members—(123 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization)
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia,
Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon,
The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica,
Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua,
Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles,
Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, UAE, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam,
Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine
Liberation Organization
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_#_Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), also known as the Cooperation
Council for the Arab States of the Gulf;
established—25-26 May 1981;
aim—to promote regional cooperation in economic, social, political, and military affairs;
members—(6) Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE ————————————————————————————————————- _#Habitat—see United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS) ————————————————————————————————————- #high-income countries—another term for the industrialized countries with high per capita GNPs/GDPs; see developed countries (DCs) ————————————————————————————————————- #industrial countries—another term for the developed countries; see developed countries (DCs) ————————————————————————————————————- #_Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), also known as Banco Interamericano de Desarollo (BID);
established—8 April 1959; effective 30 December 1959;
aim—to promote economic and social development in Latin America;
members—(44) Argentina, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia ————————————————————————————————————- _#_Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD)
established—NA January 1986;
aim—to promote cooperation on drought-related matters;
members—(6) Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda ————————————————————————————————————- _#_International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)