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Contents: Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) - Nordic Council - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)  - Organisation Commune Africaine et Mauricienne (OCAM) - Organization of American States (OAS)Organization of Central American States (ODECA) - Organization of Eastern Caribbean States - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) - Pacific Community - Pacific Islands ForumPermanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) - Red Cross and Red Crescent - Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) - South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) - Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) - United Nations (UN) - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) - Universal Postal Union (UPU) - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) - Warsaw Treaty Organization - Western European Union (WEU) - World Bank (IBRD)  - World Customs Organization (WCO) - World Food Program (WFP) - World Health Organization (WHO)  - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Word Tourism Organization (UNWTO) - World Trade Organization (WTO) -

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

[Non-Aligned Movement]
 
NAM website
Headquarters: Jakarta
(Indonesia)

 1 Sep 1961                Non-Aligned Movement founded.

Chairmen
 1 Sep 1961 -  5 Oct 1964  Josip Broz Tito (Yugoslavia)    (b. 1892 - d. 1980) 
 5 Oct 1964 -  8 Sep 1970  Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt)      (b. 1918 - d. 1970) 
 8 Sep 1970 -  5 Aug 1973  Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia)         (b. 1924)
 5 Aug 1973 - 16 Aug 1976  Houari Boumedienne (Algeria)    (b. 1927 - d. 1978) 
16 Aug 1976 -  4 Feb 1978  William Gopallawa (Sri Lanka)   (b. 1897 - d. 1981)
 4 Feb 1978 -  3 Sep 1979  Junius Richard Jayawardene      (b. 1906 - d. 1996) 
                             (Sri Lanka)
 3 Sep 1979 -  7 Mar 1983  Fidel Castro (Cuba)(1st time)   (b. 1926) 
 7 Mar 1983 - 25 Jul 1982  N. Sanjiva Reddy (India)        (b. 1913 - d. 1996)
25 Jul 1982 -  1 Sep 1986  Zail Singh (India)              (b. 1916 - d. 1994) 
 1 Sep 1986 -  4 Sep 1989  Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)        (b. 1924) 
 4 Sep 1989 - 15 May 1990  Janez Drnovsek (Yugoslavia)     (b. 1950 - d. 2008) 
15 May 1990 - 15 May 1991  Borisav Jovic (Yugoslavia)      (b. 1926) 
 1 Jul 1991 -  3 Oct 1991  Stipe Mesic (Yugoslavia)        (b. 1934) 
 3 Oct 1991 - 15 Jun 1992  Branko Kostic (acting)          (b. 1939) 
                             (Yugoslavia)
15 Jun 1992 -  1 Sep 1992  Dobrica Cosic (Yugoslavia)      (b. 1921) 
 1 Sep 1992 - 18 Oct 1995  Suharto (Indonesia)             (b. 1921 - d. 2008)
18 Oct 1995 -  7 Aug 1998  Ernesto Samper Pizano (Colombia)(b. 1950) 
 7 Aug 1998 -  2 Sep 1998  Andrés Pastrana Arango          (b. 1954)
                             (Colombia)
 2 Sep 1998 - 16 Jun 1999  Nelson Mandela (South Africa)   (b. 1918)
16 Jun 1999 - 20 Feb 2003  Thabo Mbeki (South Africa)      (b. 1942)
20 Feb 2003 - 31 Oct 2003  Datuk Seri Mahathir bin Mohamad (b. 1925)
                             (Malaysia)
31 Oct 2003 - 14 Sep 2006  Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi     (b. 1939)
                             (Malaysia)
14 Sep 2006 - 24 Feb 2008  Fidel Castro (Cuba)(2nd time)   (s.a.)
14 Sep 2006 -              Raúl Castro (Cuba)              (b. 1931)
                             (acting for Fidel Castro to 24 Feb 2008)

NAM membership (117)
Date of
Admission
Member Nations
 1 Sep 1961
Afghanistan, Algeria, Burma1, Cambodia, Ceylon2, Congo (Kinshasa)3, Cuba, Cyprus4, Egypt5, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, The Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen (Sana)6, Yugoslavia7
 5 Oct 1964
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Dahomey8, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Syria, Tanganyika9, Togo, Uganda, Zambia
 8 Sep 1970
Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guyana, Jamaica, Lesotho, Malaysia, Rwanda, Singapore, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (Aden)6
 5 Sep 1973
Argentina10, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Chile, The Gambia, Ivory Coast11, Madagascar12, Malta13, Mauritius, Niger, Oman, Peru, Qatar, South Vietnam (NLF)14, Upper Volta15
15 Aug 1976
Belize16, Cape Verde, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives, Mozambique, North Korea, Palestine, Panama, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Vietnam
 3 Sep 1979
Bolivia, Grenada, Iran, Namibia17, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Zimbabwe
 7 Mar 1983
The Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Djibouti, Ecuador, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Vanuatu
 4 Sep 1989
Venezuela
 1 Sep 1993
Brunei Darussalam, Guatemala, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Uzbekistan
31 May 1994
South Africa
18 Oct 1995
Eritrea, Turkmenistan
 2 Sep 1998
Belarus
 8 Apr 2000
Dominican Republic
20 Feb 2003
East Timor, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
29 May 2006
Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica
16 Sep 2006
Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis
1from 1989 Myanmar. 2from 1972 Sri Lanka. 3Congo (Léopoldville) to 1966; 1966-71 and from 1997 Congo (Kinshasa); 1971-97 Zaire. 4ceased to be a member 1 May 2004. 51958 - 1961 part of the United Arab Republic, union of Egypt and Syria; in 1961 Syria left the union. 6Yemen (Aden) and Yemen (Sana) united 22 May 1990 as Yemen. 7suspended from 30 Sep 1992; from 4 Feb 2003 called Serbia and Montenegro, dissolved 5 Jun 2006. 8from 1975 Benin.  9United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, 1 Nov 1964 renamed Tanzania. 10withdrew 1991. 11from 1985 Côte d'Ivoire. 12to 30 Dec 1975 Malagasy Republic. 13ceased to be a member 1 May 2004. 14Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, represented by National Liberation Front (NLF); from 30 Apr 1975 Republic of South Vietnam; from 23 Aug 1976 united with North Vietnam as Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 15from 1984 Burkina Faso. 16special member to 25 Sep 1981. 17represented by the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) to 21 Mar 1990.


Nordic Council

  [Nordic Council]
                     Adopted Nov 1984
 
Nordic Council website
Headquarters: Copenhagen (Denmark)

12 Feb 1953                Nordic Council inaugurated.
 1 Jul 1962                Treaty of Nordic Cooperation of Helsinki
                             (23 Mar 1962 signed) in force.
Jul 1971                   Secretariat inaugurated.

Secretaries-general
Jul 1971 - Jun 1973        Emil Vindestmo (Norway)
Dec 1973 - Aug 1977        Helge Seip (Norway)                (b. 1919 - d. 2004)
Aug 1977 - Aug 1982        Gudmund Saxrud (Norway) 
Sep 1982 - Jan 1987        Ilkka-Christian Björklund          (b. 1947)
                             (Finland)
Feb 1987 - Dec 1989        Gehard af Schultén (Finland)
Jan 1990 - Aug 1994        Jostein Osnes (Norway)
Sep 1994 - Jul 1996        Anders Wenström (Sweden)           (b. 1946)
Aug 1996 - Apr 1999        Berglind Ásgeirsdóttir (f) 
                             (Iceland)
Sep 1999 - Jul 2007        Frida Nokken (f) (Norway)          (b. 1948)
 1 Aug 2007 -              Jan-Erik Enestam (Finland)         (b. 1947)

Presidents
12 Feb 1953 - 31 Dec 1953  Hans Hedtoft (Denmark)             (b. 1903 - d. 1955)
 1 Jan 1954 - 31 Dec 1954  Einar Henry Gerhardsen (Norway)    (b. 1897 - d. 1987)
 1 Jan 1955 - 31 Dec 1955  Nils Herlitz (Sweden)              (b. 1888 - d. 1978)
 1 Jan 1956 - 31 Dec 1956  Erik Eriksen (Denmark) (1st time)  (b. 1902 - d. 1972)
 1 Jan 1957 - 31 Dec 1957  Lennart Heljas (Finland)           (b. 1896 - d. 1972)
 1 Jan 1958 - 31 Dec 1958  Nils Hønsvald (Norway) (1st time)  (b. 1899 - d. 1971)
 1 Jan 1959 - 31 Dec 1959  Bertil Ohlin (Sweden) (1st time)   (b. 1899 - d. 1979)
 1 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1960  Gísli Jónsson (Iceland)            (b. 1889 - d. 1970)
 1 Jan 1961 - 31 Dec 1961  Erik Eriksen (Denmark) (2nd time)  (s.a.)
 1 Jan 1962 - 31 Dec 1962  Karl August Fagerholm (Finland)    (b. 1901 - d. 1984)
 1 Jan 1963 - 31 Dec 1963  Nils Hønsvald (Norway) (2nd time)  (s.a.)
 1 Jan 1964 - 31 Dec 1964  Bertil Ohlin (Sweden) (2nd time)   (s.a.)
 1 Jan 1965 - 31 Dec 1965  Sigurdur Bjarnason (Iceland)       (b. 1915)
 1 Jan 1966 - 31 Dec 1966  Harald Nielsen (Denmark)
 1 Jan 1967 - 31 Dec 1967  Eino Sirén (Finland)               (b. 1909 - d. 1981)
 1 Jan 1968 - 31 Dec 1968  Svenn Thorkild Stray (Norway)      (b. 1922)
 1 Jan 1969 - 31 Dec 1969  Leif Cassel (Sweden)               (b. 1906 - d. 1988)
 1 Jan 1970 - 31 Dec 1970  Matthías Á. Mathiesen (Iceland)
    (b. 1931)
                             (1st time)                  
 1 Jan 1971 - 31 Dec 1971  Jens Otto Krag (Denmark)           (b. 1914 - d. 1978)
 1 Jan 1972 - 31 Dec 1972  Vieno Johannes Sukselainen
         (b. 1906 - d. 1995)
                             (Finland) (1st time)   
 1 Jan 1973 - 31 Dec 1973  Kåre Willoch (Norway)              (b. 1928)
 1 Jan 1974 - 31 Dec 1974  Johannes Antonsson (Sweden)        (b. 1921 - d. 1995)
 1 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1975  Ragnhildur Helgadóttir (f)
         (b. 1930)
                             (Iceland)               
 1 Jan 1976 - 31 Dec 1976  Knud Enggaard (Denmark) (1st time) (b. 1929)
 1 Jan 1977 - 31 Dec 1977  Vieno Johannes Sukselainen
         (s.a.)
                             (Finland) (2nd time)   
 1 Jan 1978 - 31 Dec 1978  Trygve Bratteli (Norway)           (b. 1910 - d. 1984)
 1 Jan 1979 - 31 Dec 1979  Olof Palme (Sweden)                (b. 1927 - d. 1986)
 1 Jan 1980 - 31 Dec 1980  Matthías Á. Mathiesen (Iceland)    (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 1 Jan 1981 - 31 Dec 1981  Knud Enggaard (Denmark) (2nd time) (s.a.)
 1 Jan 1982 - 31 Dec 1982  Elsi Hetemäki-Olander (f)(1st time)(b. 1927)
                             (Finland)
 1 Jan 1983 - 31 Dec 1983  Jo Benkow (Norway)                 (b. 1924)
 1 Jan 1984 - 31 Dec 1984  Karin Söder (f) (Sweden)(1st time)
(b. 1928)
 1 Jan 1985 - 31 Dec 1985  Páll Pétursson (Iceland)(1st time)
(b. 1937)
 1 Jan 1986 - 31 Dec 1986  Anker Jørgensen (Denmark)(1st time)(b. 1922)
 1 Jan 1987 - 31 Dec 1987  Elsi Hetemäki-Olander (f)          (s.a.)
                             (Finland)
(2nd time)
 1 Jan 1988 - 31 Dec 1988  Jan Peder Syse (Norway) (1st time) (b. 1930 - d. 1997)
 1 Jan 1989 - 31 Dec 1989  Karin Söder (f) (Sweden) (2nd time)(s.a.)
 1 Jan 1990 - 31 Dec 1990  Páll Pétursson (Iceland)(2nd time) (s.a.)
 1 Jan 1991 - 31 Dec 1991  Anker Jørgensen (Denmark)(2nd time)(s.a.)
 1 Jan 1992 - 31 Dec 1992  Ilkka Suominen (Finland)           (b. 1939)
 1 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 1993  Jan Peder Syse (Norway) (2nd time) (s.a.)
 1 Jan 1994 - Sep 1994     Sten Andersson (Sweden)            (b. 1923 - d. 2006)
Sep 1994 - 31 Dec 1994     Per Olof Håkansson (Sweden)        (b. 1937)
 1 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 1995  Geir H. Haarde (Iceland)           (b. 1951)
 1 Jan 1996 - 31 Dec 1996  Knud Enggaard (Denmark) (3rd time) (s.a.)
 1 Jan 1997 - 31 Dec 1997  Olof Salmén (Finland)              (b. 1927)
 1 Jan 1998 - 31 Dec 1998  Berit Brørby Larsen (f) (Norway)   (b. 1950)
 1 Jan 1999 - 31 Dec 1999  Gun Hellsvik (f) (Sweden)          (b. 1942)
 1 Jan 2000 - 31 Dec 2000  Sigridur Anna Thórdardóttir (f)
    (b. 1946)
                             (Iceland)                   
 1 Jan 2001 - 31 Dec 2001  Svend Erik Hovmand (Denmark)       (b. 1945)
 1 Jan 2002 - 31 Dec 2002  Outi Ojala (Finland)               (b. 1946)
 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2003  Inge Lønning (Norway)              (b. 1938)
 1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2004  Gabriel Romanus (Sweden)           (b. 1939)
 1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005  Rannveig Gudmundsdóttir (f)
        (b. 1940)
                             (Iceland)               
 1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006  Ole Stavad (Denmark)               (b. 1949)
 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007  Dagfinn Høybråten (Norway)         (b. 1957)
 1 Jan 2008 -              Erkki Tuomioja (Finland)           (b. 1946)

 
Nordic Council Membership (5)
Date of 
Admission
Member Nations
11 Feb 1953 Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
27 Jan 1956 Finland

Date of 
Participation
Member Territories
 1 Jan 1970 Aland Islands, Faroe Islands
15 Jun 1983 Greenland



North Atlantic Treaty Organizations (NATO) 
[Flag of NATO]
            Adopted 14 Oct 1953
NATO website
North Atlantic Treaty
(4 Apr 1949)
Hear Anthem
"NATO Hymn"
Headquarters: Brussels
(Belgium)

 4 Apr 1949                The North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington.
24 Aug 1949                North Atlantic Treaty Organization established.
11 Jan 1994                Partnership for Peace (PFP) with former Soviet states 
                             and Eastern European nations created.

Secretaries-general
 4 Apr 1952 - 16 May 1957  Hastings Ismay, Baron Ismay (U.K.) (b. 1887 - d. 1965)
16 May 1957 -  4 Mar 1961  Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (Belgium) (b. 1899 - d. 1972)
 4 Mar 1961 - 21 Apr 1961  Alberico Casardi (Italy) (acting)
21 Apr 1961 -  1 Aug 1964  Dirk Uipko Stikker (Netherlands)   (b. 1897 - d. 1979)
 1 Aug 1964 -  1 Oct 1971  Manlio Brosio (Italy)              (b. 1897 - d. 1980)
 1 Oct 1971 - 25 Jun 1984  Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns   (b. 1911 - d. 2002)
                             (Netherlands)
25 Jun 1984 -  1 Jul 1988  Peter Alexander Rupert Carington,  (b. 1919)
                             Baron Carrington (U.K.) 
 1 Jul 1988 - 13 Aug 1994  Manfred Wörner (Germany)           (b. 1934 - d. 1994)
13 Aug 1994 - 17 Oct 1994  Sergio Balanzino (Italy) (1st time)(b. 1934) 
                             (acting)
17 Oct 1994 - 20 Oct 1995  Willy Claes (Belgium)              (b. 1938)
20 Oct 1995 -  5 Dec 1995  Sergio Balanzino (Italy) (2nd time)(s.a.)
                             (acting)
 5 Dec 1995 -  6 Oct 1999  Javier Solana Madariaga (Spain)    (b. 1942)
14 Oct 1999 - 17 Dec 2003  George Islay Macneill Robertson,   (b. 1946)
                             Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (U.K.) 
17 Dec 2003 -  5 Jan 2004  Alessandro Minuto Rizzo (Italy)
                             (acting)
 5 Jan 2004 -              Jakob "Jaap" Gijsbert de Hoop      (b. 1948)
                             Scheffer (Netherlands)

Supreme Allied Commanders Europe (SACEUR) (all from U.S.)
 2 Apr 1951 - 30 May 1952  Dwight D. Eisenhower               (b. 1890 - d. 1969)
30 May 1952 - 11 Jul 1953  Matthew B. Ridgway                 (b. 1895 - d. 1993)
11 Jul 1953 - 20 Nov 1956  Alfred M. Gruenther                (b. 1899 - d. 1983)
20 Nov 1956 -  1 Jan 1963  Lauris Norstad                     (b. 1907 - d. 1988)
 1 Jan 1963 -  1 Jul 1969  Lyman L. Lemnitzer                 (b. 1899 - d. 1988)
 1 Jul 1969 - 15 Dec 1974  Andrew J. Goodpaster               (b. 1915 - d. 2005)
15 Dec 1974 -  1 Jul 1979  Alexander Haig                     (b. 1924)
 1 Jul 1979 - 26 Jun 1987  Bernard Rogers                     (b. 1921)
26 Jun 1987 - 23 Jun 1992  John Galvin                        (b. 1929)
23 Jun 1992 - 22 Oct 1993  John M. Shalikashvili              (b. 1936)
22 Oct 1993 - 11 Jul 1997  George A. Joulwan                  (b. 1939)
11 Jul 1997 -  3 May 2000  Wesley K. Clark                    (b. 1944)
 3 May 2000 - 17 Jan 2003  Joseph W. Ralston                  (b. 1943)
17 Jan 2003 -  7 Dec 2006  James L. Jones                     (b. 1943)
 7 Dec 2006 -              Bantz J. Craddock                  (b. 1949)

NATO Membership (26)
Date of 
Admission
Member Nations
24 Aug 1949  Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France¹, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg,
The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States
18 Feb 1952 Greece2, Turkey
 5 May 1955 Federal Republic of Germany
30 May 1982 Spain
12 Mar 1999 Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
29 Mar 2004 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
¹withdrew from integrated military structure 1 Jul 1966. 2withdrew from integrated military structure 14 Aug 1974; rejoined 20 Oct 1980. 



Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)


NPT Text
(1 Jul 1968)
Place of Adoption: New York City
 (United States)

 1 Jul 1968                Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons signed.
 5 Mar 1970                Treaty enters into force.



NPT state parties (190)
Date of Ratification
Nation Parties
 5 Mar 1970
Afghanistan, Austria, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Republic of China¹, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, East Germany2, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Laos, Liberia, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Somalia, Soviet Union3, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Upper Volta4, Yugoslavia5
11 Mar 1970
Greece
 7 Apr 1970
Maldives
 4 May 1970
Ghana
20 May 1970
Lesotho
26 May 1970
Bolivia
 2 Jun 1970
Haiti
11 Jun 1970
Kenya
15 Jul 1970
Lebanon
 4 Aug 1970
Zaire6
10 Aug 1970
San Marino
31 Aug 1970
Uruguay
22 Sep 1970
Guatemala
 8 Oct 1970
Madagascar
25 Oct 1970
Central African Republic
27 Nov 1970
Morocco
17 Dec 1970
Senegal
25 Feb 1971
Vatican City
10 Mar 1971
Chad
17 Mar 1971
Burundi
 7 Jul 1971
Tonga
24 Jul 1971
Dominican Republic
10 Sep 1971
South Vietnam7
 2 Jun 1972
Cambodia
11 Jul 1972
El Salvador
21 Jul 1972
Fiji
 5 Oct 1972
Philippines
31 Oct 1972
Dahomey8
 7 Dec 1972
Thailand
23 Jan 1973
Australia
 6 Mar 1973
Ivory Coast9, Nicaragua
16 May 1973
Honduras
31 Oct 1973
The Sudan
19 Feb 1974
Gabon
26 Feb 1975
Sierra Leone
17 Mar 1975
Western Samoa10
23 Apr 1975
South Korea
 2 May 1975
Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, West Germany2
12 May 1975
The Gambia
20 May 1975
Rwanda
26 May 1975
Libya
 2 Sep 1975
Grenada
25 Sep 1975
Venezuela
10 Mar 1976
Singapore
 8 Jun 1976
Japan
30 Jun 1976
Suriname
11 Aug 1976
The Bahamas
20 Aug 1976
Guinea-Bissau
13 Jan 1977
Panama
 9 Mar 1977
Switzerland
15 Dec 1977
Portugal
20 Apr 1978
Liechtenstein
23 Oct 1978
Congo (Brazzaville)
19 Jan 1979
Tuvalu
 5 Mar 1979
Sri Lanka
 1 Jun 1979
Yemen (Aden)11
12 Jul 1979
Indonesia
31 Aug 1979
Bangladesh
22 Jul 1979
Czechoslovakia12
24 Oct 1979
Cape Verde
28 Dec 1979
Saint Lucia
21 Feb 1980
Barbados
17 Apr 1980
Turkey
26 Feb 1981
Egypt
17 Jun 1981
Solomon Islands
13 Jan 1982
Papua New Guinea
 7 Jun 1982
Nauru
14 Jun 1982
Vietnam
20 Oct 1982
Uganda
20 Jul 1983
São Tomé and Príncipe
10 Aug 1984
Dominica
 1 Nov 1984
Equatorial Guinea
 6 Nov 1984
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12 Mar 1985
Seychelles
18 Apr 1985
Kiribati
29 Apr 1985
Guinea
26 Mar 1985
Brunei Darussalam
23 May 1985
Bhutan
17 Jun 1985
Antigua and Barbuda
 9 Aug 1985
Belize
12 Dec 1985
North Korea
18 Feb 1986
Malawi
 8 Apr 1986
Colombia
14 May 1986
Yemen (Sana)11
30 Oct 1986
Trinidad and Tobago
 5 Nov 1987
Spain
 3 Oct 1988
Saudi Arabia
 3 Nov 1988
Bahrain
 3 Apr 1989
Qatar
17 Nov 1989
Kuwait
 4 Sep 1990
Mozambique
12 Sep 1990
Albania
15 May 1991
Zambia
31 May 1991
Tanzania
10 Jul 1991
South Africa
23 Sep 1991
Lithuania
26 Sep 1991
Zimbabwe
 7 Jan 1992
Estonia
31 Jan 1992
Latvia
 9 Mar 1992
People's Republic of China¹
 7 Apr 1992
Slovenia
 7 May 1992
Uzbekistan
29 Jun 1992
Croatia
 2 Aug 1992
France
22 Sep 1992
Azerbaijan
 2 Oct 1992
Namibia
 9 Oct 1992
Niger
 2 Dec 1992
Myanmar
 1 Jan 1993
Czech Republic, Slovakia
 9 Feb 1993
Belarus
21 Jul 1993
Armenia
19 Oct 1993
Guyana
26 Oct 1993
Mauritania
17 Jan 1994
Tajikistan
14 Feb 1994
Kazakhstan
 7 Mar 1994
Georgia
 5 Jul 1994
Kyrgyzstan
15 Aug 1994
Bosnia and Hercegovina
29 Sep 1994
Turkmenistan
11 Oct 1994
Moldova
 5 Dec 1994
Ukraine
12 Jan 1995
Algeria
30 Jan 1995
Marshall Islands
10 Feb 1995
Argentina
13 Mar 1995
Monaco
16 Mar 1995
Eritrea
30 Mar 1995
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)
14 Apr 1995
Federated States of Micronesia, Palau
25 May 1995
Chile
24 Aug 1995
Vanuatu
26 Sep 1995
United Arab Emirates
 4 Oct 1995
Comoros
 7 Jun 1996
Andorra
14 Oct 1996
Angola
16 Oct 1996
Djibouti
23 Jan 1997
Oman
18 Sep 1998
Brazil
 4 Nov 2002
Cuba
 5 May 2003
East Timor
 3 Jun 2006
Montenegro
¹the Republic of China (Taiwan) was an original NPT signatory and represented China until 15 Nov 1971, when the UN voted to have China represented by the People's Republic of China. Though the ROC states it will continue to abide by the treaty; the People's Republic of China acceded to the NPT on 9 Mar 1992. 2East Germany and West Germany united 1990. 3dissolved 25 Dec 1991, succeeded by Russia. 4from 1984 Burkina Faso. 5from 4 Feb 2003 called Serbia and Montenegro; on 5 Jun 2006 succeeded by Serbia. 6from 1997 Congo (Kinshasa).
7unification with North Vietnam on 2 Jul 1976 as Socialist Republic of Vietnam; by letters of 1 Aug 1979 and 6 May 1980 Vietnam stated that it did not consider itself bound by treaties previously ratified by South Vietnam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam acceded to NPT on 14 Jun 1982. 8from 1975 Benin. 9from 1985 Côte d'Ivoire. 10from 1997 Samoa. 11Yemen (Aden) and Yemen (Sana) united 22 May 1990 as Yemen. 12dissolved 31 Dec 1992.



Organisation Commune Africaine et Mauricienne

[Union Africaine et Malgache]
               Adopted Apr 1962
 
Headquarters: Bangui 
(Central African Republic);
(Yaoundé, Cameroon 1964-1974)

Dec 1960                   African and Malagasy Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OAMCE)
                             (Organisation Africain et Malagache de Coopération Économique).
Feb 1964                   African and Malagasy Union for Economic Cooperation (UAMCE)
                             (Union Africaine et Malgache de Coopération Économique).
12 Feb 1965                Common African and Mauritanian Organization (OCAM)
                             (Organisation Commune Africaine et Mauritienne).
Jun 1966                   Common AfricanMalagasy and Mauritian Organization (OCAMM)
                             (Organisation Commune Africaine Malgache et Mauricienne).
1974                       Common African and Mauritian Organization (OCAM)
                             (Organisation Commune Africaine et Mauricienne).
23 Mar 1985                Dissolved.

Secretaries-general
1965 - 1968                Diakha Dieng (Senegal)
1968 - 1974                Falilou Kane (Senegal)             (b. 1938)
1974                       Regis Franchet (Mauritius)
1974 - 1979                Sydney Moutia (Mauritius)          (b. 1932)
1979 - 1985                Amri Sued Ismail (Rwanda)          (b. 1942)

OCAM Membership
 Date of
Admission
Member Nations
12 Feb 1965 Cameroon1, Central African Republic, Chad1, Congo (Brazzaville)2,
Dahomey
3, Gabon4, Ivory Coast, Madagascar5, Mauritania6, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Upper Volta7
May 1965 Congo (Léopoldville)8
1969 Mauritius
1977 Seychelles4
1withdrew 1974. 2withdrew 1973. 3from 1975 Benin. 4withdrew 1978. 5to 30 Dec 1975 Malagasy Republic; withdrew 1974. 6withdrew 1965. 7from 1984 Burkina Faso. 81966 - 1971 Congo (Kinshasa), from 1971 Zaire; withdrew 1973.  


Organization of African Unity (OAU): see African Union

Organization of American States  (OAS)
 
[Pan American Union]
                      1910 - 1948
 
                    Adopted 1965
 
OAS website
OAS Charter
 (2 May 1948)
Headquarters: Washington, DC
(United States)
OAS Day: 14 Apr (1890)
Pan American Day

14 Apr 1890                Commercial Bureau of the American Republics
Jan 1902                   International Bureau of the American Republics
Aug 1910                   Pan-American Union
30 Apr 1948                Organization of American States (OAS)

Directors-general
1906 -  1 Sep 1920         John Barrett (U.S.)                (b. 1866 - d. 1938)
 1 Sep 1920 -  5 Dec 1946  Leo S. Rowe (U.S.)                 (b. 1871 - d. 1946)
 5 Dec 1946 - 27 May 1947  Pedro de Alba (Mexico) (acting)    (b. 1887 - d. 1960)
27 May 1947 - 30 Apr 1948  Alberto Lleras Camargo (Colombia)  (b. 1906 - d. 1990)
Secretaries-general
30 Apr 1948 - 31 Jul 1954  Alberto Lleras Camargo (Colombia)  (s.a.)
31 Jul 1954 - 19 Oct 1955  Carlos Gregorio Dávila Espinosa    (b. 1887 - d. 1955)
                             (Chile) 
19 Oct 1955 - 16 Jan 1956  William Manger (U.S.) (acting)
16 Jan 1956 - 18 May 1968  José A. Mora (Uruguay)             (b. 1897 - d. 1975)
18 May 1968 - 18 May 1975  Galo Plaza Lasso (Ecuador)         (b. 1906 - d. 1987)
18 May 1975 - 31 Mar 1984  Alejandro Orfila (Argentina)       (b. 1925)
31 Mar 1984 - 20 Jun 1984  Valerie "Val" McComie (Barbados)   (b. 1920)
                             (acting)
20 Jun 1984 - 20 Jun 1994  João Baena Soares (Brazil)         (b. 1931)
20 Jun 1994 - 15 Sep 1994  Christopher R. Thomas (acting)
                             (Trinidad and Tobago)
15 Sep 1994 - 15 Sep 2004  César Gaviria Trujillo (Colombia)  (b. 1947)
15 Sep 2004 - 15 Oct 2004  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría  (b. 1940)
                             (Costa Rica) 
15 Oct 2004 - 26 May 2005  Luigi R. Einaudi (U.S.) (acting)   (b. 1936)
26 May 2005 -              José Miguel Insulza Salinas        (b. 1943)
                             (Chile)

OAS membership (35)
Date of
Admission
Member Nations
30 Apr 1948 Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba
1, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
17 Mar 1967 Trinidad and Tobago
15 Nov 1967 Barbados
20 Aug 1969 Jamaica
13 May 1975 Grenada
 8 Jun 1977 Suriname
22 May 1979 Dominica, Saint Lucia
 3 Dec 1981 Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 3 Mar 1982 The Bahamas
12 Mar 1984 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 8 Jan 1990 Canada
 8 Jan 1991 Belize, Guyana
 1suspended from 30 Jan 1962.



Organization of Central American States (ODECA)


[Organization of Central American States (ODECA)]

Headquarters: San Salvador
 (El Salvador)
Hear ODECA Anthem
"La Granadera"
Adopted 22 Jun 1971

14 Oct 1951                Organization of Central American States (ODECA)
                             (Organización de Estados Centroamericanos) formed.
14 Oct 1955                Secretariat inaugurated.
30 Mar 1965                Second charter, signed on 12 Dec 1962, effective.
1973                       Functions suspended.

Secretaries-general
14 Oct 1955 - 15 Feb 1960  José Guillermo Trabanino (El Salvador)
15 Feb 1960 - 
15 Feb 1964  Marco Tulio Zeledón (Costa Rica)
15 Feb 1964 - 31 Mar 1969  Albino Román y Vega (interim)
                            
(Nicaragua)
15 Sep 1970 - 1972         Manuel Villacorta Vielmann
(Guatemala)
                             (special representative to 1971)
1972 - 1973                Álvaro Fernández Escalante
(interim)
                             (Costa Rica)


ODECA membership
Date of
Admission
Member Nations
14 Oct 1951
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua



Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

[Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)]
             Adopted 21 Jun 2006
 
OECS website
Headquarters: Castries
(St. Lucia)
OECS Day: 18 Jun (1981)
Organization of Eastern
 Caribbean States Day

18 Jun 1981                Organization of Eastern Caribbean States founded.

Directors-general
Jul 1982 -  1 Dec 1995     Vaughan Lewis (Saint Lucia)        (b. 1940)
Jun 1996 - 31 Jul 2001     Swinburne Lestrade (Dominica)
31 Jul 2001 - 12 May 2003  George Goodwin (acting) 
                             (Antigua and Barbuda)
12 May 2003 -              Len Ishmael (f) (Saint Lucia)

OECS membership  (7)
Date of
Admission
Member Nations
 4 Jul 1981 Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Date of
Admission
Associate Members of OECS
22 Nov 1984
British Virgin Islands
May 1995
Anguilla



Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

[Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development]
 
OECD website
Headquarters: Paris
(France)

16 Apr 1948                Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC)
30 Sep 1961                Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Secretaries-general
Apr 1948 -  1 Apr 1955     Robert Marjolin (France)           (b. 1911 - d. 1986)
 1 Apr 1955 -  1 Sep 1960  René Sergent (France)              (b. 1904 - d. 1984)
 1 Sep 1960 - 30 Sep 1969  Thorkil Christensen (Denmark)      (b. 1899 - d. 1989)
30 Sep 1969 -  1 Oct 1984  Emile van Lennep (Netherlands)     (b. 1915 - d. 1996)
 1 Oct 1984 -  1 Jun 1996  Jean-Claude Paye (France)          (b. 1934)
Sep 1994 - Nov 1994        Staffan Sohlman  (Sweden)
                             (acting for Paye)
 1 Jun 1996 -  1 Jun 2006  Donald J. Johnston (Canada)        (b. 1936)
 1 Jun 2006 -              José Ángel Gurría Treviño (Mexico) (b. 1950)
 

OECD membership (31)
Date of
Admission
Members
16 Apr 1948 Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany1, Greece, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Trieste Territory
2, Turkey, United Kingdom
20 Jul 1959 Spain
14 Dec 1960 European Communities3
30 Sep 1961 Canada, United States
28 Apr 1964 Japan
28 Jan 1969 Finland
 7 Jun 1971 Australia
29 May 1973 New Zealand
18 May 1994 Mexico
21 Dec 1995 Czech Republic
 7 May 1996 Hungary
22 Nov 1996 Poland
12 Dec 1996 South Korea
14 Dec 2000 Slovakia
 1Anglo-U.S. "bizone" to 1949, then Federal Republic of Germany. 2Anglo-U.S. zone only; 1954 became part of Italy. 3Special member; from 1 Nov 1993, European Union.



Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 
[Organization of Islamic Conference]
                    Adopted 1981
OIC website
Headquarters: Jeddah
(Saudi Arabia)
OIC Day: 25 Sep (1969)
Organization of the
Islamic Conference Day

25 Sep 1969                Organization of the Islamic Conference founded.
 4 Mar 1972                OIC Charter signed (effective 28 Feb 1973).

Secretaries-general
Mar 1970 - 1973            Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj     (b. 1903 - d. 1990)
                             (Malaysia)
1974 - 1975                Hassan al-Touhami (Egypt)
Nov 1975 - Jan 1980        Amadou Karim Gaye (Senegal)        (b. 1913 - d. 2000)
Jan 1980 - 31 Dec 1984     Habib Chatty (Tunisia)             (b. 1916 - d. 1991)
 1 Jan 1985 - 31 Dec 1988  Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada           (b. 1923)
                             (Pakistan)
 1 Jan 1989 - 31 Dec 1996  Hamid Algabid (Niger)              (b. 1941)
 1 Jan 1997 - 31 Dec 2000  Azzedine Laraki (Morocco)          (b. 1929)
 1 Jan 2001 - 31 Dec 2004  Abdelouahed Belkeziz (Morocco)     (b. 1939)
 1 Jan 2005 -              Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Turkey)      (b. 1943)

OIC membership (57)
Date of
Admission
Member Nations
25 Sep 1969 Afghanistan1, Algeria, Chad, Egypt2, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, The Sudan, Yemen (Sana)3
1970 Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Trucial States4, Tunisia, Turkey
1972 Sierra Leone, Yemen (Aden)3
1974 Bangladesh, Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Uganda
1975 Upper Volta5, Cameroon
1976 Iraq, Maldives
May 1976
Comoros
Apr 1978 Djibouti
1982 Benin
15 Jan 1984 Brunei Darussalam
Jan 1986 Nigeria
Dec 1991 Azerbaijan
 1 Dec 1992 Albania, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan
 1 Dec 1992
Tajikistan
Jan 1993 Zanzibar6
Dec 1994 Mozambique
1995 Kazakhstan
 2 Oct 1996 Uzbekistan
Dec 1996 Suriname
 2 Oct 1997 Togo
 1 Oct 1998 Guyana
27 Jun 2001 Côte d'Ivoire
1suspended 1980 - Mar 1989. 2suspended May 1979 - Mar 1984. 3Yemen (Aden) and Yemen (Sana) united as Yemen 22 May 1990. 4from 1971 United Arab Emirates. 5from 1984 Burkina Faso. 6withdrew Aug 1993.



Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

[OPEC flag]
                        Adopted 1970
 
OPEC website
Headquarters: Vienna
(Austria)
(Geneva, Switzerland 1960-65)

14 Sep 1960                Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) founded.

Secretaries-general¹
21 Jan 1961 - 30 Apr 1964  Fuad Rouhani (Iran)                (b. 1907 - d. 2004)
 1 May 1964 - 30 Apr 1965  Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz (Iraq)      (b. 1913 - d. 1973)
 1 May 1965 - 31 Dec 1966  Ashraf Lutfi (Kuwait)              (b. 1919 - d. 19..)
 1 Jan 1967 - 31 Dec 1967  Muhammad Saleh Joukhdar            (b. 1932)
                             (Saudi Arabia) 
 1 Jan 1968 - 31 Dec 1968  Francisco R. Parra (Venezuela)     (b. 1929)
 1 Jan 1969 - 31 Dec 1969  Elrich Sanger (Indonesia)          (b. 1927)
 1 Jan 1970 - 31 Dec 1970  Omar el-Badri (Libya)              (b. 1937)
 1 Jan 1971 - 31 Dec 1972  Nadim Pachachi (Iraq)              (b. 1914 - d. 1976)
 1 Jan 1973 - 31 Dec 1974  Abderrahman Khène (Algeria)        (b. 1931)
 1 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1976  M.O. Feyide (Nigeria)              (b. 1926 - d. 1997)
 1 Jan 1977 - 31 Dec 1978  Ali M. Jaidah (Qatar)              (b. 1941)
 1 Jan 1979 - 30 Jun 1981  René G. Ortiz (Ecuador)            (b. 1941)
 1 Jul 1981 - 30 Jun 1983  Marc Saturnin Nan Nguema (Gabon)   (b. 1934)
 1 Jul 1983 - 30 Jun 1988  Fadhil J. al-Chalabi (Iraq)        (b. 1929)
                             (acting)
 1 Jul 1988 - 30 Jun 1994  Subroto (Indonesia)                (b. 1928)
 1 Jul 1994 - 31 Dec 1994  Abdalla Salem el-Badri (Libya)     (b. 1940)
                             (1st time)

 1 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 2000  Rilwanu Lukman (Nigeria)           (b. 1938)
 1 Jan 2001 - 30 Jun 2002  Alí Rodríguez Araque (Venezuela)   (b. 1937)
 1 Jul 2002 - 31 Dec 2003  Álvaro Silva Calderón (Venezuela)  (b. 1929)
 1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2004  Purnomo Yusgiantoro (Indonesia)    (b. 1951)
                             (acting)
 1 Jan 2004 - Feb 2004     Iin Arifin Takhyan (Indonesia)     (b. 1952)
                             (acting for Yusgiantoro)
Feb 2004 - 31 Dec 2004     Maizar Rahman (Indonesia)          (b. 1948)
                             (acting for Yusgiantoro)
 1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005  Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al Ahmad Al     (b. 1963)
                             Sabah (Kuwait) (acting) 
 1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005  Adnan Shihab-Eldin (Kuwait)        (b. 1943)
                             (acting for Al Sabah)
 1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006  Edmund Daukoru (Nigeria) (acting)  (b. 1943)
 1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006  Mohammed S. Barkindo (Nigeria)
                             (acting for Daukoru)
 1 Jan 2007 -              Abdalla Salem el-Badri (Libya)     (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)  

OPEC membership (13)
Date of
Admission
Member Nations
14 Sep 1960  Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela
15 Jan 1961 Qatar
 4 Jun 1962 Indonesia, Libya
27 Nov 1967 Abu Dhabi2
 8 Jul 1969 Algeria
12 Jul 1971 Nigeria
19 Nov 1973 Ecuador3
 9 Jun 1975 Gabon4
 1 Jan 2007
Angola
¹from 21 Jan 1961-Apr 1965 the Chairmen of the Board of Governors were also, ex-officio, the Secretary-general of the organization. The functions of Chairman of the Board of Governors and Secretary-general were separated Apr 1965. 2membership transferred to United Arab Emirates 9 Jan 1974. 
 3membership suspended at its own request 31 Dec 1992 - 5 Dec 2007. 4membership suspended at its own request from 1 Jan 1995.


Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons flag]
 
OPCW website
Headquarters: The Hague
(The Netherlands)

19 Jan 1993                Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) signed. 
29 Apr 1997                Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical
                             Weapons (OPCW), CWC treaty enters into force.

Directors-General
13 May 1997 - 22 Apr 2002  José Mauricio Bustani (Brazil)     (b. 1932?)
22 Apr 2002 - 25 Jul 2002  John Gee (Australia)(acting)       (b. 1944)
25 Jul 2002 -              Rogelio Pfirter (Argentina)        (b. 1948)

OPCW membership (183)
Date of
Admission
Member Nations
29 Apr 1997 Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria,
Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe
11 Jun 1997 Turkey
20 Jun 1997 Singapore
28 Jun 1997 Kuwait
 9 Jul 1997 Guinea
11 Jul 1997 Slovenia
20 Jul 1997 Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)
24 Jul 1997 Trinidad and Tobago
 7 Aug 1997 Burkina Faso
 8 Aug 1997 Ghana
27 Aug 1997 Brunei Darussalam
 3 Oct 1997 Qatar
12 Oct 1997 Guyana
21 Nov 1997 Pakistan
28 Nov 1997 Jordan
 3 Dec 1997 Iran
 5 Dec 1997 Russia
18 Dec 1997 Nepal
 2 Jan 1998 Venezuela
11 Mar 1998 Mauritania
15 May 1998 Lithuania
13 Jun 1998 Benin
18 Jun 1998 The Gambia
11 Jul 1998 Malawi
25 Jul 1998 Tanzania
19 Aug 1998 Senegal
13 Sep 1998 Bolivia
27 Sep 1998 Cyprus
30 Sep 1998 Botswana
 4 Oct 1998 Burundi
30 Oct 1998 Vietnam
 6 Nov 1998 Panama
15 Nov 1998 Ukraine
12 Dec 1998 Indonesia
11 Jun 1999 Vatican City
19 Jun 1999 Nigeria
23 Jun 1999 The Sudan
25 Jun 1999 Estonia
21 Jul 1999 Micronesia
 5 Dec 1999 Nicaragua
24 Dec 1999 Liechtenstein
 9 Jan 2000 San Marino
15 Mar 2000 Eritrea
30 Mar 2000 Azerbaijan
22 Apr 2000 Kazakhstan
 5 May 2000 Colombia
20 May 2000 Malaysia, Yugoslavia1
14 Sep 2000 Mozambique
 7 Oct 2000 Kiribati
 8 Oct 2000 Gabon, Jamaica
 1 Nov 2000 Yemen
28 Dec 2000 United Arab Emirates