nonregional members - (24) Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South
Korea, Kuwait, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
** Agency for the French-Speaking Community (ACCT) **
note - formerly Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation
established - 20 March 1970; name changed 1996
aim - to promote cultural and technical cooperation among French-speaking countries
members - (51) Albania, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,
Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo,
Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France,
French Community of Belgium, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Laos,
Lebanon, Luxembourg, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar,
Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, New Brunswick
(Canada), Niger, Quebec (Canada), Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Sao
Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia,
Vanuatu, Vietnam
observers - (4) Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia
** Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons **
in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) note - acronym from Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe (OPANAL)
established - 14 February 1967 under the Treaty of Tlatelolco;