from all regions

Commission on Narcotic Drugs

established-16 February 1946

aim-Economic and Social Council organization dealing
with illicit drugs programs of UN

members-(53) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
with emphasis on producing and processing countries

Commission on the Status of Women

established-21 June 1946

aim-Economic and Social Council organization dealing with
women's rights goals of UN

members-(32) selected on a rotating
basis from all regions

Commonwealth (C)

established-31 December 1931

aim-voluntary association that evolved
from the British Empire and that seeks to foster
multinational cooperation and assistance

members-(48) Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada,
Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,
Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, NZ, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
special members-(2) Nauru, Tuvalu

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

established-8 December 1991

effective-21 December 1991

aim-to coordinate intercommonwealth relations and to provide a mechanism for
the orderly dissolution of the USSR

members-(10) Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEAO)
see West African Economic Community (CEAO)

Communaute Economique des
Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
(CEEAC)

see Economic Community of Central
African States (CEEAC)

Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs
(CEPGL)

see Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)

Communist countries
traditionally the Marxist-Leninist
states with authoritarian governments and command
economies based on the Soviet model; most of the
successor states are no longer Communist; see
centrally planned economies

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
(CSCE)

established-NA November 1972

aim-discusses issues of mutual concern and reviews implementation of the
Helsinki Agreement

members-(53) Albania, Armenia, Austria,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and He