Transnational Issues Nepal
Disputes - international:
joint border commission continues to work on small disputed
sections of boundary with India; India has instituted a stricter
border regime to restrict transit of Maoist insurgents
Illicit drugs:
illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic and international
drug markets; transit point for opiates from Southeast Asia to the
West
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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@Netherlands
Introduction Netherlands
Background:
The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium
seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained
neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by
Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized nation, the
Netherlands is also a large exporter of agricultural products. The
country was a founding member of NATO and the EC (now the EU), and
participated in the introduction of the Economic and Monetary Union
(EMU) in 1999.
Geography Netherlands
Location:
Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany