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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)