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 - (102) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia,
Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin,
Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile,
Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo,
Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, The
Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova,
Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda,
Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania,
Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen,
Zambia, Zimbabwe
observers - (29) Afghanistan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Brazil, Burundi, China, Cuba, Estonia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Holy See,
India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Libya, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Russia, San
Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Spain, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Vietnam
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 - (97 national standards organizations) Algeria, Argentina,
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bahrain,
Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia,
Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,
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, Oman,
Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, 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, Zimbabwe
correspondent members - (36) Albania, Angola, Bolivia, Brunei,
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Estonia,
Guatemala, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macau,
Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua,
Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Senegal,
Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
subscriber members - (14 plus the Palestinian Liberation Organization)
Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Eritrea, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Lesotho, Mali,
Niger, Palestinian Liberation Organization