodore Reef, Second Thomas Shoal, Flat Island, Loaita Cay, Loaita Island, Nanshan Island, Northeast Cay, Thitu Island, and West York Island); Thitu Island has the only Philippine airstrip in the Spratlys

Taiwan: maintains an outpost with an airstrip on Itu Aba Island

Vietnam: assessed to occupy about 50 outposts spread across 27 features, including facilities on 21 rocks and reefs in the Spratlys, plus 14 platforms known as “economic, scientific, and technological service stations,” or Dịch vụ-Khoa (DK1), on six underwater banks to the southeast that Vietnam does not consider part of the disputed island chain, although China and Taiwan disagree; Spratly Islands outposts are on Alison Reef, Amboyna Cay, Barque Canada Reef, Central Reef, Collins Reef, Cornwallis South Reef, Discovery Great Reef, East Reef, Grierson Reef, Ladd Reef, Landsdowne Reef, Namyit Island, Pearson Reef, Petley Reef, Sand Cay, Sin Cowe Island, South Reef, Southwest Cay, Spratly Island, Tennent Reef, West Reef; Spratly Island includes an airstrip with aircraft hangers; the six underwater banks with outposts include Vanguard, Rifleman, Prince of Wales, Prince Consort, Grainger, and Alexandra; over the past few years, Vietnam has continued to make modest improvements to its outposts, including defensive positions and infrastructure

(2021)" + "text": "Spratly Islands consist of more than 100 small islands or reefs of which about 45 are claimed and occupied by China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam

China: assessed to have 7 outposts (Fiery Cross, Mischief, Subi, Cuarteron, Gavin, Hughes, and Johnson reefs); the outposts on Fiery Cross, Mischief, and Subi include air bases with helipads and aircraft hangers, naval port facilities, surveillance radars, air defense and anti-ship missile sites, and other military infrastructure such as communications, barracks, maintenance facilities, and ammunition and fuel bunkers

Malaysia:  assessed to have 5 outposts in the southern portion of the archipelago, closest to the Malaysian state of Sabah (Ardasier Reef, Eric Reef, Mariveles Reef, Shallow Reef, and Investigator Shoal); all the outposts have helicopter landing pads, while Shallow Reef also has an airstrip

Philippines: assessed to occupy 9 features (Commodore Reef, Second Thomas Shoal, Flat Island, Loaita Cay, Loaita Island, Nanshan Island, Northeast Cay, Thitu Island, and West York Island); Thitu Island has the only Philippine airstrip in the Spratlys

Taiwan: maintains an outpost with an airstrip on Itu Aba Island

Vietnam: assessed to occupy about 50 outposts spread across 27 features, including facilities on 21 rocks and reefs in the Spratlys, plus 14 platforms known as “economic, scientific, and technological service stations,” or Dịch vụ-Khoa (DK1), on six underwater banks to the southeast that Vietnam does not consider part of the disputed island chain, although China and Taiwan disagree; Spratly Islands outposts are on Alison Reef, Amboyna Cay, Barque Canada Reef, Central Reef, Collins Reef, Cornwallis South Reef, Discovery Great Reef, East Reef, Grierson Reef, Ladd Reef, Landsdowne Reef, Namyit Island, Pearson Reef, Petley Reef, Sand Cay, Sin Cowe Island, South Reef, Southwest Cay, Spratly Island, Tennent Reef, West Reef; Spratly Island includes an airstrip with aircraft hangers; the six underwater banks with outposts include Vanguard, Rifleman, Prince of Wales, Prince Consort, Grainger, and Alexandra; over the past few years, Vietnam has continued to make modest improvements to its outposts, including defensive positions and infrastructure

(2021)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 4c5a9ab8..b96196a4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -572,16 +572,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge D’Affaires Cephas KAYO (since 31 January 2018)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge D’Affaires Cephas KAYO, Minister (since 31 January 2018)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036" + "text": "1825 K Street NW, Suite 1010, Washington, DC 20006" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 745-3680" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 745-3679" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@pngembassy.org

http://www.pngembassy.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index 5ef6cded..ddf03470 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -613,6 +613,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 328-7614" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington.pe@dfa.gov.ph; consular@phembassy-us.org" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York, Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands), San Francisco, Tamuning (Guam)" } diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index 751d69cf..3927a53b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -559,6 +559,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 537-0876" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
singemb_was@mfa.sg

https://www.mfa.gov.sg/washington/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "San Francisco" }, @@ -1110,7 +1113,7 @@ "text": "maintains permanent training bases and detachments of military personnel in Australia, France, and the US (2020)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "18-21 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 1/2 years of age for voluntary enlistment (with parental consent); 2-year conscript service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 40 (enlisted) or age 50 (officers) (2019)" + "text": "18-21 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 1/2 years of age for voluntary enlistment (with parental consent); 2-year conscript service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 40 (enlisted) or age 50 (officers); women are not conscripted, but they are allowed to volunteer for all services and branches, including combat arms (2020)" }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the South China Sea as high risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; hijacked vessels are often disguised and cargo diverted to ports in East Asia; crews have been murdered or cast adrift; the Singapore Straits saw 23 attacks against commercial vessels in 2020, vessels were boarded in 22 of the 23 incidents, one crew was injured, another taken hostage and two threatened during these incidents" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index 51aafb5f..55d45314 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador MANATSAWI Sisodaphon (February 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador MANATSAWI Sisodaphon (since 17 February 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "1024 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20007" @@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 944-3611" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://thaiembdc.org" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York" } diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 18939326..8189f98e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Domingos Sarmento ALVES (since May 2014)" + "text": "Ambassador Isilio Antonio De Fatima COELHO DA SILVA (since 6 January 2020)" }, "chancery": { "text": "4201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 504, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 966-3205" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@timorlesteembassy.org

http://www.timorlesteembassy.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index cbaa6e47..97c3c5dd 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "none; commercial and cultural relations with its citizens in the US are maintained through an unofficial instrumentality, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), a private nonprofit corporation that performs citizen and consular services similar to those at diplomatic posts, represented by HSIAO Bi-khim (since 20 July 2020); office: 4201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016; telephone: [1] 202 895-1800" + "text": "none; commercial and cultural relations with its citizens in the US are maintained through an unofficial instrumentality, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), a private nonprofit corporation that performs citizen and consular services similar to those at diplomatic posts, represented by HSIAO Bi-khim (since 20 July 2020); office: 4201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016; telephone: [1] (202) 895-1800" }, "Taipei Economic and Cultural Offices (branch offices)": { "text": "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver (CO), Houston, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Seattle" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index 2ae0ebf8..6ad28c4e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2018": { - "text": "2.3% of GDP (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.36% of GDP (2018 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2017": { "text": "2.3% of GDP (2017)" diff --git a/europe/an.json b/europe/an.json index 1567074f..ad831251 100644 --- a/europe/an.json +++ b/europe/an.json @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ "text": "2 United Nations Plaza, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (212) 750-8064/8065" + "text": "[1] (212) 750-8064; [1] (212) 750-8065" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 750-6630" diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 3955c2f5..15816658 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "66 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 81,661 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" + "note": "note: 82,052 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index ac285615..b80acf65 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ "text": "1621 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 387-0174/(202) 299-0273/(202) 483-1386" + "text": "[1] (202) 387-0174; [1] (202) 299-0273, [1] (202) 483-1386" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 234-7973" diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index dc74b25f..c8493d90 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "5,557 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 1,209,491 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" + "note": "note: 1,209,645 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index ffee9ab6..d32757f4 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -595,16 +595,16 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 588-5899" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 588-8936/(202) 588-8936" + "text": "[1] (202) 588-8936; [1] (202) 588-8936" }, "email address and website": { "text": "
washington@mvep.hr

http://us.mvep.hr/en/" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, DC" + "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle (WA), Washington, DC" }, - "honorary consulate(s)": { - "text": "Houston, New Orleans, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Kansas City (MO)" + "consulate(s)": { + "text": "Anchorage (AL), Houston, Kansas City (MO), New Orleans, Pittsburgh (PA)" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 96590943..0a6646b1 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "3,000 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 558,676 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" + "note": "note: 560,848 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market; money laundering by organized crime and from smuggling" diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index 34224d83..ecce7ca3 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 735-0609" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://www.ambasada-ks.net/us/?page=2,1" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" }, diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index e9f1062e..f7e1a6df 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ "note": "etymology: of the several theories explaining the name's origin, the one relating to the city's role in Baltic and North Sea commerce is the most probable; the name is likely related to the Latvian word \"rija,\" meaning \"warehouse,\" where the 'j' became a 'g' under the heavy German influence in the city from the late Middle Ages to the early 20th century" }, "Administrative divisions": { - "text": "

35 municipalities (novadi, singular - novads) and 7 state cities (valstpilsetu pasvaldibas, singular valstspilsetas pasvaldiba)

municipalities: Adazi, Aizkraukle, Aluksne, Augsdaugava, Balvi, Bauska, Cesis, Dienvidkurzeme, Dobele, Gulbene, Jekabpils, Jelgava, Kekava, Kraslava, Kuldiga, Limbazi, Livani, Ludza, Madona, Marupe, Ogre, Olaine, Preili, Rezekne, Ropazi, Salaspils, Saldus, Saulkrasti, Sigulda, Smiltene, Talsi, Tukums, Valka, Valmiera, Ventspils

cities: Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jurmala, Liepaja, Rezekne, Riga, Ventspils

" + "text": "

36 municipalities (novadi, singular - novads) and 7 state cities (valstpilsetu pasvaldibas, singular valstspilsetas pasvaldiba)

municipalities: Adazi, Aizkraukle, Aluksne, Augsdaugava, Balvi, Bauska, Cesis, Dienvidkurzeme, Dobele, Gulbene, Jekabpils, Jelgava, Kekava, Kraslava, Kuldiga, Limbazi, Livani, Ludza, Madona, Marupe, Ogre, Olaine, Preili, Rezekne, Ropazi, Salaspils, Saldus, Saulkrasti, Sigulda, Smiltene, Talsi, Tukums, Valka, Valmiera, Varaklani, Ventspils

cities: Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jurmala, Liepaja, Rezekne, Riga, Ventspils

" }, "Independence": { "text": "18 November 1918 (from Soviet Russia); 4 May 1990 (declared from the Soviet Union); 6 September 1991 (recognized by the Soviet Union)" @@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Andris TEIKMANIS (since 16 September 2016)" + "text": "Ambassador Maris SELGA (since 16 September 2019)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2306 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -595,6 +595,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 328-2860" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embassy.usa@mfa.gov.lv

https://www2.mfa.gov.lv/en/usa" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index cbcab178..2d56e74e 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 328-0466" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@usa.mfa.lt

https://usa.mfa.lt/usa/en/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York" } diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index 0eb86c15..249f578a 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -555,6 +555,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 237-6438" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
emb.washington@mzv.sk

https://www.mzv.sk/web/washington-en" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Los Angeles, New York" } diff --git a/europe/ls.json b/europe/ls.json index 8c3cdc74..cd610856 100644 --- a/europe/ls.json +++ b/europe/ls.json @@ -471,6 +471,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 331-3221" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@embassyli.org

https://www.liechtensteinusa.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index 9106b194..2a5ddbbd 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Sylvie LUCAS (since 16 September 2016)" + "text": "Ambassador Gaston Pierre Jean STRONCK (since 16 September 2019)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2200 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -547,6 +547,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 328-8270" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington.amb@mae.etat.lu

https://washington.mae.lu/en.html" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York, San Francisco" } diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index 46ecd307..862dde46 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -575,7 +575,10 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 667-1130" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 667-1204" + "text": "[1] (202) 667-2624" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@mfa.gov.md

https://sua.mfa.gov.md/en" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index 36404fb9..730bf28d 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -603,6 +603,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 234-6109" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
usa@mfa.gov.me" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } @@ -1154,7 +1157,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "472 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 19,599 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" + "note": "note: 19,643 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 65bbcf23..449bcdc6 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Vilma PETKOVSKA (since 16 March 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Vilma PETKOVSKA, Minister Counselor (since 16 March 2020)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2129 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 667-2131" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@mfa.gov.mk" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Detroit, New York" } diff --git a/europe/mn.json b/europe/mn.json index 3489fb38..ef5b9669 100644 --- a/europe/mn.json +++ b/europe/mn.json @@ -489,13 +489,16 @@ "text": "Ambassador Maguy MACCARIO-DOYLE (since 3 December 2013)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "3400 International Drive NW, Suite 2K-100, Washington, DC 20008" + "text": "888 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006" }, "telephone": { - "text": "(202) 234-1530" + "text": "[1] (202) 234-1530" }, "FAX": { - "text": "(202) 244-7656" + "text": "[1] (202) 244-7656" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@monacodc.org

https://monacodc.org/index.html" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index dd417fb2..55be1871 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -564,10 +564,13 @@ "text": "2017 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 462-3611 through 3612" + "text": "[1] (202) 462-3611; [1] (202) 462-3612" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 387-5470" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
maltaembassy.washington@gov.mt

https://foreignandeu.gov.mt/en/Embassies/ME_United_States/Pages/ME_United_States.aspx" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -1110,7 +1113,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "11 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 7,658 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-July 2021)" + "note": "note: 7,751 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-August 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Western Europe" diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 2c85e5d9..c7b2503c 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -568,13 +568,13 @@ "text": "4200 Linnean Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 244-5300, [1] 877-388-2443" + "text": "[1] (202) 244-5300" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 362-3430" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Chicago, Miami, New York, San Francisco" + "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, New York, San Francisco" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index 6aeb390e..74169bb1 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -570,6 +570,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 469-3990" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
emb.washington@mfa.no

https://www.norway.no/en/usa/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Houston, New York, San Francisco" } diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 22617c0e..f48f97a2 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -598,10 +598,13 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 499-1700" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 328-6271" + "text": "[1] (202) 328-2152" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington.amb.sekretariat@msz.gov.pl

https://www.gov.pl/web/usa-en/embassy-washington" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York" + "text": "Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index 438823b8..b4330c62 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -578,16 +578,19 @@ "text": "2012 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 332-3007" + "text": "[1] (202) 350-5400; [1] (202) 332-3007" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 223-3926" + "text": "[1] (202) 462-3726; [1] (202) 387-2768" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info.washington@mne.pt; sconsular.washington@mne.pt

https://washingtondc.embaixadaportugal.mne.gov.pt/en/" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Boston, New York, San Francisco" + "text": "Boston, Newark (NJ), New York, San Francisco" }, "consulate(s)": { - "text": "New Bedford (MA), Newark (NJ), Providence (RI)" + "text": "New Bedford (MA), Providence (RI)" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index d31858a4..060ed74e 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador Marko DJURIC (since 18 January 2021)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "2233 Wisconsin Ave NW, #410, Washington, DC 20007" + "text": "2233 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite 410, Washington, DC 20007" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-0333" @@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-3933" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@serbiaembusa.org

http://www.washington.mfa.gov.rs/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, New York" } diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index 63ce553d..1775438a 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -580,13 +580,16 @@ "text": "1607 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 332-4846, 4848, 4851, 4852" + "text": "[1] (202) 332-4829; [1] (202) 332-4846" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 232-4748" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@mae.ro (chancery)
contact@informatiiconsulare.ro (consular section)

https://washington.mae.ro/en" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York" + "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index 871dd40a..1f68b942 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 386-6633" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
vwa@gov.si

http://www.washington.embassy.si/index.php?id=51&L=1" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Cleveland (OH)" } diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index 16aa79bc..d46ba494 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -483,13 +483,16 @@ "text": "Ambassador Damiano BELEFFI (since 21 July 2017)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "327 E 50th Street, New York, NY 10022

Embassy address:

     1711 North Street, NW (2nd Floor)
      Washington, DC 22036





" + "text": "327 E 50th Street, New York, NY 10022

Embassy address:

     1711 North Street, NW (2nd Floor)
      Washington, DC 22036



" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (212) 751-1234


[1] (202) 223-24l8
[1] (202) 751-1436" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 751-1436" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
sanmarinoun@gmail.com" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index bb7696d2..d0f99d50 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -596,16 +596,16 @@ "text": "2375 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 452-0100, 728-2340" + "text": "[1] (202) 452-0100" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 833-5670" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
emb.washington@maec.es

http://www.exteriores.gob.es/embajadas/washington/en/pages/inicio2.aspx" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, San Juan (Puerto Rico)" - }, - "consulate(s)": { - "text": "Kansas City (MO)" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "5,914 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 226,489 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" + "note": "note: 227,332 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "despite rigorous law enforcement efforts, North African, Latin American, Galician, and other European traffickers take advantage of Spain's long coastline to land large shipments of cocaine and hashish for distribution to the European market; consumer for Latin American cocaine and North African hashish; destination and minor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin; money-laundering site for Colombian narcotics trafficking organizations and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 834136f2..d04ca377 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -555,19 +555,22 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Karin Ulrika OLOFSDOTTER (since 17 September 2017)" + "text": "Ambassador Karin Ulrika OLOFSDOTTER (since 8 September 2017)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "The House of Sweden, 2900 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20007" + "text": "2900 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20007" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 536-1500" + "text": "[1] (202) 467-2600" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 536-1501" + "text": "[1] (202) 467-2699" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
ambassaden.washington@gov.se

https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/usa-washington/" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "New York, San Francisco" + "text": "New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 1809d5b7..c84ec527 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador Jacques PITTELOUD (since 16 September 2019)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "2900 Cathedral Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" + "text": "2201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20007-4105" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 745-7900" @@ -565,8 +565,14 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 387-2564" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@eda.admin.ch

https://www.eda.admin.ch/washington" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco" + "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, New York, San Francisco" + }, + "consulate(s)": { + "text": "Boston" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index 4c497dee..c7827106 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ "text": "18 years of age for compulsory (Jews, Druze) military service; 17 years of age for voluntary (Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; both sexes are obligated to military service; conscript service obligation - 32 months for enlisted men and about 24 months for enlisted women (varies based on military occupation), 48 months for officers; pilots commit to 9-year service; reserve obligation to age 41-51 (men), age 24 (women) (2020)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) has operated in the Golan between Israel and Syria since 1974 to monitor the ceasefire following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and supervise the areas of separation between the two countries; as of December 2020, UNDOF consisted of about 1,100 military personnel" + "text": "the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) has operated in the Golan between Israel and Syria since 1974 to monitor the ceasefire following the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and supervise the areas of separation between the two countries; as of July 2021, UNDOF consisted of about 1,250 personnel" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 1694143f..e010f857 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Ministry of Defense: Iraqi Army, Army Aviation Command, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force, Iraqi Air Defense Command, Special Forces Command; National-Level Security Forces: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS; a Special Forces Division aka the \"Golden Division\"), Prime Minister's Special Forces Division, Presidential Brigades; Ministry of Interior: Federal Police Forces Command, Border Guard Forces Command, Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency, Emergency Response Division, Facilities Protection Directorate, and Energy Police Directorate; Popular Mobilization Commission and Affiliated Forces (PMF); Ministry of Pershmerga (Kurdistan Regional Government) (2020)", + "text": "Ministry of Defense: Iraqi Army, Army Aviation Command, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force, Iraqi Air Defense Command, Special Forces Command

National-Level Security Forces: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS; a Special Forces Division aka the \"Golden Division\"), Prime Minister's Special Forces Division, Presidential Brigades

Ministry of Interior: Federal Police Forces Command, Border Guard Forces Command, Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency, Emergency Response Division, Facilities Protection Directorate, and Energy Police Directorate

Popular Mobilization Commission and Affiliated Forces (PMF); Ministry of Pershmerga (Kurdistan Regional Government) (2020)", "note": "note: the PMF is a collection of approximately 50 paramilitary militias of different sizes and with varying political interests" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "information varies; approximately 200,000 personnel under the Ministry of Defense          (190,000 Army/Aviation Command/Special Forces; 5,000 Navy; 5,000 Air/Air Defense Forces); approximately 25,000 National-Level Security Forces (10,000 Iraqi Counterterrorism Service; 10,000 Presidential Brigades; 5,000 Prime Minister’s Special Forces Division); est. 100-160,000 Popular Mobilization Forces; est. 150,000-200,000 Peshmerga Forces (2020-21)" + "text": "information varies; approximately 200,000 personnel under the Ministry of Defense (190,000 Army/Aviation Command/Special Forces; 5,000 Navy; 5,000 Air/Air Defense Forces); approximately 25,000 National-Level Security Forces (10,000 Iraqi Counterterrorism Service; 10,000 Presidential Brigades; 5,000 Prime Minister’s Special Forces Division); est. 100-160,000 Popular Mobilization Forces; est. 150,000-200,000 Peshmerga Forces (2020-21)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Iraqi military inventory is comprised of Russian and Soviet-era equipment combined with newer European- and US-sourced platforms; since 2010, Russia and the US are the leading suppliers of military hardware to Iraq (2020)" diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index fefd9734..360ce166 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Army (includes Special Operations Forces, Border Guards, Royal Guard), Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of Gendarmerie Forces, Public Security Directorate (2020)" + "text": "Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Army (includes Special Operations Forces, Border Guards, Royal Guard), Royal Jordanian Air Force, Royal Jordanian Coast Guard; Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of Gendarmerie Forces, Public Security Directorate (2020)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2019": { @@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) have approximately 100,000 active personnel (86,000 Army; 500 Navy; 14,000 Air Force); est. 15,000 Gendarmerie Forces (2021)" + "text": "the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) have approximately 90,000 active personnel (77,000 Army; 500 Navy; 12,500 Air Force); est. 15,000 Gendarmerie Forces (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the JAF inventory is comprised of a wide mix of imported weapons, mostly second-hand equipment from Europe, the Gulf States, and the US; since 2010, the Netherlands and the US are the leading suppliers of military hardware to Jordan (2020)" @@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ "text": "100 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { - "text": "17 years of age for voluntary male military service; initial service term 2 years, with option to reenlist for 18 years; conscription at age 18 suspended in 1999; women are not conscripted, but can volunteer to serve in noncombat military positions in the Royal Jordanian Arab Army Women's Corps and RJAF (2013)" + "text": "17 years of age for voluntary male military service (women can volunteer to serve in noncombat military positions in the Royal Jordanian Arab Army Women's Corps and RJAF); initial service term 2 years, with option to reenlist for 18 years; conscription abolished in 1991; however, in 2020, Jordan announced the reinstatement of compulsory military service for jobless men aged between 25 and 29 with 12 months of service, made up of three months of military training and nine months of professional and technical training; in 2019, announced a voluntary 4-month National Military Service program for men and women aged between 18-25 years who have been unemployed for at least six months; service would include one month for military training with the remaining three months dedicated to vocational training in the sectors of construction and tourism (2020)" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index a25bfe13..f86f165c 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -537,11 +537,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 966-8468" }, - "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "New York City" + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://www.kuwaitembassy.us/" }, - "consulate(s)": { - "text": "Lost Angeles" + "consulate(s) general": { + "text": "Beverly Hills (CA), New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 86189cfd..eebfdeb5 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -560,6 +560,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 939-6324" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@lebanonembassyus.org

http://www.lebanonembassyus.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Detroit, New York, Los Angeles" } @@ -1083,7 +1086,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army Command (includes Presidential Guard Brigade, Land Border Regiments), Naval Forces, Air Forces; Lebanese Internal Security Forces Directorate (includes Mobile Gendarmerie); Directorate for General Security (DGS); Directorate General for State Security (2021)", - "note": "note - the commander of the LAF is also the commander of the Army" + "note": "note(s) - the commander of the LAF is also the commander of the Army; the LAF patrols external borders, while official checkpoints are under the authority of Customs and Internal Security Forces" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2019": { @@ -1103,7 +1106,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have approximately 60,000 active troops (57,000 Army; 1,500 Navy; 1,500 AF) (2021)" + "text": "the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have approximately 80,000 active troops (77,000 Army; 1,500 Navy; 1,500 AF) (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the LAF inventory includes a wide mix of mostly older equipment, largely from the US and European countries, particularly France and Germany; since 2010, the US is the leading supplier of armaments (mostly second hand equipment) to Lebanon (2019 est.)" diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index 5cdcdb16..478fdf5a 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -571,6 +571,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 745-4933" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@fm.gov.om

https://www.culturaloffice.info/aboutomaniembassy" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index ceaccc10..357e1b24 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -547,6 +547,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 237-0682" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info.dc@mofa.gov.qa

https://washington.embassy.qa/en" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Houston, Los Angeles" } diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 0f187fa9..50b265b5 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -541,7 +541,10 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 342-3800" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 944-5983" + "text": "[1] (202) 295-3625" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@saudiembassy.net

https://www.saudiembassy.net/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Houston, Los Angeles, New York" diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index c94512de..f4ee064c 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); note – embassy closed in March 2014" }, "chancery": { "text": "2215 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index 06d34c4d..8c886a45 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ "text": "the Turkish Armed Forces inventory is mostly comprised of a mix of domestically-produced and Western weapons systems, although in recent years, Turkey has also acquired some Chinese, Russian, and South Korean equipment; since 2010, the US is the leading provider of armaments to Turkey, followed by Italy, South Korea, and Spain; Turkey has a robust defense industry capable of producing a range of weapons systems for both export and internal use, including armored vehicles, naval vessels, and unmanned aerial platforms, although it is heavily dependent on Western technology; Turkey's defense industry also partners with other countries for defense production (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "500 Afghanistan; est. 200 (Azerbaijan; monitoring cease-fire, clearing mines); 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR); est. 25-35,000 Cyprus; 300 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); est. 3-5,000 Qatar; est. 200 Somalia (training mission); est. 10-20,000 Syria (2021)", + "text": "est. 200 (Azerbaijan; monitoring cease-fire, clearing mines); 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR); est. 25-35,000 Cyprus; 300 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); est. 3-5,000 Qatar; est. 200 Somalia (training mission); est. 10-20,000 Syria (2021)", "note": "note(s): between 2016 and 2020, Turkey conducted four major military campaigns in northern Syria; Turkey has deployed troops into northern Iraq on numerous occasions to combat the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), including large operations involving thousands of troops in 2007, 2011, and 2018; its most recent incursions were smaller-scale raids in April and February of 2021; in 2020, Turkey deployed an undetermined number of Turkish military troops and an estimated 3,500-5,000 Syrian fighters to Libya to support the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { @@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "3,696,919 (Syria) (2021); 173,250 (Iraq) (asylum seekers), 116,400 (Afghanistan) (asylum seekers), 27,000 (Iran) (asylum seekers) (2020)" + "text": "3,705,188 (Syria) (2021); 173,250 (Iraq) (asylum seekers), 116,400 (Afghanistan) (asylum seekers), 27,000 (Iran) (asylum seekers) (2020)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1.099 million (displaced from 1984-2005 because of fighting between the Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs are Kurds from eastern and southeastern provinces; no information available on persons displaced by development projects) (2020)" diff --git a/north-america/bd.json b/north-america/bd.json index c95938c0..13ce4b48 100644 --- a/north-america/bd.json +++ b/north-america/bd.json @@ -454,6 +454,9 @@ "chief of mission": { "text": "Consul General Karen GRISSETTE (since 6 July 2021)" }, + "embassy": { + "text": "US Consulate Bermuda, 16 Middle Road, Devonshire, DV 03, Bermuda" + }, "mailing address": { "text": "5300 Hamilton Place, Washington, DC 20520-5300" }, diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index fbdce288..028a8196 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -613,11 +613,14 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 728-1698" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
mexembussa@sre.gob.mx

https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/eua/index.php/en/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, El Paso (TX), Houston, Laredo (TX), Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Nogales (AZ), Phoenix, Sacramento (CA), San Antonio (TX), San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Saint Paul (MN)" + "text": "Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, El Paso (TX), Houston, Laredo (TX), Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Nogales (AZ), Phoenix, Sacramento (CA), San Antonio (TX), San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), San Juan (Puerto Rico)" }, "consulate(s)": { - "text": "Albuquerque (NM), Anchorage (AK), Boise (ID), Brownsville (TX), Calexico (CA), Del Rio (TX), Detroit, Douglas (AZ), Eagle Pass (TX), Fresno (CA), Indianapolis (IN), Kansas City (MO), Las Vegas, Little Rock (AR), McAllen (TX), Minneapolis (MN), New Orleans, Omaha (NE), Orlando (FL), Oxnard (CA), Philadelphia, Portland (OR), Presidio (TX), Raleigh (NC), Salt Lake City, San Bernardino (CA), Santa Ana (CA), Seattle, Tucson (AZ), Yuma (AZ); note - Washington DC Consular Section is located in a separate building from the Mexican Embassy and has jurisdiction over DC, parts of Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia" + "text": "Albuquerque (NM), Boise (ID), Brownsville (TX), Calexico (CA), Del Rio (TX), Detroit, Douglas (AZ), Eagle Pass (TX), Fresno (CA), Indianapolis (IN), Kansas City (MO), Las Vegas, Little Rock (AR), McAllen (TX), Milwaukee (WI), New Orleans, Omaha (NE), Orlando (FL), Oxnard (CA), Philadelphia, Portland (OR), Presidio (TX), Raleigh (NC), Saint Paul (MN), Salt Lake City, San Bernardino (CA), Santa Ana (CA), Seattle, Tucson (AZ), Yuma (AZ); note - Washington DC Consular Section is located in a separate building from the Mexican Embassy and has jurisdiction over DC, parts of Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia" }, "note": " " }, diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index 7ca8552b..40dbb645 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -576,13 +576,16 @@ "text": "Ambassador Niermala Sakoentala BADRISING (since 21 July 2017)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 460, Washington, DC 20008" + "text": "4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 244-7488" + "text": "[1] (202) 629-4302" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 244-5878" + "text": "[1] (202) 629-4769" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
amb.vs@gov.sr

https://www.surinameembassy.org/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Miami" diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index 1e0422ab..cc363514 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -583,17 +583,20 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Luis Jose GONZALEZ FERNANDEZ (since 12 April 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Luis Jose GONZALEZ FERNANDEZ, Minister (since 12 April 2021)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "2400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" + "text": "2400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC  20008  " }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 483-6960 through 6962" + "text": "[1] (202) 483-6960" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 234-4508" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
eeuuembaparsc@mre.gov.py; secretaria@embaparusa.gov.py" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Los Angeles, Miami, New York" } diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index 12f30657..91cc4f75 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 659-8124" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
Webadmin@embassyofperu.us" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Hartford (CT), Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paterson (NJ), San Francisco, Washington DC" } diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index e2bd6ac1..07291243 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 244-0183" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 244-2771/(202) 244 7830" + "text": "[1] (202) 244-2771; [1] (202) 244 7830" }, "email address and website": { "text": "
mission.washington@mofa.gov.bd

http://www.bdembassyusa.org/" diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index e07a295a..b271126b 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 232-7181" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
slembassy@slembassyusa.org

https://slembassyusa.org/new/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Los Angeles, New York" } diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index 49729b8e..f6074aec 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -545,16 +545,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador THILMEEZA Hussain (since 8 July 2019); There is currently no Maldives Embassy in Washington, DC, but its permanent representative to the United Nations in New York is accredited currently as ambassador to the United States. Jul 27, 2020 (2020)" + "text": "

Maldives has no embassy in the US, but its Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, THILMEEZA Hussain (since 8 July 2019), is accredited to the US

(2020)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "801 Second Avenue, Suite 400E, New York, NY 10017" + "text": "801 Second Avenue, Suite 202E, New York, NY 10017" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (212) 599-6194 and 599-6195" + "text": "[1] (212) 599-6194; [1] (212) 599-6195" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 661-6405" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@maldivesmission.com

http://www.maldivesmission.com/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index de052fac..239d3d51 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -592,8 +592,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 667-5534" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@nepalembassyusa.org

https://us.nepalembassy.gov.np/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Chicago (IL), New York" + "text": "Chicago, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -1121,7 +1124,7 @@ "text": "the Army's inventory includes a mix of older equipment largely of British, Chinese, Indian, Russian, and South African origin; since 2010, Nepal has received limited amounts of newer hardware from several countries, including China, Italy, and Russia (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "725 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 880 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 400 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 870 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 230 Liberia (UNSMIL); 150 Mali (MINUSMA); 1,725 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021)" + "text": "Nepal has about 5,500 total troops deployed on UN peacekeeping missions, including: 725 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 880 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 400 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 870 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 230 Liberia (UNSMIL); 150 Mali (MINUSMA); 1,725 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service (including women); no conscription (2019)" diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index 42195b04..63e0f104 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -618,6 +618,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 686-1534" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
consularsection@embassyofpakistanusa.org

https://embassyofpakistanusa.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York" }, @@ -1184,7 +1187,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Pakistan Army (includes National Guard), Pakistan Navy (includes marines, Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fizaia); Ministry of Interior paramilitary forces: Frontier Corps, Pakistan Rangers (2021)

note:  the National Guard is a paramilitary force and one of the Army's reserve forces, along with the Pakistan Army Reserve, the Frontier Corps, and the Pakistan Rangers", + "text": "Pakistan Army (includes National Guard), Pakistan Navy (includes Marine forces, Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fizaia); Ministry of Interior paramilitary forces: Frontier Corps, Pakistan Rangers (2021)

note:  the National Guard is a paramilitary force and one of the Army's reserve forces, along with the Pakistan Army Reserve, the Frontier Corps, and the Pakistan Rangers", "note": "note:  the National Guard is a paramilitary force and one of the Army's reserve forces, along with the Pakistan Army Reserve, the Frontier Corps, and the Pakistan Rangers" }, "Military expenditures": { @@ -1205,7 +1208,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "estimates of the size of the Pakistan military’s active force vary; approximately 640,000 active personnel (550,000 Army; 30,000 Navy; 60,000 Air Force) (2020)" + "text": "information varies; approximately 640,000 active personnel (550,000 Army; 30,000 Navy; 60,000 Air Force) (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Pakistan military inventory includes a broad mix of equipment, primarily from China, France, Ukraine, the UK, and the US; since 2010, China and the US are the leading suppliers of arms to Pakistan; Pakistan also has a large domestic defense industry (2020)" @@ -1217,7 +1220,7 @@ "text": "16-23 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed for combat until age 18; women serve in all three armed forces; reserve obligation to age 45 for enlisted men, age 50 for officers (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the military has carried out three coups since Pakistan's independence in 1947 and remains politically active" + "text": "the military has carried out three coups since Pakistan's independence in 1947 and remains the most influential political actor in the country" } }, "Terrorism": { diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index ae66c22b..5a07fddc 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ }, "Waterways": { "text": "2,293,412 km (2017)", - "note": "top ten longest rivers: Nile (Africa) 6,693 km; Amazon (South America) 6,436 km; Mississippi-Missouri (North America) 6,238 km; Yenisey-Angara (Asia) 5,981 km; Ob-Irtysh (Asia) 5,569 km; Yangtze (Asia) 5,525 km; Yellow (Asia) 4,671 km; Amur (Asia) 4,352 km; Lena (Asia) 4,345 km; Congo (Africa) 4,344 km

note: rivers are not necessarily navigable along the entire length; if measured by volume, the Amazon is the largest river in the world, responsible for about 20% of the Earth's freshwater entering the ocean

top ten largest natural lakes (by surface area): Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan) 372,960 sq km; Lake Superior (Canada, United States) 82,414 sq km; Lake Victoria (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) 69,490 sq km; Lake Huron (Canada, United States) 59,596 sq km; Lake Michigan (United States) 57,441 sq km; Lake Tanganyika (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia) 32,890 sq km; Great Bear Lake (Canada) 31,800 sq km; Lake Baikal (Russia) 31,494 sq km; Lake Nyasa (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania) 30,044 sq km; Great Slave Lake (Canada) 28,400 sq km

note 1: the areas of the lakes are subject to seasonal variation; only the Caspian Sea is saline, the rest are fresh water

note 2: Lakes Huron and Michigan are technically a single lake because the flow of water between the Straits of Mackinac that connects the two lakes keeps their water levels at near-equilibrium; combined, Lake Huron-Michigan is the largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world

note 3: the deepest lake in the world (1,620 m), and also the largest freshwater lake by volume (23,600 cu km), is Lake Baikal in Russia." + "note": "top ten longest rivers: Nile (Africa) 6,693 km; Amazon (South America) 6,436 km; Mississippi-Missouri (North America) 6,238 km; Yenisey-Angara (Asia) 5,981 km; Ob-Irtysh (Asia) 5,569 km; Yangtze (Asia) 5,525 km; Yellow (Asia) 4,671 km; Amur (Asia) 4,352 km; Lena (Asia) 4,345 km; Congo (Africa) 4,344 km

note 1: rivers are not necessarily navigable along the entire length; if measured by volume, the Amazon is the largest river in the world, responsible for about 20% of the Earth's freshwater entering the ocean

note 2: there are 20 countries without rivers: 3 in Africa (Comoros, Djibouti, Libya), 1 in the Americas (Bahamas), 8 in Asia (Bahrain, Kuwait, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen), 3 in Europe (Malta, Monaco, Holy See), 5 in Oceania (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu); these countries also do not have natural lakes

top ten largest natural lakes (by surface area): Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan) 372,960 sq km; Lake Superior (Canada, United States) 82,414 sq km; Lake Victoria (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) 69,490 sq km; Lake Huron (Canada, United States) 59,596 sq km; Lake Michigan (United States) 57,441 sq km; Lake Tanganyika (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia) 32,890 sq km; Great Bear Lake (Canada) 31,800 sq km; Lake Baikal (Russia) 31,494 sq km; Lake Nyasa (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania) 30,044 sq km; Great Slave Lake (Canada) 28,400 sq km

note 1: the areas of the lakes are subject to seasonal variation; only the Caspian Sea is saline, the rest are fresh water

note 2: Lakes Huron and Michigan are technically a single lake because the flow of water between the Straits of Mackinac that connects the two lakes keeps their water levels at near-equilibrium; combined, Lake Huron-Michigan is the largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world

note 3: the deepest lake in the world (1,620 m), and also the largest freshwater lake by volume (23,600 cu km), is Lake Baikal in Russia" }, "Merchant marine": { "total": { @@ -755,6 +755,9 @@ "text": "2.27% of GDP (2015 est.)" } }, + "Military deployments": { + "text": "as of mid-2021, the UN had about 76,000 peacekeepers deployed worldwide" + }, "Maritime threats": { "text": "the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reports that 2020 saw an increase in global pirate activities; in 2020, pirates attacked a total of 195 ships worldwide including boarding 161 ships, hijacking three ships, and firing on 11; this activity is an increase from 162 incidents in 2019; in 2020, the number of hostages taken was 34, however, the number of seafarers kidnapped for ransom increased to 135 compared with 44 in 2019, with nearly all taken off West Africa

the EU naval mission, Operation ATALANTA, continues its operations in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean through 2022; naval units from Japan, India, and China also operate in conjunction with EU forces; China has established a logistical base in Djibouti to support its deployed naval units in the Horn of Africa

the Horn of Africa saw no pirate activities in 2020, down from two attacks in 2019; the decrease in successful pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa since the peak in 2007 was due, in part, to anti-piracy operations by international naval forces, the hardening of vessels, and the increased use of armed security teams aboard merchant ships; despite these preventative measures, the assessed risk remains high

West Africa remains the most dangerous area for piracy in the world with 98 attacks in 2020 compared to 132 in 2019, including all three hijackings and 9 of 11 ships fired upon; Nigerian pirates are very aggressive, operating as far as 200 nm offshore and kidnapping 130 mariners in 22 incidents accounting for over 95% of crew kidnappings world-wide; attacks against ships underway in the Singapore Straits continued to increase to 23 incidents in 2020; there were 26 attacks in Indonesian waters in 2020 compared to 25 in 2019, primarily to ships anchored or berthed; the majority of global attacks against shipping have occurred in the offshore waters of five countries - Nigeria, Indonesia, Philippines, Venezuela, and Bangladesh (2021)" }