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C
(Commonwealth of Nations)
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Commonwealth
(established - 31 December 1931)
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WEB site -
http://www.tcol.co.uk/
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Aim - to foster
multinational cooperation and assistance, as a
voluntary association that evolved from the British
Empire.
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Members - (52) Antigua and Barbuda,
Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus,
Dominica, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana,
India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi,
Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique,
Namibia, NZ, Nigeria (suspended), Pakistan, Papua
New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon
Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK,
Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Special members - (2) Nauru (soon to
become full member), Tuvalu.
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CACM
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Central American Common
Market (established - 13 December 1960 /
effective - 30 May 1964)
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WEB site -
http://sice.oas.org/trade/camere1.asp
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Aim - to promote economic
integration among Arab nations.
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Members - (5) Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
note - Panama pursues full regional
cooperation
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CAEU
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Council of Arab
Economic Unity (established - 3 June 1957 /
effective - 3 June 1961)
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WEB site -
http://mbendi.co.za/cb14.htm
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Aim - to promote
establishment of a Central American Common Market.
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Members - (11 plus the Palestine
Liberation Organization) Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syria,
UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization.
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CAN
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Andean Community of
Nations (established -16 October 1969)
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WEB site -
http://www.comunidadandina.org/
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Aim - to promote
harmonious development through economic
integration.
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Members - (5) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Venezuela
Associate members - (1) Panama
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CARICOM
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Caribbean Community and
Common Market (established - 4 July
1973/effective -1 August 1973)
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WEB site -
http://www.caricom.org/expframes3.htm
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Aim - to promote economic
integration and development, especially among the
less developed countries.
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Members - (14) Antigua and Barbuda, The
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada,
Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.
Associate members - (2) British Virgin
Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Observers - (11) Anguilla, Aruba,
Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Dominican
Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles,
Puerto Rico, Venezuela.
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Cartagena Group
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see Group of 11
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CBSS
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Council of the Baltic
Sea States (established - 5 March
1992)
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WEB site -
http://www.baltinfo.org/
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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 programs and education,
and transportation and communication.
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Members - (12) Denmark, Estonia, EU,
Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania,
Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden.
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CCC
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Customs Cooperation
Council (established - 15 December 1950)
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WEB site -
http://www.mbendi.co.za/orgs/cjf0.htm
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Aim - to promote
international cooperation in customs
matters.
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Members - (144) Albania, Algeria, Angola,
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda,
Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,
Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia,
Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic
of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia,
Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia,
Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea,
Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South
Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia,
Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Niger,
Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania,
Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi
Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia,
Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan,
Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine,
UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela,
Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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CDB
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Caribbean Development
Bank (established - 18 October 1969 / effective
- 26 January 1970)
note - evolved from
the Hexagonal Group
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WEB site -
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/cdb.htm
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Aim - to promote economic
development and cooperation.
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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 - (6) Canada, China,
France, Germany, Italy, UK
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CE
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Council of Europe
(established - 5 May 1949 / effective - 3
August 1949)
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WEB site -
http://www.coe.fr/index.asp
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Aim - to promote increased
unity and quality of life in Europe.
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Members - (40) Albania, Andorra, Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Moldova,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Russia, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK
Guests - (4) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Georgia
Observers - (5) Canada, Israel, Italy,
Japan, US
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CEAO
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Communaute Economique de
l'Afrique de l'Ouest
see (CEAO) West African Economic Community
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CEEAC
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Economic Community of
Central African States (established - 18
October 1983)
note - acronym from Communaute Economique des
Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
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WEB site -
http://www.synapse.net/~acdi20/reports/1cent.htm
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Aim - to promote regional
economic cooperation and establish a Central
African Common Market.
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Members - (11) Angola, Burundi, Cameroon,
Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe
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CEI
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Central European
Initiative (established - 27 July 1991)
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WEB site -
http://www.ceinet.org/
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Aim - to form an economic
and political cooperation group for the region
between the Adriatic and the Baltic
Seas.
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Members - (16) Albania, Austria, Belarus,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Hungary, Italy, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.
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CEMA
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Council for Mutual
Economic Assistance (established - 25 January
1949)
note - also known as CMEA
or COMECON
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WEB site -
http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/CMEA.html
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Aim - o promote the
development of socialist economies.
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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).
Abolished 1 January 1991
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CEPGL
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Economic Community of
the Great Lakes Countries (established - 26
September 1976)
note - acronym from
Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands
Lacs
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WEB site -
http://www.synapse.net/~acdi20/reports/1cent.htm
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Aim - to promote regional
economic cooperation and integration.
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Members - (3) Burundi, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Rwanda.
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CERN
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European Organization
for Nuclear Research
(established - 1 July 1953
/effective - 29 September 1954)
note - acronym retained
from the predecessor organization Conseil Europeen
pour la Recherche Nucleaire
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WEB site -
http://cern.web.cern.ch/CERN/
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Aim - to foster nuclear
research for peaceful purposes only.
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Members - (19) Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, UK
Observers - (8) EU, Israel, Japan,
Russia, Turkey, United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), US,
Yugoslavia (suspended)
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CIS
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Commonwealth of
Independent States (established - 8 December
1991/effective - 21 December 1991)
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WEB site -
http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/kellogg/rodgers/cis/thecis.htm
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Aim - to coordinate
intercommonwealth relations and to provide a
mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the
USSR.
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Members - (12) Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan.
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CG
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Contadora Group
(established - 5 January 1983) {on the
Panamanian island of Contadora}
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WEB site -
http://www.unesco.int/culture/simon_bolivar/html_eng/simon10.htm
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Aim - to reduce tensions
and conflicts in Central America.
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Members - (12) Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan.
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CMEA
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see CEMA Council for Mutual
Economic Assistance
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COCOM
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Coordinating Committee
on Export Controls (established - in
1949)
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Aim - to control the
export of strategic products and technical data
from member countries to proscribed
destinations
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Members - were Australia, Belgium,
Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy,
Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Turkey, UK, US
Abolished 31 March 1994 - COCOM members are
working on a new organization with expanded
membership which focuses on nonproliferation export
controls as opposed to East-West control of
advanced technology
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COMECON
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see CEMA Council for Mutual
Economic Assistance
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CP
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Colombo Plan
(established - 1 July 1951)
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Aim - to promote economic
and social development in Asia and the
Pacific.
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Has evolved into the Rio Group (RG) ; members
included Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela
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CSCE
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Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe
see (OSCE) Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe
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