ca, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria,
Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE,
Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe;

note - this category would presumably also cover the following 46 other
countries that are traditionally included in the more comprehensive
group of "less developed countries": American Samoa, Anguilla, British
Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands,
Cook Islands, Cuba, Eritrea, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, French
Polynesia, Gaza Strip, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam,
Guernsey, Jersey, North Korea, Macau, Isle of Man, Martinique, Mayotte,
Montserrat, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana
Islands, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saint Helena,
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tokelau, Tonga, Turks and Caicos Islands,
Tuvalu, Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Western Sahara

** East African Development Bank (EADB) **

established - 6 June 1967; effective - 1 December 1967

aim - to promote economic development

members - (3) Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

** Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) **

established - 26 June 1945; effective - 24 October 1945

aim - to coordinate the economic and social work of the UN; includes five
regional commissions (Economic Commission for Africa, Economic Commission
for Europe, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Economic
and Social Commission for Western Asia) and 9 functional commissions
(Commission for Social Development, Commission on Human Rights, Commission
on Narcotic Drugs, Commission on the Status of Women, Commission on
Population and Development, Statistical Commission, Commission on Science
and Technology for Development, Commission on Sustainable Development,
and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice)

members - (54) selected on a rotating basis from all regions

** Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries **

(CEPGL) note - acronym from Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs

established - 20 September 1976

aim - to promote regional economic cooperation and integration

members - (3) Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda

** Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) **

established - 28 May 1975

aim - to promote regional economic