) that participated in the
Conference on International Economic Cooperation (CIEC), held in several
sessions between NA December 1975 and 3 June 1977;

members--(8) Australia, Canada, EC (as one member), Japan, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, US
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_#_Group of 9 (G-9)

established--NA;

aim--informal group that meets occasionally on matters of mutual
interest;

members--(9) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary,
Romania, Sweden, Yugoslavia
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_#_Group of 10 (G-10), also known as the Paris Club;

established--NA October 1962;

aim--wealthiest members of the IMF who provide most of the money
to be loaned and act as the informal steering committee; name persists in
spite of the addition of Switzerland on NA April 1984;

members--(11) Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
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_#_Group of 11 (G-11), also known as the Cartagena Group;

established--22 June 1984, in Cartagena, Colombia;

aim--forum for largest debtor nations in Latin America;

members--(11) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
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_#_Group of 19 (G-19)

established--NA October 1975;

aim--the less developed countries (LDCs) that participated in the
Conference on International Economic Cooperation (CIEC) held in several
sessions between NA December 1975 and 3 June 1977;

members--(19) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Egypt, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia
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_#_Group of 24 (G-24)

established--NA January 1972;

aim--to promote the interests of developing countries in Africa,
Asia, and Latin America within the IMF;

members--(24) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt,
Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Lebanon,
Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria,
Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire
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_#_Group of 30 (G-30)

established--NA