ࡱ> OQN@ &bjbjFF 08,, 8Fb$ ,F": 9,;,;,;,;,;,;,$.RR0v_,$$$_,t,='='='$R9,='$9,='=':+,, @.*v3%+ 9,,0,+R0&^0,  0, $0T"='vO$$$_,_,   '"  COUNCIL for PARITY DEMOCRACY _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19 Mulready House Herrick Street Westminster London England SW1P 4JL Tel & Fax + 44 20 7834 1309 Mobile + 44 7932 79 44 32 Email raymond12@hotmail.com  HYPERLINK "http://groups.msn.com/shequality" http://groups.msn.com/shequality Honorary Secretary Raymond Lloyd PARITY, DEMOCRACY, DICTATORSHIP & ANARCHY in the WORLD's 192 SOVEREIGN STATES in 2003-04 * 57 Governments members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ** 21 Governments also members of the League of Arab States # 45 Governments members of the Council of Europe ## 25 Governments also actual or accession members of the European Union Annual List 10 1 April 2004 @ Raymond Lloyd 1 a. Free, Parity Democracies: 5 Country WA PR CL Country WA PR CL Country WA PR CL Country WA PR CL Country WA PR CL Canada 1 1 1 ##Finland 1 1 1 New Zealand 1 1 1 #Norway 1+ 1 1 ##Sweden 1 1 1 UK: Wales 1 1 1 1 b. Free, Near Parity Democracies: 8 Costa Rica 2 1 2 ##Denmark 2 1 1 #Iceland 2 1 1 ##Netherlands 2+ 1 1 ##U K 2 1 1+ ##Germany 2 1 1+ ##Ireland 2 1 1 U S A 2 1 1 2 a. Free, Established Electoral Democracies: 34 #Andorra 3 1 1 ##Czech Rep 4 1 2 Israel 3 1 3 Mauritius 3 1 2 St Kitts & N 4 1 2 Australia 3 1 1 Dominica 3 1 1 ##Italy 3 1 1+ Micronesia 4 1 2 Saint Lucia 4 1 2 ##Austria 3 1 1 ##Estonia 3 1 2 Japan 4 1 2 Monaco 4 2 1 St Vincent 4 2 1 Barbados 3 1 1 ##France 3 1 1+ Kiribati 4 1 1 Palau 4 1 2 #San Marino 3 1 1 ##Belgium 4 1 1+ ##Greece 3 1 2+ #Liechtenstn 3 1 1 ##Poland 3 1 2 ##Spain 3 1 1+ Botswana 4 2 2 ##Hungary 4 1 2 ##Luxembourg 3 1 1 ##Portugal 3 1 1 #Switzerland 3 1 1 ##Cyprus (G) 4 1 1 India 4 2 3 Marshalls 3 1 1 Tuvalu 4 1 1 2 b. Free, Recent Electoral Democracies: 42 Bahamas 3 1 1 #Croatia 4 2 2 ##Latvia 3 1 2 Nauru 4 1 2+ #Serbia & M 5 3 2+ Belize 4 1 2 Dominican R 3 2 2 Lesotho 4+ 2+ 3+ Panama 3 1 2 ##Slovakia 3+ 1 2 *Benin 4 3 2 El Salvador 5 2 3 ##Lithuania 4 1 2 Papua N G 5 2 3 ##Slovenia 3 1 1+ Bolivia 5 2- 3 Ghana 4 2 3 *Mali 3 2 3 Peru 5 2- 3 South Africa 3 1 2 Brazil 4 2+ 3 Grenada 4 1 2 ##Malta 4 1 1 Philippines 3 2 3 *Suriname 5 1 2 #Bulgaria 4 1 2+ *Guyana 4 2 2 Mexico 4 2 2+ #Romania 4 2 2 Taiwan 3 2- 2 Cape Verde 3 1 2 Jamaica 3 2 3 Mongolia 4 2 2+ Samoa 4 2 2 Thailand 5 2 3 Chile 3 2 1+ Korea Rep 4 2 2 Namibia 4 2 3 Sao Tome 4 1 2 Vanuatu 4 1 2+ *Senegal 3+ 2+ 3+ Uruguay 4 1 1 2 c. Partly Free Electoral Democracies: 16 Argentina 4 3 3 **Djibouti 6 4 5 #Macedonia 4 3+ 3+ #Moldova 4 3- 4 Paraguay 5 4 3 *Bangladesh 4 4- 4 Ecuador 4 3 3 Madagascar 4 3- 4 Nepal 5 4- 4 Trinidad & T 3 3 3 Cent Africa 5 5 5 Honduras 3 3 3 Malawi 4 4 4- Nicaragua 4 3 3 #*Turkey 3 4 4+ #Ukraine 5 4 4 2 d. Partly Free Democracies emerging from Dictatorship, War or Anarchy: 16 #*Albania 4 3 3+ #Georgia 5 4 4 *Indonesia 4 3 4 *Nigeria 5 4 5 *Sierra Leone 5 4 5 #Armenia 6 4 4 Guatemala 5 4- 4 *Mozambique 5 3 4 #Russia 5 5 5 Solomons 4 3+ 3+ Colombia 3+ 4 4 *GuineaBissau 5 4 4+ *Niger 6 4 4 Seychelles 3 3 3 Sri Lanka 4 3 4 Timor Leste 4 3+ 3 3. Partly Free, Other Countries: 24 Antigua & B 5 4 2 *Burkina Faso 5 4 4 *Gabon 5 5 4 *Malaysia 4 5 5 *Togo 6 5 5 #*Azerbaijan 6 6 5 **Comoros 6 5+ 4 *Gambia 5 5 5 **Mauritania 6 5 5 Tonga 5 5 3 **Bahrain 5+ 5+ 5 Congo Brz 5 6- 4 **Jordan 5 6- 5 **Morocco 6 5 5 *Uganda 4 6 4+ #Bosnia H 7 4+ 4 Ethiopia 6 5 5 Kenya 6 5+ 4+ Singapore 4 5 4+ Venezuela 4 3 4+ Fiji 4 4 3 **Kuwait 5 4 5 *Tanzania 5 4 3+ Zambia 5 4+ 4 4. Dictatorships: Feudal, Ideological, Military or Venal: 34 Belarus 5 6 6 Cuba 5 7 7 **Iraq 7 7 7 *Maldives 5 6 5 **Tunisia 4 6 5 Bhutan 6 6+ 5+ **Egypt 5 6 6 *Kazakstan 6 6 5 **Oman 5 6 5 *Turkmenistan 7 7 7 *Brunei 6 6+ 5 Eq Guinea 6 6 7 Korea DPR 6 7 7 *Pakistan 6 6 5 **Un Arab Ems 6 6 5 *Cameroon 5 6 6 Eritrea 5 7 6 *Kyrgyzstan 4 6 5 **Qatar 5+ 6 6 *Uzbekistan 6 7 6 *Chad 6 6 5 *Guinea 5 6 5 Laos 6 7 6 **S Arabia 7 7 7 Vietnam 5 7 6 China 5 7 6 *Iran 6 6 6 Liberia 6 6 6 Swaziland 6 6 5 **Yemen 6 6 5+ *Cote d'Ivo 5 6- 6- **Libya 6 7 7 **Syria 6 7 7 Zimbabwe 5 6 6 5. Anarchies: States in, falling into, or emerging from Civil War and Collapse: 13 *Afghanistan 6 6+ 6+ Burma Myanma 6 7 7 Cambodia 6 6 5 **Lebanon 6 6 5 **Somalia 6 6 7 **Algeria 5+ 6 5 Burundi 5 6 5+ Congo DR 6 6 6 Rwanda 5 7 5+ **Sudan 6 7 7 Angola 6 6 5+ Haiti 4 6 6 *Tajikistan 5 6 5+ Notes: In the above evaluations, 1 represents the highest degree of freedom and 7 the lowest, while + or - signs show increases or decreases in freedom in the past year. Evaluation of Political Rights (PR) and Civil Liberties (CL) is that made annually since 1972 by Freedom House 120 Wall Street New York 10005. The ratings are published in the yearbook "Freedom in the World 2002-2003", ISBN 0 7658 0760 2. Freedom House provides a 21-point checklist and country narratives in support of its evaluation of political rights and civil liberties. There is not yet a similar systematic, independent and annual evaluation of Women's Advancement (WA). The ratings used here are those updated annually from a list supplied by the writer for "Freedom in the World 1988-1989". The categories are those of the writer. 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