INTRODUCTION
This publication is a revision of the United Nations Standard Country Code published in 1970.[1] The annex contains an alphabetical list of countries or areas showing the United Nations three-digit mumerical codes and eight- and twelve-character abbreviations; in addition, it shows the two- and three-letter
alphabetical codes (Alpha-2 and Alpha-3) proposed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).[2]
- ↑ United Nations publication, Sales No. E.70.XVII.13.
- ↑ A non-governmental organization (with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland) having consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It aims to promote development of world standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to develop mutual co-operation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity.
