rs -- (35) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados,
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba
(excluded from formal participation since 1962), Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, US, Uruguay, Venezuela
observers -- (31) Algeria, Angola, Austria, Belgium, Central American
Parliament, Commission of the European Communities, Cyprus, Egypt,
Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See,
Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Morocco,
Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)
address -- POB 20501, Safat 13066, Kuwait
telephone -- [965] 5340713
FAX -- [965] 5340694
established -- 9 January 1968
aim -- to promote cooperation in the petroleum industry
members -- (10) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
address -- P.O. Box 179, The Morne, Castries, St. Lucia
telephone -- [1] (809) 452 2537
FAX -- [1] (809) 453 1628
established -- 18 June 1981
effective -- 4 July 1981
aim -- to promote political, economic, and defense cooperation
members -- (7) Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
associate member -- (1) British Virgin Islands
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
address -- Obere Donaustrasse 93, A-1020 Vienna, Austria
telephone -- [43] (1) 21 11 20
FAX -- [43] (1) 26 43 20
established -- 14 September 1960
aim -- to coordinate petroleum policies
members -- (12) Algeria, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya,
Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
address -- Kilo 6, Mecca Road, P.O. Box 178, Jeddah 21411, Saudi
Arabia
telephone -- [966] (2) 680-0800
FAX -- [966] (2) 687-3568
established -- 22-25 September 1969
aim -- to promote Islamic solidarity in economic, social, cultural,
and political affairs
members -- (48 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization)
Afghanistan, Albania, Alger
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