Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela,
Vietnam, Zimbabwe
correspondent members - (41 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization)
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brunei, Burkina
Faso, Burma, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea,
Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Montenegro, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Senegal,
Seychelles, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Yemen,
Zambia, Palestine Liberation Organization
subscriber members - (10) Antigua and Barbuda, Burundi, Cambodia,
Dominica, Guyana, Honduras, Laos, Lesotho, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Suriname
International Organization of the French-speaking World (OIF): note -
name changed from Agency of Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT)
in 1997; also known as Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
established - 20 March 1970
aim - founded around a common language to promote and spread the
cultures of its members and to reinforce cultural and technical
cooperation between them
members - (53) Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Canada - New Brunswick,
Canada - Quebec, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,
Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, French Community
of Belgium, Gabon, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Laos, Lebanon,
Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome
and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu,
Vietnam
associates - (3) Armenia, Cyprus, Ghana
observers - (14) Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Mozambique, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Thailand, Ukraine
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM): established
- 1928
aim - to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS; formerly
League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime
National Societies -
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