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Rank code: @2210
Rank Country Stock of quasi money Date of Information
1 European Union 10,930,000,000,000.00 2 United States 10,100,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 3 Japan 4,783,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 4 China 3,437,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 5 Canada 1,381,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 6 Brazil 792,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007 7 Australia 667,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 8 India 647,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007 9 Hong Kong 578,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 10 Korea, South 541,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 11 Switzerland 450,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 12 Russia 292,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 13 Turkey 254,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007 14 Burma 216,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 15 Thailand 216,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 16 Malaysia 187,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 17 Mexico 168,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 18 Singapore 162,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 19 Israel 154,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007 20 South Africa 141,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 21 Indonesia 127,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 22 New Zealand 117,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007 23 Saudi Arabia 109,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 24 United Arab Emirates 104,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 25 Egypt 102,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 26 Poland 93,990,000,000.00 31 December 2007 27 Denmark 81,640,000,000.00 31 December 2007 28 Chile 80,420,000,000.00 31 December 2007 29 Iran 68,710,000,000.00 31 December 2007 30 Philippines 65,850,000,000.00 31 December 2007 31 Czech Republic 58,770,000,000.00 31 December 2007 32 Lebanon 57,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 33 Kuwait 55,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 34 Vietnam 51,080,000,000.00 31 December 2007 35 Sweden 48,490,000,000.00 31 December 2007 36 Syria 45,930,000,000.00 31 December 2006 37 Argentina 45,920,000,000.00 31 December 2007 38 Cyprus 43,930,000,000.00 31 December 2007 39 Hungary 43,070,000,000.00 31 December 2007 40 Ukraine 41,510,000,000.00 31 December 2007 41 Romania 34,960,000,000.00 31 December 2007 42 Bangladesh 32,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 43 Croatia 31,860,000,000.00 31 December 2007 44 Algeria 28,590,000,000.00 31 December 2007 45 Colombia 27,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007 46 Kazakhstan 25,750,000,000.00 31 December 2007 47 Qatar 22,600,000,000.00 31 December 2007 48 Macau 21,910,000,000.00 31 December 2007 49 Slovakia 21,110,000,000.00 31 December 2007 50 Peru 19,950,000,000.00 31 December 2007 51 Nigeria 19,070,000,000.00 31 December 2007 52 Pakistan 18,420,000,000.00 31 December 2007 53 Bulgaria 17,030,000,000.00 31 December 2007 54 Morocco 16,230,000,000.00 31 December 2007 55 Jordan 15,380,000,000.00 31 December 2007 56 Iceland 15,050,000,000.00 31 December 2006 57 Panama 14,260,000,000.00 31 December 2007 58 Tunisia 13,560,000,000.00 31 December 2007 59 Slovenia 12,690,000,000.00 31 December 2006 60 Serbia 12,190,000,000.00 31 December 2007 61 Oman 11,040,000,000.00 31 December 2007 62 Bahrain 10,630,000,000.00 31 December 2007 63 Sri Lanka 10,460,000,000.00 31 December 2007 64 Guatemala 8,928,000,000.00 31 December 2007 65 Venezuela 8,889,000,000.00 31 December 2007 66 Ecuador 7,974,000,000.00 31 December 2007 67 Uruguay 7,919,000,000.00 31 December 2007 68 Malta 7,645,000,000.00 31 December 2007 69 Angola 7,216,000,000.00 31 December 2007 70 Lithuania 6,917,000,000.00 31 December 2007 71 Belarus 6,823,000,000.00 31 December 2007 72 Mauritius 6,759,000,000.00 31 December 2007 73 Albania 6,433,000,000.00 31 December 2007 74 Kenya 6,273,000,000.00 31 December 2007 75 Trinidad and Tobago 5,707,000,000.00 31 December 2007 76 Dominican Republic 5,631,000,000.00 31 December 2007 77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,597,000,000.00 31 December 2007 78 Zimbabwe 5,349,000,000.00 31 December 2007 79 Honduras 5,266,000,000.00 31 December 2007 80 Latvia 5,113,000,000.00 31 December 2007 81 Nepal 4,745,000,000.00 31 December 2007 82 Bolivia 4,729,000,000.00 31 December 2007 83 San Marino 4,584,000,000.00 31 December 2007 84 Jamaica 4,540,000,000.00 31 December 2007 85 Yemen 4,526,000,000.00 31 December 2007 86 Botswana 4,336,000,000.00 31 December 2007 87 Bahamas, The 4,324,000,000.00 31 December 2007 88 Brunei 4,258,000,000.00 31 December 2007 89 Estonia 4,253,000,000.00 31 December 2007 90 Sudan 4,068,000,000.00 31 December 2007 91 Iraq 3,670,000,000.00 31 December 2007 92 Ethiopia 3,258,000,000.00 31 December 2007 93 Libya 3,192,000,000.00 31 December 2007 94 Macedonia 3,127,000,000.00 31 December 2007 95 Gaza Strip 3,048,000,000.00 31 December 2007 96 West Bank 3,048,000,000.00 31 December 2007 97 Tanzania 2,885,000,000.00 31 December 2007 98 Costa Rica 2,870,000,000.00 31 December 2007 99 Barbados 2,717,000,000.00 31 December 2007 100 Azerbaijan 2,593,000,000.00 31 December 2007 101 Cambodia 2,309,000,000.00 31 December 2007 102 Netherlands Antilles 2,309,000,000.00 31 December 2007 103 Ghana 2,174,000,000.00 31 December 2006 104 Cote d'Ivoire 1,915,000,000.00 31 December 2007 105 Nicaragua 1,802,000,000.00 31 December 2007 106 Zambia 1,709,000,000.00 31 December 2007 107 Cameroon 1,698,000,000.00 31 December 2007 108 Senegal 1,579,000,000.00 31 December 2007 109 Haiti 1,561,000,000.00 31 December 2007 110 Mongolia 1,539,000,000.00 31 December 2007 111 Namibia 1,493,000,000.00 31 December 2007 112 Papua New Guinea 1,482,000,000.00 31 December 2007 113 Mozambique 1,467,000,000.00 31 December 2007 114 Moldova 1,449,000,000.00 31 December 2007 115 Montenegro 1,446,000,000.00 31 December 2007 116 Georgia 1,379,000,000.00 31 December 2007 117 Paraguay 1,368,000,000.00 31 December 2007 118 Uganda 1,302,000,000.00 31 December 2007 119 Fiji 1,088,000,000.00 31 December 2007 120 Afghanistan 958,600,000.00 31 December 2007 121 Eritrea 932,900,000.00 31 December 2007 122 Antigua and Barbuda 902,000,000.00 31 December 2007 123 Suriname 824,400,000.00 31 December 2007 124 Gabon 799,300,000.00 31 December 2007 125 Aruba 792,900,000.00 31 December 2007 126 Armenia 765,200,000.00 31 December 2007 127 El Salvador 764,100,000.00 31 December 2007 128 Guyana 728,800,000.00 31 December 2007 129 Saint Lucia 720,900,000.00 31 December 2007 130 Laos 717,900,000.00 31 December 2007 131 Mali 697,100,000.00 31 December 2007 132 Cape Verde 689,000,000.00 31 December 2007 133 Saint Kitts and Nevis 688,600,000.00 31 December 2007 134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 677,900,000.00 31 December 2007 135 Burkina Faso 663,000,000.00 31 December 2007 136 Benin 627,200,000.00 31 December 2007 137 Madagascar 577,400,000.00 31 December 2007 138 Belize 549,000,000.00 31 December 2007 139 Grenada 533,400,000.00 31 December 2007 140 Swaziland 529,400,000.00 31 December 2007 141 Anguilla 470,100,000.00 31 December 2007 142 Maldives 434,900,000.00 31 December 2007 143 Vanuatu 421,800,000.00 31 December 2007 144 Togo 383,900,000.00 31 December 2007 145 Kyrgyzstan 303,700,000.00 31 December 2007 146 Djibouti 284,100,000.00 31 December 2007 147 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 280,200,000.00 31 December 2007 148 Dominica 269,100,000.00 31 December 2007 149 Malawi 250,400,000.00 31 December 2007 150 Seychelles 249,000,000.00 31 December 2007 151 Rwanda 227,400,000.00 31 December 2005 152 Bhutan 220,300,000.00 31 December 2007 153 Congo, Republic of the 204,300,000.00 31 December 2007 154 Niger 193,700,000.00 31 December 2007 155 Gambia, The 180,400,000.00 31 December 2007 156 Sierra Leone 177,700,000.00 31 December 2007 157 Equatorial Guinea 174,500,000.00 31 December 2007 158 Samoa 168,700,000.00 31 December 2007 159 Tajikistan 161,000,000.00 31 December 2006 160 Lesotho 160,200,000.00 31 December 2007 161 Burundi 141,000,000.00 31 December 2007 162 Tonga 106,800,000.00 31 December 2007 163 Micronesia, Federated States of 72,490,000.00 31 December 2007 164 Timor-Leste 68,780,000.00 31 December 2007 165 Solomon Islands 57,890,000.00 31 December 2007 166 Chad 55,230,000.00 31 December 2007 167 Liberia 49,890,000.00 31 December 2007 168 Central African Republic 47,580,000.00 31 December 2007 169 Montserrat 43,900,000.00 31 December 2007 170 Sao Tome and Principe 33,500,000.00 31 December 2007 171 Comoros 23,390,000.00 31 December 2007 172 Guinea-Bissau 12,040,000.00 31 December 2007
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Rank code: @2211
Rank Country Stock of domestic credit Date of Information
1 European Union 20,940,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 2 United States 14,150,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 3 Japan 9,653,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 4 United Kingdom 5,278,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 5 Germany 5,081,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 6 China 4,653,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 7 France 4,105,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 8 Spain 3,177,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 9 Italy 3,084,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 10 Canada 2,382,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 11 Netherlands 1,876,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 12 Brazil 1,377,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 13 Australia 1,312,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 14 Korea, South 1,061,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 15 Burma 887,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 16 Switzerland 855,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 17 India 769,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007 18 Ireland 768,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 19 Belgium 767,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 20 Denmark 684,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 21 Sweden 630,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007 22 Austria 599,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 23 Portugal 451,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 24 Greece 392,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 25 Turkey 358,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 26 Luxembourg 357,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 27 Mexico 349,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 28 Russia 339,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 29 Hong Kong 259,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 30 South Africa 254,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 31 Thailand 241,800,000,000.00 31 December 2007 32 Finland 240,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 33 Poland 223,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 34 Malaysia 220,000,000,000.00 31 December 2007 35 New Zealand 200,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 36 Indonesia 170,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 37 United Arab Emirates 155,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 38 Singapore 129,200,000,000.00 31 December 2007 39 Chile 127,100,000,000.00 31 December 2007 40 Egypt 113,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 41 Israel 113,400,000,000.00 31 December 2006 42 Iran 109,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 43 Hungary 109,500,000,000.00 31 December 2007 44 Czech Republic 103,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 45 Ukraine 87,130,000,000.00 31 December 2007 46 Colombia 85,340,000,000.00 31 December 2007 47 Kuwait 78,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007 48 Argentina 72,550,000,000.00 31 December 2007 49 Morocco 71,900,000,000.00 31 December 2007 50 Vietnam 68,630,000,000.00 31 December 2007 51 Saudi Arabia 66,940,000,000.00 31 December 2007 52 Philippines 65,660,000,000.00 31 December 2007 53 Pakistan 65,050,000,000.00 31 December 2007 54 Romania 58,760,000,000.00 31 December 2007 55 Cyprus 52,090,000,000.00 31 December 2007 56 Syria 50,920,000,000.00 31 December 2006 57 Venezuela 50,240,000,000.00 31 December 2007 58 Iceland 49,670,000,000.00 31 December 2006 59 Croatia 45,700,000,000.00 31 December 2007 60 Lebanon 45,510,000,000.00 31 December 2007 61 Kazakhstan 43,750,000,000.00 31 December 2007 62 Slovakia 41,760,000,000.00 31 December 2007 63 Bangladesh 40,150,000,000.00 31 December 2007 64 Qatar 30,520,000,000.00 31 December 2007 65 Latvia 27,560,000,000.00 31 December 2007 66 Tunisia 25,230,000,000.00 31 December 2007 67 Bulgaria 25,180,000,000.00 31 December 2007 68 Lithuania 25,050,000,000.00 31 December 2007 69 Zimbabwe 24,910,000,000.00 31 December 2007 70 Estonia 21,350,000,000.00 31 December 2007 71 Jordan 19,530,000,000.00 31 December 2007 72 Peru 17,880,000,000.00 31 December 2007 73 Panama 17,400,000,000.00 31 December 2007 74 Nigeria 16,150,000,000.00 31 December 2007 75 Dominican Republic 15,920,000,000.00 31 December 2007 76 Sri Lanka 14,820,000,000.00 31 December 2007 77 Guatemala 13,960,000,000.00 31 December 2007 78 Oman 13,880,000,000.00 31 December 2007 79 Serbia 13,440,000,000.00 31 December 2007 80 Costa Rica 12,910,000,000.00 31 December 2007 81 Belarus 12,160,000,000.00 31 December 2007 82 Malta 10,990,000,000.00 31 December 2007 83 Kenya 10,430,000,000.00 31 December 2007 84 Bahrain 10,320,000,000.00 31 December 2007 85 El Salvador 9,729,000,000.00 31 December 2007 86 Ecuador 8,926,000,000.00 31 December 2007 87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,895,000,000.00 31 December 2007 88 Sudan 8,659,000,000.00 31 December 2007 89 Mauritius 8,582,000,000.00 31 December 2007 90 San Marino 7,513,000,000.00 31 December 2007 91 Bahamas, The 7,395,000,000.00 31 December 2007 92 Albania 7,341,000,000.00 31 December 2007 93 Ethiopia 6,694,000,000.00 31 December 2006 94 Jamaica 6,609,000,000.00 31 December 2007 95 Uruguay 6,396,000,000.00 31 December 2007 96 Honduras 6,298,000,000.00 31 December 2007 97 Azerbaijan 5,726,000,000.00 31 December 2007 98 Nepal 5,636,000,000.00 31 December 2007 99 Bolivia 4,759,000,000.00 31 December 2007 100 Namibia 4,446,000,000.00 31 December 2007 101 Cote d'Ivoire 4,404,000,000.00 31 December 2007 102 Ghana 4,173,000,000.00 31 December 2006 103 Nicaragua 4,133,000,000.00 31 December 2007 104 Trinidad and Tobago 3,721,000,000.00 31 December 2007 105 Barbados 3,533,000,000.00 31 December 2007 106 Georgia 3,374,000,000.00 31 December 2007 107 Montenegro 3,083,000,000.00 31 December 2007 108 Senegal 2,970,000,000.00 31 December 2007 109 Netherlands Antilles 2,927,000,000.00 31 December 2007 110 Macedonia 2,924,000,000.00 31 December 2007 111 Paraguay 2,457,000,000.00 31 December 2007 112 Brunei 2,380,000,000.00 31 December 2007 113 Tanzania 2,250,000,000.00 31 December 2007 114 Yemen 2,224,000,000.00 31 December 2007 115 Zambia 1,968,000,000.00 31 December 2007 116 Fiji 1,948,000,000.00 31 December 2007 117 Moldova 1,896,000,000.00 31 December 2007 118 Eritrea 1,711,000,000.00 31 December 2007 119 Haiti 1,537,000,000.00 31 December 2007 120 Papua New Guinea 1,486,000,000.00 31 December 2007 121 Gaza Strip 1,455,000,000.00 31 December 2007 122 West Bank 1,455,000,000.00 31 December 2007 123 Angola 1,385,000,000.00 31 December 2007 124 Aruba 1,348,000,000.00 31 December 2007 125 Cameroon 1,300,000,000.00 31 December 2007 126 Armenia 1,256,000,000.00 31 December 2007 127 Saint Lucia 1,217,000,000.00 31 December 2007 128 Mongolia 1,191,000,000.00 31 December 2007 129 Liberia 1,157,000,000.00 31 December 2007 130 Cambodia 1,131,000,000.00 31 December 2007 131 Mali 1,099,000,000.00 31 December 2007 132 Maldives 1,080,000,000.00 31 December 2007 133 Cape Verde 1,049,000,000.00 31 December 2007 134 Antigua and Barbuda 1,002,000,000.00 31 December 2007 135 Uganda 907,300,000.00 31 December 2007 136 Burkina Faso 905,100,000.00 31 December 2007 137 Belize 877,600,000.00 31 December 2007 138 Mozambique 877,200,000.00 31 December 2007 139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 782,400,000.00 31 December 2007 140 Madagascar 767,500,000.00 31 December 2007 141 Guyana 739,300,000.00 31 December 2007 142 Seychelles 660,200,000.00 31 December 2007 143 Suriname 651,000,000.00 31 December 2007 144 Togo 590,700,000.00 31 December 2007 145 Grenada 575,800,000.00 31 December 2007 146 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 559,500,000.00 31 December 2007 147 Kyrgyzstan 558,300,000.00 31 December 2007 148 Benin 520,600,000.00 31 December 2007 149 Anguilla 447,700,000.00 31 December 2007 150 Guinea 422,100,000.00 31 December 2005 151 Tajikistan 417,400,000.00 31 December 2006 152 Malawi 406,200,000.00 31 December 2007 153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 387,800,000.00 31 December 2007 154 Gabon 359,800,000.00 31 December 2007 155 Burundi 342,000,000.00 31 December 2007 156 Central African Republic 320,200,000.00 31 December 2007 157 Niger 318,900,000.00 31 December 2007 158 Laos 285,800,000.00 31 December 2007 159 Vanuatu 229,500,000.00 31 December 2007 160 Djibouti 224,700,000.00 31 December 2007 161 Samoa 215,100,000.00 31 December 2007 162 Rwanda 209,200,000.00 31 December 2005 163 Swaziland 204,100,000.00 31 December 2007 164 Dominica 193,100,000.00 31 December 2007 165 Bhutan 169,900,000.00 31 December 2007 166 Gambia, The 169,900,000.00 31 December 2007 167 Tonga 163,100,000.00 31 December 2007 168 Sierra Leone 162,900,000.00 31 December 2007 169 Solomon Islands 126,900,000.00 31 December 2007 170 Chad 82,810,000.00 31 December 2007 171 Guinea-Bissau 46,440,000.00 31 December 2007 172 Comoros 45,090,000.00 31 December 2007 173 Sao Tome and Principe 31,840,000.00 31 December 2007 174 Afghanistan 20,060,000.00 31 December 2007 175 Montserrat 5,537,000.00 31 December 2007
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Appendix A - Abbreviations
ABEDA: Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ACCT: Agency for the French-Speaking Community (see InternationalOrganization of the French-speaking World)
ACP Group: African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
AfDB: African Development Bank
AFESD: Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Air Pollution: Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides: Protocol to the 1979 Convention onLong-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control ofEmissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants: Protocol to the 1979Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on PersistentOrganic Pollutants
Air Pollution-Sulphur 85: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long- Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30%
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94: Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of SulphurEmissions
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds: Protocol to the 1979Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning theControl of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or TheirTransboundary Fluxes
AMF: Arab Monetary Fund
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Antarctic Marine Living Resources: Convention on the Conservation ofAntarctic Marine Living Resources
Antarctic Seals: Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
ANZUS: Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty
APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Arabsat: Arab Satellite Communications Organization
ARF: ASEAN Regional Forum
ADB: Asian Development Bank
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU: African Union
Autodin: Automatic Digital Network
BA: Baltic Assembly
bbl/day: barrels per day
BCIE: Central American Bank for Economic Integration
BDEAC: Central African States Development Bank
Benelux: Benelux Economic Union
BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical andEconomic Cooperation
Biodiversity: Convention on Biological Diversity
BGN: United States Board on Geographic Names
BIS: Bank for International Settlements
BSEC: Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone
C: Commonwealth
c.i.f.: cost, insurance, and freight
CACM: Central American Common Market
CAEU: Council of Arab Economic Unity
CAN: Andean Community of Nations
Caricom: Caribbean Community and Common Market
CB: citizen's band mobile radio communications
CBSS: Council of the Baltic Sea States
CCC: Customs Cooperation Council
CDB: Caribbean Development Bank
CE: Council of Europe
CEI: Central European Initiative
CEMAC: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
CEPGL: Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research
CEPT: Conference Europeanne des Poste et Telecommunications
CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
CITES: see Endangered Species
Climate Change: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol: Kyoto Protocol to the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change
COCOM: Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
Comsat: Communications Satellite Corporation
COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CP: Colombo Plan
CPLP: Comunidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa
CSTO: Collective Security Treaty Organization
CTBTO: Preparation commission for the Nuclear-Ban-Treaty Operation
CY: calendar year
DC: developed country
DDT: dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
Desertification: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
DIA: United States Defense Intelligence Agency
DSN: Defense Switched Network
DST: daylight savings time
DWT: deadweight ton
EAC: East African Community
EADB: East African Development Bank
EAEC: Eurasian Economic Community
EAPC: Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EBRD: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC: European Community
ECA: Economic Commission for Africa
ECE: Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECO: Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOSOC: Economic and Social Council
ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States
ECSC: European Coal and Steel Community
EEC: European Economic Community
EFTA: European Free Trade Association
EEZ: exclusive economic zone
EIB: European Investment Bank
EMU: European Monetary Union
Endangered Species: Convention on the International Trade inEndangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
Entente: Council of the Entente
Environmental Modification: Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
ESA: European Space Agency
ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCWA: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
est.: estimate
EU: European Union
Euratom: European Atomic Energy Community
Eutelsat: European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Ex-Im: Export-Import Bank of the United States
f.o.b.: free on board
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
FAX: facsimile
FLS: Front Line States
FOC: flags of convenience
FSU: former Soviet Union
FY: fiscal year
FZ: Franc Zone
G-2: Group of 2
G-3: Group of 3
G-5: Group of 5
G-6: Group of 6
G-7: Group of 7
G-8: Group of 8
G-9: Group of 9
G-10: Group of 10
G-15: Group of 15
G-11: Group of 11
G-24: Group of 24
G-77: Group of 77
GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; now WTO
GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council
GCTU: General Confederation of Trade Unions
GDP: gross domestic product
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
GNP: gross national product
GRT: gross register ton
GSM: global system for mobile cellular communications
GUAM: Organization for Democracy and Economic Development; acronym for member states - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova
GWP: gross world product
Hazardous Wastes: Basel Convention on the Control of TransboundaryMovements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
HF: high-frequency
HIV/AIDS: human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WorldBank)
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC: International Chamber of Commerce
ICCt: International Criminal Court
ICJ: International Court of Justice (World Court)
ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross
ICRM: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
ICSID: International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes
ICTR: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICTY: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
IDA: International Development Association
IDB: Islamic Development Bank
IDP: Internally Displaced Person
IEA: International Energy Agency
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC: International Finance Corporation
IFRCS: International Federation of Red Cross and Red CrescentSocieties
IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
IHO: International Hydrographic Organization
ILO: International Labor Organization
IMF: International Monetary Fund
IMO: International Maritime Organization
IMSO: International Mobile Satellite Organization
Inmarsat: International Maritime Satellite Organization
InOC: Indian Ocean Commission
INSTRAW: International Research and Training Institute for theAdvancement of Women
Intelsat: International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Interpol: International Criminal Police Organization
Intersputnik: International Organization of Space Communications
IOC: International Olympic Committee
IOM: International Organization for Migration
IPU: Inter-parliamentary Union
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ITSO: International Telecommunications Satellites Organization
ITU: International Telecommunication Union
ITUC: International Trade Union Confederation, the successor to ICFTU(International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) and the WCL (WorldConfederation of Labor)
kHz: kilohertz
km: kilometer
kW: kilowatt
kWh: kilowatt-hour
LAES: Latin American Economic System
LAIA: Latin American Integration Association
LAS: League of Arab States
Law of the Sea: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
LDC: less developed country
LLDC: least developed country
London Convention: see Marine Dumping
LOS: see Law of the Sea
m: meter
Marecs: Maritime European Communications Satellite
Marine Dumping: Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution byDumping Wastes and Other Matter
Marine Life Conservation: Convention on Fishing and Conservation ofLiving Resources of the High Seas
MARPOL: see Ship Pollution
Medarabtel: Middle East Telecommunications Project of theInternational Telecommunications Union
Mercosur: Southern Cone Common Market
MHz: megahertz
MICAH: International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti
MINURSO: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MIGA: Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency
MINUSTAH: United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
MONUC: United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
NA: not available
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
NAM: Nonaligned Movement
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NC: Nordic Council
NEA: Nuclear Energy Agency
NEGL: negligible
NGA: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NIB: Nordic Investment Bank
NIC: newly industrializing country
NIE: newly industrializing economy
NIS: new independent states
nm: nautical mile
NMT: Nordic Mobile Telephone
NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group
Nuclear Test Ban: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in theAtmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water
NZ: New Zealand
OAPEC: Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
OAS: Organization of American States
OAU: Organization of African Unity; see African Union
ODA: official development assistance
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OHCHR: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIC: Organization of the Islamic Conference
OIF: International Organization of the French-speaking World
ONUB: United Nations Operation in Burundi
OOF: other official flows
OPANAL: Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
OPCW: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Ozone Layer Protection: Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
PCA: Permanent Court of Arbitration
PFP: Partnership for Peace
PIF: Pacific Islands Forum
PPP: purchasing power parity
Ramsar: see Wetlands
RG: Rio Group
SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SACU: Southern African Customs Union
SACEP: South Asia Co-opeative Environment Programme
SADC: Southern African Development Community
SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SAFE: South African Far East Cable
SECI: Southeast European Cooperative Initiative
SHF: super-high-frequency
Ship Pollution: Protocol of 1978 Relating to the InternationalConvention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)
Sparteca: South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic CooperationAgreement
SPC: Secretariat of the Pacific Communities
SPF: South Pacific Forum
sq km: square kilometer
sq mi: square mile
TAT: Trans-Atlantic Telephone
TEU: Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit
Tropical Timber 83: International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
Tropical Timber 94: International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
UAE: United Arab Emirates
UDEAC: Central African Customs and Economic Union
UHF: ultra-high-frequency
UK: United Kingdom
UMA: Arab Maghreb Union
UN: United Nations
UNAMSIL: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNCLOS: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also know asLOS
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDCP: United Nations Drug Control Program
UNDOF: United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
UNDP: United Nations Development Program
UNEP: United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and CulturalOrganization
UNFICYP: United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund
UNICRI: United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice ResearchInstitute
UNIDIR: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIFIL: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNITAR: United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNMEE: United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
UNMIK: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNMIL: United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNMIT: United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
UNMOGIP: United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNMOVIC: United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and InspectionCommission
UNOCI: United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
UNOMIG: United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
UNOPS: United Nations Office of Project Services
UNRISD: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRWA: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNSC: United Nations Security Council
UNSSC: Untied Nations System Staff College
UNTSO: United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNU: United Nations University
UNWTO: World Tourism Organization
UPU: Universal Postal Union
US: United States
USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information dated before 25 December 1991
UTC: Coordinated Universal Time
UV: ultra violet
VHF: very-high-frequency
VSAT: very small aperture terminal
WADB: West African Development Bank
WAEMU: West African Economic and Monetary Union
WCL: World Confederation of Labor
WCO: World Customs Organization
Wetlands: Convention on Wetlands of International ImportanceEspecially As Waterfowl Habitat
WEU: Western European Union
WFP: World Food Program
WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions
Whaling: International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
WHO: World Health Organization
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO: World Meteorological Organization
WP: Warsaw Pact
WTO: World Trade Organization
ZC: Zangger Committee
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Appendix B - International Organizations and Groups
advanced developing countries: another term for those less developed countries (LDCs) with particularly rapid industrial development; see newly industrializing economies (NIEs)
advanced economies: a term used by the International Monetary FUND (IMF) for the top group in its hierarchy of advanced economies, countries in transition, and developing countries; it includes the following 28 advanced economies: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, US; note - this group would presumably also cover the following seven smaller countries of Andorra, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Holy See, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and San Marino that are included in the more comprehensive group of "developed countries"
African Development Bank Group (AfDB): note - regional multilateral development finance institution temporarily located in Tunis, Tunisia; the Bank Group consists of the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, and the Nigerian Trust Fund
established - 10 September 1964
aim - to promote economic development and social progress
regional members - (53) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, TheGambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique,Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland,Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
nonregional members - (24) Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, SouthKorea, Kuwait, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain,Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
African Union (AU): note - replaces Organization of African Unity(OAU)
established - 8 July 2001
aim - to achieve greater unity among African States; to defend states' integrity and independence; to accelerate political, social, and economic integration; to encourage international cooperation; to promote democratic principles and institutions
members - (53) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi,Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, TheGambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia,Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (WesternSahara), Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia,Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group): established - 6 June 1975
aim - to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with the EU
members - (79) Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados,Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of theCongo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba,Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia,Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius,Federated States of Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niger,Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome andPrincipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia,South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo,Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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; effective - 25 April 1969 on the 11th ratification
aim - to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons
members - (33) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados,Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica,Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana,Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Andean Community of Nations (CAN): note - formerly known as the AndeanGroup (AG) and the Andean Common Market (Ancom)
established - 26 May 1969; present name established 1 October 1992; effective - 16 October 1969
aim - to promote harmonious development through economic integration
members - (4) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
associate members - (5) Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
observers - (2) Mexico, Panama
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA): note - also known as Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique (BADEA)
established - 18 February 1974; effective - 16 September 1974
aim - to promote economic development
members - (17 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Palestine Liberation Organization; note - these are all the members of the Arab League excluding Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD): established - 16 May 1968
aim - to promote economic and social development
members - (20 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq (suspended 1993), Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia (suspended 1993), Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU): established - 17 February 1989
aim - to promote cooperation and integration among the Arab states of northern Africa
members - (5) Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia
Arab Monetary Fund (AMF): established - 27 April 1976; effective - 2February 1977
aim - to promote Arab cooperation, development, and integration in monetary and economic affairs
members - (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria,Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan,Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
Arctic Council: established - 18 September 1996
aim - to address the common concerns and challenges faced by Arctic governments and the people of the Arctic; to protect the Arctic environment
members - (8) Canada, Denmark (Greenland, Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, US
permanent participants - (6) Aleut International Association, ArcticAthabaskan Council, Gwich'in Council International, Inuit CircumpolarConference, Russian Association of Indigenous People of the North,Saami Council
observers - (8) China, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, UK
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF): established - 25 July 1994
aim - to foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security issues of common interest and concern
members - (26) Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Canada,China, EU, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos,Malaysia, Mongolia, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, US, Vietnam
Asian Development Bank (ADB): established - 19 December 1966
aim - to promote regional economic cooperation
members - (48) Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Georgia,Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, South Korea,Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, FederatedStates of Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Palau,Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, SriLanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan,Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam
nonregional members - (19) Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): established - 7 November 1989
aim - to promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin
members - (21) Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, NZ, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, US, Vietnam
observers - (3) Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): established - 8 August 1967
aim - to encourage regional economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the non-Communist countries of Southeast Asia
members - (10) Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
dialogue partners - (11) Australia, Canada, China, EU, India, Japan, South Korea, NZ, Russia, US, UNDP; note - ASEAN promotes cooperation with Pakistan in some areas of mutual interest
observers - (1) Papua New Guinea
Australia Group (AG): established - June 1985
aim - to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons
members - (41) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EuropeanCommission, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,Malta, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US
Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty (ANZUS): established - 1 September 1951; effective - 29 April 1952
aim - to implement a trilateral mutual security agreement, although the US suspended security obligations to NZ on 11 August 1986; Australia and the US continue to hold annual meetings
members - (3) Australia, NZ, US
Baltic Assembly (BA): established - 12 May 1990
aim - to thoroughly discuss various cooperation issues between Baltic states
members - (3) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Bank for International Settlements (BIS): established - 20 January 1930; effective - 17 March 1930
aim - to promote cooperation among central banks in international financial settlements
members - (55) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Central Bank, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UK, US; note - Serbia and Montenegro have separate central banks; their links with BIS are currently under review
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and EconomicCooperation (BIMSTEC): established - June 1997
aim - to foster socio-economic cooperation among members
members - (7) Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Benelux Economic Union (Benelux): note - acronym from Belgium,Netherlands, and Luxembourg
established - 3 February 1958; effective - 1 November 1960
aim - to develop closer economic cooperation and integration
members - (3) Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Big Seven: note - membership is the same as the Group of 7
established - 1975
aim - to discuss and coordinate major economic policies
members - (7) Big Six (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK) plus the US
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC): established - 25 June 1992
aim - to enhance regional stability through economic cooperation
members - (12) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine; note - Macedonia is in the process of joining
observers - (17) Austria, Belarus, Black Sea Commission, Commission of the EC, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Energy Charter Secretariat, France, Germany, International Black Sea Club, Israel, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Tunisia, US; note - Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia have applied for observer status
Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom): established - 4 July 1973; effective - 1 August 1973
aim - to promote economic integration and development, especially among the less developed countries
members - (15) Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts andNevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago