established-3 September 1976
effective-26 July 1979
aim-to provide worldwide communications
for maritime and other applications
members-(66) Algeria, Argentina,
Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,
Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland,
France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, South
Korea, Kuwait, Liberia, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco,
Mozambique, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,
Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore,
Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Yugoslavia