epublic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook
Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India,
Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan,
Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New
Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome
and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands,
Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria,
Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia
(suspended), Zambia, Zimbabwe
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International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
note-name changed from International Hydrographic Bureau on 22
September 1970
address-BP 445, 7 avenue President J F Kennedy, Monte Carlo MC 98011
CEDEX, Monaco
telephone-[33] (93) 50 65 87
FAX-[33] (93) 25 20 03
established-NA June 1919
effective-NA June 1921
aim-to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to
achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart
displays; to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography;
to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques
used for descriptive oceanography
members-(60) Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan,
North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria,
Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname,
Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, UAE, US,
UK, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia
permanent members-(10) Algeria, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Estonia,
Jamaica, Mauritania, Morocc