di Arabia
telephone-[966] (2) 6361400
FAX-[966] (2) 6366871
established-15 December 1973
aim-to promote Islamic economic aid and social development
members-(48 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, The
Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania,
Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Uganda, UAE, Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization
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Latin American Economic System (LAES)
note-also known as Sistema Economico Latinoamericana (SELA)
address-SELA, Avda Francisco de Miranda, Torre Europa, piso 4,
Chacaito, Apartado de Correos 17035, Caracas 1010-A, Venezuela
telephone-[58] (2) 905 5111
FAX-[58] (2) 951 6953, 951 7246
established-17 October 1975
aim-to promote economic and social development through regional
cooperation
members-(27) Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,
Uruguay, Venezuela
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Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)
note-also known as Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion (ALADI)
address-Calle Cebollati 1461, Casilla de Correo 577, 11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
telephone-[598] (2) 40 11 21, 49 59 15
FAX-[598] (2) 49 06 49
established-12 August 1980
effective-18 March 1981
aim-to promote freer regional trade
members-(11) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
observers-(20) China, Commission of the European Communities, Costa
Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Inter-American Development Bank, Italy, Nicaragua, Organization of
American States, Panama, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain,
Switzerland, United Nations Development Program, United Nations
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
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League of Arab States (LAS)
see Arab League (AL)
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