ion
NA

Romania
various human rights and professional associations

Russia
NA

Rwanda
IBUKA - association of genocide survivors

Saint Helena
none

Saint Kitts and Nevis
NA

Saint Lucia
NA

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
NA

Samoa
NA

San Marino
NA

Sao Tome and Principe
NA

Saudi Arabia
none

Senegal
labor; Muslim brotherhoods; students; teachers

Serbia and Montenegro
Political Council for Presevo, Medvedja and
Bujanovac or PCPMB [leader NA]; Group for Changes of Montenegro or
GZP [Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC]

Seychelles
Roman Catholic Church; trade unions

Sierra Leone
Trade Unions and Student Unions

Singapore
NA

Slovakia
Association of Employers of Slovakia; Association of Towns
and Villages or ZMOS; Confederation of Trade Unions or KOZ; Metal
Workers Unions or KOVO and METALURG

Slovenia
NA

Solomon Islands
NA

Somalia
numerous clan and subclan factions are currently vying for
power

South Africa
Congress of South African Trade Unions or COSATU
[Zwelinzima VAVI, general secretary]; South African Communist Party
or SACP [Blade NZIMANDE, general secretary]; South African National
Civics Organization or SANCO [Mlungisi HLONGWANE, national
president]; note - COSATU and SACP are in a formal alliance with the
ANC

Spain
business and landowning interests; Catholic Church; free labor
unions (authorized in April 1977); Socialist General Union of
Workers or UGT and the smaller independent Workers Syndical Union or
USO; university students; Workers Confederation or CC.OO; Nunca Mas
(Galician for "Never Again"; formed in response to the oil tanker
Prestige oil spill)

Sri Lanka
Buddhist clergy; labor unions; Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam or LTTE [Velupillai PRABHAKARAN](insurgent group fighting for
a separate state); radical chauvinist Sinhalese groups such as the
National Movement Against Terrorism; Sinhalese Buddhist lay groups

Sudan
Democratic Unionist Party [Muhammed Uthman AL-MIRGHANI];
National Congress Party [Ibrahim Ahmed UMAR]; National Democratic
Alliance [Muhammed Uthman AL-MIRGHANI, chairman]; Sudan People's
Liberation Movement/Army [Dr. John GARANG]; Umma Party [Sadiq
al-MAHDI]

Suriname
General Liberation and Development Party or ABOP [Ronnie
BRUNSWIJK]; Mandela Bushnegro Liberation Movement [Leendert ADAMS];
Tucayana A