| Name |
Formal Name |
Headquarters |
Established |
Aim |
Members |
| ACP Group |
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States |
BRUXELLES (Belgium) |
6 June 1975 |
to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with the EU |
78 |
| AfDB |
African Development Bank ( its predecessor was Organization of African Unity - OAU) |
Abidjan, (Cote d' lvoire) |
9 September 1999 |
to promote economic and social development |
53, regional; non regional 24 |
| AU |
African Union (replaces Organization of African Unity - OAU) |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
8 July 2001 |
to achieve greater unity among African States; to defend states' integrity and independence; to accelerate political, social, and economic integration; to encourage international cooperation; to promote democratic principles and institutions |
52 |
| ACCT |
Agency for the French-Speaking Community (formerly Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation) |
Paris (France) |
20 March 1970; name changed 1996 |
to promote cultural and technical cooperation among French-speaking countries |
51 + 5 observers |
| ABEDA |
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (also known as Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique - BADEA) |
Khartoum (Sudan) |
18 February 1974; effective - 16 September 1974 |
to promote economic development |
17 |
| ACC |
Arab Cooperation Council |
Amman (Jordan) - the ACC has remained inactive since the Gulf crisis |
16 February 1989 |
to promote economic cooperation and integration, possibly leading to an Arab Common Market |
4 |
| AFESD |
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development |
Kuwait City |
16 May 1968 |
to promote economic and social development |
20 + Palestine Liberation Organization |
| AMU |
Arab Maghreb Union |
Rabat, 14 Rue Zalagh Agdal |
17 February 1989 |
to promote cooperation and integration among the Arab states of northern Africa |
5 |
| AMF |
Arab Monetary Fund |
|
27 April 1976; effective - 2 February 1977 |
to promote Arab cooperation, development, and integration in monetary and economic affairs |
21 + Palestine Liberation Organization |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
|
7 November 1989 |
to promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin |
21 + 3 observers |
| AsDB |
Asian Development Bank |
|
19 December 1966 |
to promote regional economic cooperation |
44 regional; non regional 18 |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
|
8 August 1967 |
to encourage regional economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the countries of Southeast Asia |
10 - dialogue partners: (11) Australia, Canada, China, EU, India, Japan, South Korea, NZ, Russia, US, UNDP |
| ANZUS |
Australia-New Zealand-US, Security Treaty |
|
1 September 1951; effective - 29 April 1952 |
to implement a trilateral mutual security agreement, although the US suspended security obligations to NZ on 11 August 1986; Australia and the US continue to hold annual meetings |
Australia, NZ, US |
| Australia Group |
Australia Group |
|
NA June 1985 |
to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons |
34 |