2), India (1991-92),
Ivory Coast (1990-91), Romania (1990-91), Yemen (1990-91),
Zaire (1990-91), Zimbabwe (1991-92)
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_#_United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
established--NA May 1948;
aim--initially established by the UN Security Council to supervise
the 1948 Arab-Israeli ceasefire and subsequently extended to work
in the Sinai, Lebanon, Jordan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan;
members--(16) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile,
Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, NZ, Norway,
Sweden, US, USSR
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_#_United Nations Trusteeship Council
established--26 June 1945, effective 24 October 1945;
aim--to supervise the administration of the UN trust territories;
only one of the original 11 trusteeships remains--the Trust Territory of
the Pacific Islands (Palau);
members--(5) China, France, UK, US, USSR
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_#_Universal Postal Union (UPU)
established--9 October 1874, affiliated with the UN
15 November 1947, effective 1 July 1948;
aim--UN specialized agency that promotes international postal
cooperation;
members--(168) all UN members except Antigua and Barbuda, Namibia,
South Africa; other members are Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea,
Monaco, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, San Marino, Switzerland, Tonga,
Tuvalu, UK Overseas Territories, Vatican City
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_#_USSR/Eastern Europe (USSR/EE)--the middle group in the
comprehensive but mutually exclusive hierarchy of developed countries
(DCs), USSR/Eastern Europe (USSR/EE), and less developed countries
(LDCs); these countries are in political and economic transition; this
group includes Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland,
Romania, USSR, Yugoslavia
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_#_Warsaw Pact (WP)--was established 14 May 1955 to promote mutual
defense; members met 1 July 1991 to dissolve the alliance;
member states--Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and
the USSR--are now in the process of ratifying this agreement
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_#_West African Development Bank (WADB), also known as Banque
Ouest-Africaine de Developpemen
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