members--(13) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK;

associate member--(1) Finland
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_#_First World--another term for countries with advanced,
industrialized economies; see developed countries (DCs)
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_#_Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

established--16 October 1945;

aim--UN specialized agency to raise living standards and increase
availability of agricultural products;

members--(157) all UN members except Brunei, Byelorussian Soviet
Socialist Republic, Liechtenstein, Singapore, South Africa, Ukrainian
Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR; other members are Cook Islands,
North Korea, South Korea, Switzerland, Tonga
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_#_Four Dragons the four small Asian less developed countries (LDCs)
that have experienced unusually rapid economic growth; also known as the
Four Tigers; this group includes Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore,
Taiwan
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_#_Four Tigers--another term for the Four Dragons; see Four Dragons
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_#_Franc Zone (FZ)

established--NA;

aim--monetary union among countries whose currencies are linked to
the French franc;

members--(15) Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic,
Chad, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Ivory Coast,
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)
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_#_Front Line States (FLS)

established--NA;

aim--to achieve black majority rule in South Africa;

members--(7) Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania,
Zambia, Zimbabwe
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_#_General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

established--30 October 1947, effective 1 January 1948;

aim--to promote the expansion of international trade on