Comoros Food
Comoros (06/05)
Agriculture, involving more than 80% of the population and 40% of the gross domestic product, provides virtually all foreign exchange earnings. Services including tourism, construction, and commercial activities constitute the remainder of the GDP. Plantations engage a large proportion of the population in producing the islands' major cash crops for export: vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, and copra. Comoros is the world's leading producer of essence of ylang-ylang, used in manufacturing perfume. It also is the world's second-largest producer of vanilla. Principal food crops are coconuts, bananas, and cassava. Foodstuffs constitute 32% of total imports. ... [Read More]
Comoros
Information on vaccinations and other health precautions, such as safe food and water precautions and insect bite protection, may be obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s hotline for international travelers at 1-877-FYI-TRIP (1-877-394-8747); fax 1-888-CDC-FAXX (1-888-232-3299), or via the CDC’s Internet site at http://www.cdc.gov/travel. For information about outbreaks of infectious diseases abroad consult the World Health Organization’s (WHO) website at http://www.who.int/en. Further health information for travelers is available at http://www.who.int/ith. ... [Read More]
Comoros
The Labor Code defines the minimum age for employment as 15 years of age. The Ministry of Labor has few resources to enforce this provision; however, child labor is not a problem due to the general lack of wage employment opportunities. Children generally help with the work of their families in the subsistence farming and fishing sectors. Population pressure and poverty forced some families to place their children in the homes of others. These children, often as young as 7 years of age, typically worked long hours as domestic servants in exchange for food and shelter. ... [Read More]
Comoros
The Union of Comoros is an emerging democracy ruled by President Azali Assoumani, who took power in a coup in April 1999 and subsequently was elected in April 2002 presidential elections described by international observers as free and fair. The country consists of three islands (Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Moheli) and claims a fourth, Mayotte, which is governed by France. Legislative elections, scheduled for March, did not take place during the year. A December ministerial meeting resolved the few remaining issues pertaining to national reconciliation. Among the issues decided at the reconciliation talks was the date for legislative assembly elections, after which a committee will be formed to draft a new constitution. Local elections for the three islands are scheduled to take place in March 2004 with National Elections scheduled for April 2004. The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary, and it was independent in pra ... [Read More]
Comoros
Some families placed their children in the homes of others where they worked long hours in exchange for food or shelter. A 2000 UNICEF study found that approximately 15 percent of children were not paid for their work. ... [Read More]
Regional Environment Office for East Africa, U.S. Embassy
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT OFFICE FOR EAST AFRICA U.S. Embassy - P.O.Box 1014, Addis Ababa , Ethiopia E-mail: REO_East_Africa@state.gov [Read More]
Treaties in Force 2002 Index
AppendixTable of ContentsPART 1: BILATERAL TREATIES AND OTHER AGREEMENTS [Read More]
Treaties in Force - Index 2003
AFRICA331 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (See under FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (See under FINANCE) AGRICULTURE (See also FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION; PATENTS) 331 AIRCRAFT (See AVIATION; TRADE AND COMMERCE)ALIENS333 ANTARCTICA (See also CONSERVATION) 334 ANZUS PACT (See Security Treaty under ... [Read More]
Individual Country Programs
Mali: The Ambassador's SSH projects during the FY-2003 period funded programs supporting education, health, food production, and income generation. Over 400 young boys and girls will learn technical gardening skills that will help improve local vegetable production. Another SSH project makes it possible for women in Darsalam and Koutiala to receive efficient pre-natal care and reduce delivery complication with the construction of a maternity dispenser. Mauritania: Embassy Nouakchott financed 33 community projects in FY-2003, two of which focused on the mos ... [Read More]
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