IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM
(observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO,
UNU, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (observer)

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador MAHDI IBRAHIM Mohamed
chancery: 2210 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 338-8565
FAX: [1] (202) 667-2406
consulate(s) general: New York

Diplomatic representation from the US: US officials at the US Embassy
in Khartoum were moved for security reasons in February 1996 and have
been relocated to the US Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Cairo, Egypt;
they visit Khartoum monthly; the US Embassy in Khartoum (located on
Sharia Abdul Latif Avenue; mailing address-P.O. Box 699, Khartoum; APO
AE 09829; telephone-[249] (11) 774611 or 774700; FAX-[249] (11)
774137) is kept open by local employees; the US Embassy in Nairobi,
Kenya is located at the corner of Moi Avenue and Haile Selassie
Avenue, Nairobi; mailing address - P.O. Box 30137, Unit 64100,
Nairobi; telephone-[254] (2) 334141; FAX - [254] (2) 340838; the US
Embassy in Cairo, Egypt is located at (North Gate) 8, Kamel El-Din
Salah Street, Garden City, Cairo; mailing address-Unit 64900, APO AE
09839-4900; telephone-[20] (2) 3557371; FAX-[20] (2) 3573200

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@Sudan:Economy

Economy-overview: Sudan is buffeted by civil war, chronic political
instability, adverse weather, high inflation, a drop in remittances
from abroad, and counterproductive economic policies. The private
sector's main areas of activity are agriculture and trading, with most
private industrial investment predating 1980. Agriculture employs 80%
of the work force. Industry mainly processes agricultural items.
Sluggish economic performance over the past decade, attributable
largely to declining annual rainfall, has kept per capita income at
low levels. A large foreign debt and huge arrearages continue to cause
difficulties. In 1990 the International Monetary Fund took the unusual
step of declaring Sudan noncooperative because of its nonpayment of
arrearages to the Fund. After Sudan backtracked on promised reforms in
1992-93, the IMF threatened to expel Sudan from the Fund. To avoid
expulsion, Khartoum agreed to make payments on its arrears to the
Fund, liberalize exchange rates, and reduce subsidies, measures it has
partial