pular vote; election last held NA
March 1993 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party
NA; seats (65 total) BCP 65

Judicial branch: High Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrate's Court;
customary or traditional court

Political parties and leaders: Basotho National Party (BNP),
Evaristus SEKHONYANA; Basotho Congress Party (BCP), Ntsu MOKHEHLE;
National Independent Party (NIP), A. C. MANYELI; Marematlou Freedom
Party (MFP), Vincent MALEBO; United Democratic Party, Charles
MOFELI; Communist Party of Lesotho (CPL), Jacob M. KENA

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA,
FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, SACU,
SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Eunice M. BULANE
chancery: 2511 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 797-5533 through 5536
FAX: [1] (202) 234-6815

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Bismarck MYRICK
embassy: address NA, Maseru
mailing address: P. O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
telephone: [266] 312666
FAX: [266] 310116

Flag: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the
upper half is white bearing the brown silhouette of a large shield
with crossed spear and club; the lower half is a diagonal blue band
with a green triangle in the corner

Economy
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Economic overview: Small, landlocked, and mountainous, Lesotho has
no important natural resources other than water. Its economy is
based on agriculture, light manufacturing, and remittances from
laborers employed in South Africa (these remittances supplement
domestic income by as much as 45%). The great majority of households
gain their livelihoods from subsistence farming and migrant labor; a
large portion of the adult male work force is employed in South
African mines. Manufacturing depends largely on farm products which
support the milling, canning, leather, and jute industries. Although
drought has decreased agricultural activity over the past few years,
improvement of a major hydropower facility will permit the sale of
water to South Africa and will support the economy's continued
expansion.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $2.8 billion (1994 est.)

GDP real gr