BIS -- Bank for International Settlements

BOAD -- Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement; see West African
Development Bank (WADB)

BSEC -- Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone

C

C -- Commonwealth

CACM -- Central American Common Market

CAEU -- Council of Arab Economic Unity

CARICOM -- Caribbean Community and Common Market

CBSS -- Council of the Baltic Sea States

CCC -- Customs Cooperation Council

CDB -- Caribbean Development Bank

CE -- Council of Europe

CEAO -- Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest; see West
African Economic Community (CEAO)

CEEAC -- Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale;
see Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)

CEI -- Central European Initiative

CEMA -- Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; also known as CMEA
or Comecon; abolished 1 January 1991

CEPGL -- Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs; see
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)

CERN -- Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire; see European
Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

CG -- Contadora Group

CIS -- Commonwealth of Independent States

CMEA -- Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA); also known
as Comecon; abolished 1 January 1991

COCOM -- Coordinating Committee on Export Controls

Comecon -- Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA); also
known as CMEA; abolished 1 January 1991

CP -- Colombo Plan

CSCE -- Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

D

DC -- developed country

E

EADB -- East African Development Bank

EBRD -- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC -- European Community; see European Union (EU)

ECA -- Economic Commission for Africa

ECAFE -- Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East; see
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

ECE -- Economic Commission for Europe

ECLA -- Economic Commission for Latin America; see Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

ECLAC -- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECO -- Economic Cooperation Organization

ECOSOC -- Economic and Social Council

ECOWAS -- Economic Community of West African States

ECSC -- European Coa