international organisations and groups

Other international organisations and groups

Organisation	Estd.	HQ	Member	Objective
·   The Commonwealth ·   Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ·   Asian Development Bank (ADB) ·   Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) ·   Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) ·   Group of 8 (G-8) ·   Group of 15 (G-15) ·   International Olympic Committee (IOC) ·   International Organisation for Standardisation (IOS) ·   Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ·   European Union ( w.e.f. July 1, 1967) ·   North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) ·   Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ·   South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ·   Amnesty international (Al) ·   World Wildlife Fund For Nature (WWF)	- Nov. 1989 Dec. 1966 Aug., 1967 Dec., 1991 Sep., 1985 1989 June, 1894 Feb., 1947 Sep., 1961 April 1965 April 1949 Sep. 1959 Dec. 1985 1961 Sep., 1961	London — Manila Djakarta Kirava (Belarus) — — Switzerland Switzerland — Brussels (Belgium) Brussels Vienna (Austria) Kathmandu London Gland, Switzerland	54 21 67 10 11 9 18 205 163 118 27 28 12 8 All countries	It was originally known as “The British Comonwealth of Nationas”. It is an association of sovereign and independent states which formally made up the British empire. To promote trade and investment in the Pacific Basin. To promote regional economic cooperation. Regional, economic, social and cultural cooperation among the non-communist countries of South-East Asia. To coordinate inter-commonwealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the USSR. To promote Do-operation among major non-communist economic powers. To promote economic co-operation among developing nations. To promote the Olympic ideals and administer Olympic games. To promote the development of international standards. Political co-operation and separate itself from both USA and USSR (in the cold-war era). To create a united Europe in which member countries would have such strong economic and political bonds that war would cease to be a recurring fact. Mutual defence and cooperation. Attempts to set world prices by controlling oil production and also pursues member interest in trade and development. To promote economic, social and cultural cooperation. To keep a watch over human rights violation worldwide. Got Nobel Prize in 1977 for Peace. To save the wildlife from extinction.