Selected International Organizations
Arab League (AL)
- Members: (21 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization)
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia,
Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation
Organization
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Members: (10) Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
- Associate Member: (1) Papua New Guinea
Group of 8 (G-8)
- Members: (9) Canada, EU (as one member), France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, U.S.
Commonwealth of Nations
- Members: (54) Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada,
Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, the Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India,
Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta,
Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon
Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad
and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, UK, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
(suspended)
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
- Members: (12) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan
European Union (EU)
- Members: (25) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, UK. New Members in 2004: Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia,
Slovenia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Members: (26) Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, U.S. New
members in 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia
African Union (AU)1
- Members: (53) Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,
Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti,
Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,
Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC)
- Members: (11) Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya,
Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela
1. The Organization of African Unity (OAU),
the African Union's predecessor, was formally disbanded on July 8, 2002.
The AU was inaugurated July 9, 2002. The 53 member nations remain the
same.
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