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_#_Habitat--see United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS)
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_#_high-income countries--another term for the industrialized
countries with high per capita GNPs/GDPs; see developed countries (DCs)
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_#_industrial countries--another term for the developed countries; see
developed countries (DCs)
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_#_Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), also known as
Banco Interamericano de Desarollo (BID);
established--8 April 1959; effective 30 December 1959;
aim--to promote economic and social development in Latin America;
members--(44) Argentina, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium,
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany,
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan,
Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal,
Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US,
Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia
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_#_Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD)
established--NA January 1986;
aim--to promote cooperation on drought-related matters;
members--(6) Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda
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_#_International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
established--26 October 1956, effective 29 July 1957;
aim--to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy;
members--(111) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia,
Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma,
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada,
Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia,
Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia,
Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti,
Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar,
Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia,
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