p>members-(10) Belgium, Egypt, France, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, UK, US

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
established-14 September 1960

members-(12) Algeria, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela

Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
established-22-25 September 1969

members-(47 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan (suspended), Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization observer-(1) Turkish-Cypriot administered area of Cyprus

    United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
    established-31 May 1974
    members-(4) Austria, Canada, Finland, Poland
    United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
    established-19 March 1978

members-(10) Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Sweden

United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) established-NA 1990

members-(25) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Tunisia, UK, US, Venezuela

United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)
established-NA 1991

members-(34) Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela

WESTERN SCS's ORGANIZATIONS
ВНУТРЕННИЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ЗАПАДНОЙ СКС

Australia--New Zealand--United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) established-1 September 1951

effective-29 April 1952

aim-to implement a trilateral mutual security agreement, although the US suspended security obligations to NZ on 11 August 1986 members-(3) Australia, NZ, US

    Nordic Council (NC)
    established-16 March 1952
    effective-12 February 1953

members-(5) Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden; note-Denmark includes Faroe Islands and Greenland

    Western European Union (WEU)
    established-23 October 1954
    effective-6 May 1955

members-(9) Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK

    associate member-(1) Iceland observer-(1) Greece
    European Investment Bank EIB)
    established-25 March 1957
    effective-1 January 1958

members-(12) Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK

    Benelux Economic Union (Benelux)
    note-acronym from Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
    established-3 February 1958
    effective-1 November 1960
    members-(3) Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
    European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
    established-4 January 1960
    effective-3 May 1960

members-(7) Austria, Finland, Iceland, Leichtenstein, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland

    European Community (EC)
    established-8 April 1965
    effective-1 July 1967

aim-to integrate the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), the European Coal and SteelCommunity (ESC), and the European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market); the EC plans to establish a completely integrated common market and an eventual

    federation of Europe
    members-(12) Belgium, Denmark, France,
    Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
    Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK
    European Space Agency ESA)
    established-31 July 1973
    effective-1 May 1975

aim-to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and technology

    members-(13) Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
    France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands,
    Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
    associate member-(1) Finland
    cooperating state-(1) Canada
    Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
    established-4 December 1975
    effective-1 June 1976
    aim-to promote economic cooperation and development
    members-(5) Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ С ЯВНЫМ ЗАПАДНЫМ ДОМИНИРОВАНИЕМ, СОЗДАННЫЕ ДЛЯ РЕШЕНЕИЯ ОПРЕДЕЛЕННЫХ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИХ, ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИХ И ТЕХНИЧЕСКИХ ПРОБЛЕМ

    Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
    established-20 January 1930
    effective-17 March 1930

aim-to promote cooperation among central banks in international financial settlements

    members-(30) Australia, Austria,
    Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark,
    Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
    Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
    Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain,
    Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US, Yugoslavia
    Commonwealth (C)
    established-31 December 1931

members-(48) Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, NZ, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe special members-(2) Nauru, Tuvalu

    Group of 6
    established-NA
    members-(6) Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK
    International Monetary Fund (IMF)
    established-22 July 1944
    effective-27 December 1945

members-(175) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe observers-(3) Holy See, North Korea, Monaco

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) note-also known as the World Bank

established-22 July 1944
effective-27 December 1945

members-(174) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Solvenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Coordinating Committee on Export Controls (COCOM)
established-NA 1949

members-(17) Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, US cooperating countries-(8) Austria, Finland, Ireland, South Korea, NZ, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland

    Council of Europe (CE)
    established-5 May 1949
    effective-3 August 1949

aim-to promote increased unity and quality of life in Europe

members-(29) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,

Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino,

    Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
    established-17 September 1949
    aim-to promote mutual defense and cooperation
    members-(16) Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
    France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg,
    Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, US
    Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
    established-NA 1958

aim-associated with OECD, seeks to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy

    members-(23) Australia, Austria,
    Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
    Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg,
    Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
    Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) established-14 December 1960,

    effective
    30 September 1961
    aim-to promote economic cooperation
    and development
    members-(24) Australia, Austria,
    Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
    Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg,
    Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US special members-(2) EC, Yugoslavia

    Group of 10 (G-10)
    note-also known as the Paris Club
    established-NA October 1962

aim-wealthiest members of the IMF who provide most of the money to be loaned and act as the informal steering committee; name persists in spite of the addition of Switzerland on NA April 1984

members-(11) Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

Franc Zone (FZ)
established-NA

aim-to form a monetary union among countries whose currencies are linked to the French franc

    members-(15) Benin, Burkina, Cameroon,
    Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote
    d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Mali,
    Niger, Senegal, Togo; note-France includes
    metropolitan France, the four overseas departments
    of France (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
    Reunion), the two territorial collectivities of
    France (Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon), and the
    three overseas territories of France (French
    Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna)
    International Energy Agency (IEA)
    established-15 November 1974
    aim-established by the OECD to promote
    cooperation on energy matters, especially emergency
    oil sharing and relations between oil consumers and
    oil producers
    members-(21) Australia, Austria,
    Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
    Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway,
    Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US
    Group of 8 (G-8)
    established-NA October 1975
    aim-the developed countries (DCs) that participated in the

Conference on International Economic Cooperation (CIEC), held in several sessions between NA December 1975 and 3 June 1977

members-(8) Australia, Canada, EC (as one member), Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,

    US
    Australia Group
    established-1984

aim-to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons

members-(25) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US observer-(1) Singapore

    Group of 5 (G-5)
    established-22 September 1985
    aim-the five major non-Communist economic powers
    members-(5) France, Germany, Japan, UK, US
    Group of 7 (G-7)
    note-membership is the same as the Big Seven
    established-22 September 1985
    aim-the seven major non-Communist economic powers

members-(7) Group of 5 (France, Germany, Japan, UK, US) plus Canada and Italy

Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
established-April 1987

aim-to arrest missile proliferation by controlling the export of key missile technologies and

equipment
members-(24) Australia, Austria,

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC)-an extension of NATO established-8 November 1991

    effective-20 December 1991
    aim-to form a forum to discuss cooperation
    concerning mutual political and security issues
    members-(38) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
    Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech
    Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia,
    Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
    Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova,
    Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,

Slovakia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia

Liberation Organization Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) established-5 March 1992

    aim-to promote cooperation among the Baltic Sea states in
    the areas of aid to new democratic institutions, economic
    development, humanitarian aid, energy and the environment,

cultural and education, and transportation and communication members-(10) Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia,

Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden
observers-(2) Belarus, Ukraine

ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ, ВКЛЮЧАЮЩИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВА РАЗЛИЧНЫХ СКС, НО СВЯЗАННЫЕ С ТЕРРИТОРИЕЙ И НАСЕЛЕНИЕМ ЗАПАДНОЙ СКС, А ТАКЖЕ ЕЕ ГРАНИЦАМИ С ИНЫМИ СОЦИО-КУЛЬТУРНЫМИ ОБРАЗВАНИЯМИ

    United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
    established-4 March 1964
    aim-established by the UN Security Council to serve as a

peacekeeping force beween Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus

members-(7) Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, UK

    RUSSIAN SCS's ORGANIZATIONS
    ВНУТРЕННИЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ РОССИЙСКОЙ СКС
    Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
    established-8 December 1991
    effective-21 December 1991

aim-to coordinate intercommonwealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the USSR

members-(10) Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ РОССИЙСКОЙ СКС, СВЯЗАННЫЕ С КОНТРОЛЕМ И СОЦИО-КУЛЬТУРНОЙ ПЕРЕРАБОТКОЙ СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКИ ВАЖНЫХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ

    Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA)
    also known as CMEA or Comecon,
    was established 25 January 1949
    to promote the
    development of socialist economies and was abolished
    1 January 1991; members included Afghanistan (observer),
    Albania (had not participated since 1961 break with
    USSR), Angola (observer), Bulgaria, Cuba,
    Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia (observer), GDR, Hungary, Laos
    (observer), Mongolia, Mozambique (observer), Nicaragua
    (observer), Poland, Romania, USSR, Vietnam, Yemen
    (observer), Yugoslavia (associate)
    Warsaw Pact (WP)
    was established 14 May 1955

to promote mutual defense; members met 1 July 1991 to dissolve the alliance; member states at the time of dissolution were Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the USSR; earlier members included East Germany and Albania

Reference:

Communist program of the Russian SCS: defining boundaries of own socio-cultural spaces (especially internal and external buffer zones); leading the global war against Western SCS's expansion outside its homeland (1917 - 1991/93)

    International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC)
    established in 22 October 1963;
    aim was to promote economic cooperation and development;
    members were Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East
    Germany, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, USSR,
    Vietnam; now it is a Russian bank with a new charter
    International Investment Bank (IIB)
    established on 7 July 1970;
    to promote economic development; members were
    Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany,
    Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, USSR, Vietnam;
    now it is a Russian bank with a new charter
    HINDU SCS's ORGANIZATIONS

ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ, ВКЛЮЧАЮЩИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВА РАЗЛИЧНЫХ СКС, НО СВЯЗАННЫЕ С ТЕРРИТОРИЕЙ И НАСЕЛЕНИЕМ ИНДУССКОЙ СКС, А ТАКЖЕ ЕЕ ГРАНИЦАМИ С ИНЫМИ СОЦИО-КУЛЬТУРНЫМИ ОБРАЗВАНИЯМИ

    United Nations Military Observer Group in India
    and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
    established-13 August 1948

aim-established by the UN Security Council to observe the 1949 India-Pakistan ceasefire

members-(8) Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Uruguay

    SOUTH-AMERICAN SCS's ORGANIZATIONS
    ВНУТРЕННИЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ЮЖНОАМЕРИКАНСКОЙ СКС
    Organization of American States (OAS)
    established-30 April 1948
    effective-13 December 1951
    aim-to promote peace and security
    as well as economic and social development
    members-(35) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas,

Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba (excluded from formal participation since 1962), Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, US, Uruguay, Venezuela

observers-(24) Algeria, Austria,

Belgium, Cyprus, EC, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland

    Central American Common Market (CACM)
    established-13 December 1960
    effective-3 June 1961

aim-to promote establishment of a Central American Common Market

    members-(5) Costa Rica, El Salvador,
    Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
    Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
    note-acronym from Banco Centroamericano
    de Integracion Economico
    established-13 December 1960
    aim-to promote economic integration
    and development
    members-(5) Costa Rica, El Salvador,
    Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)

note-acronym from Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe (OPANAL)

    established-14 February 1967
    aim-to encourage the peaceful uses
    of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons
    members-(26) Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados,
    Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica,
    Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada,
    Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua,
    Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,
    Uruguay, Venezuela
    Andean Group (AG)
    established-26 May 1969
    effective-16 October 1969
    aim-to promote harmonious development
    through economic integration
    members-(5) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,
    Peru, Venezuela
    associate member-(1) Panama
    observers-(26) Argentina, Australia,
    Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark,
    Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy,
    Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Spain, Sweden,
    Switzerland, UK, US, Uruguay, Yugoslavia
    Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
    established-4 July 1973
    effective-1 August 1973
    aim-to promote economic integration
    and development, especially among the less developed
    countries

members-(13) Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

    associate members-(2)
    British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
    observers-(10) Anguilla, Bermuda,
    Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico,
    Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela
    Latin American Economic System (LAES)

note-also known as Sistema Economico Latinoamericana (SELA) established-17 October 1975

aim-to promote economic and social development through regional cooperation

members-(26) Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,

Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)

note-also known as Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion (ALADI) established-12 August 1980

    effective-18 March 1981
    aim-to promote freer regional trade
    members-(11) Argentina, Bolivia,
    Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay,
    Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

observers-(16) Commission of the European Communities, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Inter-American Development Bank, Italy, Nicaragua,

    Organization of American States, Panama, Portugal,
    Spain, United Nations Development Program, United
    Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the
    Caribbean
    UAE Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
    established-18 June 1981
    effective-4 July 1981
    aim-to promote political, economic, and defense cooperation

members-(7) Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines associate member-(1) British Virgin Islands

    Contadora Group (CG)
    was established 5 January 1983
    (on the Panamanian island of Contadora) to

reduce tensions and conflicts in Central America but evolved into the Rio Group (RG); members included Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela

    Group of 11 (G-11)
    note-also known as the Cartagena Group
    established-22 June 1984, in Cartagena,
    Colombia
    aim-forum for largest debtor nations
    in Latin America
    members-(11) Argentina, Bolivia,
    Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
    Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
    Rio Group (RG)
    established-NA 1988

aim-a consultation mechanism on regional Latin American issues members-(11) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru (suspended), Uruguay, Venezuela; note-Panama was expelled in 1988; Peru.

    Group of 3 (G-3)
    established-NA October 1990
    aim-mechanism for policy coordination
    members-(3) Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela
    Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR)
    established-26 March 1991
    aim-regional economic cooperation
    members-(4) Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay,
    Uruguay

ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ, ВКЛЮЧАЮЩИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВА РАЗЛИЧНЫХ СКС, НО СВЯЗАННЫЕ С ТЕРРИТОРИЕЙ И НАСЕЛЕНИЕМ ЮЖНОАМЕРИКАНСКОЙ СКС, А ТАКЖЕ ЕЕ ГРАНИЦАМИ С ИНЫМИ СОЦИО-КУЛЬТУРНЫМИ ОБРАЗВАНИЯМИ

    Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
    established-18 October 1969
    effective-26 January 1970
    aim-to promote economic development and cooperation
    regional members-(20)
    Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados,
    Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
    Colombia, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico,
    Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
    Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks
    and Caicos Islands, Venezuela
    nonregional members-(5) Canada, France, Germany, Italy, UK
    United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL)
    established-NA 1991

aim-established by the UN Security Council to verify ceasefire arrangments and to monitor the maintenance of public order pending the organization of a new National Civil Police

members-(9) Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Venezuela

    BLACK AFRICAN SCS's ORGANIZATIONS
    ВНУТРЕННИЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ЧЕРНОЙ АФРИКАНСКОЙ СКС
    Council of the Entente (Entente)
    established-29 May 1959
    aim-to promote economic, social, and political coordination
    members-(5) Benin, Burkina, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Togo
    Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)
    note-acronym from Union Douaniere
    et Economique de l'Afrique Centrale
    established-8 December 1964
    effective-1 January 1966

aim-to promote the establishment of a Central African Common Market

members-(6) Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

    East African Development Bank (EADB)
    established-6 June 1967
    effective-1 December 1967
    aim-to promote economic development
    members-(3) Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
    Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
    established-11 December 1969
    aim-to promote free trade and cooperation
    in customs matters

members-(9) Bophuthatswana, Botswana, Ciskei, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Transkei, Venda

    Front Line States (FLS)
    established-NA
    aim-to achieve black majority rule
    in South Africa

members-(7) Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

West African Economic Community (CEAO)

note-acronym from Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest established-3 June 1972

aim-to promote regional economic development

members-(7) Benin, Burkina, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal

observers-(2) Guinea, Togo
West African Development Bank (WADB)

note-also known as Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement (BOAD) established-14 November 1973

aim-to promote economic development and integration

members-(7) Benin, Burkina, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo

    West African States (ECOWAS)
    established-28 May 1975
    aim-to promote regional economic cooperation
    members-(17) Benin, Burkina, Cape

Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

    Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)
    note-acronym from Communaute Economique
    des Pays des Grands Lacs
    established-26 September 1976
    aim-to promote regional economic
    cooperation and integration
    members-(3) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire
    Economic Community of
    Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)

-acronym from Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale established-18 October 1983

aim-to promote regional economic cooperation and establish a Central African Common Market

members-(10) Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire observer-(1) Angola

Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) established-NA January 1986

aim-to promote cooperation on drought-related matters

members-(6) Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda

Southern African Development Community (SADC)

note-evolved from the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC)

established-17 August 1992

aim-to promote regional economic development and integration

    members-(10) Angola, Botswana, Lesotho,
    Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania,
    Zambia, Zimbabwe

ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ, ВКЛЮЧАЮЩИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВА РАЗЛИЧНЫХ СКС, НО СВЯЗАННЫЕ С ТЕРРИТОРИЕЙ И НАСЕЛЕНИЕМ ЧЕРНОЙ АФРИКАНСКОЙ СКС, А ТАКЖЕ ЕЕ ГРАНИЦАМИ С ИНЫМИ СОЦИО-КУЛЬТУРНЫМИ ОБРАЗВАНИЯМИ

    African Development Bank (AfDB),
    also known as Banque Africaine de Developpement (BAD)
    established-4 August 1963
    aim-to promote economic and social
    development
    regional members-(50)
    Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi,
    Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,
    Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti,
    Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon,
    The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya,
    Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,
    Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger,
    Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,
    Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland,
    Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    nonregional members-(25)

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US, Yugoslavia

Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT)

note-acronym from Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique established-21 March 1970

    aim-to promote cultural and technical
    cooperation among French-speaking countries
    members-(31) Belgium, Benin, Burkina, Burundi,
    Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,
    Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial
    Guinea, France, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Luxembourg,
    Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda,
    Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zaire

associate members-(7) Cameroon, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Laos, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Lucia

    participating governments-(2) New Brunswick (Canada),
    Quebec (Canada)
    Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC)
    note-acronym from Banque de Developpement des Etats de
    l'Afrique Centrale
    established-3 December 1975
    aim-to provide loans for economic
    development
    members-(9) Cameroon, Central African
    Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France,
    Gabon, Germany, Kuwait
    United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM II)
    note-successor to original UNAVEM
    established-20 December 1988
    aim-established by the UN Security
    Council to verify the withdrawal of Cuban troops from
    Angola
    members-(25) Algeria, Argentina,
    Brazil, Canada, Congo, Czech Republic, Egypt, Guinea
    Bissau, Hungary, India, Ireland, Jordan, Malaysia,
    Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal,
    Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Yugoslavia,
    Zimbabwe
    United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM)
    established-NA 1992

aim-established by the UN Security Council to facilitate an immediate cessation of hostilities, to maintain a ceasefire to promote a political settlement, and to provide urgent

humanitarian assistance

members-(17) Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Fiji, Finland, Indonesia, Jordan, Morocco, NZ, Norway, Pakistan, Slovakia, Zimbabwe

United Nations Operation in Mozambique (UNOMOZ)
established-NA 1992

aim-established by the UN Security Council to supervise the ceasefire

members-(18) Argentina, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay, Zambia

РЕГИОНАЛЬНЫЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ, ВКЛЮЧАЮЩИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВА РАЗЛИЧНЫХ СОЦИО-КУЛЬТУРНЫХ ОБРАЗОВАНИЙ

    Africa
    Organization of African Unity (OAU)
    established-25 May 1963
    aim-to promote unity and cooperation among African states
    members-(52) Algeria, Angola, Benin,
    Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central
    African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,
    Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
    Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya,
    Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sao Tome and

    Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia,
    Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zaire,
    Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
    established-29 April 1958

aim-to promote economic development as a regional commission of the UN's Economic and Social Council

    members-(52) Algeria, Angola, Benin,
    Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
    Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote
    d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea,
    Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea
    Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar,
    Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco,
    Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome
    and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
    Somalia, South Africa (suspended), Sudan, Swaziland,
    Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia,
    Zimbabwe associate members-(2)
    France, UK
    ASIA & Pacific
    South Pacific Commission (SPC)
    established-6 February 1947
    effective-29 July 1948

aim-to promote regional cooperation n economic and social matters

    members-(27) American Samoa, Australia,
    Cook Islands, Fiji, France, French Polynesia,
    Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States
    of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, NZ, Niue,
    Northern Mariana Islands, Trust Territory
    of the Pacific Islands (Palau), Papua New Guinea,
    Pitcairn Islands, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga,
    Tuvalu, UK, US, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) established-28 March 1947

as Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
(ECAFE)

aim-to promote economic development as a regional commission for the UN's Economic and Social Council

members-(46) Afghanistan, Australia,

Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Fiji, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ,

Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga,

Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, UK, US, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Samoa associate members-(10) American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong, Macau, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific

    Islands (Palau)
    Colombo Plan (CP)
    established-1 July 1951
    aim-to promote economic and social
    development in Asia and the Pacific

members-(26) Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UK, US

    Asian Development Bank (AsDB)
    established-19 December 1966
    aim-to promote regional economic cooperation
    regional members-(36)
    Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma,
    Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, India,
    Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, South Korea, Laos,
    Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands,
    Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal,
    NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore,
    Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga,
    Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Samoa
    nonregional members-(16)
    Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France,
    Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,
    Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US
    Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
    established-9 August 1967
    aim-to encourage regional economic, social, and
    cultural cooperation among the non-Communist countries
    of Southeast Asia
    members-(6) Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia,
    Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
    observer-(1) Papua New Guinea
    South Pacific Forum (SPF)
    established-5 August 1971
    aim-to promote regional cooperation in political matters
    members-(15) Australia, Cook Islands,
    Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of
    Micronesia, Nauru, NZ, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon
    Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa
    observer-(1) Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau)

South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (SPARTECA)

established-NA 1981

aim-to redress unequal trade relationship of Australia and New Zealand with small island economies in Pacific region

members-(15) Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, NZ, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa

    South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
    established-8 December 1985
    aim-to promote economic, social, and cultural cooperation
    members-(7) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,
    Pakistan, Sri Lanka
    Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
    established-1985

aim-to promote regional cooperation in trade, transportation, communications, tourism, cultural affairs, and economic development

    members-(10) Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan,
    Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
    Uzbekistan
    Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
    established-NA November 1989
    aim-to promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin
    members-(15) all ASEAN members (Brunei,
    Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)
    plus Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South
    Korea, NZ, Taiwan, US
    United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)
    established-NA 1992

aim-established by the UN Security Council to contribute to the restoration and maintenance of peace and to the holding of free elections

members-(31) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Congo, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Netherlands, NZ, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Thailand, Tunisia, UK, US, Uruguay

    Europe
    Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
    established-28 March 1947
    aim-to promote economic development

as a regional commission of the UN's Economic and Social Council

members-(44) Albania, Austria, Belarus,

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy,

Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US, Yugoslavia

    European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
    note-acronym retained from the predecessor
    organization Conseil Europeen pour la
    Recherche Nucleaire
    established-1 July 1953
    effective-29 September 1954
    aim-to foster nuclear research for
    peaceful purposes only
    members-(19) Austria, Belgium, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK observers-(6) EC, Israel, Russia, Turkey, United Nations

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Yugoslavia

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
established-NA November 1972

aim-discusses issues of mutual concern and reviews implementation of the Helsinki Agreement

    members-(53) Albania, Armenia, Austria,
    Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
    Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
    Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany,
    Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
    Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein,
    Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco,
    Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
    San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
    Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
    UK, US, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
    observer-(1) Japan
    European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
    established-15 April 1991

aim-to facilitate the transition of seven centrally planned economies in Europe (Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, former USSR, and former Yugoslavia)to market economies by committing 60% of its loans to privatization

members-(58) Albania, Armenia, Australia,

Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Community (EC), Egypt,

    European Investment Bank (EIB), Estonia, Finland, France,
    Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
    Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan,

Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, US, Uzbekistan,

Yugoslavia; note-includes all 24 members of the OECD and the EC as an institution

    Central European Initiative (CEI)
    note-evolved from the Hexagonal Group
    established-July 1991

aim-to form an economic and political cooperation group for the region between the Adriatic and the Baltic Seas

    members-(10) Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
    Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia,
    Slovenia, Yugoslavia
    Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC)
    established-25 June 1992

aim-to enhance regional stability through economic cooperation

members-(11) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

Latin America & Caribbean

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) established-25 February 1948

as Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)

aim-to promote economic development as a regional commission of the UN's Economic and Social Council

    members-(41) Antigua and Barbuda,
    Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia,
    Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
    Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
    France, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,
    Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua,
    Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saint Kitts and
    Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
    Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay,
    Venezuela
    associate members-(6)
    Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands
    Antilles, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
    North & South America
    Inter-American DevelopmentBank (IADB)

note-also known as Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) established-8 April 1959

effective-30 December 1959

aim-to promote economic and social development in Latin America

members-(44) Argentina, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia

Автор Д. В. Николаенко

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