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UIS Cave Rescue Commission
Comisión de Espéleosocorro, Commission de Spéléosecours, Höhle-Rettung Kommission

Here you will find the cave rescue teams of the world by country. Please let us know any change by E-Mail. Also any correction needed should be notified by filling and submitting the information request form below. Be advised that not all the countries have organized Speleology or cave rescue teams. An authorization to publish the information is requested from the originator. Thanks.

UIS Cave Rescue Teams of the World

A Afghanistan Albania Algeria	Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina info	Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan
B Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium	Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana	Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma (Myanmar) Burundi
C Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad	Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Costa Rica info Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic
D	Denmark Djibouti	Dominica Dominican Republic
E East Timor Ecuador Egypt	El Salvador England (U.K.) Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia
F	Fiji Finland	France
G Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany	Ghana Great Britain (U.K.) Greece Grenada	Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana
H	Haiti Honduras	Hungary info
I Iceland India	Indonesia Info Iran Iraq	Ireland Israel Italy
J	Jamaica Japan	Jordan
K Kazakhstan Kenya	Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South	Kuwait Kyrgyzstan
L Laos Latvia Lebanon	Lesotho Liberia Libya	Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
M Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali	Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico info Micronesia	Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar
N Namibia Nauru Nepal	The Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua	Niger Nigeria Northern Ireland (U.K.) Norway info
O	Oman
P Pakistan Palau Palestinian State*	Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru	The Philippines Poland Portugal
Q	Qatar
R	Romania info Russia	Rwanda
S St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and The Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Scotland (U.K.)	Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa	Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland info Syria
T Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania	Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago	Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu
U Uganda Ukraine	United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States info	Uruguay Uzbekistan
V	Vanuatu Vatican City (Holy See)	Venezuela Vietnam
W	Wales (U.K.)	Western Sahara*
Y	Yemen	Yugoslavia
Z	Zaire Zambia	Zimbabwe

* Proposed States

Territories, Colonies, and Dependencies

Source: The World Factbook, 2005

The following is a list of dependencies—territories under the jurisdiction of another country.

Under Australian Jurisdiction (6)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Coral Sea Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Norfolk Island

Under Danish Jurisdiction (2)

Under Dutch Jurisdiction (2)

Under French Jurisdiction (16)

Under New Zealand Jurisdiction (3)

Cook Islands
Niue
Tokelau

Under Norwegian Jurisdiction (3)

Bouvet Island
Jan Mayen
Svalbard

Under UK Jurisdiction (15)

Under U.S. Jurisdiction (14)

Disputed Territories (6): Antarctica, Gaza Strip, Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands, West Bank, Western Sahara

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