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2), India (1991-92), Ivory Coast (1990-91), Romania (1990-91), Yemen (1990-91), Zaire (1990-91), Zimbabwe (1991-92) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) established--NA May 1948; aim--initially established by the UN Security Council to supervise the 1948 Arab-Israeli ceasefire and subsequently extended to work in the Sinai, Lebanon, Jordan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan; members--(16) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Sweden, US, USSR ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_United Nations Trusteeship Council established--26 June 1945, effective 24 October 1945; aim--to supervise the administration of the UN trust territories; only one of the original 11 trusteeships remains--the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau); members--(5) China, France, UK, US, USSR ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_Universal Postal Union (UPU) established--9 October 1874, affiliated with the UN 15 November 1947, effective 1 July 1948; aim--UN specialized agency that promotes international postal cooperation; members--(168) all UN members except Antigua and Barbuda, Namibia, South Africa; other members are Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Monaco, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, San Marino, Switzerland, Tonga, Tuvalu, UK Overseas Territories, Vatican City ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_USSR/Eastern Europe (USSR/EE)--the middle group in the comprehensive but mutually exclusive hierarchy of developed countries (DCs), USSR/Eastern Europe (USSR/EE), and less developed countries (LDCs); these countries are in political and economic transition; this group includes Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR, Yugoslavia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_Warsaw Pact (WP)--was established 14 May 1955 to promote mutual defense; members met 1 July 1991 to dissolve the alliance; member states--Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the USSR--are now in the process of ratifying this agreement ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _#_West African Development Bank (WADB), also known as Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpemen
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