International Organizations N - W

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 Forum - Permanent 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)

 

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)

 
                     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

            Adopted 14 Oct 1953

 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.

               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 African, Malagasy 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, Dahomey3, 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.

1910 - 1948

Adopted 1965

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, Cuba1, 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.

             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

 

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 Territory2, 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.

                    Adopted 1981

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.

                        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.

 

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