, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Laos,
Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Romania, Rwanda, Saint
Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo,
Tunisia, Vanuatu, Vietnam
observers - (13) Armenia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia,
Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Ukraine
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM): established
- 1928
aim - to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS; formerly
League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime
National Societies - (182 countries); note - same as membership for
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(IFRCS)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU): established - 17 May 1865
set up as the International Telegraph Union; 9 December 1932 adopted
present name; effective - 1 January 1934; affiliated with the UN - 15
November 1947
aim - to deal with world telecommunications issues; a UN specialized
agency
members - (191) includes all UN member countries except East Timor,
Palau (190 total); plus Holy See
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC): note - its
predecessors were the Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and
the World Confederation of Labor (WCL)
established - 3 November 2006
aim - to promote the trade union movement
members - (306 affiliated organizations in the following 153 countries)
Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote
d'Ivoire, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia,
Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, The Gambia,
Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland,
India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Keny
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