Conference (SADCC)
established - 17 August 1992
aim - to promote regional economic development and integration
members - (14) Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
** Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) or Southern Common Market **
note - also known as Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (Mercosur)
established - 26 March 1991
aim - to increase regional economic cooperation
members - (4) Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
associate member - (2) Bolivia, Chile
** Third World **
another term for the less developed countries; the term is obsolescent;
see less developed countries (LDCs)
** underdeveloped countries **
refers to those less developed countries with the potential for
above-average economic growth; see less developed countries (LDCs)
** undeveloped countries **
refers to those extremely poor less developed countries (LDCs) with
little prospect for economic growth; see least developed countries (LLDCs)
** United Nations (UN) **
established - 26 June 1945;
effective - 24 October 1945
aim - to maintain international peace and security and to promote
cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian
problems
constituent organizations - the UN is composed of six principal organs
and numerous subordinate agencies and bodies as follows: 1) Secretariat
2) General Assembly: International Research and Training Institute
for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), United Nations Center for
Human Settlements (Habitat), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United
Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Drug Control Program
(UNDCP), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
(UNIDIR), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR),
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
(UNICRI), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Office
of Project Services (UNOPS), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Research
Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), United Nations System Staff
College (UNSSC), and United Nations University (UNU), World Food Program
(WFP) 3) Security Council: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia (ICTY), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR),
United Nations Compensation Commission, United Nations Disengagement
Observer Force (UNDOF), United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK), United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),
United Nations Iraq/Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission, United Nations
Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM), United Nations Military Observer
Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), United Nations Mission for the
Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), United Nations Mission in Bosnia
and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE), United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), United Nations
Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP), United Nations Monitoring and
Verification Commission (UNMOVIC), United Nations Observer Mission in
Georgia (UNOMIG), United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (MONUC), United Nations Peace-Keeping Force in
Cyprus (UNFICYP), United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
(UNTAET), and United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) 4)
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): Commission for Social Development,
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Commission on
Human Rights, Commission on Narcotics Drugs, Commission on Population
and Development, Commission on Science and Technology for Development,
Commission on Sustainable Development, Commission on the Status of Women,
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Economic
and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Economic Commission for
Africa (ECA), Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Economic Commission
for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(IBRD), International Center for Secretariat of Investment Disputes
(ICSID), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International
Development Association (IDA), International Finance Corporation (IFC),
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International
Labor Organization (ILO), International Maritime Organization (IMO),
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), Multilateral Investment Geographic Agency (MGIA), Statistical
Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO), Universal Postal Union (UPU), World Health Organization (WHO),
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World Meteorological
Organization (WMO), World Tourism Organization (WToO), and World Trade
Organization (WTrO) 5) Trusteeship Council (inactive; no trusteeships at
this time) 6) International Court of Justice (ICJ) UN members - (189)
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,
Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia,
Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,
Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia,
Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North
Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,
Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States
of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia,
Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao
Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa,
Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan,
Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe; note -
all UN members are represented in the General Assembly; East Timor and
Switzerland are scheduled to become UN members in September 2002
observers - (2 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Holy See,
Switzerland, Palestine Liberation Organization
** United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) **
note - acronym retained from the predecessor organization, UN
International Children's Emergency Fund
established - 11 December 1946
aim - to help establish child health and welfare services
members - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
** United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH) **
established 28 November 1997; to support the professionalization of the
Haitian National Police; established by UN Security Council; members
were Argentina, Benin, Canada, France, India, Mali, Niger, Senegal,
Togo, Tunisia, US; mission ended March 2000
** United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) **
established - 30 December 1964
aim - to promote international trade
members - (191) all UN members plus Holy See, Switzerland
** United Nations Development Program (UNDP) **
established - 22 November 1965
aim - to provide technical assistance to stimulate economic and social
development
members (executive board) - (36) selected on a rotating basis from
all regions
** United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) **
established - 31 May 1974
aim - to observe the 1973 Arab-Israeli cease-fire; established by the
UN Security Council
members - (6) Austria, Canada, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden
** United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization **
(UNESCO)
established - 16 November
1945; effective - 4 November 1946
aim - to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture
members - (188) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua
and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin,
Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands,
Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France,
Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,
Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,
Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger,
Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea,
Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia,
Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands,
Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,
Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda,
Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam,
Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
associate members - (6) Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Macau, Netherlands Antilles, Tokelau
** United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) **
established - 15 December 1972
aim - to promote international cooperation on all environmental matters
members - (58) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
** United Nations General Assembly **
established - 26 June 1945;
effective - 24 October 1945
aim - to function as the primary deliberative organ of the UN
members - (189) all UN members are represented in the General Assembly
** United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) **
established - 3 December
1949; effective - 1 January 1951
aim - to ensure the humanitarian treatment of refugees and find permanent
solutions to refugee problems members (executive committee) - (57)
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote
d'Ivoire, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See,
Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Lebanon,
Lesotho, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia,
Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania,
Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela
** United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) **
established - 17 November
1966; effective - 1 January 1967
aim - UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development
especially among the members
members - (169) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,
Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon,
Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,
Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa
Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon,
The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran,
Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway,
Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,
Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE,
UK, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia,
Zambia, Zimbabwe
** United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) **
established - 11 December 1963 adoption of the resolution establishing
the Institute; effective - 24 March 1965
aim - to help the UN become more effective through training and research
members (Board of Trustees) - (20) Austria, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile,
China, Egypt, France, Ghana, Ireland, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Netherlands,
Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, US;
note - the UN Secretary General can appoint up to 30 members
** United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) **
established - 10 June 1999
aim - to promote the establishment of substantial autonomy and
self-government in Kosovo; to perform basic civilian administrative
functions; to support the reconstruction of key infrastructure and
humanitarian and disaster relief
members - (53) Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria,
Cameroon, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt,
Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan,
Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine UK, US, Zambia, Zimbabwe
** United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) **
established - 19 March 1978
aim - to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and assist in
reestablishing Lebanese authority in southern Lebanon; established by
the UN Security Council
members - (10) Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Italy,
Nepal, Poland, Ukraine
** United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) **
established - 9 April 1991
aim - to observe and monitor the demilitarized zone established between
Iraq and Kuwait; established by the UN Security Council
members - (33) Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, China, Denmark, Fiji,
Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia,
Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania,
Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UK, US, Uruguay,
Venezuela
** United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan **
(UNMOGIP)
established - 24 January 1949
aim - to observe the 1949 India-Pakistan cease-fire; established by the
UN Security Council
members - (9) Austria, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Italy, South
Korea, Sweden, Uruguay
** United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
**
established - 29 April 1991
aim - to supervise the cease-fire and conduct a referendum in Western
Sahara; established by the UN Security Council
members - (25) Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Egypt,
El Salvador, France, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland,
Italy, Kenya, South Korea, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal,
Russia, US, Uruguay
** United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) **
established - 21 December 1995
aim - to establish an International Police Task Force (IPTF) to implement
the Dayton Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina
members - (44) Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile,
China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France,
Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland,
Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US, Vanuatu
** United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) **
established - 31 July 2000
aim - to monitor the cessation of hostilities
members - (45) Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, The Gambia, Ghana, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan,
Kenya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay,
Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, US, Uruguay, Zambia
** United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) **
established - 22 October 1999 aim - to cooperate with the Government
of Sierra Leone and the other parties to the Peace Agreement in the
implementation of the agreement; to monitor the military and security
situation in Sierra Leone; to monitor the disarmament and demobilization
of combatants and members of the Civil Defense Forces (CFD); to assist
in monitoring respect for international humanitarian law
members - (32) Bangladesh, Bolivia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia,
Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mali, Nepal, NZ, Nigeria, Norway,
Pakistan, Paraguay, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine,
UK, Uruguay, Zambia
** United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) **
established - 1 February 1996
aim - to monitor the demilitarization of the Prevlaka peninsula in
southern Croatia
members - (24) Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya,
Nepal, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden,
Switzerland, Ukraine
** United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT) **
established 16 December 1994; to monitor and investigate violations
of the cease-fire of 17 September 1994 between Tajikistan and the Tajik
opposition and to assist in the political negotiation process; established
by the UN Security Council; members were Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Ghana, Indonesia, Jordan, Nepal, Nigeria,
Poland, Ukraine, Uruguay; mission ended May 2000
** United Nations Monitoring and Verification Commission (UNMOVIC) **
note - formerly known as United Nations Special Commission for the
Elimination of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (UNSCOM)
established - NA December 1999
aim - to identify, account for, and eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction and the capacity to produce them
commissioners - (15) Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France,
Germany, India, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, Senegal, Ukraine, UK, US
** United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) **
established - 24 August 1993
aim - to verify compliance with the cease-fire agreement, to monitor
weapons exclusion zone, and to supervise CIS peacekeeping force for
Abkhazia; established by the UN Security Council
members - (22) Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, South Korea,
Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US, Uruguay
** United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic **
of the Congo (MONUC)
established - 30 November 1999
aim - to establish contacts with the signatories to the cease-fire
agreement and to plan for the observation of the cease-fire and
disengagement of forces
members - (42) Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France,
Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia,
Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, Uruguay, Zambia
** United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) **
established - 4 March 1964
aim - to serve as a peacekeeping force between Greek Cypriots and Turkish
Cypriots in Cyprus; established by the UN Security Council
members - (9) Argentina, Austria, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Ireland,
Nepal, Slovakia, UK
** United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) **
note - acronym retained from predecessor organization UN Fund for
Population Activities
established - NA July 1967
aim - to assist both developed and developing countries to deal with
their population problems members (executive board
) - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
** United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) **
established 31 March 1995; to monitor border activity in the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; members were Argentina, Bangladesh,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Ghana,
Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Nepal, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,
Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, US;
mandate ended 25 March 1999