These include: Albania, Afghanistan Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Côte d ' Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, DR Congo, Egypt, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Holy See ( Vatican City ), Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Order of Malta, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Uruguay, and Vietnam.

See Congo River Steamers

See also J. Temmerman, ' Le Congo: Reduit National Belge ,' in Recueil d ' etudes << Congo 1955-1960 >>, Academie royale des Sciences d ' Outre-Mer ( Bruxelles ) pp. 413-422 ( 1992 )</ ref >

See Congo Crisis.

See Congo Crisis.

See Congo Crisis.

See Congo Pedicle road for more details.

See Congo Crisis.

Contracting members include: Albania ; Algeria ; Andorra ; Angola ; Antigua and Barbuda ; Argentina ; Armenia ; Australia ; Austria ; Azerbaijan ; Bahamas ; Bahrain ; Bangladesh ; Barbados ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Belize ; Benin ; Bhutan ; Bolivia ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Botswana ; Brazil ; Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria ; Burkina Faso ; Burundi ; Cambodia ; Cameroon ; Canada ; Central African Republic ; Chad ; Chile ; China ; Colombia ; Comoros ; Congo ; Costa Rica ; Croatia ; Cuba ; Cyprus ; Czech Republic ; Côte d ' Ivoire ; Democratic People's Republic of Korea ; Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Denmark ; Djibouti ; Dominica ; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; Egypt ; El Salvador ; Equatorial Guinea ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Gabon ; Gambia ; Georgia ; Germany ; Ghana ; Greece ; Grenada ; Guatemala ; Guinea ; Guinea-Bissau ; Guyana ; Haiti ; Holy See ; Honduras ; Hungary ; Iceland ; India ; Indonesia ; Iran ( Islamic Republic of ); Iraq ; Ireland ; Israel ; Italy ; Jamaica ; Japan ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan ; Kenya ; Kyrgyzstan ; Laos ; Latvia ; Lebanon ; Lesotho ; Liberia ; Libya ; Liechtenstein ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Macedonia ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; Malaysia ; Mali ; Malta ; Mauritania ; Mauritius ; Mexico ; Moldova ; Monaco ; Mongolia ; Morocco ; Mozambique ; Namibia ; Nepal ; Netherlands ; New Zealand ; Nicaragua ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Norway ; Oman ; Pakistan ; Panama ; Papua New Guinea ; Paraguay ; Peru ; Philippines ; Poland ; Portugal ; Qatar ; Republic of Korea ; Romania ; Russian Federation ; Rwanda ; Saint Kitts and Nevis ; Saint Lucia ; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ; San Marino ; Sao Tome and Principe ; Saudi Arabia ; Senegal ; Serbia ; Seychelles ; Sierra Leone ; Singapore ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; South Africa ; Spain ; Sri Lanka ; Sudan ; Suriname ; Swaziland ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Syrian Arab Republic ; Tajikistan ; Thailand ; Togo ; Tonga ; Trinidad and Tobago ; Tunisia ; Turkey ; Turkmenistan ; Uganda ; Ukraine ; United Arab Emirates ; United Kingdom ; United Republic of Tanzania ; United States of America ; Uruguay ; Uzbekistan ; Venezuela ; Vietnam ; Yemen ; Zambia ; and Zimbabwe.

See: Category: Republic of the Congo for articles about the Republic of the Congo, which is also known as Congo-Brazzaville.

See: Category: Democratic Republic of the Congo for articles about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is also known as Congo-Kinshasa and was formerly known as Zaire.

The signatory states that have not finished their ratification procedures are: Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Niger, Angola, DR Congo, Madagascar, Pakistan, Holy See, Poland.

; See also: Congo Free State

Duarte Lopes, ambassador from Kongo to the Holy See in Rome in 1585, related that " Loango is a friend of the King of Congo and it is said that he was a vassal in past times " which is consistent with Loango's origins from Kakongo, a vassal of Kongo.

; See also: Belgian Congo

; See also: French Congo ;

; See also: Congo Republic ;

; See also: Congo Republic ;

; See also: Belgian Congo ;

( See the definition of Free will in Wikipedia, for instance ).

See further discussion in Free will in Jewish thought.

On September 3, 1970 Norman began writing a regular column called " As I See It " in the Hollywood Free Paper, an evangelistic newspaper founded by Duane Pederson, one of the leaders of the Jesus People in Hollywood and Los Angeles.

The subsequent Irish Civil War saw bitter fighting between the newly established Irish Free State soldiers and IRA " Irregulars ", especially in the city ( See Irish Free State offensive ).

* As with the other dominions, the British monarch would be the head of state of the Irish Free State ( Saorstát Éireann ) and would be represented by a Governor General ( See Representative of the Crown ).

: See also: Tzimtzum ; Negative theology ; Jewish principles of faith ; Free will In Jewish thought ; Kuzari

See Free will In Jewish thought.

( See Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922 ) Thus for three days from midnight on 6 December 1922 the newly established Irish Free State, in theory included all of the island of Ireland ( including Northern Ireland ).

See the European Commission's website for further information: Free movement of services / Financial Services / Banking / Regulatory Capital

* See Detroit Free Press page: Coleman Young chronology

: See also: Anti-nuclear movement in the United States, Nuclear Free Vermont, Safe Energy Vermont, New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution.

( See Free Church of Scotland ( post 1900 ))

( See Free Church of Scotland ( post 1900 ) for the history of the smaller body.

See Larry D. Eldridge, A Distant Heritage: The Growth of Free Speech in Early America ( NYU Press, 1994 ).

See also Free software movement and Free culture movement

See, for example Luggage Forward and Luggage Free.

* African Activist Archive See a 1970s ANC campaign button " Free South African Political Prisoners-Free Ahmed Kathrada-ANC "

< i > See Alberto Korda's copyrights claims for the photograph as conditional </ i > Conditional ( Free ) use, < i > thereby restricting subsequent commercial claims, or claims not challenging the free use condition :</ i >

" See Emily Play " is also known as " Games for May ", and sometimes " Free Games for May ", after a free concert in which Barrett's Pink Floyd performed.

It was very important in asserting the identity and presence of the Irish Free State internationally in view of the fact that Irish diplomatic representation abroad was then confined to the legation in Washington, the office of the high commissioner in London, the permanent delegate to the League of Nations, and the Embassy to the Holy See ".

: See also the Campaign for Free Education ( Ireland ).

Often incorrectly referred to as " the Vatican ", the Holy See is not the same entity as the Vatican City State, which came into existence only in 1929 ; the Holy See, the episcopal see of Rome, dates back to early Christian times.

Ambassadors are officially accredited not to the Vatican City State but to " the Holy See ", and papal representatives to states and international organizations are recognized as representing the Holy See, not the Vatican City State.

The British Ambassador to the Holy See uses more precise language, saying that the Holy See " is not the same as the Vatican City State.

" This agrees exactly with the expression used by the website of the United States Department of State, in giving information on both the Holy See and the Vatican City State: it too says that the Holy See " operates from the Vatican City State ".

Although the Holy See, as distinct from the Vatican City State, does not fulfil the long-established criteria in international law of statehood — having a permanent population, a defined territory, a stable government and the capacity to enter into relations with other states — its possession of full legal personality in international law is shown by the fact that it maintains diplomatic relations with 179 states, that it is a member-state in various intergovernmental international organizations, and that it is: " respected by the international community of sovereign States and treated as a subject of international law having the capacity to engage in diplomatic relations and to enter into binding agreements with one, several, or many states under international law that are largely geared to establish and preserving peace in the world.

( See also Michigan-Ohio State rivalry ).

In 1929, the Lateran Treaty between Italy and the Holy See established the Vatican City State, guaranteeing papal independence from secular rule.

( See State of Matter # Glass )

" His various positions on Church and policy issues during his tenure as Cardinal Secretary of State were made public by the Holy See in 1939.

( See list of presidential appointees to the Council of State.

One outcome of the Innocenzo affair, however, was the upgrading of the position of Papal Secretary of State, as the incumbent had to take over the duties Innocenzo was unfit to perform: the Secretary of State eventually replaced the cardinal-nephew as the most important official of the Holy See.

The offices of the Vatican City State are not part of the Roman Curia, which is composed only of offices of the Holy See.

It is headed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, currently Tarcisio Bertone, and performs all the political and diplomatic functions of Vatican City and the Holy See.

The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy ( Pontificia Ecclesiastica Academia ) is dedicated to training priests to serve in the diplomatic corps and the Secretariat of State of the Holy See.