Sri Lanka
Buddhist clergy; labor unions; Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam or LTTE [Velupillai PRABHAKARAN](insurgent group fighting for
a separate state); radical chauvinist Sinhalese groups such as the
National Movement Against Terrorism; Sinhalese Buddhist lay groups
Sudan
Democratic Unionist Party [Muhammed Uthman AL-MIRGHANI];
National Democratic Alliance [Muhammed Uthman AL-MIRGHANI,
chairman]; Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army [Dr. John
GARANG]; Umma Party [Sadiq al-MAHDI]
Suriname
Association of Indigenous Village Chiefs [Ricardo PANE];
Association of Saramaccan Authorities or Maroon [Head Captain WASE];
Women's Parliament Forum or PVF [Iris GILLIAD]
Swaziland
NA
Sweden
NA
Switzerland
NA
Syria
conservative religious leaders; Kurdish Democratic Alliance
[leader NA]; Kurdish Democratic Front [leader NA]; Muslim
Brotherhood (operates in exile in London) [Ali Badr Eddine
al-BAYANOUNI]; National Democratic Front [Hassan Abd al-AZIM]
Taiwan
Taiwan independence movement, various business and
environmental groups
note: debate on Taiwan independence has become acceptable within the
mainstream of domestic politics on Taiwan; political liberalization
and the increased representation of opposition parties in Taiwan's
legislature have opened public debate on the island's national
identity; a broad popular consensus has developed that Taiwan
currently enjoys de facto independence and - whatever the ultimate
outcome regarding reunification or independence - that Taiwan's
people must have the deciding voice; advocates of Taiwan
independence oppose the stand that the island will eventually unify
with mainland China; goals of the Taiwan independence movement
include establishing a sovereign nation on Taiwan and entering the
UN; other organizations supporting Taiwan independence include the
World United Formosans for Independence and the Organization for
Taiwan Nation Building
Tajikistan
there are three unregistered political parties: Agrarian
Party or APT [Hikmatullo NASRIDDINOV]; Progressive Party [Sulton
QUVVATOV]; Unity Party [Hikmatullo SAIDOV]
Tanzania
NA