Contents: African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) - African Development Bank (AfDB) - African Union  (AU) - Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) - Andean Community - Antarctic Treaty - Arab League - Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) - Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Association of Caribbean States (ACS) - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Bank for International Settlements (BIS) -  Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) - Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) - Central American Integration System (SICA) - Central American Parliament (Parlacen) - Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) - Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) - Colombo Plan - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) - The Commonwealth - Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) -  Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) -  Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CRLP) - Council of the Baltic States (CBSS) - Council of Europe (CE) - Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON/CMEA) - Danube Commission - Dutch Language Union (Taalunie) (DLU) - East African Community (EAC) - Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) - Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - European Union (EU) - Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) - Group of 8 (G-8) - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Ibero-American Cooperation Secretariat (SECIB) - Indian Ocean Commission (COI) - Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) - Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) - Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) - International Court of Justice (ICJ) - International Criminal Court (ICCt) - International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) - International Labour Organization (ILO) - International Maritime Organization (IMO) - International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - International Organization of Francophonie (OIF) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) -  International Organization of Space Communications (Intersputnik) - International Organization for Migration (IOM) - International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - International Seabed Authority (ISA) - International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) - Islamic Development Bank (IDB) - Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) - Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) - Latin Union (LU) - League of Nations -

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States  (ACP)

 

ACP Website

Lomé and Cotonou Agreements

Headquarters: Brussels (Belgium)

28 Feb 1975                European Communities and ACP States sign First Lomé Convention
                             granting financial, technical assistance and trade concessions.
 6 Jun 1975                Georgetown Agreement formally creating the ACP Group signed.
23 Jun 2000                Cotonou Agreement signed (effective 1 Apr 2003).

Secretaries-general 
1976 - 1980                Tieoulé Konaté (Mali)              (b. 1933 - d. 1995)
1980 - 1985                Tom Okelo-Odongo (Kenya)           (b. 1927)
1985 - 1990                Edwin W. Carrington                (b. 1938)
                             (Trinidad and Tobago)
1990 - 1995                Ghebray Berhane (Ethiopia)         (b. 1938)
1995 - 1996                Carl B. Greenidge (Guyana)(interim)(b. 1949)
16 Jul 1996 - 29 Feb 2000  Ng'andu Peter Magande (Zambia)     (b. 1947)
 1 Mar 2000 - 28 Feb 2005  Jean-Robert Goulongana (Gabon)     (b. 1953)
 1 Mar 2005 - 28 Feb 2010  Sir John Kaputin                   (b. 1941)
                             (Papua New Guinea)
 1 Mar 2010 - 31 Mar 2013  Mohamed Ibn Chambas (Ghana)        (b. 1950)
 1 Apr 2013 -              Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni (Ghana)     (b. 1949)

ACP  membership (79)

Date of Admission	Member Nations
6 Jun 1975	The Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Dahomey1, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Ivory Coast2, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, The Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Upper Volta3, Western Samoa4, Zaire5, Zambia
8 Dec 1984	Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Dominica, Kiribati, Liberia, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe
4 Nov 1995	Angola, Dominican Republic, Haiti
23 Jun 2000	Cook Islands, Eritrea, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, South Africa
14 Dec 2000	Cuba
16 May 2003	East Timor
1from 30 Nov 1975 Benin. 2from 1985 Côte d'Ivoire. 3from 1984 Burkina Faso. 4from 1997 Samoa. 5from 1997 Congo (Kinshasa).

 4 Aug 1963                African Development Bank agreement signed.
10 Sep 1964                African Development Bank (AfDB) founded.
29 Nov 1972                African Development Fund, the concessional window
                             of the AfDB Group, created (operational 1974).

Presidents
Nov 1964 - Feb 1970        Mamoun Beheiry (The Sudan)         (b. 1925 - d. 2002)
Feb 1970 - May 1976        Abdelwahab Labidi (Tunisia)        (b. 1929 - d. ....)
                             (interim to Aug 1970)
May 1976 - 23 Jul 1979     Kwame Donkor Fordwor (Ghana)       (b. 1933)
Jul 1979 - Jun 1980        Goodall Gondwe (Malawi) (interim)  (b. 1936)
Jun 1980 - May 1985        Wila D'Israeli Mung'omba (Zambia)  (b. 1939)
May 1985 - 31 Aug 1995     Babacar Ndiaye (Senegal)           (b. 1936)
 1 Sep 1995 -  1 Sep 2005  Omar Kabbaj (Morocco)              (b. 1942)
 1 Sep 2005 -              Donald Kaberuka (Rwanda)           (b. 1951)

AfDB membership (78)

Date of Admission	Member Nations
10 Sep 1964	Algeria, Cameroon, Congo (Léopoldville)1, Dahomey2, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast3, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, The Sudan, Tanzania4, Togo, Uganda
11 Sep 1964	Senegal
14 Sep 1964	Egypt
22 Sep 1964	Upper Volta5
22 Oct 1964	Somalia
29 Oct 1964	Tunisia
18 Jan 1965	Rwanda
10 Feb 1965	Congo (Brazzaville)
25 Jul 1966	Malawi
1 Sep 1966	Zambia
2 Jan 1968	Burundi
26 Aug 1968	Chad
26 Aug 1970	Central African Republic
26 Jul 1971	Swaziland
31 Mar 1972	Botswana
21 Jul 1972	Libya
31 Dec 1972	Gabon
2 Jul 1973	The Gambia, Lesotho
1 Jan 1974	Mauritius
5 May 1975	Guinea-Bissau
30 Jun 1975	Equatorial Guinea
14 Apr 1976	São Tomé and Príncipe
15 Apr 1976	Cape Verde
3 May 1976	Comoros, Madagascar
4 Jun 1976	Mozambique
20 Sep 1977	Seychelles
12 Jul 1978	Djibouti
10 Apr 1979	United Arab Emirates6
5 Sep 1980	Zimbabwe
9 Jan 1981	Angola
15 Dec 1982	Portugal
30 Dec 1982	Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Kuwait, Norway, South Korea, Sweden,  Switzerland, Yugoslavia7
31 Dec 1982	Italy
28 Jan 1983	The Netherlands
3 Feb 1983	Japan
8 Feb 1983	United States
18 Feb 1983	Federal Republic of Germany
15 Mar 1983	Belgium
30 Mar 1983	Austria
29 Apr 1983	United Kingdom
14 Jul 1983	Brazil
6 Dec 1983	India
15 Dec 1983	Portugal, Saudi Arabia
20 Mar 1984	Spain
10 May 1985	China
2 Jul 1985	Argentina
10 Apr 1994	Namibia
13 Dec 1995	South Africa
13 May 1994	Eritrea
14 May 2008	Turkey8
13 May 2009	Luxembourg8
1 Jun 2012	South Sudan8
11966-71 and from 1997 Congo (Kinshasa); 1971-97 Zaire. 2from 1975 Benin. 3from 1985 Côte d'Ivoire. 4United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, renamed Tanzania 1 Nov 1964. 5from 1984 Burkina Faso. 6member of the African Development Fund (ADF) only. 7expelled 31 Dec 1992. 8has not deposited instrument of ratification.

25 May 1963                Organization of African Unity (OAU).
 9 Jul 2002                African Union (AU).
18 Mar 2004                Pan-African Parliament established.

Secretaries-general
25 May 1963 - 21 Jul 1964  Kifle Wodajo (Ethiopia) (acting)   (b. 1936 - d. 2004)
21 Jul 1964 - 15 Jun 1972  Diallo Telli (Guinea)              (b. 1925 - d. 1977)
15 Jun 1972 - 16 Jun 1974  Nzo Ekangaki (Cameroon)            (b. 1934 - d. 2005)
16 Jun 1974 - 21 Jul 1978  William Eteki (Cameroon)           (b. 1933)
21 Jul 1978 - 12 Jun 1983  Edem Kodjo (Togo)                  (b. 1938)
12 Jun 1983 - 20 Jul 1985  Peter Onu (Nigeria) (acting)       (b. 1931 - d. 1997)
20 Jul 1985 - 19 Sep 1989  Ide Oumarou (Niger)                (b. 1937 - d. 2002)
19 Sep 1989 - 17 Sep 2001  Salim Ahmed Salim (Tanzania)       (b. 1942)
17 Sep 2001 -  9 Jul 2002  Amara Essy (Côte d'Ivoire)         (b. 1944)
Chairmen of the Commission
 9 Jul 2002 - 16 Sep 2003  Amara Essy (Côte d'Ivoire)         (s.a.)
                             (interim)
16 Sep 2003 -  1 Feb 2008  Alpha Oumar Konaré (Mali)          (b. 1946)
 1 Feb 2008 - 15 Oct 2012  Jean Ping (Gabon)                  (b. 1942)
15 Oct 2012 -              Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (f)         (b. 1949)
                             (South Africa) 

Chairmen
25 May 1963 - 17 Jul 1964  Haile Selassie (Ethiopia)          (b. 1892 - d. 1975)
                             (1st time) 
17 Jul 1964 - 21 Oct 1965  Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt)         (b. 1918 - d. 1970)
21 Oct 1965 - 24 Feb 1966  Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana)              (b. 1909 - d. 1972)
24 Feb 1966 -  5 Nov 1966  Joseph Arthur Ankrah (Ghana)       (b. 1915 - d. 1992)
 5 Nov 1966 - 11 Sep 1967  Haile Selassie (Ethiopia)          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
11 Sep 1967 - 13 Sep 1968  Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (Congo [K.])  (b. 1930 - d. 1997)
13 Sep 1968 -  6 Sep 1969  Houari Boumedienne (Algeria)       (b. 1932? - d. 1978)
 6 Sep 1969 -  1 Sep 1970  Ahmadou Ahidjo (Cameroon)          (b. 1924 - d. 1989)
 1 Sep 1970 - 21 Jun 1971  Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia) (1st time) (b. 1924)
21 Jun 1971 - 12 Jun 1972  Moktar Ould Daddah (Mauritania)    (b. 1924 - d. 2003)
12 Jun 1972 - 27 May 1973  Hassan II (Morocco)                (b. 1929 - d. 1999)
27 May 1973 - 12 Jun 1974  Yakubu Gowon (Nigeria)             (b. 1934)
12 Jun 1974 - 28 Jul 1975  Muhammad Siad Barre (Somalia)      (b. 1919 - d. 1995)
28 Jul 1975 -  2 Jul 1976  Idi Amin (Uganda)                  (b. 1925? - d. 2003)
 2 Jul 1976 -  2 Jul 1977  Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam          (b. 1900 - d. 1985)
                             (Mauritius) 
 2 Jul 1977 - 18 Jul 1978  Omar Bongo (Gabon)                 (b. 1935 - d. 2009)
18 Jul 1978 - 12 Jul 1979  Gaafar Nimeiry (The Sudan)         (b. 1930 - d. 2009)
12 Jul 1979 - 12 Apr 1980  William R. Tolbert, Jr. (Liberia)  (b. 1913 - d. 1980)
28 Apr 1980 -  1 Jul 1980  Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal)    (b. 1906 - d. 2001)
                             (acting)
 1 Jul 1980 - 24 Jun 1981  Siaka Stevens (Sierra Leone)       (b. 1905 - d. 1988)
24 Jun 1981 -  6 Jun 1983  Daniel arap Moi (Kenya)            (b. 1924)
 6 Jun 1983 - 12 Nov 1984  Mengistu Haile Mariam (Ethiopia)   (b. 1937)
12 Nov 1984 - 18 Jul 1985  Julius Nyerere (Tanzania)          (b. 1922 - d. 1999)
18 Jul 1985 - 28 Jul 1986  Abdou Diouf (Senegal) (1st time)   (b. 1935)
28 Jul 1986 - 27 Jul 1987  Denis Sassou-Nguesso (Congo)       (b. 1943)
                             (1st time) 
27 Jul 1987 - 25 May 1988  Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia) (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 May 1988 - 24 Jul 1989  Moussa Traoré (Mali)               (b. 1936)
24 Jul 1989 -  9 Jul 1990  Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) (1st time)   (b. 1928)
 9 Jul 1990 -  3 Jun 1991  Yoweri Museveni (Uganda)           (b. 1944)
 3 Jun 1991 - 29 Jun 1992  Ibrahim Babangida (Nigeria)        (b. 1941)
29 Jun 1992 - 28 Jun 1993  Abdou Diouf (Senegal) (2nd time)   (s.a.)
28 Jun 1993 - 13 Jun 1994  Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) (2nd time)   (s.a.)
13 Jun 1994 - 26 Jun 1995  Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisia)  (b. 1936)
26 Jun 1995 -  8 Jul 1996  Meles Zenawi (Ethiopia)            (b. 1955 - d. 2012)
 8 Jul 1996 -  2 Jun 1997  Paul Biya (Cameroon)               (b. 1933)
 2 Jun 1997 -  8 Jun 1998  Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)           (b. 1924)
 8 Jun 1998 - 12 Jul 1999  Blaise Compaoré (Burkina Faso)     (b. 1951)
12 Jul 1999 - 10 Jul 2000  Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algeria)     (b. 1937)
10 Jul 2000 -  9 Jul 2001  Gnassingbé Eyadéma (Togo)          (b. 1937 - d. 2005)
 9 Jul 2001 -  2 Jan 2002  Frederick Chiluba (Zambia)         (b. 1943 - d. 2011)
 2 Jan 2002 -  9 Jul 2002  Levy Mwanawasa (Zambia)            (b. 1948 - d. 2008)
 9 Jul 2002 - 10 Jul 2003  Thabo Mbeki (South Africa)         (b. 1942)
10 Jul 2003 -  6 Jul 2004  Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique)      (b. 1939)
 6 Jul 2004 - 24 Jan 2006  Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria)        (b. 1937)
24 Jan 2006 - 29 Jan 2007  Denis Sassou-Nguesso (Congo [B.])  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
29 Jan 2007 - 31 Jan 2008  John Kufuor (Ghana)                (b. 1938)
31 Jan 2008 -  2 Feb 2009  Jakaya Kikwete (Tanzania)          (b. 1950)
 2 Feb 2009 - 31 Jan 2010  Muammar al-Qaddafi (Libya)         (b. 1942 - d. 2011)
31 Jan 2010 - 30 Jan 2011  Bingu wa Mutharika (Malawi)        (b. 1934 - d. 2012)
30 Jan 2011 - 29 Jan 2012  Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo      (b. 1942)
                             (Equatorial Guinea) 
29 Jan 2012 - 27 Jan 2013  Thomas Yayi Boni (Benin)           (b. 1952)      
27 Jan 2013 -              Hailemariam Desalegn (Ethiopia)    (b. 1965)

Presidents of the Pan-African Parliament
18 Mar 2004 - 29 May 2009  Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella (f)      (b. 1955)
                             (Tanzania)
29 May 2009 -              Idriss Ndélé Moussa (Chad)         (b. 1959) 

AU membership (54)

Date of Admission	Member Nations
25 May 1963	Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic1, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Léopoldville)2, Dahomey3, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea4, Ivory Coast5, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar6, Mali7, Mauritania8, Morocco9, Niger10, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, The Sudan, Tanganyika11, Togo12, Tunisia, Uganda, Upper Volta13, Zanzibar11
13 Dec 1963	Kenya
13 Jul 1964	Malawi
16 Dec 1964	Zambia
Oct 1965	The Gambia
31 Oct 1966	Botswana, Lesotho
Aug 1968	Mauritius
24 Sep 1968	Swaziland
12 Oct 1968	Equatorial Guinea
19 Nov 1973	Guinea-Bissau14
11 Feb 1975	Angola
18 Jul 1975	Cape Verde, Comoros, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe
29 Jun 1976	Seychelles
27 Jun 1977	Djibouti
Jun 1980	Zimbabwe
22 Feb 1982	Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara)
Jun 1990	Namibia
24 May 1993	Eritrea
6 Jun 1994	South Africa
29 Jul 2011	South Sudan
1suspended from 25 Mar 2013. 2Congo (Kinshasa) 1966-71 and from 1997; 1971-97 Zaire; suspended its participation 12 Nov 1984 - 1986. 3from 1975 Benin. 4suspended 29 Dec 2008 - 9 Dec 2010. 5from 1985 Côte d'Ivoire; suspended 9 Dec 2010 - 21 Apr 2011. 6Malagasy Republic to 30 Dec 1975; suspended Dec 2001 - 10 Jul 2003 and from 20 Mar 2009. 7suspended 23 Mar 2012 - 24 Oct 2012. 8suspended 4 Aug 2005 - 10 Apr 2007 and 9 Aug 2008 - 1 Jul 2009. 9withdrew 12 Nov 1984. 10suspended 19 Feb 2010 - 16 Mar 2011. 11Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged 26 Apr 1964 to form United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, renamed Tanzania 1 Nov 1964. 12suspended 25 Feb 2005 - 27 May 2005. 13from 1984 Burkina Faso. 14suspended from 17 Apr 2012.

 
 3 Jul 1978                Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT).
25 Feb 1995                Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)
                             (Organización del Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica [OTCA]).
13 Dec 2002                Permanent secretariat inaugurated.

               
              Adopted 12  Jul 2004 

26 May 1969                Andean Pact (Andean Group) established.
25 Oct 1979                Andean Parliament (Parlandio) established.
10 Mar 1996                Renamed Andean Community of Nations (CAN).
 1 Aug 1997                Secretariat established.

Secretaries-general
 1 Aug 1997 -  7 Aug 2002  Sebastián Alegrett Ruiz (Venezuela)(b. 1942 - d. 2002)
19 Sep 2002 - 15 Jan 2004  Guillermo Fernández de Soto        (b. 1953)
                             (Colombia) 
15 Jan 2004 - 28 Jul 2006  Edward Allan Wagner Tizón (Peru)   (b. 1942)
28 Jul 2006 -  1 Feb 2007  Alfredo Luis Fuentes Hernández
                             (Colombia) (acting)
 1 Feb 2007 -  7 May 2010  Federico "Freddy" Ehlers Zurita    (b. 1945)
                             (Ecuador)   
 7 May 2010 – 18 Feb 2013  Adalid Contreras Baspineiro
                             (Bolivia) (interim)
18 Feb 2013 -  1 Mar 2013  Ana María Tenenbaum de Reátegui (f)
                             (Peru) (acting)
 1 Mar 2013 -              Santiago Cembrano Cabrejas
                             (Colombia) (interim)

Presidents of the Andean Parliament
Aug 1980 - Dec 1981        Héctor Echeverri Correa (Colombia) (b. 1937)
Dec 1981 - Mar 1983        Raúl Oswaldo Baca Carbo (Ecuador)  (b. 1931)
Mar 1983 - May 1984        Godofredo González González        (b. 1920 - d. 1990)
                             (Venezuela)    
May 1984 - Dec 1984        Ricardo Monteagudo (Peru)          (b. 1923 - d. 2005)
28 Jul 1985 - 11 Dec 1985  Jorge Tadeo Lozano Osorio          (b. 1936)
                             (Colombia)
Dec 1985 - Mar 1987        Julio Garrett Aillón (Bolivia)     (b. 1925)
Mar 1987 - Mar 1989        Humberto Pelaez Gutiérrez
                             (Colombia)
Mar 1989 - 1990            Wilfrido Lucero Bolaños (Ecuador)  (b. 1935)
1990 - Sep 1992            Romualdo Gustavo Biaggi Rodríguez  (b. 1923)
                             (Peru)
Sep 1992 - Sep 1994        Paciano José Padrón Valladares
                             (Venezuela)
Sep 1994 - Dec 1995        Victor Hugo Cárdenas Conde         (b. 1951)
                             (Bolivia)
Dec 1995 - Dec 1997        Julio César Turbay Quintero        (b. 1950)
                             (Colombia)
Dec 1997 - Dec 1999        Heinz Rodolfo Moeller Freile       (b. 1937)
                             (Ecuador)
Dec 1999 - May 2001        Oscar Andrés Reggiardo Sayán       (b. 1941)
                             (Peru)
May 2001 - Nov 2001        Luís Juan Alva Castro (Peru)       (b. 1942)
Nov 2001 - Nov 2003        Jhannett María Madriz Sotillo (f)  (b. 1964)
                             (Venezuela)
Nov 2003 - Nov 2005        Víctor Enrique Urquidi Hodgkinson
                             (Bolivia)
Nov 2005 - Nov 2007        Luis Fernando Duque García         (b. 1952)
                             (Colombia)              
26 Nov 2007 - Aug 2009     Ivonne Juez de Abdel Baki (f)      (b. 1952)
                             (Ecuador)
Aug 2009 - 23 Nov 2009     Fausto Rodrigo Lupera Martínez
                             (Ecuador)
23 Nov 2009 - 21 Jul 2010  Rosa Marina León Flores (f)(Peru)  (b. 1959) 
21 Jul 2010 -  5 Aug 2011  Wilbert Bendezú Carpio (Peru)      (b. 1954)
 5 Aug 2011 - 25 Jul 2012  Rebeca Elvira Delgado Burgoa (f)   (b. 1966)
                             (Bolivia)
25 Jul 2012 -              Héctor Helí Rojas Jimenez          (b. 1954)
                             (Colombia)

Andean Community membership (4)

Date of Admission	Member Nations
26 May 1969	Bolivia, Chile1, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru2
13 Feb 1973	Venezuela3
1withdrew 30 Oct 1976. 2suspended Apr 1992 to 1997.   3withdrew 22 Apr 2006.
Date of Admission	Associate Members of CAN
7 Jul 2005	Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
20 Sep 2006	Chile

                  Adopted 20 Sep 2002

 1 Dec 1959                Antarctic Treaty signed.
23 Jun 1961                Antarctic Treaty comes into effect.
 1 Sep 2004                Secretariat inaugurated.

Executive Secretaries
 1 Sep 2004 -  1 Sep 2009  Johannes "Jan" Huber (Netherlands) (b. 1947)
 1 Sep 2009 -              Manfred Reinke (Germany)           (b. 1952)

Antarctic Treaty membership (50) 

Dates of  Membership	Member Nations
23 Jun 1961	Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union1, United Kingdom, United States
14 Jun 1962	Czechoslovakia2
20 May 1965	Denmark
30 Mar 1967	The Netherlands
15 Sep 1971	Romania
19 Nov 1974	East Germany3
16 May 1975	Brazil
11 Sep 1978	Bulgaria
5 Feb 1979	West Germany3
11 Jan 1980	Uruguay
16 Mar 1981	Papua New Guinea4
18 Mar 1981	Italy
10 Apr 1981	Peru
31 Mar 1982	Spain
8 Jun 1983	China
19 Aug 1983	India
27 Jan 1984	Hungary
24 Apr 1984	Sweden
15 May 1984	Finland
16 Aug 1984	Cuba
28 Nov 1986	South Korea
8 Jan 1987	Greece
21 Jan 1987	North Korea
25 Aug 1987	Austria
15 Sep 1987	Ecuador
4 May 1988	Canada
31 Jan 1989	Colombia
15 Nov 1990	Switzerland
31 Jul 1991	Guatemala
28 Oct 1992	Ukraine
1 Jan 1993	Czech Republic, Slovakia
24 Jan 1996	Turkey
24 Mar 1999	Venezuela
17 May 2001	Estonia
27 Dec 2006	Belarus
30 May 2008	Monaco
29 Jan 2010	Portugal
31 Oct 2011	Malaysia
1 Mar 2012	Pakistan
1Dissolved 25 Dec 1991, succeeded by Russia. 2Dissolved 31 Dec 1992, from 1 Jan 1993 Czech Republic and Slovakia. 3East and West Germany united 3 Oct 1990. 4Date of deposit of notification of succession by Papua New Guinea; effective 16 Sep 1975, the date of its independence.

                           Adopted 1945
 

Arab League website

Headquarters: Cairo (Egypt) (Tunis, Tunisia 1979-1990)

AL Day: 22 Mar (1945) Arab League Day

22 Mar 1945                League of Arab States (Arab League) founded.

Secretaries-general
22 Mar 1945 - Sep 1952     Abdel Rahman Azzam (Egypt)       (b. 1893 - d. 1976)
                             (from 27 Dec 1945, Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha)
Sep 1952 -  1 Jun 1972     Abdel Khaliq Hassuna (Egypt)     (b. 1898 - d. 1992)
 1 Jun 1972 - Mar 1979     Mahmoud Riad (Egypt)             (b. 1917 - d. 1992)
Mar 1979 - Sep 1990        Chedli Klebi (Tunisia)           (b. 1925)
Sep 1990 - 15 May 1991     Assad al-Assad (Lebanon) (acting)(b. 1920)
15 May 1991 - 15 May 2001  Esmat Abdel Meguid (Egypt)       (b. 1923)
15 May 2001 -  1 Jul 2011  Amr Moussa (Egypt)               (b. 1936)
 1 Jul 2011 -              Nabil el-Arabi (Egypt)           (b. 1935)

Arab League membership (22)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
22 Mar 1945	Egypt1, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria2, Transjordan3, Yemen (Sana)4
28 Mar 1953	Libya5
19 Jan 1956	The Sudan
1 Jan 1958	Tunisia
1 Oct 1958	Morocco
20 Jul 1961	Kuwait
16 Aug 1962	Algeria
12 Dec 1967	Yemen (Aden)4
11 Sep 1971	Bahrain, Qatar
29 Sep 1971	Oman
6 Dec 1971	United Arab Emirates
26 Nov 1973	Mauritania
14 Feb 1974	Somalia
9 Sep 1976	Palestine Liberation Organization
4 Sep 1977	Djibouti
20 Nov 1993	Comoros
1suspended 26 Mar 1979 - 23 May 1989. 2merged with Egypt to form United Arab Republic 22 Feb 1958; seceded from U.A.R. 28 Sep 1961 and rejoined Arab League 28 Oct 1961; suspended from 16 Nov 2011. 3from 1949 Jordan. 4Yemen (Aden) and Yemen (Sana) united in 1990 as Yemen. 5Libya announced its withdrawal 24 Oct 2002; this would be effective one year later; Libya canceled (16 Jan 2003), reaffirmed (3 Apr 2003), and again canceled (25 May 2003) the decision to withdraw; suspended 22 Feb 2011 - 25 Aug 2011.

AMU website

Headquarters: Rabat (Morocco)

17 Feb 1989                Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) formed.

Secretaries-general
23 Oct 1991 - 26 Feb 2002  Mohamed Amamou (Tunisia)           (b. 1933)
26 Feb 2002 -  1 Feb 2006  Habib Boularès (Tunisia)           (b. 1933)
 1 Feb 2006 -              Habib Ben Yahia (Tunisia)          (b. 1938)

AMU membership (5)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
17 Feb 1989	Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

APEC website

Headquarters: Singapore (Singapore)

 6 Nov 1989                Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) founded.
12 Feb 1993                Secretariat inaugurated.

Executive Directors
12 Feb 1993 - 1994         William Bodde, Jr. (United States)  (b. 1931)
1994 - 1995                Rusli Noor (Indonesia)              (b. 1927)
1995 - 1996                Shojiro Imanishi (Japan)            (b. 1940) 
1996 - 1997                Armando Q. Madamba (Philippines)    (b. 1938)
1997 - 1998                Jack Alexander Whittleton (Canada)  (b. 1940?)
1998 -  4 Jan 1999         Dato' Noor Adlan (Malaysia)         (b. 1939)
 4 Jan 1999 -  4 Jan 2000  Timothy James Hannah (New Zealand)  (b. 1939)
 4 Jan 2000 -  1 Jan 2001  Serbini Ali (Brunei Darussalam)     (b. 1955)
 1 Jan 2001 -  1 Jan 2002  Zhang Yan (China)                   (b. 1950)
 1 Jan 2002 -  1 Jan 2003  Alejandro de la Peña Navarrete      (b. 1951)
                             (Mexico)
 1 Jan 2003 -  1 Jan 2004  Piamsak Milintachinda (Thailand)    (b. 1950)
 1 Jan 2004 -  1 Jan 2005  Mario Hernán Artaza Rouxel (Chile)  (b. 1937)
 1 Jan 2005 -  1 Jan 2006  Choi Seok Young (South Korea)       (b. 1955)
 1 Jan 2006 -  1 Jan 2007  Tran Trong Toan (Vietnam)           (b. 1952)
 1 Jan 2007 -  1 Jan 2008  Colin S. Heseltine (Australia)      (b. 1947)
 1 Jan 2008 -  1 Jan 2009  Juan Carlos Capuñay Chávez (Peru)   (b. 1949)
 1 Jan 2009 -  1 Jan 2010  Michael Tay (Singapore)             (b. 1959) 
 1 Jan 2010 -  1 Jan 2013  Dato Muhamad Noor Yacob (Malaysia)  (b. 1951)
 1 Jan 2013 -              Alan Bollard (New Zealand)          (b. 1951)

APEC membership (21)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
6 Nov 1989	Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United States
12 Nov 1991	China, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
17 Nov 1993	Mexico, Papua New Guinea
11 Nov 1994	Chile
14 Nov 1998	Peru, Russia, Vietnam

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

22 Aug 1966                Asian Development Bank (ADB) established.
19 Dec 1966                Operations begin.

Presidents (all from Japan)
24 Nov 1966 - 24 Nov 1972  Takeshi Watanabe                   (b. 1906 - d. 2010)
25 Nov 1972 - 23 Nov 1976  Shiro Inoue                        (b. 1915 - d. 2010)
24 Nov 1976 - 23 Nov 1981  Taroichi Yoshida                   (b. 1919)
24 Nov 1981 - 23 Nov 1989  Masao Fujioka                      (b. 1924)
24 Nov 1989 - 23 Nov 1993  Kimimasa Tarumizu                  (b. 1930 - d. 2009)
24 Nov 1993 - 15 Jan 1999  Mitsuo Sato                        (b. 1933 - d. 2002)
16 Jan 1999 - 31 Jan 2005  Tadao Chino                        (b. 1934 - d. 2008)
 1 Feb 2005 - 18 Mar 2013  Haruhiko Kuroda                    (b. 1944)
18 Mar 2013 - 28 Apr 2013  Bindu N. Lohani (Nepal) (acting)   (b. 1948)
28 Apr 2013 -              Takehiko Nakao                     (b. 1956)

ADB membership (67)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
22 Aug 1966	Afghanistan, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Western Samoa1
29 Aug 1966	The Netherlands
30 Aug 1966	Federal Republic of Germany, Laos
21 Sep 1966	Singapore
22 Sep 1966	Vietnam2, Taiwan3
26 Sep 1966	United Kingdom
29 Sep 1966	Ceylon4, Sweden
29 Sep 1966	Austria, New Zealand
30 Sep 1966	Cambodia, Italy
24 Nov 1966	Indonesia
19 Dec 1966	Australia
31 Dec 1967	Switzerland
27 Mar 1969	Hong Kong
2 Apr 1970	Fiji
27 Jul 1970	France
8 Apr 1971	Papua New Guinea
29 Mar 1972	Tonga
14 Mar 1973	Bangladesh
26 Apr 1973	Burma5
30 Apr 1973	Solomon Islands
28 May 1974	Gilbert and Ellice Islands6
20 Apr 1976	Cook Islands
14 Feb 1978	Maldives
15 Apr 1982	Bhutan, Vanuatu
14 Feb 1986	Spain
10 Mar 1986	China
4 Apr 1990	Marshall Islands
26 Apr 1990	Federated States of Micronesia
15 Apr 1991	Turkey
17 Sep 1991	Nauru
22 Feb 1991	Mongolia
3 May 1993	Tuvalu
19 Jan 1994	Kazakhstan
13 Apr 1994	Kyrgyzstan
31 Aug 1995	Uzbekistan
20 Apr 1998	Tajikistan
22 Dec 1999	Azerbaijan
31 Aug 2000	Turkmenistan
2 Apr 2002	Portugal
23 Jul 2002	East Timor
25 Sep 2003	Luxembourg
29 Dec 2003	Palau
20 Sep 2005	Armenia
27 Apr 2006	Brunei Darussalam
24 Jul 2006	Ireland
2 Feb 2007	Georgia
1from 1997 Samoa. 2Republic of Vietnam to 30 Apr 1975, then Republic of South Vietnam, from 2 Jul 1976 Socialist Republic of Vietnam; succession recognized by ADB on 23 Sep 1976, retroactive to 2 Jul 1976. 3upon the admission of the People's Republic of China on 10 Mar 1986, the Republic of China (Taiwan) is re-designated "Taipei, China" and continues its membership under that designation. 4from 1972 Sri Lanka. 5from 1989 Myanmar. 6in 1975 Ellice Islands (later Tuvalu) separated from the Gilbert Islands which alone remained a member of the Bank; from 1979 Gilbert Islands named Kiribati.

 8 Aug 1967                Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) created.
24 Feb 1976                Secretariat established.

Secretaries-general
 7 Jun 1976 - 18 Feb 1978  Hartono R. Dharsono (Indonesia)    (b. 1925 - d. 1996)
19 Feb 1978 - 30 Jun 1978  Umarjadi Njotowijono (Indonesia)   (b. 1910)
10 Jul 1978 - 30 Jun 1980  Datuk Ali bin Abdullah (Malaysia)  (b. 1922)
 1 Jul 1980 -  1 Jul 1982  Narciso G. Reyes (Philippines)     (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
18 Jul 1982 - 15 Jul 1984  Chan Kai Yau (Singapore)           (b. 1930)
16 Jul 1984 - 15 Jul 1986  Phan Wannamethee (Thailand)        (b. 1923)
16 Jul 1986 - 16 Jul 1989  Roderick Yong (Brunei Darussalam)  (b. 1933?)
17 Jul 1989 -  1 Jan 1993  Rusli Noor (Indonesia)             (b. 1927)
 1 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 1997  Datuk Ajit Singh (Malaysia)        (b. 1938)
 1 Jan 1998 - 31 Dec 2002  Rodolfo C. Severino (Philippines)  (b. 1936)
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2007  Ong Keng Yong (Singapore)          (b. 1954)
 1 Jan 2008 -              Surin Pitsuwan (Thailand)          (b. 1949)

ASEAN membership (10)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
8 Aug 1967	Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
7 Jan 1984	Brunei Darussalam
28 Jul 1995	Vietnam
23 Jul 1997	Laos, Myanmar
30 Apr 1999	Cambodia

25 Jun 1992                Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) founded.
 1 May 1999                Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).

               Adopted 4 Jul 1984
 

CARICOM website

Headquarters: Georgetown (Guyana)

CARICOM Day: 1st Monday in July CARICOM Day

15 Dec 1965                Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) formed.
 1 Aug 1973                Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) inaugurated.

Secretaries-general
1973 - 1974                William Demas                      (b. 1929 - d. 1998)
                             (Trinidad and Tobago) 
1974 - Aug 1977            Sir Alister McIntyre (Grenada)     (b. 1932)
Aug 1977 - Nov 1978        Joseph Tyndall (Guyana) (acting)   (b. 1927)
 1 Nov 1978 - Sep 1983     Kurleigh King (Barbados)           (b. 1933 - d. 1998)
Sep 1983 - 31 Jul 1992     Roderick Rainford (Jamaica)        (b. 1940)
 1 Aug 1992 - 31 Dec 2011  Edwin W. Carrington                (b. 1938)
                             (Trinidad and Tobago)
 1 Jan 2011 - 15 Aug 2011  Lolita Janet Applewhaite (f)
                             (Barbados) (acting)
15 Aug 2011 -              Irwin LaRocque (Dominica)          (b. 1955?)

to 2007

Adopted 2007

27 Oct 1993 - 2006

Adopted 2006

1999 - 30 Oct 2006

Adopted 30 Oct 2006

Parlacen website

Headquarters: Guatemala City (Guatemala)

28 Oct 1991                Parlacen established as the parliamentary assembly
                             of Central American Integration System (SICA).

Presidents
28 Oct 1991 - 28 Oct 1992  Roberto Vicente Carpio Nicolle
                             (Guatemala)
28 Oct 1992 - 28 Oct 1993  Ilsa Díaz Zelaya (f) (Honduras)    (b. 1942)
28 Oct 1993 - 28 Oct 1994  José Francisco Guerrero Munguía    (b. 1937 - d. 1994)
                             (El Salvador) 
28 Oct 1994 - 28 Oct 1995  Victor Augusto Vela Mena (Guatemala)
                             (1st time)
28 Oct 1995 -  2 Dec 1995  Roland Valenzuela Oyuela (Honduras)(d. 1995)
 6 Dec 1995 – 28 Oct 1996  Raúl Zaldívar Guzmán (Honduras)    (b. 1931)  
28 Oct 1996 - 28 Oct 1997  Ernesto Lima Mena (El Salvador)
28 Oct 1997 - 28 Oct 1998  Marco Antonio Solares Pérez        (b. 1956)
                             (Guatemala)
28 Oct 1998 - 28 Oct 1999  Carlos Roberto Reina (Honduras)    (b. 1926 - d. 2003)
28 Oct 1999 - 28 Oct 2000  José Ernesto Somarriba Sosa        (b. 1920 - d. 2009)
                             (Nicaragua)
28 Oct 2000 - 28 Oct 2001  Hugo Heberto Guiraud Gargano
                             (Panama)
28 Oct 2001 - 28 Oct 2002  José Rodrigo Samayoa Rivas
                             (El Salvador)
28 Oct 2002 - 28 Oct 2003  Victor Augusto Vela Mena (Guatemala)
                             (2nd time)
28 Oct 2003 - 28 Oct 2004  Mario Facussé Handal (Honduras)    (b. 1946)
28 Oct 2004 - 28 Oct 2005  Fabio Gadea Mantilla (Nicaragua)   (b. 1931)
28 Oct 2005 - 28 Oct 2006  Julio Enrique Palacios Sambrano
                             (Panama)
28 Oct 2006 - 26 Oct 2007  Ciro Cruz Cepeda Peña (El Salvador)(b. 1946)
26 Oct 2007 - 28 Oct 2008  Julio Guillermo González Gamarra
                             (Guatemala)
28 Oct 2008 - 28 Oct 2009  Gloria Guadalupe Oquelí Solórzano  (b. 1941)
                             de Macoto (f)(Honduras)
28 Oct 2009 - 28 Oct 2010  Jacinto José Suárez Espinoza       (b. 1947)
                             (Nicaragua)
28 Oct 2010 - 31 Oct 2011  Dorindo Jayán Cortéz Marciaga
                             (Panama)
31 Oct 2011 - 28 Oct 2012  Manuel "Manolo" de Jesus Pichardo
                             Arías (Dominican Rep.)
28 Oct 2012 -              Leonel Búcaro (El Salvador)

PARLACEN membership (6)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
28 Oct 1991	El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
21 Jan 1997	Nicaragua
1 Sep 1999	Panama1
30 Oct 2006	Dominican Republic
1withdrew 24 Nov 2010; opposition Panamanians (including Dorindo Cortez) remained in the parliament; rejoined 10 Jan 2013.

 

Text of the Baghdad Pact (4 Feb 1955)

Headquarters: Ankara (Turkey) (Baghdad, Iraq 1955-1958)

 4 Feb 1955                Pact of Mutual Cooperation "Baghdad Pact" signed.
15 Apr 1955                Middle East Treaty Organization (MENTO).
19 Aug 1959                Central Treaty Organization (CENTO).
26 Sep 1979                CENTO dissolved.

Secretaries-general
1955 - 31 Dec 1958         Awni Khalidy (Iraq)                (b. bf.1911)
 1 Jan 1959 - 31 Dec 1961  Mirza Osman Ali Baig (Pakistan)    (b. 1904)
Jan 1962 - Jan 1968        Abbas Ali Khalatbari (Iran)        (b. 1912 - d. 1979)
Jan 1968 -  1 Feb 1972     Turgut Menemencioglu (Turkey)      (b. 1914)
 1 Feb 1972 - Jan 1975     Nassir Assar (Iran)
Jan 1975 -  1 Aug 1977     Haluk Bayülken (Turkey)            (b. 1921 - d. 2007)
Aug 1977 - Mar 1978        Sidar Hasan Mahmud (Pakistan) 
                             (acting)
31 Mar 1978 - 1979         Kamuran Gürün (Turkey)             (b. 1924 - d. 2004)

CENTO membership 

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
15 Apr 1955	Iraq1, Turkey2, United Kingdom
23 Sep 1955	Pakistan3
23 Oct 1955	Iran4
1withdrew 24 Mar 1959. 2withdrew 15 Mar 1979. 3withdrew 12 Mar 1979. 4withdrew 13 Mar 1979. note: the United States was an observer from 5 Mar 1959.

               Adopted 15 May 1992

Colombo Plan website

Headquarters: Colombo (Sri Lanka)

28 Nov 1950                Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic Development
                             in South and South-East Asia
 1 Jul 1951                Plan operations commence. 
Dec 1977                   Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic and Social 
                             Development in Asia and the Pacific (CESDAP). 
Nov 1980                   Duration of the plan extended indefinitely.

Directors
Aug 1951 - Sep 1953        Geoffrey M. Wilson (U.K.)         (b. 1910 - d. 2004)
Sep 1953 - Feb 1956        Pearce William Edward Curtin      (b. 1907 - d. 1997)
                             (Australia)
Apr 1956 - Aug 1957        Nathan Keyfitz (Canada)           (b. 1913 - d. 2010)
Aug 1957 - Jul 1959        Robert Hunter Wade (New Zealand)  (b. 1916 - d. 2011)
Jul 1959 - Dec 1961        John Kenneth Thompson (U.K.)      (b. 1913)
Dec 1961 - Jan 1964        Sashichiro Matsui (Japan)         (b. 1912 - d. ....)
Jan 1964 - Mar 1966        James Lawrence Allen (Australia)  (b. 1913 - d. 1990)
Mar 1966 - Jun 1969        D. Alan Strachan (U.S.)           (b. 1903 - d. ....)
Jun 1969 - Aug 1973        Alan Burton Connelly (Canada)     (b. 1908)
Aug 1973 - Dec 1975        I.K. McGregor (New Zealand)
Jan 1976 - Feb 1979        Leonore E.T. Storar (f) (U.K.)    (b. 1920 - d. 1997)
Feb 1979 - Feb 1982        Noboru Yabata (Japan)
Feb 1982 - Feb 1985        Eriks Ingevics (Australia)        (b. 1929)
Feb 1985 - Jan 1986        Donald R. Toussaint (U.S.)        (b. 1927 - d. 1986)
Jul 1986 - Jul 1991        Gilbert H. Sheinbaum (U.S.)
Jul 1991 - Dec 1994        John Ryan (New Zealand)
Secretaries-general
Jan 1995 - Mar 1999        Hak-Su Kim (South Korea)          (b. 1938)
Apr 1999 - Jun 2003        U. Sarat Chandran (India)         (b. 1953)
Jun 2003 - Aug 2007        Kittipan Kanjanapipatkul
                             (Thailand)
Aug 2007 - Aug 2011        Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia (f)        (b. 1952)
                             (from Feb 2009, Dato' Patricia
                             Yoon-Moi Chia)(Malaysia)
15 Aug 2011 -              Adam Naseer Maniku (Maldives)

Colombo Plan membership (27)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
28 Nov 1950	Australia, Canada1, Ceylon2, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, United Kingdom3
1951	Cambodia4, Laos, South Vietnam5, United States
Mar 1952	Burma6, Nepal
Feb 1953	Indonesia
5 Oct 1954	Japan, Philippines, Thailand
7 Oct 1957	Malaya7
1959	Singapore
Nov 1962	Bhutan, South Korea
12 Nov 1963	Afghanistan, Maldives
1966	Iran
1972	Bangladesh, Fiji
1973	Papua New Guinea
15 Jun 2004	Mongolia8, Vietnam9
20 Nov 2008	Brunei Darussalam10
25 Apr 2012	Saudi Arabia
1withdrew 1992. 2from 1972 Sri Lanka. 3withdrew 1991. 4withdrew 15 Jun 2004. 5from 2 Jul 1976 succeeded by Socialist Republic of Vietnam which withdrew 1978. 6from 1989 Myanmar. 7from 1963 Malaysia. 8provisional member May 1998 - 15 Jun 2004. 9provisional member 5 Nov 2001 - 15 Jun 2004. 10provisional member.

COMESA website

Headquarters: Lusaka (Zambia)

COMESA Day:  8 Dec (1994) COMESA Day

21 Dec 1981                Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa 
                             (PTA).
 8 Dec 1994                Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).

Secretaries-general of the Preferential Trade Area
Jan 1983 - 1984            Moses Simeon Kiingi (Uganda)
                             (interim)
1984 - 1990                Bax Dale Nomvete (South Africa)    (b. 1922 - d. 2000)
1990 -  8 Dec 1994         Bingu wa Mutharika (Malawi)        (b. 1934 - d. 2012)
Secretaries-general of COMESA 
 8 Dec 1994 - 17 Apr 1997  Bingu wa Mutharika (Malawi)        (s.a.)
17 Apr 1997 - Jun 1998     Sindiso Ndema Ngwenya (Zimbabwe)   (b. 1951)
                             (1st time)(acting)
Jun 1998 - Feb 2008        Erastus Joel O. Mwencha (Kenya)    (b. 1947) 
May 2008 -                 Sindiso Ndema Ngwenya (Zimbabwe)   (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting to 30 Jun 2008)

COMESA membership (20)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
21 Dec 1981	Angola1, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho2, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique3, Rwanda, The Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania4, Uganda, Zambia, Zaire5, Zimbabwe
1991	Namibia6
1994	Eritrea
6 Jan 1999	Egypt
1 Jun 2001	Seychelles
3 Jun 2005	Libya
13 Oct 2011	South Sudan
1withdrew 2007. 2withdrew 1997. 3withdrew Dec 1997. 4withdrew 2 Sep 2000. 5from 1997 Congo (Kinshasa). 6withdrew 15 May 2004

31 Dec 1931                Statute of Westminster creates the British 
                             Commonwealth of Nations.
27 Apr 1949                Renamed The Commonwealth.
Jul 1965                   Commonwealth secretariat created.

Secretaries-general
Jun 1965 - 30 Jun 1975     Arnold Smith (Canada)              (b. 1915 - d. 1994)
 1 Jul 1975 - 30 Jun 1990  Sir Shridath Ramphal (Guyana)      (b. 1928)
 1 Jul 1990 -  3 Apr 2000  Emeka Anyaoku (Nigeria)            (b. 1933)
 3 Apr 2000 -  1 Apr 2008  Don McKinnon (New Zealand)         (b. 1939)
 1 Apr 2008 -              Kamalesh Sharma (India)            (b. 1941)

Commonwealth membership (54)

Date of Admission	Member Nations
11 Dec 1931	Australia, Canada, Ireland1, New Zealand, Newfoundland2, South Africa3,  United Kingdom
15 Oct 1947	India, Pakistan4
4 Feb 1948	Ceylon5
6 Mar 1957	Ghana
31 Aug 1957	Malaya6
1 Oct 1960	Nigeria7
13 Mar 1961	Cyprus
27 Apr 1961	Sierra Leone8
9 Dec 1961	Tanganyika9
6 Aug 1962	Jamaica
31 Aug 1962	Trinidad and Tobago
9 Oct 1962	Uganda
12 Dec 1963	Kenya
6 Jul 1964	Malawi
21 Sep 1964	Malta
24 Oct 1964	Zambia
18 Feb 1965	The Gambia
15 Oct 1965	Singapore
26 May 1966	Guyana
30 Sep 1966	Botswana
4 Oct 1966	Lesotho
30 Nov 1966	Barbados
12 Mar 1968	Mauritius
6 Sep 1968	Swaziland
29 Nov 1968	Nauru10
4 Jun 1970	Tonga
28 Aug 1970	Western Samoa11
10 Oct 1970	Fiji12
18 Apr 1972	Bangladesh
10 Jul 1973	The Bahamas
7 Feb 1974	Grenada
16 Sep 1975	Papua New Guinea
28 Jun 1976	Seychelles
7 Jul 1978	Solomon Islands
1 Oct 1978	Tuvalu13
3 Nov 1978	Dominica
22 Feb 1979	Saint Lucia
12 Jul 1979	Kiribati
27 Oct 1979	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines14
18 Apr 1980	Zimbabwe15
30 Jul 1980	Vanuatu
21 Sep 1981	Belize
1 Nov 1981	Antigua and Barbuda
9 Jul 1982	Maldives16
19 Sep 1983	Saint Kitts and Nevis
1 Jan 1984	Brunei Darussalam
21 Mar 1990	Namibia
1 Nov 1995	Cameroon
12 Nov 1995	Mozambique
28 Nov 2009	Rwanda
1withdrew 18 Apr 1949. 2became a colony in 1934. 3withdrew 31 May 1961, rejoined 1 Jun 1994. 4withdrew 30 Jan 1972, rejoined 1 Oct 1989; suspended from councils 18 Oct 1999 - 22 May 2004 and 22 Nov 2007 - 12 May 2008. 5from 1972 Sri Lanka. 6from 1963 Malaysia. 7suspended 11 Nov 1995 - 29 May 1999. 8suspended from councils 11 Jul 1997 - 10 Mar 1998. 9from 1964 Tanzania. 10special member to 1 May 1999 and 9 Jan 2006 - Jun 2011; "member in arrears" Nov 2007 - Jun 2011. 11from 1997 Samoa. 12withdrew 15 Oct 1987, rejoined 30 Sep 1997; suspended from councils 6 Jun 2000 - 20 Dec 2001 and from 8 Dec 2006; fully suspended 1 Sep 2009. 13special member to 1 Sep 2000. 14special member to 1 Jun 1985. 15suspended from councils 19 Mar 2002, withdrew 7 Dec 2003. 16special member to 20 Jul 1985.
Date of Admission	Associate Members of Commonwealth
4 Aug 1965	Cook Islands
19 Oct 1974	Niue

 8 Dec 1991                Commonwealth of Slavic States (Belarus, Russia and Ukraine).
21 Dec 1991                Commonwealth of Independent States.

Coordinator of the Working Group for Organization
16 Jan 1992 - May 1993     Ivan Mikhailovich Korotchenya       (b. 1948)
                             (Belarus)
Executive Secretaries
May 1993 - 29 Apr 1998     Ivan Mikhailovich Korotchenya       (s.a.) 
                             (1st time)(Belarus)
29 Apr 1998 -  4 Mar 1999  Boris Abramovich Berezovsky         (b. 1946 - d. 2013)
                             (Russia)
 4 Mar 1999 -  2 Apr 1999  Ivan Mikhailovich Korotchenya       (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting) (Belarus)
 2 Apr 1999 - 14 Jun 2004  Yury Fyodorovich Yarov (Russia)     (b. 1942)
14 Jun 2004 -  5 Oct 2007  Vladimir Borisovich Rushailo        (b. 1953) 
                             (Russia)
 5 Oct 2007 -              Sergey Nikolayevich Lebedev (Russia)(b. 1948)

CIS membership (10)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
21 Dec 1991	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Tukmenistan1, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
9 Dec 1993	Georgia2
1withdrew 26 Aug 2005. 2withdrew 18 Aug 2009.
Date of  Admission	Associate Member of CIS
26 Aug 2006	Turkmenistan

 

Comintern Constitution (4 Mar 1919)

Headquarters: Moscow (Soviet Union) (Belgrade, Yugoslavia) 1947-1948; Bucharest, Romania 1948-1956)

 4 Mar 1919                Communist International ("Comintern").
15 May 1943                Comintern dissolved.
22 Sep 1947 - 17 Apr 1956  Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties
                             (Communist Information Bureau)("Cominform").

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
 6 Mar 1919 - 1926         Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev    (b. 1883 - d. 1936)
                             (Soviet Union)
1926 - 1929                Nikolay Ivanovich Bukharin      (b. 1888 - d. 1938)
                             (Soviet Union)
1929 - 1934                Secretaries
                           ([de facto] acting)
                           - Dmitry Zakharovych Manuilskiy (b. 1883 - d. 1959)
                             (Soviet Union)(from 1931)
                           - Otto Ville Kuusinen (Finland) (b. 1881 - d. 1964) 
                             (to 1931)
                           - Georgi Mikhailov Dimitrov     (b. 1882 - d. 1949)
                             (Bulgaria)
1934 - 15 May 1943         Georgi Mikhailov Dimitrov       (s.a.)
                             (Bulgaria)
Chief Redactors
(only permanent structure formed was the redaction committee of Cominform publications)
1947 - 1950                Pavel Fyodorovich Yudin         (b. 1899 - d. 1968)
                             (Soviet Union)
1950 - 1953                Mark Borisovitch Mitin          (b. 1901 - d. 1987)
                             (Gershkovich)(Soviet Union)

17 Jul 1996 - 1 Aug 2002

Adopted 1 Aug 2002

17 Jul 1996                Community of Portuguese Language Countries
                             (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) constituted.

Executive Secretaries
17 Jul 1996 - Jul 2000     Marcolino José Carlos Moco (Angola) (b. 1953)
Jul 2000 -  1 Aug 2002     Dulce Maria Pereira (f) (Brazil)    (b. 1954)
 1 Aug 2002 - Apr 2004     João Augusto de Médicis (Brazil)    (b. 1936)
Apr 2004 - 27 Jul 2004     Zeferino A. Martins (interim)       (b. 1955)
                             (Mozambique)
27 Jul 2004 - 25 Jul 2008  Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca   (b. 1944)
                             (Cape Verde)
25 Jul 2008 - 18 Sep 2012  Domingos Simões Pereira             (b. 1963)
                             (Guinea-Bissau)
18 Sep 2012 -              Murade Isaac Miguigy Murargy        (b. 1946)
                             (Mozambique)

Director-general
 1 Feb 2008 -              Hélder Jorge Vaz Gomes Lopes        (b. 1959)
                             (Guinea-Bissau)
 
CPLP membership (8)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
17 Jul 1996	Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé e Principe
1 Aug 2002	East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Date of  Admission	Associate Observers of CPLP
16 Jul 2006	Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius
24 Jul 2008	Senegal

                Adopted 9 Dec 1955

 5 May 1949                Council of Europe

Secretaries-general
11 Aug 1949 - 17 Sep 1953  Jacques Camille Paris (France)     (b. 1902 - d. 1953)
21 Sep 1953 - 24 Sep 1956  Léon Marchal (France)              (b. 1900 - d. 1956)
15 Sep 1957 - 15 Mar 1964  Lodovico Benvenuti (Italy)         (b. 1899 - d. 1966)
16 Mar 1964 - 15 Sep 1969  Peter Smithers (U.K.)              (b. 1913 - d. 2006)
16 Sep 1969 - 16 Sep 1974  Lujo Toncic-Sorinj (Austria)       (b. 1915 - d. 2005)
17 Sep 1974 - 17 Sep 1979  Georg Kahn-Ackermann (W.Ger.)      (b. 1918 - d. 2008)
 1 Oct 1979 -  1 Oct 1984  Franz Karasek (Austria)            (b. 1924 - d. 1986)
 1 Oct 1984 -  1 Jun 1989  Marcelino Oreja Aguirre (Spain)    (b. 1935)
 1 Jun 1989 - 31 May 1994  Catherine Lalumière (f) (France)   (b. 1935)
20 Jun 1994 -  1 Sep 1999  Daniel Tarschys (Sweden)           (b. 1943)
 1 Sep 1999 -  1 Sep 2004  Walter Schwimmer (Austria)         (b. 1942)
 1 Sep 2004 -  1 Sep 2009  Terry Davis (U.K.)                 (b. 1938)
 1 Sep 2009 -  1 Oct 2009  Maud de Boer-Buquicchio (f)        (b. 1944)
                             (Netherlands)(acting)
 1 Oct 2009 -              Thorbjørn Jagland (Norway)         (b. 1950)

Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
10 Aug 1949                Édouard Herriot (France) (interim) (b. 1872 - d. 1957)  Lib
10 Aug 1949 - 1951         Paul-Henri Spaak (Belgium)         (b. 1899 - d. 1972)  Soc
1952 - 1954                François de Menthon (France)       (b. 1900 - d. 1984)  CD
1954 - 1956                Guy Mollet (France)                (b. 1905 - d. 1975)  Soc
1956 - 1959                Fernand Dehousse (Belgium)         (b. 1906 - d. 1976)  Soc
1959 - 23 Nov 1959         John Edwards (U.K.)                (b. 1904 - d. 1959)  Soc
1960 - 1963                Per Federspiel (Denmark)           (b. 1905 - d. 1994)  Lib
1963 - 1966                Pierre Pflimlin (France)           (b. 1907 - d. 2000)  CD
1966 - 1969                Sir Geoffrey de Freitas (U.K.)     (b. 1913 - d. 1982)  Soc
1969 - 1972                Olivier Reverdin (Switzerland)     (b. 1913 - d. 2000)  Lib
1972 - 1975                Giuseppe Vedovato (Italy)          (b. 1912 - d. 2012)  CD
1975 - 1978                Karl Czernetz (Austria)            (b. 1910 - d. 1978)  Soc
1978 - 1981                Henri J. de Koster (Netherlands)   (b. 1914 - d. 1992)  Lib
1981 - 1982                José Maria de Areilza (Spain)      (b. 1909 - d. 1988)  Dem
1983 - 1986                Karl Ahrens (Germany)              (b. 1924)            Soc
1986 - 1989                Louis Jung (France)                (b. 1917)            CD
1989 - 1992                Anders Björck (Sweden)             (b. 1944)            Lib
1992                       Geoffrey Finsberg (U.K.)           (b. 1926 - d. 1996)  EDG/Con
1992 - 1995                Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez     (b. 1940)            Soc
                             (Spain)
1996 - 1999                Leni Fischer (f)(Germany)          (b. 1935)            CD
1999 - 20 Jan 2002         Russell Johnston, Baron            (b. 1932 - d. 2008)  Lib
                             Russell-Johnston (U.K.)
21 Jan 2002 - 23 Jan 2005  Peter Schieder (Austria)           (b. 1941)            Soc
24 Jan 2005 - 20 Jan 2008  René van der Linden (Netherlands)  (b. 1943)            CD
21 Jan 2008 - 25 Jan 2010  Lluís Maria de Puig (Spain)        (b. 1945)            Soc
25 Jan 2010 - 23 Jan 2012  Mevlüt Çavusoglu (Turkey)          (b. 1968)            Con
23 Jan 2012 -              Jean-Claude Mignon (France)        (b. 1950)            EPP/CD

Commissioners for Human Rights
15 Oct 1999 - 31 Mar 2006  Álvaro Gil-Robles (Spain)          (b. 1944)
 1 Apr 2006 - 31 Mar 2012  Thomas Hammarberg (Sweden)         (b. 1942)
 1 Apr 2012 -              Nils Muiznieks (Latvia)            (b. 1964)

Presidents of the European Court of Human Rights
21 Jan 1959 -  3 May 1965  Arnold Duncan McNair, Baron McNair (b. 1885 - d. 1975)
                             (U.K.)                          
20 May 1965 - 15 Jun 1968  René Cassin (France)               (b. 1887 - d. 1976)
27 Sep 1968 -  5 May 1971  Henri Rolin (Belgium)              (b. 1891 - d. 1973)
 5 May 1971 - 21 Jan 1974  Sir Humphrey Waldock (U.K.)        (b. 1904 - d. 1981)
 8 May 1974 -  9 Dec 1980  Giorgio Balladore Pallieri (Italy) (b. 1905 - d. 1980)
30 Jan 1981 - 30 May 1985  Gérard J. Wiarda (Netherlands)     (b. 1906 - d. 1988)
30 May 1985 - 18 Feb 1998  Rolv Ryssdal (Norway)              (b. 1914 - d. 1998)
24 Mar 1998 - 31 Oct 1998  Rudolf Bernhardt (Germany)         (b. 1925)
 1 Nov 1998 - 18 Jan 2007  Luzius Wildhaber (Switzerland)     (b. 1937)
19 Jan 2007 -  3 Nov 2011  Jean-Paul Costa (France)           (b. 1941)
 4 Nov 2011 -              Sir Nicolas Bratza (U.K.)          (b. 1945)

CE membership (47) 

Date of Admission	Member Nations
5 May 1949	Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
9 Aug 1949	Greece1
3 Mar 1950	Iceland
13 Apr 1950	Turkey
13 Jul 1950	Federal Republic of Germany2
16 Apr 1956	Austria
24 May 1961	Cyprus
6 May 1963	Switzerland
29 Apr 1965	Malta
22 Sep 1976	Portugal
24 Nov 1977	Spain
23 Nov 1978	Liechtenstein
16 Nov 1988	San Marino
5 May 1989	Finland
6 Nov 1990	Hungary
29 Nov 1991	Poland
7 May 1992	Bulgaria
14 May 1993	Estonia, Lithuania, Slovenia
30 Jun 1993	Czech Republic, Slovakia
7 Oct 1993	Romania
10 Oct 1994	Andorra
10 Feb 1995	Latvia
13 Jul 1995	Albania, Moldova
9 Nov 1995	Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of), Ukraine
28 Feb 1996	Russia
6 Nov 1996	Croatia
27 Apr 1999	Georgia
25 Jan 2001	Armenia, Azerbaijan
24 Apr 2002	Bosnia and Hercegovina
3 Apr 2003	Serbia and Montenegro3
5 Oct 2004	Monaco
11 May 2007	Montenegro
1withdrew 12 Dec 1969, rejoined 28 Nov 1974. 2associate member to 2 May 1951. 3from 5 Jun 2006, Serbia.
Date of Admission	Associate Member of CE
13 Jul 1950	Saarland4
4associate member; withdrew 31 Dec 1956, united with Federal Republic of Germany on 1 Jan 1957.

                       Adopted 25 Jan 1949
 

Headquarters: Moscow (Soviet Union)

CMEA Charter (1959)

25 Jan 1949                Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA or COMECON)
                             established by Soviet Union and other communist nations.
28 Jun 1991                COMECON dissolved.

Secretaries (all from Soviet Union)
1949 - May 1958            Aleksandr Pavlov 
May 1958 - Oct 1983        Nikolay Vasilyevich Fadeyev        (b. 1911)
                             (or Faddeev) 
Oct 1983 - 28 Jun 1991     Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Sychev    (b. 1933)

COMECON membership 

Date of Admission	Member Nations
25 Jan 1949	Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union
21 Feb 1949	Albania1
29 Sep 1950	East Germany2
7 Jun 1962	Mongolia
11 Jul 1972	Cuba
29 Jun 1978	Vietnam
1inactive since Dec 1961, but did not formally withdraw. 2withdrew 2 Oct 1990.
Date of Admission	Associate Member of Comecon
17 Sep 1964	Yugoslavia

1856 - 1938                (First) Danube Commission formed.
18 Aug 1948                Danube Commission created by Belgrade Convention
                             (enters into force 11 May 1949). 

Directors-general
1949 – 1953                Grigory Nikolayevich Morozov  
                             (Soviet Union)
1953 – 1960                Kirill Halachev (Bulgaria)
1960 – 1963                Martin Rusu (Romania)
1963 – 1966                Nae Androne (Romania)
1966 – 1972                Luka Yakovlevich Kapikrayan        (b. 1913 - d. 1988)
                             (Soviet Union)
1972 – 1978                György Fekete (Hungary)
1978 – 1984                Ludovít Kincel (Czechoslovakia)
1984 – 1990                Djordje Lalosevic (Yugoslavia)     (b. 1928 - d. 1996)
1990 - 2000                Hellmuth Strasser (Austria)        (b. 1934)
 1 Jul 2000 - 2007         Danail Nedialkov (Bulgaria)        (b. 1954)
2007 -                     István Valkár (Hungary)            (b. 1950)

Presidents
1949 - 1950                Teodor Rudenco (Romania)
1950 – 1954                Grigore Preoteasa (Romania)        (b. 1915 - d. 1957)
1954 – 1957                Endre Sik (Hungary)                (b. 1891 - d. 1978)
1957 – 1960                Karel Stekl (Czechoslovakia)
1960 – 1961                Slavoljub Petrovic (Yugoslavia)    (b. 1920 - d. 19..)
1961 - 1963                Mustafa Vilovic (Yugoslavia)       (b. 1917 - d. 19..)
1963 – 1965                Georgy Apollinaryevich Denisov     (b. 1909 - d. 1996) 
                             (Soviet Union)
1965 - 1966                Fyodor Yegorovich Titov            (b. 1910 - d. 1989) 
                             (Soviet Union)
1966 – 1969                Vassil Bogdanov (Bulgaria)
1969 - 1972                Kurt Enderl (Austria)              (b. 1913 - d. 1985)
1972 – 1975                Ioan Cotot (Romania)
1975 – 1978                Václav Moravec (Czechoslovakia)
1978 – 1981                István Roska (Hungary)             (b. 1926 - d. 2008)
1981 – 1984                Radovan Urosev (Yugoslavia)
1984 - 1985                Vladimir Nikolayevich Bazovsky     (b. 1917 - d. 1993)
                             (Soviet Union)          
1985 - 1987                Boris Ivanovich Stukalin           (b. 1923 - d. 2004)
                             (Soviet Union)  
1987 – 1989                Venelin Todorov Kotsev (Bulgaria)  (b. 1926 - d. 2002)
1989 – 1990                Veselin Filev (Bulgaria)
1990 – 1991                Simion Pop (Romania)               (b. 1930 - d. 2008)
1991 – 1993                Ion Diaconu (Romania)              (b. 1938)
1993 – 1996                György Misur (Hungary)             (b. 1932)
1996 – 1999                Eva Mitrová (f)(Slovakia)          (b. 1937)
1999 - 2000                Július Hauser (Slovakia)
2000 – 2002                Hellmuth Strasser (Austria)        (s.a.)
2002 – 2005                Stanko Nick (Croatia)              (b. 1935)
May 2005 - 2008            Milovan Bozinovic (Serbia)         (b. 1947)
2008 - 2009                Igor Sergeyevich Savolsky          (b. 1943)
                             (Russia)
28 Dec 2009 - 4 Jun 2011   Aleksander Aleksandrovich Tolkach  (b. 1948)
                             (Russia)
 4 Jun 2011 - 30 May 2012  Dimitar Ikonomov (Bulgaria)
30 May 2012 -              Biserka Benisheva (f) (Bulgaria)   (b. 1953)

Danube Commission membership (11)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
11 May 1949	Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia1, Hungary, Romania, Soviet Union2, Ukrainian S.S.R.3, Yugoslavia4
7 Jan 1960	Austria
26 Mar 1998	Croatia, Germany, Moldova
1dissolved 31 Dec 1992, succeeded by Slovakia. 2dissolved 25 Dec 1992, succeeded by Russia. 3from 1991 Ukraine. 4from 4 Feb 2003 called Serbia and Montenegro; on 5 Jun 2006 succeeded by Serbia.

 9 Dec 1961                East African Common Services Organization (EACSO).
 6 Jun 1967                East African Community (EAC) established.
 1 Jul 1977                Dissolved.
30 Nov 1993                Agreement establishing the Permanent Commission for
                             East African Co-operation signed.
14 Mar 1996                East African Cooperation secretariat inaugurated.
15 Jan 2001                East African Community re-established.
28 Nov 2001                East African Legislative Assembly established.

Secretaries-general
1962 - Jun 1964            Amishadai Larson Adu (Tanganyika)  (b. 1914 - d. 1977)
Jun 1964 - 1968            Dunstan Alfred Omari (Tanzania)    (b. 1922 - d. 1993) 
1968 - Mar 1971            Zerubaberi H.K. Bigirwenkya        (b. 1927)
                             (Uganda)
Jun 1971 - Apr 1974        Charles Gatere Maina (Kenya)       (b. 1931) 
25 Apr 1974 - Feb 1977     Edwin Isaac Mbiliewi Mtei          (b. 1932)
                             (Tanzania)         
14 Mar 1996 - 24 Apr 2001  Francis Muthaura (Kenya)           (b. 1946) 
24 Apr 2001 - 24 Apr 2006  Nuwe Amanya Mushega (Uganda)       (b. 1946) 
25 Apr 2006 - 24 Apr 2011  Juma Volter Mwapachu (Tanzania)    (b. 1942)
25 Apr 2011 -              Richard Sezibera (Rwanda)          (b. 1964)

Speakers of the East African Legislative Assembly
29 Nov 2001 -  5 Jun 2007  Abdulrahman O. Kinana (Tanzania)   (b. 1951)
 5 Jun 2007 -  5 Jun 2012  Abdirahin Haithar Abdi (Kenya)     (b. 1967?)
 5 Jun 2012 -              Margaret N. Zziwa (f) (Uganda)     (b. 1963)

EAC membership (5)

Date of  Admission	Member Nations
6 Jun 1967	Kenya, Tanzania1, Uganda
1 Jul 2007	Burundi, Rwanda
1named Tanganyika 1961-1964.