all regions
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_#_Commission on Narcotic Drugs

established--16 February 1946;

aim--ECOSOC organization dealing with illicit drugs;

members--(40) selected on a rotating basis from all regions with
emphasis on producing and processing countries
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_#_Commission on the Status of Women

established--21 June 1946;

aim--ECOSOC organization dealing with women's rights;

members--(32) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
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_#_Commonwealth (C)

established--31 December 1931;

aim--voluntary association that evolved from the British Empire and
that seeks to foster multinational cooperation and assistance;

members--(48) Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica,
The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati,
Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, NZ,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,
Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and
Tobago, Uganda, UK, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe;

special members--(2) Nauru, Tuvalu
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_#_Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEAO)--see
West African Economic Community (CEAO)
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_#_Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
(CEEAC)--see Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)
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_#_Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL)--see
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)
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_#_Communist countries--traditionally the Marxist-Leninist states with
authoritarian governments and command economies based on the Soviet
model; see centrally planned economies
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_#_Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)

established--NA November 1972;

aim--discusses issues of mutual concern and reviews