INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

ABEDA	Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (established -18 February 1974) note : also known as Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique (BADEA) WEB site - http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/badea.htm Aim - to promote economic development. Members - (17 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Palestine Liberation Organization. note : these are all the members of the Arab League excluding Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen.
ACC	Arab Cooperation Council (established -16 February 1989) Aim - to promote economic cooperation and integration, possibly leading to an Arab Common Market. Members - (4) Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen.
ACCT	Agency for the French-Speaking Community (established -21 March 1970) note : formerly Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation (Organization International de ma Francophonie) WEB site - http://www.francophonie.org/oif.cfm Aim - to promote cultural and technical cooperation among French-speaking countries. Members - (41) Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo (may have dropped out), Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Laos, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Niger, Romania, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Vietnam Associate members - (5) Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint Lucia Participating governments - (2) New Brunswick (Canada), Quebec (Canada)
ACP Group	African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (established -1 April 1976) Internet site - http://www.acpsec.org/ Aim - to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with the EU. Members - (70) Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
AfDB	African Development Bank (established - 4 August 1963) Internet site - http://www.afdb.org/ Aim - to promote economic and social development. Regional members - (53) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the 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, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, 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, UAE, UK, US
AG	Andean Group see (CAN) Andean Community of Nations
AFESD	Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (established -16 May 1968) WEB site - http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/afesd.htm Aim - to promote economic and social development. Members - (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt (suspended from 1979 to 1988), Iraq (suspended 1993), Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia (suspended 1993), Sudan (suspended 1993), Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization.
AL	Arab League (established - 22 March 1945) WEB site - http://haynese.winthrop.edu/ Aim - to promote economic, social, political, and military cooperation. Members - (20 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization.
ALADI	Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion see (LAIA) Latin American Integration Association.
AMF	Arab Monetary Fund (established - 27 April 1976) WEB site - http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/amf.htm Aim - to promote Arab cooperation, development, and integration in monetary and economic affairs. Members - (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization ) Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization.
AMU	Arab Maghreb Union (established - 17 February 1989) WEB site - http://www.medea.be/en/index111.htm Aim - to promote cooperation and integration among the Arab states of northern Africa. Members - (5) Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia.
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (established - 7 November 1989) WEB site - http://www.pecc.net/ Aim - to promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin. Members - (21) Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, NZ, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, US, Vietnam. Observers - (3) Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference, South Pacific Forum.
AsDB	Asian Development Bank (established - 19 December 1966) WEB site - http://www.adb.org/ Aim - to promote regional economic cooperation. Regional members - (40) Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam. Nonregional members - (16) Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US.
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations (established - 9 August 1967) note : the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) consists of the 9 ASEAN members, 2 observers, 2 consultative partners, and 8 dialogue partners : Australia, Canada, EU, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, US. WEB site - http://www.asean.or.id/ Aim - to encourage regional economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the non-Communist countries of Southeast Asia. Members - (9) Brunei, Burma, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam Observers - (2) Cambodia, Papua New Guinea. note - Cambodia has been accepted as a member of ASEAN but must go through the entry ceremony Associate partners - (2) China, Russia.
Australia Group	Australia Group (established -1984) WEB site - http://projects.sipri.se/cbw/research/AG-mainpage.html Aim - to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons. Members - (28) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US. note - may now include only 23 countries Observer - (1) Singapore
ANZUS	Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty (established -1 September 1951 / effective -29 April 1952) WEB site - http://www.ieei.org/library/treaties/multilateral/tr0264.html Aim - to implement a trilateral mutual security agreement, although the US suspended security obligations to NZ on 11 August 1986 ; Australia and the US continue to hold annual meetings. Members - (3) Australia, NZ, US