word | | Constitution |
| national | Cape Verde | 25 September 1992; a major revision on 23 November 1995 substantially increased the powers of the president; a 1999 revision created the position of national ombudsman (Provedor de Justica) |
| national | Equatorial Guinea | approved by national referendum 17 November 1991; amended January 1995 |
| national | European Union | ... October 2004 in Rome, gave member states two years for ratification either by parliamentary vote or national referendum before it was scheduled to take effect on 1 November 2006; defeat in French ... |
| national | Gambia, The | approved by national referendum 8 August 1996; effective 16 January 1997 |
| National | Hong Kong | Basic Law, approved in March 1990 by China's National People's Congress, is Hong Kong's "mini-constitution" |
| national | Kazakhstan | first post-independence constitution adopted 28 January 1993; new constitution adopted by national referendum 30 August 1995 |
| national | Kyrgyzstan | adopted 5 May 1993; note - amendment proposed by President Askar AKAYEV and passed in a national referendum on 2 February 2003 significantly expanded the powers of the president at the expense of ... |
| National | Lebanon | 23 May 1926; amended a number of times, most recently Charter of Lebanese National Reconciliation (Ta'if Accord) of October 1989 |
| National | Macau | Basic Law, approved on 31 March 1993 by China's National People's Congress, is Macau's "mini-constitution" |
| national | Madagascar | 19 August 1992 by national referendum |
| National | Poland | adopted by the National Assembly 2 April 1997; passed by national referendum 25 May 1997; effective 17 October 1997 |
| National | Sudan | constitution implemented on 30 June 1998, partially suspended 12 December 1999 by President BASHIR; under the CPA, Interim National Constitution ratified 5 July 2005; Constitution of Southern Sudan signed December 2005 |
| nationalized | Portugal | ... trimmed the powers of the president, and laid the groundwork for a stable, pluralistic liberal democracy; as well, they allowed for the privatization of nationalized firms and the government-owned communications media |
| nationwide | Armenia | adopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995; amendments adopted through a nationwide referendum 27 November 2005 |
| NATO | Slovakia | ratified 1 September 1992, effective 1 January 1993; changed in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president; amended February 2001 to allow Slovakia to apply for NATO and EU membership |
| negotiated | Kyrgyzstan | ... expense of the legislature; during large-scale demonstrations in November 2006, President BAKIEV and the opposition negotiated a new constitution granting greater powers to the parliament and the government; amendments added on ... |
| negotiations | Cyprus | ... 16 August 1960 note: from December 1963, the Turkish Cypriots no longer participated in the government; negotiations to create the basis for a new or revised constitution to govern the island and ... |
| Netherlands | Netherlands Antilles | 29 December 1954, Statute of the Realm of the Netherlands, as amended |
| new | Afghanistan | new constitution drafted 14 December 2003-4 January 2004; signed 16 January 2004 |
| new | Bolivia | 2 February 1967; revised in August 1994; possible referendum on new constitution to be held in 2008 |
| new | Bosnia and Herzegovina | the Dayton Agreement, signed 14 December 1995 in Paris, included a new constitution now in force; note - each of the entities also has its own constitution |
| new | Cyprus | ... the Turkish Cypriots no longer participated in the government; negotiations to create the basis for a new or revised constitution to govern the island and for better relations between Greek and Turkish ... |
| new | Eritrea | a transitional constitution, decreed on 19 May 1993, was replaced by a new constitution adopted on 23 May 1997, but not yet implemented |
| new | European Union | ... 1992; the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997; and the Treaty of Nice in 2003; note - a new draft Constitutional Treaty, signed on 29 October 2004 in Rome, gave member states two years ... |
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