September 1961

30 September 1961

aim-to promote economic cooperation

and development

members-(24) Australia, Austria,

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,

Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg,

Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US special members-(2) EC, Yugoslavia

Group of 10 (G-10)

note-also known as the Paris Club

established-NA October 1962

aim-wealthiest members of the IMF who provide most of the money to be loaned and act as the informal steering committee; name persists in spite of the

addition of Switzerland on NA April 1984

members-(11) Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,

Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

Franc Zone (FZ)

established-NA

aim-to form a monetary union among countries whose currencies are

linked to the French franc

members-(15) Benin, Burkina, Cameroon,

Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote

d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Mali,

Niger, Senegal, Togo; note-France includes

metropolitan France, the four overseas departments

of France (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique,

Reunion), the two territorial collectivities of

France (Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon), and the

three overseas territories of France (French

Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna)

International Energy Agency (IEA)

established-15 November 1974

aim-established by the OECD to promote

cooperation on energy matters, especially emergency

oil sharing and relations between oil consumers and

oil producers

members-(21) Australia, Austria,

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland,

Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway,

Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US

Group of 8 (G-8)

established-NA October 1975

aim-the developed countries (DCs) that participated in the

Conference on International Economic Cooperation (CIEC), held in several

sessions between NA December 1975 and 3 June 1977

members-(8) Australia, Canada, EC (as one member), Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,

US

Australia Group

established-1984

aim-to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons

members-(25) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland,

France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg,

Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

observer-(1) Singapore

Group of 5 (G-5)

established-22 September 1985

aim-the five major non-Communist economic powers

members-(5) France, Germany, Japan,UK, US

Group of 7 (G-7)

note-membership is the same as the Big Seven

established-22 September 1985

aim-the seven major non-Communist economic powers

members-(7) Group of 5 (France, Germany, Japan, UK, US) plus

Canada and Italy

Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)

established-April 1987

aim-to arrest missile proliferation by controlling the export of key missile technologies and

equipment

members-(24) Australia, Austria,

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,

Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC)-an extension of NATO

established-8 November 1991

effective-20 December 1991

aim-to form a forum to discuss cooperation

concerning mutual political and security issues

members-(38) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia,

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,

Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova,

Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,

Slovakia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,

UK, US, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia

Liberation Organization Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)

established-5 March 1992

aim-to promote cooperation among the Baltic Sea states in

the areas of aid to new democratic institutions, economic

development, humanitarian aid, energy and the environment,

cultural and education, and transportation and communication

members-(10) Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia,

Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden

observers-(2) Belarus, Ukraine

 

ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ, ВКЛЮЧАЮЩИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВА РАЗЛИЧНЫХ СКС, НО СВЯЗАННЫЕ С ТЕРРИТОРИЕЙ И НАСЕЛЕНИЕМ ЗАПАДНОЙ СКС, А ТАКЖЕ ЕЕ ГРАНИЦАМИ С ИНЫМИ СОЦИО-КУЛЬТУРНЫМИ ОБРАЗВАНИЯМИ

 

United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)

established-4 March 1964

aim-established by the UN Security Council to serve as a

peacekeeping force beween Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus

members-(7) Austria,Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, UK

 

RUSSIAN SCS's ORGANIZATIONS

 

ВНУТРЕННИЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ РОССИЙСКОЙ СКС

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

established-8 December 1991

effective-21 December 1991

aim-to coordinate intercommonwealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the USSR

members-(10) Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

 

МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ РОССИЙСКОЙ СКС, СВЯЗАННЫЕ С КОНТРОЛЕМ И СОЦИО-КУЛЬТУРНОЙ ПЕРЕРАБОТКОЙ СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКИ ВАЖНЫХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ

 

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA)

also known as CMEA or Comecon,

was established 25 January 1949

to promote the

development of socialist economies and was abolished