rance, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Laos, Lebanon,
Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Niger,
Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia,
Vanuatu, Vietnam
associate members-(5) Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Morocco, Saint
Lucia
participating governments-(2) New Brunswick (Canada), Quebec (Canada)
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Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the
Caribbean (OPANAL)
note-acronym from Organismo para la Proscripcion de las Armas
Nucleares en la America Latina y el Caribe (OPANAL)
address-Temistocles 78, Col Polanco, CP 011560, Mexico City 5 DF,
Mexico
telephone-[52] (5) 280 4923, 280 5064, 280 2715
FAX-[52] (5) 280 2965
established-14 February 1967
aim-to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit
nuclear weapons
members-(30) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados,
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint
Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and
Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Andean Group (AG)
note-known also as the Andean Parliament
address-Carrera 7a, No. 13-58, Oficina 401, Apartado Aereo 039165,
Santafe de Bogota, Columbia
telephone-[57] (1) 284 41 91, 284 40 28, 284 33 74
FAX-[57] (1) 184 32 70
established-26 May 1969
effective-16 October 1969
aim-to promote harmonious development through economic integration
members-(5) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
associate members-(1) Panama
observers-(26) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel,
Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, UK, US, Uruguay, Yugoslavia
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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 Organizati