Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia,
Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman,
Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,
Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands,
Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania,
Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, UAE,
Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen,
Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

note -- also known as the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of
the Gulf

address -- P.O. Box 7431, Riyadh 11462 Saudi Arabia

telephone -- [966] (1) 4827777

FAX -- [966] (1) 4829089

established -- 25 May 1981

aim -- to promote regional cooperation in economic, social, political,
and military affairs

members -- (6) Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Habitat

see -- Commission on Human Settlements

Hexagonal Group

see -- Central European Initiative (CEI)

high-income countries

another term for the industrialized countries with high per capita
GDPs;

see -- developed countries (DCs)

industrial countries

another term for the developed countries; see developed countries
(DCs)

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

note -- also known as Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)

address -- 1300 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 10577, USA

telephone -- [1] (202) 632 1000

FAX -- [1] (202) 789 2835

established -- 8 April 1959

effective -- 30 December 1959

aim -- to promote economic and social development in Latin America

members -- (46) Argentina, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium,
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia,
Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France,
Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,
Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and
Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela

Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD)

address -- BP 2653, Djibouti, Djibouti

telephone -- [253] 354050, 352880

FAX -- [253] 356994

established -- 15-16 Janu