| Organisation / Group | Aim | status |
|---|---|---|
| African Development Bank Group | to promote economic development and social progress | nonregional member |
| Andean Community of Nations | to promote harmonious development through economic integration | associate |
| Nonaligned Movement | to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs | observer |
| Paris Club | to provide a forum for debtor countries to negotiate rescheduling of debt service payments or loans extended by governments or official agencies of participating countries;to help restore normal trade and project finance to debtor countries | associate |
| Central American Integration System | to strengthen democracy;to set up a new model of regional security;to promote freedom;to achieve a regional system of welfare and economic and social justice;to attain economic unity and strengthen the area as an economic bloc;to act as a bloc in international matters | observer |
| United Nations Security Council | to maintain international peace and security | temporary |
| Bank for International Settlements | to promote cooperation among central banks in international financial settlements | |
| Comuinidade dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa | to establish a forum for friendship among Portuguese-speaking nations where Portuguese is an official language | |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency | |
| Financial Action Task Force | to develop and promote policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing | |
| Group of 15 | to promote economic cooperation among developing nations;to act as the main political organ for the Nonaligned Movement | |
| Group of 20 | to promote open and constructive discussion between industrial and emerging-market countries on any issues related to global economic stability;helps to support growth and development across the globe | |
| Group of 24 | to promote the interests of developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America within the IMF | |
| Group of 77 | to promote economic cooperation among developing countries;name persists in spite of increased membership | |
| Inter-American Development Bank | to promote economic and social development in Latin America | |
| International Atomic Energy Agency | to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy | |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | to provide economic development loans;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Civil Aviation Organization | to promote international cooperation in civil aviation;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Chamber of Commerce | to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels | |
| International Criminal Court | to hold all individuals and countries accountable to international laws of conduct; to specify international standards of conduct;to provide an important mechanism for implementing these standards;to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice | |
| International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement | to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS;formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime | |
| International Development Association | to provide economic loans for low-income countries;UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate | |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development | to promote agricultural development;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Finance Corporation | to support private enterprise in international economic development;a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate | |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions;to promote humanitarian activities;to represent and encourage the development of National Societies;to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people;to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs | |
| International Hydrographic Organization | to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays;to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography;to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanography | |
| International Labor Organization | to deal with world labor issues;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Monetary Fund | to promote world monetary stability and economic development;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Maritime Organization | to deal with international maritime affairs;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Mobile Satellite Organization | acts as watchdog over Inmarsat (International Maritime Satellite Organization), a private company, to make sure it follows ICAO standards and recommended practices;plays an active role in the development of international telecommunications policies | |
| International Criminal Police Organization | to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime | |
| International Olympic Committee | to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK;2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia | |
| International Organization for Migration | to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration | |
| Inter-Parliamentary Union | fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses views of international interest and concern with the purpose of bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better knowledge of representative institutions | |
| International Organization for Standardization | to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity | |
| International Telecommunications Satellites Organization | to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services | |
| International Telecommunication Union | to deal with world telecommunications issues;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Trade Union Confederation | to promote the trade union movement | |
| Latin American Economic System | to promote economic and social development through regional cooperation | |
| Latin American Integration Association | to promote freer regional trade | |
| Southern Cone Common Market or Southern Common Market | to increase regional economic cooperation | |
| Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency | encourages flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by offering investment insurance, consultation, and negotiation on conditions for foreign investment and technical assistance;a UN specialized agency | |
| United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad | to create the security and conditions which will to contribute to the protection of refugees, displaced persons, and citizens in danger, to facilitate the provision of humanitarian assistance in eastern Chad and the northeastern Central African Republic, to create favorable conditions for the reconstruction and economic and social development of these areas | |
| United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara | to supervise the cease-fire and conduct a referendum in Western Sahara;established by the UN Security Council | |
| Nuclear Suppliers Group | to establish guidelines for exports of nuclear materials, processing equipment for uranium enrichment, and technical information to countries of proliferation concern and regions of conflict and instability | |
| Organization of American States | to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development | |
| Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean | to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons | |
| Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention | |
| Permanent Court of Arbitration | to facilitate the settlement of international disputes | |
| Rio Group | to consult on regional Latin American issues | |
| United Nations | to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems | |
| Union of South American Nations | to model a community after the European Union which will include a common currency, parliament, passport, and defense policy | |
| United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | to promote international trade | |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization | to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture | |
| United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus | to serve as a peacekeeping force between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus;established by the UN Security Council | |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | to ensure the humanitarian treatment of refugees and find permanent solutions to refugee problems | |
| United Nations Industrial Development Organization | UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members | |
| Union Latina | to project, protect, and promote the common heritage and unifying identities of the Latin, and Latin-influenced, world | |
| United Nations Institute for Training and Research | to help the UN become more effective through training and research | |
| United Nations Mission in Liberia | to support the cease-fire agreement and peace process, protect UN facilities and people, support humanitarian activities, and assist in national security reform | |
| United Nations Mission in the Sudan | to support implementation of the comprehensive Peace Agreement by Monitoring and verifying the implementation of the Cease Fire Agreement, by observing and monitoring movements of armed groups, and by helping disarm, demobilizing and reintegrating armed bands | |
| United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste | to support the Government, to support the electoral process, to ensure the restoration and maintenance of public security | |
| United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire | to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the peace agreement signed by them in January 2003 | |
| World Tourism Organization | to promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace | |
| Universal Postal Union | to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Customs Organization | to promote international cooperation in customs matters | |
| World Federation of Trade Unions | to promote the trade union movement | |
| World Health Organization | to deal with health matters worldwide;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Intellectual Property Organization | to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Meteorological Organization | to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Trade Organization | to provide a forum to resolve trade conflicts between members and to carry on negotiations with the goal of further lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers | |
| League of Arab States | observer | |
| United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
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Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Brazilian coffee exporters politically dominated the country until populist leader Getulio VARGAS rose to power in 1930. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil underwent more than half a century of populist and military government until 1985, when the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers. Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader, one of the first in the area to begin an economic recovery. Highly unequal income distribution and crime remain pressing problems. In January 2010, Brazil assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2010-11 term.
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Religions
Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census)
Natural Resources
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber
Export commodities
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
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