Government1 (Yemen)
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     Other political or pressure groups:
         conservative tribal groups, Muslim Brotherhood, leftist factions - pro-Iraqi
         Ba`thists, Nasirists, National Democratic Front (NDF)
     Member of:
         ACC, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD,
         IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OIC, UN,
         UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Muhsin Ahmad al-AYNI; Chancery at Suite 840, 600 New Hampshire
         Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037; telephone (202) 965-4760 or 4761; there is
         a Yemeni Consulate General in Detroit and a Consulate in San Francisco
       US:
         Ambassador Arthur H. HUGHES; Embassy at Dhahr Himyar Zone, Sheraton Hotel
         District, Sanaa (mailing address is P. O. Box 22347 Sanaa, Republic of Yemen
         or Sanaa - Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-6330); telephone [967]
         (2) 238-842 through 238-852; FAX [967] (2) 251-563
     Flag:
         three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; similar to the
         flag of Syria which has two green stars and of Iraq which has three green
         stars (plus an Arabic inscription) in a horizontal line centered in the
         white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt which has a symbolic eagle
         centered in the white band