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C

(Commonwealth of Nations)

Commonwealth (established - 31 December 1931)

WEB site - http://www.tcol.co.uk/

Aim - to foster multinational cooperation and assistance, as a voluntary association that evolved from the British Empire.

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.

CACM

Central American Common Market (established - 13 December 1960 / effective - 30 May 1964)

WEB site - http://sice.oas.org/trade/camere1.asp

Aim - to promote economic integration among Arab nations.

Members - (5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.

note - Panama pursues full regional cooperation

CAEU

Council of Arab Economic Unity (established - 3 June 1957 / effective - 3 June 1961)

WEB site - http://mbendi.co.za/cb14.htm

Aim - to promote establishment of a Central American Common Market.

Members - (11 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization.

CAN

Andean Community of Nations (established -16 October 1969)

WEB site - http://www.comunidadandina.org/

Aim - to promote harmonious development through economic integration.

Members - (5) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

Associate members - (1) Panama

CARICOM

Caribbean Community and Common Market (established - 4 July 1973/effective -1 August 1973)

WEB site - http://www.caricom.org/expframes3.htm

Aim - to promote economic integration and development, especially among the less developed countries.

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.

Cartagena Group

see Group of 11

CBSS

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

WEB site - http://www.baltinfo.org/

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.

Members - (12) Denmark, Estonia, EU, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden.

CCC

Customs Cooperation Council (established - 15 December 1950)

WEB site - http://www.mbendi.co.za/orgs/cjf0.htm

Aim - to promote international cooperation in customs matters.

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

CDB

Caribbean Development Bank (established - 18 October 1969 / effective - 26 January 1970)

note - evolved from the Hexagonal Group

WEB site - http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/cdb.htm

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 - (6) Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, UK

CE

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

WEB site - http://www.coe.fr/index.asp

Aim - to promote increased unity and quality of life in Europe.

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

CEAO

Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

see (CEAO) West African Economic Community

CEEAC

Economic Community of Central African States (established - 18 October 1983)

note - acronym from Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale

WEB site - http://www.synapse.net/~acdi20/reports/1cent.htm

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

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

CEI

Central European Initiative (established - 27 July 1991)

WEB site - http://www.ceinet.org/

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

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.

CEMA

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (established - 25 January 1949)

note - also known as CMEA or COMECON

WEB site - http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/CMEA.html

Aim - o promote the development of socialist economies.

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

CEPGL

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (established - 26 September 1976)

note - acronym from Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs

WEB site - http://www.synapse.net/~acdi20/reports/1cent.htm

Aim - to promote regional economic cooperation and integration.

Members - (3) Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda.

CERN

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

WEB site - http://cern.web.cern.ch/CERN/

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 - (8) EU, Israel, Japan, Russia, Turkey, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), US, Yugoslavia (suspended)

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States (established - 8 December 1991/effective - 21 December 1991)

WEB site - http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/kellogg/rodgers/cis/thecis.htm

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

Members - (12) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

CG

Contadora Group (established - 5 January 1983) {on the Panamanian island of Contadora}

WEB site - http://www.unesco.int/culture/simon_bolivar/html_eng/simon10.htm

Aim - to reduce tensions and conflicts in Central America.

Members - (12) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

CMEA

see CEMA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

COCOM

Coordinating Committee on Export Controls (established - in 1949)

Aim - to control the export of strategic products and technical data from member countries to proscribed destinations

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

COMECON

see CEMA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

CP

Colombo Plan (established - 1 July 1951)

Aim - to promote economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific.

Has evolved into the Rio Group (RG) ; members included Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela

CSCE

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

see (OSCE) Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe