established--5 May 1949, effective 3 August 1949;

aim--to promote increased unity and quality of life in Europe;

members--(24) Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK
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_#_Council of the Entente (Entente)

established--29 May 1959;

aim--to promote economic, social, and political coordination;

members--(5) Benin, Burkina, Ivory Coast, Niger, Togo
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_#_Customs Cooperation Council (CCC)

established--15 December 1950;

aim--to promote international cooperation in customs matters;

members--(104) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas,
Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi,
Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Congo, Cuba,
Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon,
The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong,
Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Lebanon,
Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali,
Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal,
Netherlands, NZ, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UAE, UK, US,
Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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_#_developed countries (DCs)--the top group in the comprehensive but
mutually exclusive hierarchy of developed countries (DCs),
USSR/Eastern Europe (USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs);
includes the market-oriented economies of the mainly democratic nations
in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
Bermuda, Israel, South Africa, and the European ministates; also known
as the First World, high-income countries, the North, industrial
countries; generally have a per capita GNP/GDP in excess of $10,000
although some OECD countries and Sout