... GDP per capita levels in the world - less than $US900 per year. 34 of the 49 labeled LDC's are located in sub-Saharan Africa, and include countries such as Sierra Leone and Mozambique. MDC's (Most Developed Countries) are at the other end of the spectrum, having high ... and are in transition from developing countries to high-income economies. NIC's are concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region and include South Korea and Singapore. This type of economy has actively pursued integration into the global economy, through export-led development strategies and encouragement of ... nations fro...

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... of Technology, Mr. Annan received a Master of Science degree in management. Ongoing UN operations Following are some of the on going UN missions in different countries; Asia-East Timor-United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) To organize and conduct a popular consultation on the basis of a direct, secret and universal ballot. In order to ascertain whether the ... 1 May 1950. In the absence of a solution to the Palestine refugee problem, the General Assembly has repeatedly renewed UNRWA's mandate, most recently extending it until 30 June 2002. South America-Cuba-United Nations Intern...

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One of the principal reasons for exploration was the urge to find new routes to East Asia. In the 1400s, merchants had brought many goods to Europe from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The products' demand raised the desire for commerce. European countries were mainly interested in spices from Asia. They had learned how to use spices and to conserve food ... the Catholic Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain to finance Christopher Columbus' journey. They entered the territory known as the United States through Florida and established a vast empire in North and South America. They spread Spain's...

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... race in its present form, Europe appears to have been late in the field. It is currently widely accepted that as modern human beings emerged from Africa some 100,000 years ago, this new species spread eastward, through Asia, even to Australia, before any of its members entered what must, to ... a mystery. After this happened about 35,000 years ago, some 1200 generations were to pass before civilization, in the form of farming, spreading from the Middle East, began to supplant the hunter-gatherer economy of the Stone Age inhabitants of Europe. Europe was not a particularly hospitable envir...

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