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Contadora Group (CG)
established 5 January 1983 (on the Panamanian island of Contadora) to
reduce tensions and conflicts in Central America; has evolved into the
Rio Group (RG); members included Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela
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Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
see Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
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Coordinating Committee on Export Controls (COCOM)
established in 1949 to control the export of strategic products and
technical data from member countries to proscribed destinations;
members were Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany,
Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Turkey, UK, US; abolished 31 March 1994; COCOM members are
working on a new organization with expanded membership which focuses
on nonproliferation export controls as opposed to East-West control of
advanced technology
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Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA)
note-also known as CMEA or Comecon
established 25 January 1949 to promote the development of socialist
economies and abolished 1 January 1991; members included Afghanistan
(observer), Albania (had not participated since 1961 break with USSR),
Angola (observer), Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia
(observer), GDR, Hungary, Laos (observer), Mongolia, Mozambique
(observer), Nicaragua (observer), Poland, Romania, USSR, Vietnam,
Yemen (observer), Yugoslavia (associate)
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Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU)
address-International Trade Centre Building, 12th Floor, 1191 Cornish
El Nile, P.O. Box 1, Mohamad Freed, Cairo, Egypt
telephone-[20] (2) 754252, 755321
FAX-[20] (2) 754090
telephone-[962] (6) 66 43 26, 66 43 27, 66 43 28
FAX-[962] (6) 66 33 43
established-3 June 1957
effective-30 May 1964
aim-to promote economic integration among Arab nations
members-(11 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Egypt, Iraq,
Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, UAE, Yemen,
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Council of Europe (CE)
address-Palais de l'Europe, F-67075 Strasbourg CEDEX, France
telephone-[33] (3) 88 41 20 00
FAX-[33] (3) 88 41 27 81, 8