International Organization for Migration (IOM): note - established as
Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants
from Europe; renamed Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration
(ICEM) on 15 November 1952; renamed Intergovernmental Committee for
Migration (ICM) in November 1980; current name adopted 14 November 1989
established - 5 December 1951
aim - to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration
members - (79) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,
Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burkina
Faso, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya,
South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali,
Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay,
Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Slovakia,
Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, US, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia
observers - (43) Afghanistan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Brazil, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Holy
See, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Mexico, Moldova,
Mozambique, Namibia, NZ, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino,
Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Spain, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
UK, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe
International Organization for Standardization (ISO): established - NA
February 1947
aim - to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity
members - (91 national standards organizations) Algeria, Argentina,
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile,
China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel,
Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea,
Kuwait, Libya, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ,
Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania,
Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US,
Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe
correspondent members - (34) Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bolivia,
Brunei, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, El
Salvador, Estonia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Qatar, Rwanda, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uganda
subscriber members - (11) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Lesotho, Mali, Saint Lucia