established-NA 1949
aim-to control the export of strategic
products and technical data from member countries to
proscribed destinations
members-(17) Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France,
Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Turkey, UK, US
cooperating countries-(8) Austria, Finland, Ireland,
South Korea, NZ, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CEMA)
also known as CMEA or Comecon,
was established 25 January 1949 to promote the
development of socialist economies and was abolished
1 January 1991; members included Afghanistan (observer),
Albania (had not participated since 1961 break with
USSR), Angola (observer), Bulgaria, Cuba,
Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia (observer), GDR, Hungary, Laos
(observer), Mongolia, Mozambique (observer), Nicaragua
(observer), Poland, Romania, USSR, Vietnam, Yemen
(observer), Yugoslavia (associate)