Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders: Fijian Political Party (SVT -
primarily Fijian), leader Maj. Gen. Sitivini RABUKA; National
Federation Party (NFP; primarily Indian), Jai Ram REDDY; Fijian
Nationalist Party (FNP), Sakeasi BUTADROKA; Fiji Labor Party (FLP),
Mahendra CHAUDHRY; General Voters Party (GVP), Leo SMITH; Fiji
Conservative Party (FCP), leader NA; Conservative Party of Fiji
(CPF), leader NA; Fiji Indian Liberal Party, leader NA; Fiji Indian
Congress Party, leader NA; Fiji Independent Labor (Muslim), leader
NA; Four Corners Party, leader NA; Fijian Association Party (FAP),
Josevata KAMIKAMICA; General Electors' Association, leader NA
note: in early 1995, ethnic Fijian members of the All National
Congress (ANC) merged with the Fijian Association (FA); the
remaining members of the ANC have renamed their party the General
Electors' Association

International organization participation: ACP, AsDB, CP, ESCAP,
FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, PCA, Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UN,
UNAMIR, UNAVEM III, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UPU,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Pita Kewa NACUVA
chancery: Suite 240, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007
telephone: [1] (202) 337-8320
FAX: [1] (202) 337-1996
consulate(s): New York

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Don Lee GEVIRTZ
embassy: 31 Loftus Street, Suva
mailing address: P. O. Box 218, Suva
telephone: [679] 314466
FAX: [679] 300081

Flag: light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the
flag; the shield depicts a yellow lion above a white field quartered
by the cross of Saint George featuring stalks of sugarcane, a palm
tree, bananas, and a white dove

Economy
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Economic overview: Fiji, richly endowed with forest, mineral, and
fish resources, is one of the most developed of the Pacific island
economies, though still with a large subsistence sector. Sugar
exports and tourism are the major sources of foreign exchange.
Industry contributes 17% to GDP; sugar processing makes up one-third
of industrial activity. Roughly 250,000 tourists visit each year.
Political uncertainty and drought, however, contribute to
substa