NationMaster - Belarusian Government statistics

Capital city	Minsk
Corruption	2.6		[116th of 160]
Procedures to build a warehouse > number	18	...	[71st of 168]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number	28	...	[113rd of 170]
Procedures to register property > number	7	...	[64th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	29.1 %	...	[23rd of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	16	...	[8th of 171]
Status	pseudo-democracy
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days	354 days	...	[14th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days	225 days	...	[156th of 171]
Time required to register property > days	231 days	...	[15th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days	69 days	...	[29th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	1,188 hours	...	[4th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years	5.8 years	...	[9th of 151]
Trademarks, nonresidents	1,027	...	[31st of 99]
Trademarks, residents	2,410	...	[29th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International as of January 2007, ground demarcations of the boundaries with Latvia and Lithuania were complete and mapped with final ratification documentation in preparation; 1997 boundary delimitation treaty with Ukraine remains unratified over unresolved financial claims, preventing demarcation and diminishing border security
UN membership date	24 Oct. 1945
United Nations mission http://www.un.int/belarus/ http://www.belarusembassy.org/

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Belarus, Republic of Belarus, Respublika Byelarus', byelarus

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