nd,
Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE,
UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen,
Yugoslavia (suspended), Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Warsaw Pact (WP)
established 14 May 1955 to promote mutual defense; members met 1 July
1991 to dissolve the alliance; member states at the time of
dissolution were Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
and the USSR; earlier members included East Germany and Albania
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West African Development Bank (WADB)
note-also known as Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement (BOAD); is
a financial institution of WAEMU
address-68 av de la Liberation, BP 1172, Lome, Togo
telephone-[228] 21 59 06, 21 42 44, 21 01 13
FAX-[228] 21 52 67, 21 72 69
established-14 November 1973
aim-to promote regional economic development and integration
members-(7) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal,
Togo
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West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
note-also known as Union economique et monetaire Ouest africaine
(UEMOA)
address-Commission de l'UEMOA, 01 BP 543, Ouadgadougou, Burkina Faso
telephone-[226] 31 88 73 through 76
FAX-[226] 31 88 72
established-1 August 1994
aim-to increase competitiveneess of members' economic markets; to
create a common market
members-(7) Benin, Burkino Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal,
Togo
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West African Economic Community (CEAO)
note-acronym from Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
established on 3 June 1972 to promote regional economic development;
its members were Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania,
Niger, Senegal; it was disbanded in 1994
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Western European Union (WEU)
address-Rue de la Regence 4, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
telephone-[32] (2) 500 44 11
FAX-[32] (2) 511 32 70
established-23 October 1954
effective-6 May 1955
aim-to provide mutual defense and to move toward political unification
members-(10) Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK
associate members-(3) Iceland, Norway, Turkey
associate partners-(10)