Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India,
Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea,
Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,
Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Panama,
Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa,
Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon
Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,
Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia
(suspended), Zambia, Zimbabwe
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International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
note - name changed from International Hydrographic Bureau on 22
September 1970
address - BP 445, 4 Quai Antoine 1st, Monaco MC 98011, CEDEX, Monaco
telephone - [33] (93) 01 81 00
FAX - [33] (93) 10 81 40
established - NA June 1919
effective - NA June 1921
aim - to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to
achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart
displays; to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography;
to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques
used for descriptive oceanography
members - (66) Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, North Korea, South
Korea, Monaco, Mozambique Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,
Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri
Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela
membership pending - (7) Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Jamaica, Kuwait,
Mauritania, Morocco, Qatar
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International