dent; Party for Democratic Prosperity (PDP), Abdurahman HALITI,
president; National Democratic Party (NDP), Ilijas HALINI,
president; Alliance of Reform Forces of Macedonia - Liberal Party
(SRSM-LP), Stojan ANDOV, president; Socialist Party of Macedonia
(SPM), Kiro POPOVSKI, president; Internal Macedonian Revolutionary
Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
(VMRO-DPMNE), Ljupco GEORGIEVSKI, president; Party of Yugoslavs in
Macedonia (SJM), Milan DURCINOV, president; Democratic Party (DP),
Petar GOSEV, president; Party for Democratic Prosperity of Albanians
(PDPA), Arben XHAFFERI, president

Other political or pressure groups: Movement for All Macedonian
Action (MAAK); Democratic Party of Serbs; Democratic Party of Turks;
Party for Democratic Action (Slavic Muslim)

International organization participation: CCC, CE, CEI, EBRD, ECE,
FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, ITU, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (observer)

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Ljubica ACEVSKA
chancery: 3050 K Street, NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20007
telephone: [1] (202) 337 3063
FAX: [1] (202) 337 3093

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador-designate Christopher HILL; Charge
d'Affaires Victor D. COMRAS
embassy: ul. 27 Mart No. 5, 9100 Skopje
mailing address: United States Liaison Office Skopje, Department of
State, Washington, DC 20521-7120 (pouch)
telephone: [389] (91) 116-180
FAX: [389] (91) 117-103
note: the US agreed to establish full diplomatic relations with the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in September 1995, and to
upgrade the Liaison Office to an Embassy

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Economy
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Economic overview: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
although the poorest republic in the former Yugoslav federation, can
meet basic food and energy needs through its own agricultural and
coal resources. Its economic decline will continue unless ties are
reforged or enlarged with its neighbors Serbia and Montenegro,
Albania, Greece, and Bulgaria. The economy depends on outside
sources for all of its oil and gas and most of its modern machinery
and parts. An important supplement of GDP is the remittances from
thousands of M