Body Language

Shoulder Shrug Gesture

• The shoulder shrug is also a good example of a universal gesture that is used to show that a person does not know or understand what you are talking about. It is a multiple gesture that has three main parts: exposed palms, hunched shoulders and raised brow.

The Ring or ‘OK’ Gesture

• The ’OK’ meaning is common to all English-speaking countries and it means "All correct".

The Thumb-Up Gesture

• In Britain, Australia and New Zealand the thumb-up gesture has three meanings, it is commonly used by hitch-hikers who are thumbing a lift, it is an OK signal, and when the thumb is jerked sharply upwards it becomes an insult signal, meaning ‘up yours’ or ‘sit on this’. In some countries, such as Greece, its main meaning is ‘get stuffed’.

Congruence (state of agreement)

• We often see a high ranking politician standing behind a lectern with his arms tightly folded across his chest (defensive) and chin down (critical or hostile), while telling his audience how receptive and open he is to the ideas of young people.

Countries and its Parliament

Countries	Parliaments
Afghanistan	Shoora
Andorra	General Council
Albania	People’s Assembly
Azerbaijan	Melli Majlis
Algeria	National People’s Assembly
Angola	National People’s Assembly
Argentina	National Congress
Australia	Federal Parliament
Austria	National Assembly
Bahamas	General Assembly
Bahrain	Consultative Council
Bangladesh	Jatiya Sansad
Belize	National Assembly
Bhutan	Tshogdu
Bolivia	National Congress
Brazil	National Congress
Brunei	National Assembly
Botswana	National Assembly
Britain	Parliment (House of Common’s & House of Lords)
Bulgaria	Narodno Subranie.
Cambodia	National Assembly
Congo Democratic	Rep. of National Legislative Council
Colombia	Congress
Canada	Parliament
China	National People’s Congress
Chile	Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Comoros	Legislative Council and Senate
Costa Rice	Legislative Council and Senate
Crotia	Sabor
Cuba	National Assembly of People’s Power
Czech Republic	Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Denmark	Folketing
Ecuador	Natinal Congress
El Salvador	Legislative Assembly
East Timor	Constituent Assembly
Ethiopia	Federal Council and House of Representative
Egypt	People’s Assembly
Fiji Islands	Senate & House of Representative
France	National Assembly
Finland	Eduskusta (Parliament)
Germany	Bundestag(Lower House),Bundesrat(UpperHouse)
Guyana	National Assembly
Greece	Chamber of Deputies
Hungary	National Assembly
Iceland	Althing
India	Parliament
Indonesia	People’s Consultative Assembly
Iran	Majlis
Iraq	National Assembly
Israel	Knesset
Italy	Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Japan	Diet
Jordan	National Assembly
Korea(North)	Supreme People’s Assembly
Korea(South)	National Assembly
Kuwait	National Assembly
Kenya	National Assembly
Laos	People’s Supreme Assembly
Labanon	National Assembly
Lesotho	National Assembly and Senate
Lithuania	Seimas
Luxembourg	Chamber of Deputies
Liberia	National Assembly
Libya	General People’s Congress
Malaysia	Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara
Maldives	Majlis Madagascar
Mongolia	Great People’s Khural
Montenegro	Federal Assembly
Mozambique	People’s Assembly
Myanmar	Pyithu Hluttaw
Nepal	National Panchayat
Netherlands	The State General
Norway	Storting
New Zealand	Parliament (House of Representative)
Oman	Monarchy
Pakistan	National Assembly & Senate
Paraguay	Senate & Chamber of Deputies
Philippines	The Congress
Papua New Guinea	National Parliament
Poland	Sejm
Romania	Great National Assembly
Russia	Duma & Federal Council
Serbia	Federal Assembly
Senegal	National Assembly
Seychelles	People’s Assembly
Somalia	People’s Assembly
South Africa	Rep. House of Assembly
Spain	Cortes
Sweden	Riksdag
Saudi Arabia	Majlis Al Shura
Sudan	National Assembly
Switzerland	Federal Assembly
Syria	People’s Council
Turkey	Grand National Assembly
Tunisia	National Assembly
USA	Congress
Vietnam	National Assembly
Venezuela	National Congress
Zaire	National Legislative Council
Zambia	National Assembly.

Mobile Phone Makers

Australia	1	Kogan
Bangladesh	1	Walton
Brazil	2	Gradiente Positivo
Canada	1	BlackBerry
China	16	Huawei BBK Coolpad Gionee Haier Lenovo Meizu OnePlus Sagetel formerly Ningbo Bird Technology Happy Life TCL Corporation Vivo Electronics Xiaomi Tech Zopo Mobile ZTE oppo
Czech Republic	2	Jablotron Verzo
Denmark	1	Lumigon
Finland	3	JollaMicrosoft MobileTwig Com
France	6	Alcatel Archos Bull MobiWire Thomson Wiko
Germany	5	AEG Grundig Mobile Telefunken Tiptel Siemens
India	16	Celkon Mobiles HCL Technologies iball Intex Technologies Karbonn Mobiles Lava Mobiles Micromax Mobile Olive Telecommunications Onida Electronics Reliance Communications Simmtronics Spice Digital Videocon WickedLeak XOLO YU Televentures
Indonesia	4	Nexian Evercoss MITO Polytron
Italy	5	Brondi NGM Olivetti Onda Mobile Communication Telit (discontinued)
Japan	12	Fujitsu Kyocera Communications Mitsubishi Electric (discontinued) NEC NEC Casio Mobile Communications Panasonic Sanyo Sansui Sharp Corporation Sony Mobile Communications Toshiba
Latvia	1	Just5
Malaysia	2	M Dot Ninetology
Mexico	3	Kyoto Electronics Lanix Zonda
Netherlands	3	Fairphone John’s Phone Philips
North Korea	1	Koryolink
Pakistan	2	QMobile Voice Mobile
Philippines	3	Cherry Mobile (Re-brand of China made phones) Starmobile (Re-brand of China made phones) Cloudfone (Globe Telecom Phone)
Poland	1	Manta Multimedia
Romania	1	Allview
Russia	7	Explay Gresso Highscreen RoverPC teXet Sitronics Yotaphone
South Korea	5	KT Tech LG Pantech Samsung VK Mobile (discontinued)
Spain	3	Bq GeeksPhone Vitelcom
Sweden	3	Doro Ericsson (discontinued) Nautiz by Handheld Group
Taiwan	8	Acer Asus BenQ DBTel Dopod E-TEN Gigabyte Technology HTC
Thailand	4	AIS DTAC True Wellcom
Tunisia	1	Evertek
United Arab Emirates	1	Thuraya
United Kingdom	5	Binatone Bullitt Group INQ (discontinued) Sendo (discontinued) Vertu
United States	9	Amazon Apple BLU Firefly Google Nexus InfoSonics Microsoft Mobile Motorola Mobility Sonim