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Nordic Council (NC)
address - Store Strandstraede 18, PB 3043, DK-1021 Kobenhavn K,
Denmark
telephone - [45] 33 96 04 00
FAX - [45] 33 11 18 70
established - 16 March 1952
effective - 12 February 1953
aim - to promote regional economic, cultural, and environmental
cooperation
members - (5) Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland
(including Aland Islands), Iceland, Norway, Sweden
observers - (3) the Sami (Lapp) local parliaments of Finland, Norway,
and Sweden
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Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
address - Fabianinkatu 34, P. O. Box 249, FIN-00171 Helsinki, Finland
telephone - [358] (0) 18001
FAX - [358] (0) 1800210
established - 4 December 1975
effective - 1 June 1976
aim - to promote economic cooperation and development
members - (5) Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland), Finland
(including Aland Islands), Iceland, Norway, Sweden
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North
a popular term for the rich industrialized countries generally located
in the northern portion of the Northern Hemisphere; the counterpart of
the South; see developed countries (DCs)
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North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC)
see Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
address - B-1110 Brussels, Belgium
telephone - [32] (2) 707 4111
FAX - [32] (2) 707 4579
established - 4 April 1949
aim - to promote mutual defense and cooperation
members - (19) Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, US
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Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
note - also known as OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
address - AEN/NEA, Le Seine St. Germain, 12 Boulevard des Iles,
F-92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
telephone - [33] (1) 45 24 10 10
FAX - [33] (1) 45 24 11 10
established - 1 February 1958
aim - to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy; associated with
OECD
members - (27) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway,
Portug