Singapore is
nonaligned[?]. It is a member of the
United Nations--occupying a rotational seat on the
UN Security Council 2001-02--and several of its specialized and related agencies, and also of the Commonwealth. Singapore has participated in UN peacekeeping/observer missions in
Kuwait,
Angola,
Namibia,
Cambodia, and
East Timor. Singapore supports the concept of Southeast
Asian regionalism and plays an active role in the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Disputes - international:
two islands in dispute with Malaysia
Illicit drugs:
transit point for Golden Triangle[?] heroin going to North America, Western Europe, and the Third World; also a money laundering center
- See also : Singapore