New ISO codes for country names
New country codes have been proposed by ISO for:
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Eritrea
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ER
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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BA
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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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MK
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Concerning names, Cambodia is now preferred to Kampuchea, and Myanmar to Burma. The ISO code for Myanmar is now MM, no longer BU.
For convenience, we reming you that the ISO codes for other new countries (ex-USSR Republics, ex-Yugoslav Republics, Czech and Slovak Republics) are:
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Armenia
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AM
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Azerbaijan
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AZ
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Belarus
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BY
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Croatia
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HR
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Czech Republic
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CZ
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Estonia
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EE
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Georgia
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GE
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Kazakhstan
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KZ
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Kyrgyzstan
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KG
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Latvia
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LV
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Lithuania
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LT
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Moldova, Republic of
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MD
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Russian Federation
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RU
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Slovakia
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SK
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Slovenia
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SI
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Tajikistan
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TJ
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Turkmenistan
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TM
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Ukraine
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UA
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Uzbekistan
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UZ
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The full list of ISO codes for country names and currencies can now be obtained on diskette from:
ISO Central Secretariat
rue de Varembré 1, 1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel: (41) 22 749 01 11
Fax: (41) 22 733 34 30
Sources
ISO Central Secretariat, Geneva (CH), 1996-03.