Suppliers Group
see Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
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Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (Mercosur)
see Southern Cone Common Market
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middle-income countries
another term for those less developed countries with above-average per
capita GDPs; see less developed countries (LDCs)
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Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
established-16 April 1987
aim-to arrest the proliferation of missiles (unmanned delivery
vehicles of mass destruction) by controlling the export of key missile
technologies and equipment
members-(28) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Russia,
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US
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Near Abroad
Russian term for the 14 non-Russian successor states of the USSR, in
which 25 million ethnic Russians live and in which Moscow has
expressed a strong national security interest; the 14 countries are
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan
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newly industrializing countries (NICs)
former term for the newly industrializing economies; see newly
industrializing economies (NIEs)
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newly industrializing economies (NIEs)
that subgroup of the less developed countries (LDCs) that has
experienced particularly rapid industrialization of their economies;
formerly known as the newly industrializing countries (NICs); also
known as advanced developing countries; usually includes the Four
Dragons (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan), and Brazil
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Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
address-Permanent Rep of Colombia to the United Nations, New York, NY
10017, US
telephone-[1] (212) 963 1234
FAX-[1] (212) 758 2718
established-1-6 September 1961
aim-to establish political and military cooperation apart from the
traditional East or West blocs
members-(112 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan