ns System

[Appendix B of the 1998 CIA World Factbook is a graphic
depiction of the structure of the United Nations. It
is not included in the Project Gutenberg edition.]

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@APPENDIXES

Appendix C: International Organizations and Groups

advanced developing countries
another term for those less developed countries (LDCs) with
particularly rapid industrial development; see newly industrializing
economies (NIEs)
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advanced economies
a new term used by the International Monetary FUND (IMF) for the top
group in its hierarchy of advanced economies, countries in transition,
and developing countries; recently published IMF statistics include
the following 28 advanced economies: Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
NZ, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan,
UK, US; note-this group would presumably also cover the following
seven smaller countries of Andorra, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Holy See,
Liechtenstein, Monaco, and San Marino which are included in the more
comprehensive group of "developed countries"
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African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries (ACP)
address-Avenue Georges Henri 451, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
telephone-[32] (2) 743 06 00
FAX-[32] (2) 735 55 73
established-1 April 1976
aim-to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with
the EU
members-(70) Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados,
Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon,
The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti,
Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New
Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles,
Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda,