, Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Andean Community of Nations (CAN)
note - formerly known as the Andean Group (AG), the Andean Parliament,
and most recently as the Andean Common Market (Ancom)
address - c/o General Secretariat of the Andean Community, Paseo de la
Republica 3895, Casilla 18-1177, Lima 18, Peru
telephone - [51] (1) 221 2222
FAX - [51] (1) 221 3329
established - 26 May 1969; present name established 1 October 1992
effective - 16 October 1969
aim - to promote harmonious development through economic integration
members - (5) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
associate member - (1) Panama
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Andean Group (AG)
see Andean Community of Nations (CAN)
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Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA)
note - also known as Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en
Afrique (BADEA)
address - Abdel Rahman El Mahdi Avenue, P. O. Box 2640, Khartoum,
Sudan
telephone - [249] (11) 770498, 773646, 773709
FAX - [249] (11) 770600
established - 18 February 1974
effective - 16 September 1974
aim - to promote economic development
members - (17 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria,
Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania,
Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE,
Palestine Liberation Organization; note - these are all the members of
the Arab League excluding Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen
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Arab Cooperation Council (ACC)
established - 16 February 1989
aim - to promote economic cooperation and integration, possibly
leading to an Arab Common Market
members - (4) Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen
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Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
address - P. O. Box 21923, Safat 13080, Kuwait
telephone - [965] 4844500
FAX - [965] 4815750, 4815760, 4815770
established - 16 May 1968
aim - to promote economic and social development
members - (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Algeria,
Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt (suspended from 19