t; to specify international standards of
conduct; to provide an important mechanism for implementing these
standards; to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice

members (countries that have ratified the treaty) - (104) Afghanistan,
Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada,
Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus,
Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador,
Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta,
Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia,
Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone,
Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tajikistan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Zambia; note - Comoros and Saint Kitts and Nevis became full
members on 1 November 2006

signatory states (countries that have signed, but not ratified, the
treaty) - (39) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, The Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic,
Egypt, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iran, Jamaica, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Oman,
Philippines, Russia, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles,
Solomon Islands, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Ukraine, UAE, Uzbekistan,
Yemen, Zimbabwe

International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol): established -
September 1923 set up as the International Criminal Police Commission;
13 June 1956 constitution modified and present name adopted

aim - to promote international cooperation among police authorities in
fighting crime

members - (186) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua
and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,