address — INTELSAT, 3400 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008-3098, USA
telephone — [1] (202) 944 6800
FAX — [1] (202) 944 7860
established — 20 August 1971
effective — 12 February 1973
aim — to develop and operate a global commercial telecommunications satellite system
members — (134) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia,
Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina,
Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile,
China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana,
Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar,
Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated
States of Micronesia, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,
Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan,
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland,
Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela,
Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
nonsignatory users — (50) Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus,
Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi,
Cambodia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Cuba, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kiribati, North Korea, Laos,
Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Moldova, Mongolia,
Nauru, Niue, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines, Suriname, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu,
Ukraine, Vanuatu, Western Samoa
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
address — P.O. Box 5925, Jeddah 21432, Saudi Arabia