aim—to promote economic cooperation and development;
members—(5) Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden ————————————————————————————————————- _#North—a popular term for the rich industrialized countries generally located in the northern portion of the Northern Hemisphere; the counterpart of the South; see developed countries (DCs) ————————————————————————————————————- #_North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
established—17 September 1949;
aim—mutual defense and cooperation in other areas;
members—(16) Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, US ————————————————————————————————————- _#_Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
established—NA 1958;
aim—associated with OECD, seeks to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy;
members—(23) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US ————————————————————————————————————- _#Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe (OPANAL)—see Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) ————————————————————————————————————- #_Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
established—14 December 1960, effective 30 September 1961;
aim—to promote economic cooperation and development;