Further notes on geographical regions


men regions are identical to un regions with the exception of the following
     countries reclassified to the Middle East region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran,
     Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi
     Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

meb is identical to men with the exception of adding nine more countries to the
     Middle East region:  Afghanistan, Algeria, Djibouti, Mauritania, Morocco,
     Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.

sov is identical to men with the exception of the following countries
     reclassified as being post Soviet : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia,
     Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia,
     Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.


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