INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

NACC	North Atlantic Cooperation Council see (EAPC) Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
NAM	Nonaligned Movement (established -1/6 September 1961) WEB site - http://www.nonaligned.org/ Aim - to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs. Members - (112 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization Observers - (18) Afro-Asian Solidarity Organization, Antigua and Barbuda, Arab League, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, El Salvador, Kanaka Socialist National Liberation Front (New Caledonia), Mexico, Organization of African Unity, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Socialist Party of Puerto Rico, UN, Uruguay Guests - (22) Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established -17 September 1949) WEB site - http://www.nato.int/ 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 note - Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join in April 1999
NC	Nordic Council (established -16 March 1952 / effective - 12 February 1953) WEB site - http://www.norden.org/index_uk.html Aim - to promote regional economic, cultural, and environmental cooperation. Members - (5) Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland (including Aland Islands), Iceland, Norway, Sweden Observers - (3) the Sami (Lapp) local parliaments of Finland, Norway, and Sweden
NEA	Nuclear Energy Agency (established -NA 1958) WEB site - http://www.nea.fr/ Aim - to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy; associated with OECD. Members - (27) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US
NIB	Nordic Investment Bank (established - 4 December 1975 / effective -1 June 1976) WEB site - http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/nib.htm Aim - to promote economic cooperation and development. Members - (5) Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland (including Aland Islands), Iceland, Norway, Sweden
NICs	Newly industrializing countries former term for the newly industrializing economies ; see newly industrializing economies (NIEs)
NIEs	Newly industrializing economies That subgroup of the less developed countries (LDCs) that has experienced particularly rapid industrialization of their economies ; formerly known as the newly industrializing countries (NICs) ; also known as advanced developing countries ;usually includes the Four Dragons (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan), and Brazil
NSG	Nuclear Suppliers Group (established - NA 1974 / effective - NA 1975) WEB site - http://projects.sipri.se/expcon/NSG_documents.html Aim - to establish guidelines for exports of nuclear materials, processing equipment for uranium enrichment, and technical information to countries of proliferation concern and regions of conflict and instability. Members - (34) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, US Observer - (1) European Commission (a policy-planning body for the EU)