anuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands,
Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization
** International Organization for Migration (IOM) **
note - established as Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the
Movement of Migrants from Europe; renamed Intergovernmental Committee for
European Migration (ICEM) on 15 November 1952; renamed Intergovernmental
Committee for Migration (ICM) in November 1980; current name adopted 14
November 1989
established - 5 December 1951
aim - to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration
members - (91) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany,
Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iran,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania,
Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen,
Yugoslavia, Zambia
observers - (36) Afghanistan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Brazil, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Estonia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Holy See, India,
Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, The Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, NZ,
Papua New Guinea, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe,
Somalia, Spain, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
** International Organization for Standardization (ISO) **
established - NA February 1947
aim - to promote the development of international standards with a
view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and
to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific,
technological and economic activity
members - (93 national standards organizations) Algeria, Argentina,
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bul
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