kina, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia,
Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger,
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)

address -- 5 Hejab Avenue, Bd Keshavarz, P.O. Box 14155-6176, Teheran,
Iran Islamic Republic

telephone -- [98] (21) 658614, 656152, 658045

FAX -- [98] (21) 658046

established -- NA 1985

aim -- to promote regional cooperation in trade, transportation,
communications, tourism, cultural affairs, and economic development

members -- (10) Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

associate member -- (1) "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

address -- One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2EH, UK

telephone -- [44] (71) 338 6000

FAX -- [44] (71) 338 6100

established -- 15 April 1991

aim -- to facilitate the transition of seven centrally planned
economies in Europe (Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland,
Romania, former USSR, and former Yugoslavia) to market economies by
committing 60% of its loans to privatization

members -- (59) Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Egypt, European Union (EU), European Investment Bank (EIB),
Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands,
NZ, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
UK, US, Uzbekistan; note - includes all 25 members of the OECD; also
includes the EU as a single entity

European Community (or European Communities, EC)

was established 8 April 1965 to integrate the European Atomic Energy
Community (Euratom), the European Coal and Steel Community (ESC), the
European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market), and to establish a
completely integrated common market and an eventual federation of
Europe; merged into the European Union (EU) on 7 February 1992; member
states at the time of merger were Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK