f Equatorial
Guinea (APGE),Casiano Masi Edu, leader; Liberal Democratic
Convention (CLD), Alfonso Nsue MIFUMU, president; Convergence for
Social Democracy (CPDS), Santiago Obama Ndong, president; Social
Democratic and Popular Convergence (CSDP), Secundino Oyono Agueng
Ada, general secretary; Party of the Social Democratic Coalition
(PCSD), Buenaventura Moswi M'Asumu, general coordinater; Liberal
Party (PL), Santos PASCUAL; Party of Progress (PP), Severo MOTO Nsa,
president; Social Democratic Party (PSD), Benjamin-Gabriel Balingha
Balinga Alene, general secretary; Socialist Party of Equatorial
Guinea (PSGE), Tomas MICHEBE Fernandez, general secretary; National
Democratic Union (UDENA), Jose MECHEBA Ikaka, president; Democratic
Social Union (UDS), Camelo Modu, general secretary; Popular Union
(UP), Juan Bitui, president

International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC,
CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAS
(observer), OAU, UDEAC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WTrO
(applicant)

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Pastor Micha ONDO BILE
chancery: (temporary) 57 Magnolia Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553
telephone: [1] (914) 738-9584, 667-6913
FAX: [1] (914) 667-6838

US diplomatic representation: the US does not have an embassy in
Equatorial Guinea (embassy closed September 1995); US relations with
Equatorial Guinea are handled through the US Embassy in Yaounde,
Cameroon

Flag: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red
with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat
of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow
six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore
islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree and below
which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity,
Peace, Justice)

Economy
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Economic overview: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing account for
about half of GDP and nearly all exports. Subsistence farming
predominates. Although pre-independence Equatorial Guinea counted on
cocoa production for hard currency earnings, the deterioration of
the rural economy under successive brutal regimes has diminished
potential for agriculture-led growth. A number of aid programs
sponsored by the W