implementation
of the Helsinki Agreement;

members--(35) Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus,
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US, USSR, Vatican City, Yugoslavia
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_#_Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire (CERN)--see
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
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_#_Contadora Group (CG) was established 5 January 1983 (on the
Panamanian island of Contadora) to reduce tensions and conflicts in
Central America but evolved into the Rio Group (RG); members included
Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela
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_#_Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf--see
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
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_#_Coordinating Committee on Export Controls (COCOM)

established--NA 1949;

aim--compiles strategic embargo list of goods not to be sold by the
West to Eastern bloc countries;

members--(15) Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,
Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, UK, US
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_#_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 1 January 1991;
members included Afghanistan (observer), Albania (had not participated
since 1961 break with USSR), Angola (observer), Bulgaria, Cuba,
Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia (observer), GDR, Hungary, Laos (observer),
Mongolia, Mozambique (observer), Nicaragua (observer), Poland, Romania,
USSR, Vietnam, Yemen (observer), Yugoslavia (associate)
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_#_Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU)

established--3 June 1957, effective 30 May 1964;

aim--to promote economic integration among Arab nations;

members--(11) Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania,
Somalia, Sudan, Syria, UAE, Yemen
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_#_Council of Europe (CE)